British Council English Course at the LUISS 30/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Friday30th March 2012
2pm
GPIV Group 5

• Listening and Note Taking Skills http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37875566/Listening%20Skills
• The International Criminal Court http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/26415420/The%20International%20Criminal%20Court

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course - Term Two Lesson Four

D'Amico Shipping Legal English Course
Term 2/Lesson 4 
Friday 30th March 2012 11:30am


Commonly confused words.
n.b.
Changes in meaning due to suffix appreciative, appreciated, appreciable
Transitive and Intransitive (rise, rose, risen/lie, lay, lain (I) raise, raised/lay, laid (T))
Changes in spelling advice, advise/practice, practise*
False Friends check/control

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 29/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS


Thursday 29th March 2012


11:30am
GPII Group 12 B1.2


Class
Surveys - collecting and collating (line graph, bar chart, pie chart, table)
Describing tables and charts p. 46
Report writing p. 47 and timed written assessment

For more information and practice about the graph description question in the IELTS exam, go to:

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32702969/Academic%20Writing%20Paper%20One
Language Note:
Excuse me, would you mind answering my survey?
No, that's fine. 

Would you mind + ing = Is it a problem for you? 
So if you want to answer the survey you say: No I don't mind. 


Home
Watch the following video and write a paragraph as part of your self study about what you think about this issue.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 28/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS
Wednesday 28th March 2012


10:30am
GPIV Group 3


Arbitration - Unfair dismissal role play. For more information go to the ACAS website http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1797
Negotiation Skills & Language
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41183559/Negotiations%20-%20Advanced%20Features
For full notes and answers go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41183619/Negotiations%20-%20Advanced%20Features%20Answers

2pm
GPII Group 11 B1.2


Class
Surveys - collecting and collating (line graph, bar chart, pie chart, table)
Describing tables and charts p. 46
Report writing p. 47 and timed written assessment

For more information and practice about the graph description question in the IELTS exam, go to:
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32702969/Academic%20Writing%20Paper%20One

Language Note:
Excuse me, would you mind answering my survey?
No, that's fine. 


Would you mind + ing = Is it a problem for you? So if you want to answer the survey you say: No I don't mind. 
Home


Watch the following video and write a paragraph as part of your self study about what you think about this issue.

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 27/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

Tuesday 27th March 2012


11:30am
GPIV Group 1

Class
Avoiding "legalese"
Legal writing in plain English
For a copy of today's notes (reading and exercises) go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080245/Legal%20Writing%20In%20Plain%20English

Home

1. Finish exercises on "The Golden Rules"
2. Correct your case briefs.

4pm

GPI Group 10 B2+2

Class

Referencing & Citations

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/38675201/Summarising%2C%20Paraphrasing%2C%20Quoting

How to write a problem/solution essay Unit 2.5 (p. 24 -25)

How to write an opinion led essay unit 7.5 (p. 79)

Analysing essay topics

Home

Next week is an in class writing assessment - an academic essay.

Your topic is:

Discuss a law which you think needs to be changed. What are the main problems (legal and/or social and/or political) and how could the law resolve them?

We will write the essay in class in the next lesson (3rd April) and the essay will be worth 25% of your final grade. Your essay must include references - citations in the text and a bibliography at the end. Please bring with you one or two books, journals or articles (IN ENGLISH) which you wish to use as references. Articles printed off the internet are useful here but remember to use only reliable sources. WIKIPEDIA is a good starting point but SHOULD NOT BE YOUR MAIN REFERENCE. You will also be allowed dictionaries and I will help you with planning and referencing. BUT YOU MUST COME TO THE LESSON PREPARED WITH ALL THE MATERIAL YOU NEED.

If you are not sure what to write about - maybe you could consider the following topics:
Internet Piracy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/14/robert-levine-digital-free-ride?INTCMP=SRCH
Euthanasia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/mar/12/locked-in-syndrome-sufferer-court-hearing
The Death Penalty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/27/arab-spring-middle-east-executions?intcmp=239

British Council English Courses at the LUISS. 26/3

British Council English Courses at the LUISS

Monday 26th March 2012
4pm


GPI Group 16 B2.2


Class

• Transport and the law - can you remember the different branches of law that cover transport?
• Reading & Vocabulary - Road Safety p. 48 - 49
• Drafting a road safety law - debate and drafting skills 
• Rise/raise
• Transport of the future - jigsaw reading and vocabulary p. 50 - 51

Home

1. There was a lot of new vocabulary today so spend some time learning 8 new items. Remember the 8 x 8 rule
2. Finish your draft laws and bring them in for me to have a look at next week.
3. Next week we will be looking at modals - think of all the different uses that modal auxiliaries verbs have e.g. to offer, to suggest, to show possibility etc. How many uses can you think of? 

British Council English Courses at the LUISS 21/22/23 March 2012

British Council English Courses at the LUISS


Firstly, a big thank you to David Wotherspoon and David Boles for covering my classes while I was away at the IATEFL Conference in Glasgow this week.

Wednesday 21st March 2012
10:30am

GPIV Group 3

Briefing a case - in class writing assessment.
If you were away today you must complete the task for homework and bring it with you next week.

2pm

GPII Group 11 B1.2

Unit 4.4 Scenario - Speaking Skills accepting/rejecting ideas/considering consequences

Thursday 22nd March 2012

11:30am

GPII Group 12 B1.2

Unit 4.4 Scenario - Speaking Skills accepting/rejecting ideas/considering consequences

Unit 5.1 Advertising - Vocabulary & Reading 

Friday 23rd March 2012

4pm

GPIV Group 5


Briefing a case - in class writing assessment.
If you were away today you must complete the task for homework and bring it with you next week.