Tuesday, 15 July 2014

LUISS Recupero B2 Lesson 7

Lesson 7

Presentations - Signposting Language, Planning, Introductions, Conclusions.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32233573/Presentations
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32914707/Presentations%3A%20Introductions%2C%20Conclusions%20and%20Visuals

Individual Presentations - Speaking Assessment

Gianluca, Fabio, Mattia & Francesco, you will have the opportunity to do your presentations tomorrow.

Monday, 14 July 2014

LUISS Recupero B2 Lesson 6

Lesson 6

(1) Tenses & Pronunciation
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442648/Pronunciation
For more notes and exercises on verb structure: stop to do/doing, try to do/doing etc see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080022/Verb%20Structure

(2) Presentations - Preparation and Delivery
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/32233573/Presentations

Homework
Prepare a 5 - 6 minute presentation on the following topic:

You have been asked back to a second interview for an internship position at a prestigious European firm. As part of your interview they would like you to give a short (5 - 6 minutes) presentation about an area you have studied at university and are interested in, saying why you think this will be important in the future.

Friday, 11 July 2014

LUISS Recupero B2 Lesson 5

Lesson 5

(1) Error Correction Covering Letters/Interviews

Correct the mistakes
I work hardly
I am very motivate
Having look your website
I am interested joining your company
When I was at University I have studied International Law
I have difficult with English.
I am a very flexibility person.
I want to work for corporate.
You might lost time. 
I can to complete many tasks in a short time.
I would like to make you some questions.
I went to the U.S. lonely

Grammar Areas to Work On:
I am used to + ing
I usually + present simple
I used to + infinitive

Past Simple for completed actions at a time in the past
Present Perfect for experiences

Spelling:
Strength, available, useful
 
Pronunciation:
Vowels: punctual, fast, weakness, foreign
Word stress: practise
Endings: worked

(2) Noticing Perfect Tenses in listening
Find examples of:
Present Perfect Simple/Continuous
Past Perfect Simple/Continuous
Pefective Infinitive
Perfect -ing
Material: Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.3

(3) Pronunciation Workshop
For a copy of today's worksheet, click on the link below.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442648/Pronunciation

For more pronunciation practice go to: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/phonemic-chart

Sounds Right iPad app
If you have an iPad, you can download and install a free copy of the British Council phonemic chart on it. Find out more on LearnEnglish.

Thursday, 10 July 2014

LUISS Recupero B2 Lesson 4

Lesson 4

(1) Speaking Skills - Using Fillers
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41721142/Suggested%20Answers%20-%20Speaking

(2) Preparing for an interview. Typical Interview Questions http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/top-10-interview-questions.htm

(3) Interview Role Play - Speaking Assessment

(4) Feedback on Writing & Speaking Tasks

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

LUISS Recupero B2 Lesson 3

Lesson 3

(1) Grammaring Task - adding tenses to  headlines
(2) Covering Letters - Material Taken from Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.5 and http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/47733197/Getting%20A%20Law%20Job
(3) In class writing assessment - covering letter Writing Assessment
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/82773220/Internships

 

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

LUISS Recupero Course B2 July 2014 Lesson 2

Lesson 2

(1) Legal Collocations:
advise - clients, corporations, defendants
draft - contracts, decisions, law, legislation
litigate - cases, disputes
represent - clients, corporations, defendants
practise - law
research - cases, decisions, law, legislation
 
(2) Using a text to learn vocabulary - idioms, lexical sets
 
(3) Overview of English Tenses
 
Homework
Find an article on the internet (or use the article from today's lesson) and highlight the tenses that the author has used. Why did he/she use the simple, continuous, perfect or non perfect?