LUISS Classwork & Homework 9th – 13th November

LUISS Classwork & Homework 9th – 13th November


GPIII B2.2 Group 9
Tuesday 11:30am

Classwork:
LESSON CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS

Homework:
Opinion Essay – do exercises and write essay p. 49
Topic: “There is nothing that we as individuals can do to prevent climate change.”

DUE TUES 17TH NOVEMBER

GPII B2+.1 Group 18
Wednesday 5pm

Classwork:
Consumer Law – Reading
Conditionals overview
For materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Conditionals

Homework:
Essay

Essay Question: “What is the most important legal issue facing today? What steps should be taken to try to solve this problem?”

GPI B2+.1 Group 20
Thursday 11:30am

Classwork:
Legal Systems
Debate
For materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Legal-English and click on the document Introduction to Legal English with Links( pp. 4 – 5).

Homework:
Self Study

GPIII B2+.1 Group 17
Thursday 5pm

Classwork:
Consumer Law – Reading
Conditionals overview
For materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Conditionals

Homework:
Essay

Essay Question: “What is the most important legal issue facing today? What steps should be taken to try to solve this problem?”


GPIII B2+.2 Group 19
Friday 11:30 pm

Classwork:
Speaking – Getting from B2 to C1 – IELTS, CPE & ILEC speaking tasks
Introduction to Company Law

Homework:
Finish matching exercise – Business Associations in the U.K.

Discussion Question 3 – All Groups:

Music & Learning:

Do you listen to music when you study? Does it help you to concentrate or do you find it distracting?

Do you listen to English language songs? How can they help you with your language learning?

Select a song and find the lyrics (use a sites like http://songlyrics.com or http://lyrics.com ) Highlight any new words, phrasal verbs, slang, fixed phrases. What features of pronunciation do you notice while listening to the song and reading the lyrics?

LUISS Classwork & Homework 2nd – 6th November

LUISS Classwork & Homework 2nd – 6th November


GPIII B2.2 Group 9
Tuesday 11:30am

Classwork:
Listening & reading p.43
Formal Debate – Assessed task
Homework:
Opinion Essay – do exercises and write essay p. 49
Topic: “There is nothing that we as individuals can do to prevent climate change.”

GPII B2+.1 Group 18
Wednesday 5pm

Classwork:
Explaining what the law says
Court structure discussion comparison of jurisdictions
For materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Legal-English and click on the document Introduction to Legal English with Links ( pp. 4 – 5).

Homework:
Choose essay topic and write a plan

Essay Question: “What is the most important legal issue facing today? What steps should be taken to try to solve this problem?”

GPI B2+.1 Group 20
Thursday 11:30am

Classwork:
Consumer Law – Reading
Conditionals overview
For materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Conditionals

Homework:

Print & read a short article and highlight all the conditional structures. You need to think first about what type of articles contain conditional forms. Think about each conditional – what type is it? Why has the writer chosen it?

GPIII B2+.1 Group 17
Thursday 5pm

Classwork:
Explaining what the law says
Court structure discussion comparison of jurisdictions
For materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Legal-English and click on the document Introduction to Legal English with Links ( pp. 4 – 5).

Homework:
Choose essay topic and write a plan

Essay Question: “What is the most important legal issue facing today? What steps should be taken to try to solve this problem?”

GPIII B2+.2 Group 19
Friday 11:30 pm

Classwork:
Conditionals revisited see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Conditionals for Conditionals Chart.
Hypothetical forms in general (if only, It’s about time, It’s high time, I wish)

Homework:
Finish exercises on worksheet (q. 4, q. 5)

Discussion Topic 2: The Image of The Legal Profession

All Groups write 50 - 100 words on the following topic:

What do people think of lawyers in Italy? Are they trusted and respected or are they hated and ridiculed? How are lawyers portrayed in the media? Do you think this is accurate or not?

Look at the following clips from films and T.V. programmes about lawyers, can you find any of the following stereotypes:

• a crusading human rights lawyer
• a famous criminal lawyer
• a controversial lawyer
• a sleazy, shady or crooked lawyer

Clip 1: Michael Clayton (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A59RJv8SpfE

Clip 2: ...And Justice For All (1979) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sOeY6ZVG2U

Clip 3: In The Name Of The Father (1993) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBaE5msKjsA

Clip 4: The Verdict (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBD6FxrtJN0

Clip 5: Boston Legal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MziHZz62peg

Clip 6: Rumpole of the Bailey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhufSDj7FSA

Have you seen any of these films/T.V. Shows? Do you think they portray lawyers realistically?

Coursework 26th – 30th October All Groups

Coursework 26th – 30th October

GPIII GROUP 9 B2.2
Tuesday 11:30 am

Classwork:
Listening strategies & practice
Modifiers
Future forms
Coursebook pp. 41 – 42

Homework:
Future Perfect & Future Continuous Grammar Bank pp. 136 -137 (3B)
Reading & Vocabulary pp. 44 – 45

GP II GROUP 18 B2+.1
Wednesday 5pm

Classwork:
Legal Systems
(for this week’s class notes go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Legal-English and click on the document called “Introduction to Legal English”)
Debate

Homework:
Self Study – Tasks & Discussion question

GPI GROUP 20 B2+.1
Thursday 11:30am

Classwork:
Listening Strategies
The Features of Fast Connected Speech

Homework:
Self Study – Tasks & Discussion question

GPIII GROUP 17 B2+.1
Thursday 5pm

Classwork:
Legal Systems
(for this week’s class notes go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Legal-English and click on the document called “Introduction to Legal English”)
Debate

Homework:
Self Study – Tasks & Discussion question

GPIII GROUP 19 B2+.2
Friday 11:30am
Classwork:
Discussion: The Image of the Legal Profession
Legal Vocabulary
Verb Patterns
Sentence Transformations

Homework:
Complete Transformation exercises.
Review & correct verb structure homework from 9/10 in light of today’s information
Self Study – Tasks & Discussion question

Discussion Question 1: All Groups.

Do you think Italy is on the verge of a constitutional crisis?

Now that the Italian Prime Minister has been stripped of his immunity, he has vowed to restructure the judiciary.

What do you think? Do the judiciary have too much power in Italy? Do you think the Prime Minister's plans are undemocratic?

Write a paragraph of 50 - 100 words stating your view. Be sure to support your argument with explanations and examples.

Self Study: Important Message For All Groups

Dear Students,

We have now completed 3 weeks of term so you should have started your self study blogs/folders/notebooks/portfolios. Remember this is worth 25% of your final grade so it's important that you do a little bit of work on it each week. I have set some tasks as homework but these are things that you should also do each week for self study. By next week, your self study work should include at least 2 or 3 of the following tasks:

VOCABULARY

Choose 8 words/phrases to learn each week and do something with them - e.g.

• write example sentences
• note their pronunciation
• note their collocations
• put them in a lexical set with words related to the same subject

GRAMMAR

Work on your tenses by analysing short articles from newspapers, magazines and the internet.

Read the text quickly and get the general idea.

Highlight the different tenses - why has the writer used these tenses and not others?

LISTENING

• Choose a film in the English language that you have already seen.
• Select a scene (about 5mins) and watch it without subtitles. Mak a note of things you don't understand.
• Watch it a second time with subtitles - note any new vocabulary or features of fast connected speech.
• Watch the same scene a third time without subtitles. Can you understand it better now?
• Write a short paragraph in your study blog/folder about the film you used, what you found difficult and what you learned from the experience. Is your listening improving? Why/Why not?

For example exercises go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Film-Lessons

WRITING

Write a response (50 - 100 words) to the Discussion Questions posted on this blog starting today.