GPII Group 15 B2+2 Lesson 4

GPII Group 15 B2+2
Wednesday 23rd March 2pm
Lesson 4

Negotiating Language and Techniques
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37881077/Negotiations

Company Law Negotiation Role Play Assessed Task

Tuesday 22nd March ECII Groups 8 and 18, Lesson 4

ECII Group 8 B2+2
22nd March 2011 1.30pm
Lesson 4

Class
Fast Connected Speech - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Consumer Rights / Reading
Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals
Open vs Hypothetical Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32379905/Hypothetical-versus-Open-Conditionals

Homework
Conditionals - follow up reading
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/18/what-if-star-wars-never-existed
The Music Business - in preparation for next week's lesson please go to the following link and print off a copy of this article to bring with you to class.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/14/david-joseph-universal-music-brit-awards

ECII Group 18 B2+1
22 March 2011 4pm
Lesson 4

Class
Fast Connected Speech - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Consumer Rights / Reading
Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals


Homework
Conditionals - follow up reading
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/18/what-if-star-wars-never-existed
The Music Business - in preparation for next week's lesson please go to the following link and print off a copy of this article to bring with you to class.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/14/david-joseph-universal-music-brit-awards

Monday 21st March SPI and GPIV Lesson 4

SP 1 GROUP 7 C1.2
21ST MARCH 2011 2PM
LESSON 4

CLASS
Countable and Uncountable Nouns, Modifiers, Pronouns and Determiners - exercises
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37880634/The-Trouble-With-Nouns
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442624/Each-And-Every

Listening Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37875566/Listening-Skills

Wikileaks - discussion and listening
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37888574/Wikileaks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2010/dec/03/us-embassy-cables-wikileaks-podcast

HOMEWORK
Do some background research on the following U.S. political figures
JFK
Martin Luther King Jr
Harvey Milk
Betty Friedan
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37883227/Political-Leadership

GPIV GROUP 6 CRIMINAL LAW
21ST MARCH 2011 5PM
LESSON 4

CLASS
SENTENCING - discussion and Listening
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/31299679/Sentencing

HOME
Follow up tasks and links
Listening
Listen to the following interview with U.K. Justice Minister, Kenneth Clarke. The Minister discusses manner of the themes we talked about in class.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhgfp
For a copy of the interview transcript (to read while you are listening) go to:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/law-in-action/20101028-law-in-action.pdf

Reading
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/08/ken-clarke-bravery-defy-mail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/14/ken-clarke-right-question-prison-crime-rate-link

Conditionals and Hypotheticals - For All Students

I've noticed that as well as modals, many of you are still having difficulties with hypothetical and conditional forms. The best way of getting to grips with this problem area is to notice how native speakers use them. Look out for these forms when you are reading and listening and think about the situations they describe. The link below will take you to an entertaining article from Friday's Guardian, which contains many good examples of second,third and mixed conditionals and other structures for speaking hypothetically.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/18/what-if-star-wars-never-existed

GPIV Private Law Groups 2 and 4 Lesson 3 Friday 18th March 2011

GP IV Private Law
Group 2
Lesson 3
Friday 18th March 1:30pm


Class
Getting a Law Job
Covering Letters and Error correction
Questions - Dictation
Listening - interview
Speaking - interview roleplay

(Material adapted from International Legal English (2006) CUP pp. 196 - 198)

Homework
Go to http://www.simplylawjobs.com/ or http://www.lawjobs.com/

and find an advertisement for a job that interests you (try to find one for a newly qualified (NQ) lawyer if you can), print the advertisement and write a covering letter to go with your application.


GP IV Private Law
Group 4
Lesson 3
Friday 18th March 4:30pm


Class
Getting a Law Job
Covering Letters and Error correction
Questions - Dictation
Listening - interview
Speaking - interview roleplay

(Material adapted from International Legal English (2006) CUP pp. 196 - 198)

Homework
Go to http://www.simplylawjobs.com/ or http://www.lawjobs.com/

and find an advertisement for a job that interests you (try to find one for a newly qualified (NQ) lawyer if you can), print the advertisement and write a covering letter to go with your application.

Wednesday 16th March GPII Group 15 Lesson 3

GPII Group 15 B2+2
Wednesday 16th March 2011 2pm
Lesson 3

Class
Modals continued.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442644/Modals
Exercises - common problems with modals
May & Shall in Legal English
May (for permission similar to "can") and Shall (for a promise similar to "will" or for obligation similar to "must")

Homework
More noticing work needed for modals and check the notes on the link above.

Lessons Monday 14th March (SPI, GPIV) Tuesday 15th March (ECII)

Monday 14th March 2pm
SPI C1.2 Group 7
Lesson 3

Class
Exercises on Modals

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442644/Modals

Open Cloze - exam technique
Introduction to Noun Forms - Countable and Uncountable nouns

http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37880634/The-Trouble-With-Nouns

Homework
Work on problem areas with modals e.g. ability, assumption, deduction and possibility, will and would for characteristic/annoying behaviour.
Work on listening for modals.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24078431/Sex-And-The-City

Monday 14th March 5pm
GPIV Group 6 Criminal Law
Lesson 3

Class
How to Read Case Law
Briefing a Case
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24661613/Dealing-With-Case-Law

Homework
Do the video/vocabulary exercise on Miscarriages of Justice
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37687502/Miscarriage-of-Justice

Tuesday 15th March 1:30pm
ECII B2+2 Group 8
Lesson 3

Class
Analyzing common errors exercise
Introduction to the English tense system
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The-English-Tense-System
Identifying tenses when listening - the features of fast connected speech

Homework
Do some listening practice using podcasts, Youtube or DVDs, focussing on identifying tenses, especially perfect and continuous forms.

Tuesday 15th March 4pm
ECII B2+1 Group 18
Lesson 3

Class
Analyzing common errors exercise
Introduction to the English tense system
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The-English-Tense-System
Identifying tenses when listening - the features of fast connected speech

Homework
Do some listening practice using podcasts, Youtube or DVDs, focussing on identifying tenses, especially perfect and continuous forms.