12:30pm B2
Class
- Bringing up children: Children and education - combatting bullying, teaching tolerance
- Perception: Laurel/Yanny and the Blue/Gold Dress. Reading: (1)https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/05/16/three-years-of-research-into-thedress-digested-a-lesson-in-humility-for-perceptual-science/ (2) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/16/yanny-or-laurel-sound-illusion-sets-off-ear-splitting-arguments
- Supporting the speaker in Italian - follow up to last week's skills work
Vocabulary & Corrections
bully - check the pronunciation here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bully
to throw in the towel = to give up
go
actually = in reality
at present
tidy
Homework
This week listen out for and look out for phrasal verbs when you are reading and listening to English. Make a note of what phrasal verbs you hear, their meaning and their structure. Look at all the phrasal verbs (underlined) there are in this blog post alone.
2:00pm C1
Class
Talking Points:
- The Royal Wedding: Follow up reading & viewing: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/20/bishop-michael-curry-sermon-history-harry-meghan-wedding
- The Cannes Film Festival https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/19/cannes-2018-japanese-film-shoplifters-wins-palme-dor
Language Development:
Verb/Noun/Adjective + preposition combinations
Vocabulary & Corrections
screening (of a film)
feasibility (noun), feasible (adjective)
to watch something live/a live broadcast
Homework
Complete questions 4 & 5 on the handout - preposition + ing constructions and confusing pairs.
What's the difference between:
- hear of & hear about?
- shout to & shout at?
- anxious for & anxious about?
- care for & care about?
- laugh at, laugh with & laugh about
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