Lombardi Segni Legal English Course - Lesson 30

Lesson 30 - Final lesson for the course
12:00 B1
Class
Reading & Discussion Room 101 (Source: Global, pp. 106 - 107).

Going Further
Room 101 the BBC Series

1984 Winston is taken to Room 101

1:30pm C1/C2

Class

1. Reflection on progress
2. Negotiation Skills - discourse markers (jigsaw reading & listening)
3. Discussion: Should justice move online?

Homework

Listening - Should justice move online?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5t81w

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 16

Lesson 16
12:30 pm C1
Class

1. Review - phrasal verbs and fixed expressions (p. 102)
2. Listening Skills & Exam Practice, Part 3 - multiple choice (p. 124)
3. Discourse Markers to introduce opinion
4. Listening for new vocabulary

Vocabulary

quite frankly,

anyway, in the end

personally

the best of both worlds

to see what all the fuss was about 

Homework
Review & Correct p. 102 questions 2 - 4
(Alessandra has a copy of the answers when you are ready to check)
Going Further:
The Allusionist Namaste
Listening: https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/namaste
Audioscript:https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/namaste

2:00 pm C2
Error Correction

• Structure - extra word
• Spelling & punctuation
• The $2 million dollar comma https://www.lawnow.org/comma-law/
• Adspeak

Going Further:

Charlie Brooker's Screen Burn columns

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/oct/16/charlie-brooker-best-screen-burn

Lombardi & Segni Legal English Course - Lesson 29

Lesson 29
12:00pm  B1
Class

1. Free Practice - past, present & changing habits http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442664/Used%20to%20Made%20Easy
2. Learner Training - reflecting on progress. What has been your biggest challenge this course?

Homework
Reading: Room 101, Grammar: Dependent prepositions (Global pp. 106 - 107). Tip: Look at the example sentences in a monolingual dictionary to find out which prepositions are possible (there may be more than one - with different meanings).

Vocabulary
to rush
painkillers
grey area
on foot
to tidy (up)
to go shopping (for clothes etc)
to do the shopping (at the supermarket)

1:30pm C1/C2
Class

1. Forensic Linguistics - text analysis - punctuation. The $2m comma http://www.lawnow.org/comma-law/
2. Negotiating - experience, strategies and language. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37881077/Negotiations

Homework
Grammar & Lexis - The tentative language of British negotiators.

Going Further

23 fascinating diagrams reveal how to negotiate with people around the world

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-negotiate-around-the-world-2015-8?IR=T

ANIA 2018: B2 (Monday) Lesson 16

Lesson 16
12:30pm B2

Language Input - dependent prepositions
Learner Training - using monolingual dictionaries to learn structure
Speaking - Back pain, pilates, planking and yoga

Vocabulary
foot rest, foot stool
willingness
cushion (on the couch) versus pillow (on the bed)

Patterns
Apologise (to someone) (for something)
shout at, talk at, laugh at versus shout to, talk to, laugh with/about
dream up (phrasal verb = invent) versus dream of/about
What's the difference?
It tastes (verb) of lemon
He has good taste (noun) in music
She has a taste (noun) for adventure

Going further
Video Listening - Planking

Reading - Pilates for back pain
https://www.verywellfit.com/learn-pilates-exercises-to-help-decrease-back-pain-2704746

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 17

Lesson 17
2:00 pm  B2
Class
Reading & Discussion Room 101 (Source: Global pp. 106 - 107)

Vocabulary
hire someone for a job
fire someone from a job 
pet hates
to earn (money/a lot/little)

Homework
Dependent prepositions p. 106.

Going Further
Room 101 the BBC Series

1984 Winston is taken to Room 101

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 15

Lesson 15
12:30 pm C1
Class

1. Exam Practice - Speaking Part 2 & self assessment 
2. Gender Equality - Reading, discussion & vocabulary https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/17/financial-giants-50m-girl-fund-to-back-firms-with-good-gender-balance

Homework
Revision - Unit 6 p. 102

Vocabulary
to plough money into something (e.g. a business) = to invest heavily
to raise hackles = to make angry 


2:00 pm C2
Class
Language Change & Grammar Gripes
Jigsaw reading & discussion
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/12/grammar-gripes-why-do-we-love-to-complain-about-language

Homework
Reading - What's your view on the influence of advertising?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/shortcuts/2018/may/14/smart-knows-thats-not-english-how-adland-took-a-mallet-to-the-language

Corrections 
Check your pronunciation of plural forms - it is not always /Iz/
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/308046/whats-the-rule-for-pronouncing-s-as-z-or-s

Going Further - Video Extras
1. Paris Is Burning
"Reading"

2. Tracey Ullman - Angela Merkel Skypes Donald Trump

Lombardi Segni Legal English Course Lesson 28

Lesson 28

12:00 B1

Class

Speaking - precedent

Language input - present, past and changing habits

Homework

Habits - free practice

What are 3 things ...

You usually do

You used to do

You're used to (doing)

You're getting used to (doing)

You'll never get used to (doing)

1:30 C2

Class

Reading & Analysis - Ruth Ellis's letter

Listening - hypercorrection

https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/across-the-pond

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 15

Lesson 15
12:30 pm B2
Class
Discussion Smart Working
What is Smart Working? See: http://www.flexibility.co.uk/flexwork/general/Naomi-Stanford-smart-working.htm

Corrections
Pronunciation 
mayor /meəʳ/  major /meɪdʒəʳ /
Dependent prepositions
answer to her manager
take my child at to school
Collocation
make + decision, a distinction, a cake
Confused words
humour/mood
Countability
Homework (uncountable)
So many worried

Vocabulary
efficient
patience (noun), patient (adjective)
hidden
to sponsor

Homework

• Read the article on smart working from the link above
• Room 101 (from Global English pp. 106 - 107) reading & dependent prepositions

2:00pm C1

Class

Language Training - Dependent Prepositions 

laugh at (someone) (excludes the person speaking)

laugh with (someone), laugh about (something)(includes the person speaking)

Language Assessment - Dependent Prepositions

Exam Practice 2 - Open Cloze

Vocabulary

to have second thoughts = to have doubts

something plays on your mind = to think about something a lot

(to be) on standby

Homework

Language Assessment - Vocabulary, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms & Fixed Expressions

Exam Practice 1 - Key Word Transformation