CLASS WORK & HOMEWORK 8TH – 12TH MARCH 2010

CLASS WORK & HOMEWORK 8TH – 12TH MARCH 2010


GPIV LEGAL ENGLISH
(Tuesday 11.30 am & Thursday 5pm)

Vocabulary Strategies
Exploiting a text for vocabulary

For a copy of this week’s material go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Vocabulary-Strategies-For-Legal-English

Homework: Complete the vocabulary exercises from the handout (taken from International Legal English)


B2+ 2 Module 2
GPII (Wednesday 5pm)
GPI (Thursday 11:30 am)

Pronunciation continued
Using the phonemic chart
The characteristics of fast connected speech (strong/weak forms, elision, intrusive sounds)
Revision of 3rd Conditional
The link between pronunciation, listening & grammar

For a copy of the class materials go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Pronunciation

LEGAL DICTIONARIES

There is no set text for B2+ courses or GPIV Private Law courses. However you will find it useful to consult a mono-lingual Legal English Dictionary.


For a list of online Legal English Dictionaries go to: http://www.uksuperweb.co.uk/dictionaries/legal.html
To buy a Legal English Dictionary go to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=oxford+law+dictionary

Class Work & Homework Notes Week 1: 1st - 5th March 2010

B2+ Module 2
GP II Group 18 (Wednesday 5pm)
GP I Group 20 (Thursday 11:30am)

Pronunciation Workshop
For a copy of the class notes click here: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Pronunciation

Homework:

Go to http://www.fonetiks.org/ and explore the site. What do you notice about the different types of English? What do you notice about the different sounds? Which sounds do you have the most problems with? Find a copy of the phonemic chart and bring it with you to class next week.




GPIV Private Law:
Group 2 Civil/Employment Law Stream (Tuesday 11:30am)
Group 3 Company Law Stream (Thursday 5pm)

Needs Analysis, Public vs Private Law, Branches of Law, Mini Presentations.
For a copy of this week's handout go to: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/Branches-of-Law

Homework: Choose 8 new words (&/or phrases)to learn. Come to class prepared to discuss how you went about learning them.

Improve Your Listening Skills Over The Holidays

Improve your listening skills and find out what it is like to work for a British law firm.
Go to:
http://www.slaughterandmay.com/careers/trainee-solicitors/life-as-a-trainee/trainee-podcast.aspx
This is excellent practice for ILEC exam preparation or just working on your listening skills with Legal English vocabulary.

Preparing For A Tutorial - All B2+ Groups

Prepare for your tutorial this week by thinking about the following questions:

1. What have you learnt this semester?
2. What areas have you improved?
3. What areas do you need to improve on?
4. How are you going to improve your English when the course is finished?

The tutorial is your last chance to hand in any course work for marking (e.g. essay, progress test). You must also present your self study notebook or folder for marking.

A Note About Self Study:

A Note About Self Study:

25% of your final grade is for Self Study, so therefore it is extremely important. Apart from homework you must also show evidence of:

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  Full answers to the 3 discussion questions posted on this blog this term.
  Recording new vocabulary
  Extra reading
  Extra Grammar work (e.g. workbook exercises)
  Lesson notes and reflection on them.
  

I will also take into account your attendance and participation in assessed activities (e.g. debates, role play negotiations) and class discussions.

Please have your blogs, notebooks and folders up to date and ready for assessment for your tutorial in the last week (14th – 18th December).

LUISS Classwork & Homework 1st – 4th December 2009

LUISS Classwork & Homework 1st – 4th December 2009

GPIII B2.2 Group 9
Tuesday 11:30am

Classwork:

Progress Test

Homework:

Prepare for your tutorial 15/12/09
What have you learnt this semester?
What areas have you improved?
What areas do you need to improve on?
How are you going to improve your English when the course is finished?

The tutorial is your last chance to hand in any course work for marking (e.g. essay, progress test). You must also present your self study notebook for marking.

GPII B2+.1 Group 18
Wednesday 5pm

Classwork:
Presentations

Homework:

Prepare for your progress test – which will include questions on grammar, vocabulary and reading. Remember to keep a record of the revision that you do (e.g. exercises, example sentences, mind maps) that you do as this will also count towards your self study.

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

Classwork:
Presentations

Homework:

Prepare for your progress test – which will include questions on grammar, vocabulary and reading. Remember to keep a record of the revision that you do (e.g. exercises, example sentences, mind maps) that you do as this will also count towards your self study.


GPIII B2+.1 Group 17
Thursday 5pm

Classwork:
Presentations

Homework:

Prepare for your progress test – which will include questions on grammar, vocabulary and reading. Remember to keep a record of the revision that you do (e.g. exercises, example sentences, mind maps) that you do as this will also count towards your self study.



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

Classwork:
Presentations

Homework:

Prepare for your progress test – Remember to keep a record of the revision that you do (e.g. exercises, example sentences, mind maps) that you do as this will also count towards your self study.

The test will be in 3 parts:
Written: Reading, Open Cloze (Grammar), Sentence Transformation (Grammar).
Listening: 2 Legal English Tasks – A gap fill & a matching exercise
Speaking:

For the speaking test you can choose the format you wish to practice – Legal English (ILEC), Academic English (IELTS) or General English (CAE)

For information on these exams go to: http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams