LUISS Business School Lesson 3 - Final Session

LUISS Business School B2/C1 - final session 13/06/2014

Part One
Common mistakes from over-translating
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442650/Sentence%20Structure
Creating an editing checklist
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37583119/Correction-Checklist-For-L1-Italian-Speakers
Editing covering letters

Part Two
Interview Skills (Job/University/Exam)
Typical Questions
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/top-10-interview-questions.htm
Tricks & Traps

Language Skills for Interviews
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41721142/Suggested%20Answers%20-%20Speaking
Fillers
http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/using-fillers/

Part Three
Interview Role-play
Feedback & Questions

Strategies for maintaining your level

D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 6

Lesson 6

Thinking in English - Tenses
Aspect: Simple/Continuous/Perfect

For a copy of today's notes and exercises go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System

Homework
The best way to practice is to notice tenses when you are reading and listening. For example, take a short article from the internet, a newspaper or a magazine and once you have read and understood it, go through and highlight all the tenses. Why do you think the writer has made these choices? What other choices are available? How would they change the meaning?

Listening Practice - Small Talk

Join us tomorrow on Small Talk for a Freedom Special as we take on Racism, Sexism and Homophobia. Tune in at 1pm (CET) on Radio Stella Città FM 101.2 or listen on line here as we preview this weekend's Roma Pride celebrations, celebrate the legacy of Maya Angelou and support potty mouth Helen Mirren. With music from Hercules and Love Affair, Adeva, Arthur Baker, Ashford & Simpson and Buckshot LeFonque. The message is LOVE.

Follow up reading:
Maya Angelou: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/arts/maya-angelou-lyrical-witness-of-the-jim-crow-south-dies-at-86.html?_r=0
Roma Pride 2014: http://www.romapride.it/2014/
Helen Mirren: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/05/helen-mirren-swearing-bollocks-daily-mail-double-standards?CMP=fb_gu

Listening Practice For Law Students - Law In Action

Joshua Rosenberg's excellent programme, Law in Action, is back on BBC Radio 4. To listen to or download the podcasts go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b045bqt0

D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 5

Lesson 5
1. Notes on Grammar
ASPECT
SIMPLE  - complete, finished, permanent, emphasises amount, neutral, formal
CONTINUOUS – duration, in progress, temporary, changing situation or trend, personal feeling (e.g. surprise, irritation, criticism), informal
PERFECT – an action completed before another time or an action producing a result relevant to a later situation. Shows the relationship between different times.
          e.g.      I've read the book.
                    action             result
                    reading          knowledge
                    past                 present

Each of these aspects adds another layer of meaning to the verb.


Choosing the right tenses depends on many factors not a set of grammatical rules.

For more see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System

2. Mind Mapping for:

• note taking
• recycling vocabulary
• presentations and meetings

Business Advantage p.12

Homework:

1. Finish your individual competitive analysis mind maps for McDonald's/Apple/Red Bull and bring them with you to class next week.
2. Case Study p. 13 - 14 Reading 1 - match the missing headings. 

For All Students Listening Practice with Small Talk

On this episode, originally broadcast on 16th May, Sophie and I discuss Bowling (not Bowls) and Rob Temple's book Very British Problems about British culture. Music is provided by Natalie Merchant, Brian Eno and Karl Hyde and we also listen to tracks from the remastered rerelease of the Grace Jones classic Nightclubbing.



More podcasts are available from the Radio Stella Youtube Channel
Small Talk is broadcast every Friday at 1pm on Radio Stella Città 101.2 FM 

All Students - Listening Practice with Small Talk

Here is the latest podcast available from the Radio Stella Youtube Channel
Small Talk is broadcast every Friday at 1pm on Radio Stella Città 101.2 FM 

In this episode, originally broadcast on May 9th, we discuss the recent Bad Grammar Awards and how important good grammar is. For two differing opinions on the Bad Grammar Awards see the following blog posts from Hadley Freeman and Harry Ritchie. Music is provided by Kelis from her new album "Food".