Post CPE Lesson 25

Lesson 25 - Saturday 9th May 2015

Class

• U.K. Election/Democracy/Electoral Systems/The E.U. - discussion
• Finance and Economics Vocabulary Recycling: balance of trade, turnover, slump, retail outlets, counterfeit (check pronunciation), supply and demand, profit and loss, assets and liabilities, merger, bankruptcy, administration. 

Going Further
(1) Streaming Links (Thanks to Giulia)

http://ororo.tv/en

http://bestfreestreaming.blogspot.it/2013/09/best-sites-watch-free-movies-online.html

https://www.blackvpn.com/

(2) The U.K. Electoral System (Thanks to Paola) 

https://youtu.be/o4IpGlQX7CI

(3) The State of the E.U.

(4) Why movies with animals always make me cry sob uncontrollably. 

Wendy & Lucy (2008)

Tracks (2013) 

British Council at ANIA - Lesson 9

Group 5 C2 
12:30pm
Class
Correcting mistakes with modals through context.
Listening Skills - Listening for the features of natural speech.
Homework
1. Browse through your textbook - Objective Proficiency - in your opinion which units would be the most useful/interesting to study in class together and which could be done as self study?
2. Other postings on the blog headed "All Students".

Group 7 C1
2:00pm 
Class
Unit 1.2
Adjective suffixes
Continuous forms
Introduction to the Perfect Aspect
Homework
1. Language Reference and Extra Practice p. 134 - 135 (G1/G2/G1&2)
2. Other postings on the blog headed "All Students".

The U.K. Election - All Students

Read the following article on European perspectives on this Thursday's election in the U.K. Which view do you agree with?
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/05/britain-weird-electoral-system-uk-general-election-europe?CMP=fb_gu

On A Lighter Note - All Students

Kath & Kim:"Party" (Season 1, Episode 7)
Kath, Kim and Sharon are getting ready for Kath's hen night. Note how"You're not just a pretty face" can go from compliment to insult with the omission of just one word.

For more information on the Australian sitcom see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kath_%26_Kim_(Australian_TV_series)_episodes

British Council at ANIA Lesson 8

Lesson 8

Group 5 C2 12:30pm
Class
Modal auxiliaries
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442644/Modals

Going Further
The Spirit Level Wilkinson & Pickett (2010) Penguin
http://thespiritleveldocumentary.com
http://audio.theguardian.tv/audio/kip/standalone/books/1236684481340/6627/gdn.bks.090310.pm.spirit.mp3
You Be The Judge
http://www.ybtj.justice.gov.uk

Group 7 C1 2:00pm
Class
Tenses in English http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System
Aspect: Simple vs Continuous
Concepts of "Distance"- Time/Relationship/Reality in English tenses.
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41658221/English%20Grammar%20and%20Thinking%20in%20English

Homework
Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.2
P. 8 7a & 7b

Language & World View - All Students

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/27/world-view-learn-another-language

Panos Athanasopoulos is professor of linguistics and English language at Lancaster University, who believes that the the language you speak in reality can affect the way you think. Do you agree? Read the article on the link above and post your thoughts in the comments section.

British Council at ANIA Lesson 7

Lesson 7 Tuesday 21st April

Group 5 C2
12:30pm

Class
Reading, Discussion

Britain’s rotten electoral system means that once again it’s nose-peg time

Polly Toynbee 15/04/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/15/britain-rotten-electoral-system-nose-peg-vote-swap-tories-out?CMP=fb_gu

New Vocabulary & Collocations

the odds for/against something

formidable odds

to count on something (don't count on it)

to give someone a leg up

to hold sway (over someone)

to fall in line (with)

to be sore (about something)

a bitter pill to swallow

gerrymandering

out of kilter

Homework

1. Highlight all the modal auxiliary verbs in the vote swapping article. What are their various meanings? 

2. Listening: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/r4sandel/r4sandel_20150120-0754c.mp3

Why Democracy?

Tue, 20 Jan 15

Duration:53 mins

Michael Sandel presents a special BBC Democracy Day edition of The Public Philosopher, recorded in the Palace of Westminster with an audience of MPs, peers and the public. This is an extended version of the recording broadcast on Radio 4's Today programme.

Group 7 C1
2:00pm

Class
Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.1
Employment and Education
Discussion, Reading, Listening & Vocabulary

Homework
Read over the audio-script (p.170) and note down any new collocations, expressions or verb structures.