Reading
Take the long way home Julie Burchill
Vocabulary
To churn out
To coast by
To muck about
To skive
Thick
Homework
Finish the Mind Over Matter gapped text exercise.
EXERCISE
17 years ago
Thursday, 28 January 2016
D'Amico Shipping B1 Lesson 7
Lesson 7
Class
Questions and intonation (New Language Leader Intermediate p. 9)
Subject/object questions G2 pp. 126 - 127, 157, 163
Song of the week
Under Pressure Queen & David Bowie
Thanks to Martina for nominating this week's song. For the full lyrics and an explanation got to genius.com.
Homework
Find a song that includes questions in the text (e.g. Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan or What Have You Done For Me Lately? by Janet Jackson). Print off the lyrics and underline all the questions. Are they subject or object questions?
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Legal English at Bennett Languages Lesson 10
Lesson 10
Class
Branches of Law
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/23973405/Branches%20of%20Law
Presentation Skills - Preparing and Giving Presentations
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32233573/Presentations
Vocabulary and Corrections
parliamentarians
all aroundin the world
causea damage (damage is uncountable c.c. sue for damages)
behavement behaviour
Check pronunciation of plurals and third person s
check pronunciation of vowel sounds and ed endings e.g. based
Homework
Choose a topic for your presentation. Think about how many points you want to make, how you will structure it and what signposting language you need.
Class
Branches of Law
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/23973405/Branches%20of%20Law
Presentation Skills - Preparing and Giving Presentations
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32233573/Presentations
Vocabulary and Corrections
parliamentarians
all around
cause
Check pronunciation of plurals and third person s
check pronunciation of vowel sounds and ed endings e.g. based
Homework
Choose a topic for your presentation. Think about how many points you want to make, how you will structure it and what signposting language you need.
D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 7
Class
Reading skills
Structure, discourse markers (question 2, page 8)
Author's opinion or reader's inference? (Question 5, page 9)
Speaking
Opening questions/follow up questions/opinion or hypothetical questions (pp. 11 - 12)
Writing
Business corresponce
Emails, letters and memos, beginnings and endings (pp. 12 - 13)
Homework
Finish the questions on writing, p.13 questions 2,3,4
Notes
Do you mind if I borrow present tense - more informal
Would you mind if I borrowed - past tense for hypothetical distance therefore more formal
Vocabulary
swap over
advance my career
Vocabulary
swap over
advance my career
Going further
Read Tim Dowling's light-hearted article on pre-interview icebreakers.
http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2016/jan/26/twelve-words-say-job-interview-avoid-opening-lines
http://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2016/jan/26/twelve-words-say-job-interview-avoid-opening-lines
ANIA B2.3 Group 5 Lesson 2
Class
Vocabulary skills
Things to do with new words
- Example sentences
- Check vowels and stressed syllables
- Record yourself
- Collocations
- Definition in English
- Synonyms ans antonyms
- Parts of speech
- Verrb structure for verbs, countability for nouns
- False friends
Example with legal
8 Things you could do - an example:
(1) Legal write the word down, check the spelling
(2) (adjective) note the part of speech
(3) /li:gđť››l/ note and practise the pronunciation - especially vowel sounds and where the stress falls. Listen to the pronunciation on an online dictionary. Record yourself and compare.
(4) Legalise (Leagalize U.S.), Legality, Legally note the suffixes it takes to create other forms
(4) Legalise (Leagalize U.S.), Legality, Legally note the suffixes it takes to create other forms
(5) Illegal note prefixes to change the meaning (or an antonym)
(6) (i) Related to law/the legal profession (ii) Within the law/lawful note a meaning in English or a synonym so you can explain it if you forget it.
(7) Legal English, legal representative, legal document c.f. law firm Collocations
(8) (i) A passport is a legal document. (ii) The judge ruled that the transfer of shares was legal. Write example sentences that reinforce the meaning and remind you of the structure.
(6) (i) Related to law/the legal profession (ii) Within the law/lawful note a meaning in English or a synonym so you can explain it if you forget it.
(7) Legal English, legal representative, legal document c.f. law firm Collocations
(8) (i) A passport is a legal document. (ii) The judge ruled that the transfer of shares was legal. Write example sentences that reinforce the meaning and remind you of the structure.
Introduction to phonemic chart
Homework
Go to Britsih Council.org or the iTunes App store and download for (frree) the Sounds Right phonemic chart so you can use it in class from next week onwards. If Sounds Right is not available for your device, download another phonemic chart but make sure that it follows the same organisation and format as the one below.
To download for iPad go to http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/sounds-right
To download a desktop version for your pc go to http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemic-chart
To download for iPad go to http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/sounds-right
To download a desktop version for your pc go to http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemic-chart
Monday, 25 January 2016
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