LUISS Business School Group 5 B2.3 Lesson 3

Lesson 3
Class

• Covering letters (listening/structure/language)
• Timed writing task - volunteers advertisement
• Peer editing

Idiom:  Putting your best foot forward = making the best possible impression. 

Homework

Next week we will be looking at job interviews and presentations. Spend some time this week researching a job/internship which you would really like to apply for. Have a look at http://www.topinternships.com/ for suggestions. 

GPII Group 15 B2+2 (2pm) Lesson 1

Lesson 1

Class
Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Legal English - Describing a Law, Court Structure, Types of Laws
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/64428921/Court%20Structure

Vocabulary
Party (ies)
Litigation
Art. 8 (2) (a) (ii) = Article 8, section 2, sub-section a, paragraph 2
c.f. prescribe (state) proscribe (prohibit) Check the spelling and pronunciation
A party to a contract
The elements of a contract
The clasuse/provisions of a contract

Homework
(1)  Read the notes on your self study requirements  and start your self study blog/notebook/folder. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
(2) Write down your personal goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it.

Suggestions for Self Study

• Write a paragraph describing the Italian court system using the terminology that you learnt today.
• Look at the court structure of another jurisdiction, e.g. U.K., Australia, New Zealand or Canada and compare and contrast it with Italy. What might the advantages or disadvantages of working in that system be?

GPII Group 8 B2+2 (11:30am) Lesson 1

Lesson 1

Class
Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Analysing the textbook and deciding on a syllabus (group speaking assessment)
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/67380036/Deciding%20on%20a%20Syllabus
Present Perfect Simple/Coninuous - Understanding Fast Speech
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442648/Pronunciation

Homework
(1)  Read the notes on your self study requirements  and start your self study blog/notebook/folder. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
(2) Write down your personal goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it.
(3) New Vocabulary - try a listening exercise - remember the 8 x 8 rule.http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary

ECII Group 10 B2+2 (5pm) Lesson 1

Lesson 1

Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Listening for collocations, phrasal verbs and fixed phrases
http://seansstudypage.blogspot.it/2014/02/renzi-readies-to-form-new-italian.html

Homework
(1)  Read the notes on your self study requirements  and start your self study blog/notebook/folder. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
(2) Write down your personal goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it.
(3) New Vocabulary - try a listening exercise - remember the 8 x 8 rule.

Renzi Listening – Economics/Market Lexical Set
The Eurozone’s third largest economy
Is technically out of recession
Returned to growth in the final quarter of 2013
Suffering from a severe slump
2 trillion euros of public debt
The market will take it well
Reduce/cut back taxes/bureaucracy

Collocations, Phrasal Verbs & Verb Structures from the Renzi listening 
give someone a mandate
Accept a mandate
In a row
Suffer a (severe) slump
Public debt
Fail to do something
To press ahead with something
To make headway
To secure a majority
To bide your time
To oust a rival
Sense of urgency
To be frustrated at something (e.g. slow pace of reform)

ECII Group 1 B2+2 (2:30pm) Lesson 1

Lesson 1
Class
Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
Listening for collocations, phrasal verbs and fixed phrases
http://seansstudypage.blogspot.it/2014/02/renzi-readies-to-form-new-italian.html

Homework
(1)  Read the notes on your self study requirements  and start your self study blog/notebook/folder. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
(2) Write down your personal goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it.
(3) New Vocabulary - try a listening exercise - remember the 8 x 8 rule.


Corrections
I traduce from Italian                           translate 
We study too grammar at school         too much 
I want to learn as much phrasal verbs as possible.     many

What type of mistakes are these? E.g. over translation, countable or uncountable nouns?

Renzi Listening – Economics/Market Lexical Set

The Eurozone’s third largest economy

Is technically out of recession

Returned to growth in the final quarter of 2013

Suffering from a severe slump

2 trillion euros of public debt

The market will take it well

Reduce/cut back taxes/bureaucracy

Collocations, Phrasal Verbs & Verb Structures from the Renzi listening 
give someone a mandate
Accept a mandate
In a row
Suffer a (severe) slump
Public debt
Fail to do something
To press ahead with something
To make headway
To secure a majority
To bide your time
To oust a rival
Sense of urgency
To be frustrated at something (e.g. slow pace of reform)

Euler Hermes Legal English Course Lesson 17

Lesson 17
Both Groups

• Unsettled Areas of Law
• Fixed & Floating Charges
• Book Debts
• Shrink Wrap Contracts
• Case Briefs

For more on Shrink Wrap Contracts See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink_wrap_contract
http://euro.ecom.cmu.edu/program/law/08-732/Transactions/ShrinkwrapFenwick.pdf

For more on Case Briefs see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24661613/Dealing%20With%20Case%20Law
If you want to practice go to http://www.bailii.org/ and select a case. Try to summarise it into a one page case brief using the section headings and language form the example we looked at today.

GPII Group 1 B2+1 Lesson 1

Lesson 1

Class
Goal Setting
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63701997/Make%20A%20Difference
Vocabulary Skills
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/24182444/Vocabulary%20Strategies%20For%20Legal%20English
Listening for collocations, phrasal verbs and fixed phrases
http://seansstudypage.blogspot.it/2014/02/renzi-readies-to-form-new-italian.html

Homework
(1)  Read the notes on your self study requirements  and start your self study blog/notebook/folder. http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/63767935/Self%20Study
(2) Write down your personal goal for the term and how you intend to achieve it. 
(3) New Vocabulary - try a listening exercise - remember the 8 x 8 rule. 
(4) Purchase the set text for the course - Language Leader Advanced. The book is available from the university bookshop, Feltrinelli International or on line from Amazon. Please make sure you have the coursebook by next week. If you want to buy the workbook as well, to use for your self study, that is up to you.

Vocabulary Suggestions from the Renzi listening 

give someone a mandate

Accept a mandate

In a row

Suffer a (severe) slump

Public debt

Fail to do something

To press ahead with something

To make headway

To secure a majority

To bide your time

To oust a rival

Sense of urgency

To be frustrated at something (e.g. slow pace of reform)