ANIA B2.3 Group 5 (2pm)

Class

International Markets

Key Vocabulary

Ways of expanding internationally:

Setting up a sales subsidiary

Finding a distributor (check the pronunciation - which syllable is stressed?)

Buying a local company

Verbs/phrasal verbs

To work out a deal (negotiate)

To work out a problem (resolve)

To buy up something (completely)

To buy out a business partner

To move into a new maket = to enter a new market

To enter into a contract/agreement

False friends

Argument: (i) a verbal disagreement, (ii) the point of view expressed in an article or essay.

Topic: the subject of a discussion, article or essay. 

Homework 

Revise today's vocabulary and discussion points (e.g. The role of trade fairs, chambers of commerce, trade delegations, embassies, subsidiaries, distributors in international trade) as this will be useful for next week's listening activities. 

All Students - New Zealand English

Last month, The Urban List website published Martha Brooke's entertaining article,  37 Kiwi Words That Will Confuse The Hell Out Of You. The list includes such kiwisms as:

• Scroggin
• Munted
• Togs
• Dodgy 
• Capsicum
• Bach
• Jandals
• Beaut
• Bro

What do you think they mean? If you are stumped, find out the definitions from the article available on the link below:

https://www.theurbanlist.com/auckland/a-list/37-kiwi-words-that-will-confuse-the-hell-out-of-you?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Auckland%20B2C%20eNews%2022916&utm_content=Auckland%20B2C%20eNews%2022916+Version+B+CID_284c0016ebab97b3e369d23bed0c4c24&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor%20Emails&utm_term=37%20Kiwi%20Words%20That%20Will%20Confuse%20The%20Hell%20Out%20Of%20You

ANIA C2 Group 8 (2pm)

Class
Literature and Language Learning - Part One: Margaret Atwood
Introduction - Discussion

1. What was the last novel that you really enjoyed?
2. Do you have a favourite author whose books you particularly like?
3. What genres do you prefer? Historical novels? Thrillers? Dystopian Fiction?
4. Have you read any books both in their original language and in translation? How different was the reading experience for you?

Listening - Margaret Atwood
http://www.npr.org/2015/09/30/444775853/now-is-not-the-time-for-realistic-fiction-says-margaret-atwood

1. How does Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Heart Goes Last, demonstrate the intersection between storytelling and new technology?
2. How does the author describe the book?
3. What is the setting of the novel?
4. Why did Atwood want to write about penal institutions?
5. According to Mat Johnson, what is the most enjoyable characteristic of Atwood’s work?
6. In Atwood's opinion,’why are readers more attracted to fantasy fiction now? 

Check your answers by listening again by reading the summary provided on the link (also available on the handout).
(n.b. it is a summary not a word for word transcript)

Homework

1. Margaret Atwood is Canadian. Do you notice any differences between her accent and U.S. accents you have heard? 
2. Would you be interested in reading The Heart Goes Last? Why/why not?
3. Read through the summary again noting any new words, collocations, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases and idiomatic expressions. 

New Vocabulary

• wry

Adjective

Word forms: wrier, wriest, wryer or wryest

drily humorous; sardonic

• scrounge

Verb informal

1. (when intr, sometimes foll by around) to search in order to acquire (something) without cost

2. to obtain or seek to obtain (something) by cadging or begging

• footing

Noun

a secure grip by or for the feet

ANIA C1 Group 6 (12:30pm)

Class
Pronunciation
Introduction to phonemic chart

How the chart relates to where and how you make the sounds

For more detailed notes go to http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442648/Pronunciation

For vowels ask 3 questions:

1. Is it long or short?
2. Is the tongue at the top, in the middle or at the bottom of the mouth?
3. Do you make the sound at the front, middle or back of the mouth?

For consonants think about:

1. How do you make the sound?
2. Where do you make the sound?
3. Is the sound made by vibrating the vocal chords or not ( is it voiced or unvoiced)?

Treat the chart like a map and it will help you find where to make the sound.

Homework

1. Finish the "hidden names" game.
2. Download the Sounds Right App for iPad iPhoneor an equivalent phonemic chart for your tablet or phone or android to use in class. Get to know the chart. Which sounds are the most difficult to pronounce or distinguish?

All Students - Take advantage of the Rome Film Festival

The Rome Film Festival starts today and runs until 23rd October at the Auditorium. This is a great opportunity to see films in original language from all over the world. Subtitles are provided in Italian and projected on a separate smaller screen below the main screen so as not to obstruct the images. As well as the films, there are many live events including Q & A sessions with Oliver Stone, Viggo Mortensen and Meryl Streep. Most tickets to the films and the live events cost €10 and there are several retrospectives and special screenings which are free. To download the programme go to http://www.romacinemafest.it/en/rome-film-fest/programme/

Hope to see you there this weekend!






Here are some suggested highlights of the English language films:

• Moonlight
• Manchester By The Sea
• The Last Laugh
• Birth of a Nation
• Captain Fantastic
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Hunt For The Wilder-people
• Lion
• Sing Street
• Tom Hanks retrospective (free entry)
• Retrospective of American political cinema (free entry) 

ANIA A2.2 Group 2 (12:30pm)

Class

Introduction to phonemic chart

For vowels ask 3 questions:

Is it long or short?

Is the tongue at the top, in the middle or at the bottom of the mouth?

Do you make the sound at the front, middle or back of the mouth?

For consonants think about:

How do you make the sound?

Where do you make the sound?

Is the sound made by vibrating the vocal chords or not ( is it voiced or unvoiced)?

Treat the chart like a map and it will help you find where to make the sound.

Homework

1. Finish the "hidden names" game.
2. Download the Sounds Right App for iPad iPhoneor an equivalent phonemic chart for your tablet or phone or android to use in class. 

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/sounds-right

ANIA B2.3 Group 5 (2pm)

Class

Vocabulary from warm up free speaking:

Cold symptoms: headache (note pronunciation /eik/), cough (noun and verb), blocked nose, runny nose, sore throat.

Gardening: prune/cut back a hedge/plant/tree, water plants/the garden, rake leaves, mow the lawn/cut the grass, plant a tree/seeds.

Lexical precision and connotation:

Walk - stride (strode, stridden), stroll, shuffle, trudge

Writing Skills

Making requests and writing concisely

(Adapted from BEC Masterclass p. 29)