How would you describe the events of the past week to a political science student from another country? What do you think will happen next?
Watch the news report above. Did they get it right? Were there any details/explanations that they should have added?What does a foreign journalist need to understand about Italian history/politics/culture?
Listen again, noting down any useful politics related vocabulary - e.g. ballot, rally, political stalemate, (break) the political deadlock, re-elcetion, (comfortably) win a majority, major parties, general election, to be taken for a ride.
New words/corrections: dissolve parliament, unemployment, mortgage, cost of living, Member of Parliament (M.P.) or parliamentarian, technocrat government.
Prepare for your Speaking Assessment by reviewing the vocabulary and phrases from the subject areas we have looked at this term: Education, Tourism, Politics.
Problem Areas: Articles theinformation, the communication but the internet, Freedom of the press
Countable & Uncountable
news, progress, information, research
Singular/Plural Verb/Noun Agreement Everyone thinks of himself as a journalist One of the + superlative adjective + plural noun This last years These last years
Word Order
Keep you subject, verb and object together at the start of the sentence. Always ask: where is my subject? Check verb structure - use your dictionary if you are not sure.
Correct the following:
Is said that the main problem is not decide if it is better information of social media or traditional journalism.
It is said that the main problem is not deciding whether social media or traditional journalism provide better information/whether information is better from social media or traditional journalism
Vocabulary False Friends: According to me, condemn, accord, stylist were all used incorrectly. What would the proper word or phrase in English be? Collocation: A strong heated debate Avoid Repetition:
In the first option about values many people just copied the adjectives - honour, kindness and trust.
It is better to either (1) change the word form e.g. trust is important - being trustworthy is important
(2) Think of a synonym: e.g. Kind - benevolent, thoughtful, courteous, gracious, good hearted
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Politics in Action
How would you describe the events of the past week to a political science student from another country? What do you think will happen next?
Watch the news report above. Did they get it right? Were there any details/explanations that they should have added?What does a foreign journalist need to understand about Italian history/politics/culture?
Listen again, noting down any useful politics related vocabulary - e.g. ballot, rally, political stalemate, (break) the political deadlock, re-elcetion, (comfortably) win a majority, major parties, general election, to be taken for a ride.
Homework Answers - Modals
P.21 Q. 10
1. can't, 2. can't, 3. might, 4. don't have to, 5. might, 6. may, 7 mustn't, 8. have to, 9. can't.
P. 137 G2, Q. 3
1. may, might, 2. can't, mustn't, 3. Can, Could, 4. can't (or it isn't true) 5. may, might.
Writing Feedback - Letter Rewrite, Tourism Paragraphs Correct the following errors I haven't a higher qualification. We need to participate to more international treaties and think at the problem more seriously. I have done a lot of researches in the field of informatics. But there is only an expensive accommodation. Do not hesitate to contact me should you need more informations. The relevance of tourism is increased. Italy is one of the most visited place. The tourism could be improved by looking at new business models. We need to focalise on the strengths of the industry.
Choose a company which is currently "on the ropes" and prepare a 4 - 5 minute presentation on how you are going to turn it around. It's important that your presentation is well structured and uses signposting language effectively see http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/presentations-lang.htm for more examples.
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Speaking Assessment - Presentations
Peer Feedback - Make notes and give feed back on the following:
What is the product/business/advertising
campaign?
What are its special features or USP?
Was the presentation convincing and
memorable? Why/Why Not?
Did the speaker use a range of
signposting language?
Was the speaker’s delivery
effective? Think about: voice (speed, volume and intonation), eye contact, body
language.
General Feedback On Presentations
Excellent
work – good use of signposting and excellent range of accurate vocabulary
More
signposting needed if you have lots of information – your audience has to
remember it
Vowel
sounds /fruit/ /launch/
Intonation
and chunking
Presentation
skills – will improve with practice – eye contact – don’t fold arms, use cue
cards rather than notes.
Ethical Dilemmas
Shoplifting
= stealing from a shop
Bribe
(illegal in business and politics) = the giver expects a favour in returnUnit 6.2, p. 60 - 61
Past Continuous
P.145 G1
Homework:
p.61, q. 6
Write a paragraph reflecting on your Presentation today. What did your classmates say? What were you happy with? What areas do you need to improve in the future?
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