Wednesday, 6 June 2018

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





2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Sean,

Just found a video of Tracey Angela Merkel negotiating with Emmanuel Macron on Brexit������ here is the link:

https://youtu.be/XIDtxK8NvKs

Now I remember where I saw .... in a movie by Lawrence Kasdan, I’ll love you to death������

S.B. said...

Yes that's right. She was also in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway and Small Time Crooks.