ANIA C2 Group 8 (2 pm)

Class

1. Anglicisms
2. CPE Writing Part 2

• Brainstorming, organising ideas to cover content points, turning notes into a plan, applying marking criteria. 
• Sample exam questions taken from Proficiency Test Builder (2013, 4th edition)
• For today's task you needed to talk about a favourite TV channel or Radio station. If you have trouble thinking of one to write about, cast your mind back to some of the resources we have used in class e.g.  Inside Europe (DW.com), Law in Action (BBC Radio 4), NPR.org, The Moth.org, Kermode & Mayo's Film Review (BBC Radio Live)

Homework

Use your notes on question 3 to write your review. Don't spend more than 45 minutes on writing and checking your work. Assess your effort according to the marking criteria (content, communicative achievement, organisation, language) and then email your answer to me.

Notes

• When searching for exam practice online, use the term CPE Writing rather than "proficiency writing" as the latter will lead you to another test used in U.S. universities. 

• The set texts (Part 2, Question 5) for 2016 - 2017 are: Family Album by Penelope Lively and  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If you choose The Great Gatsby you can base your answer either on the novel or the 2013 film version directed by Baz Luhrmann. If you are considering doing the exam next year, reading one of these books might be a good way of maintaining your level until lessons resume in January. 

Going further:

Films in English currently screening in Rome.

I, Daniel Blake

This moving film by Ken Loach won this year's top award at the Cannes film festival. The film is interesting for your language learning as it features strong Newcastle and London accents and criticises the use of business and free market vocabulary in a social welfare context.

The Girl On The Train

The big screen adaptation of this best selling thriller relocates the story to the U.S. but keeps the main character British offering an excellent opportunity to compare and contrast British and American accents.

ANIA C1 Group 6 (12:30pm)

Class

Perfect aspect continued.

Describing context through tenses.

Homework

Pronunciation worksheets on 'ed' suffixes and 'ea' spelling.

Maintaining your level between courses

• 5 - 10 minutes listening 3 - 4 times a week. Listen first for comprehension but then return to the same listening several more times to notice vocabulary, intonation patterns and grammatical structures.

• Organise a What's App group with your colleagues to chat exclusively in English and send links to each other.

• Organise "English tea/coffee breaks" with colleagues 2 - 3 times a week so you can get to practice new vocabulary and structures you have noticed through your reading and listening. 

ANIA B2.3 Group 5 (2:00 pm)

Class

Tutorial - reflection on progress

Strategies for maintaining level between courses

Listening Skills

Listening comprehension - completing notes

Listening for vocabulary, intonation and grammar features

(BEC Masterclass p. 74)

Homework

Use the audioscript to revise the structure and use of present/future conditional forms, i.e. 0, 1st and 2nd conditionals.

ANIA 2.2 Group 2 (12:30pm)

Class

Speaking Assessment

Vocabulary 

Health (noun) Healthy (adjective)

Calm (adjective) Calmer (comparative)

Difficulty (noun) Difficult (adjective)

A difficult situation

To have difficulty with something

To keep an eye on someone/something

To look after someone/something

Note the different uses of get

He got sick (became)

I'll just get a pen (fetch/take)

We get on well (have a good relationship)

I got everything I needed at the supermarket (bought/obtained)

I will have dinner when I get home (arrive)

Corrections

She said me.  She said to me

ANIA C2 Group 8 (2pm)

Class

• Anglicisms 
• Exam practice - how grammar is tested Paper 1, Part 2 (Proficiency Test Builder Test 2)

Structures Being Tested

• to set out to do something
• as many as
• lies in
• in its/your etc own right 
• to end up doing something
• them and their as discourse markers
• is the case for 

ANIA C1 Group 6 (12:30pm)

Class

• The perfect aspect
• Common mistakes with the perfect 
• Will in context 

 Look at the examples below. What does the speaker want to emphasise with the tense he/she has chosen.

A) The bus leaves at 9 on Monday.

B) The bus is leaving at 9 so you'd better get ready.

C) I think I'll take the 9 o'clock bus.

D) The bus will leave at 9 unless there is a problem at the station.

E) The bus will be leaving at 9 whether you are on it or not. 

F) I'm sure your bus will still leave at 9 despite the transport strike.

All Groups - Anglicisms

Discussion

1. Do you think using English words is trendy?
2. Do you think the use of anglicisms in Italian is acceptable? Why/Why not? 
3. Do you "pepper" your Italian conversations with English words?
4. Do you use any conjugated anglicisms e.g. sponsorizzare?
5. What anglicisms do you think are unnecessary?
6. Who do you think is Generation LOL? What does that name say about their use of Italian and English?
7. What do the following English words used in Italian actually mean in English: footing, lifting, beauty, sexy shop?
8. How are the following words pronounced when used in Italian and what is their pronunciation in English: report, performance, management, spray, cracker, fashion. 

Listening 

Listen to the report from Inside Europe (27/10/2016) to compare your views and answers. The report runs from 44:40 to 53:40 on the link below.

http://www.dw.com/en/inside-europe-covering-the-issues-that-shape-europe/a-19566539