ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 2

Level B2 12:30pm

1. Vocabulary Strategies: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/41184334/Vocabulary
2. Learning Strategies Recap
3. Retrieval Practice for Insurance Vocabulary: (1) Brainstorming, (2) Crossword. Source: Professional English in Use - Finance, MacKenzie (2006) CUP, pp. 100 -101

Vocabulary 
lump sum
indemnify
tax shelter
to claim/make a claim
bear a risk 

Homework
Choose a new word you discovered today and try learning it by using 8 different activities, e.g. example sentence, definition in English etc.

Level C1 2:00pm
(1) Learning Strategies - for a copy of the 6 posters go to http://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials
(2) Retrieval practice - Insurance Vocabulary (1) Brainstorming, (2) Crossword. Source: Professional English in Use - Finance, MacKenzie (2006) CUP, pp. 100 -101

Homework
Go to the Cult of Pedagogy Blog https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/learning-strategies/  and listen to the podcast on learning strategies. You can read the podcast audio script from here: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/episode-58/ 

ANIA 2018 B2 (Thursday) Lesson 2

2pm Level B2
Lesson 2
Class

1. Learning Strategies Recap
2. Vocabulary Skills: Retrieval Practice for Insurance Vocabulary: (1) Brainstorming, (2) Crossword. Source: Professional English in Use - Finance, MacKenzie (2006) CUP, pp. 100 -101

Vocabulary 

lump sum

indemnify

tax shelter

to claim/make a claim

bear a risk 

Homework

Think about the strategies we looked at today and organise some spaced practice over the next week (e.g. 3 x 30 minutes) remembering to vary the types of tasks and skills you are practising. 

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday Groups) Lesson 1

Wednesday 12:30 pm C1
Lesson 1
Class
(1) Learning Strategies.
(2) Listening Skills: How To Learn A Language (More or Less 19/01/18) Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05vgzm0 The item starts at 19:20.
Vocabulary
to put someone through their paces 
on the back of someone/something
to build up
to hit a wall
to bluff your way through
to get by
to give something a bash
to take the Mickey out of someone

Homework
(1) Listening: finish the exercises on the worksheet

Listening 4 (26:20 to end)
What does Randall Munroe’s book Up Goer 5 tell us about English? To see the comic go to:
https://xkcd.com/1133/

Listening 5
Look at the numbers in the prediction exercise - what did they refer to in the podcast? Listen again and check.


Reflection
What implications does this podcast have for your own language learning?




(2) Find out what the 800 most useful English words are. Start off by reading about the Oxford English Corpus here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/explore/what-can-corpus-tell-us-about-language

(3) Follow up our work on learning strategies by listening to the discussion on The Cult of Pedagogy Blog https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/learning-strategies/ You can also read the audio script which is available here: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/episode-58/

Corrections
Very few little time (countable/uncountable quantifiers)

2pm C2
Lesson 1
Class
(1) Speaking: CPE Collaborative Task - choosing a historical figure for a podcast
(2) Listening: These Words Forever Source: The Memory Palace http://thememorypalace.us/2009/06/episode-12-these-words-forever/

Corrections
I suggest to use using

Vocabulary
niece (female child of your sibling) nephew (male child of your sibling)
simile /sɪmɪli/ and metaphor

Going Further 
(1) Reading: “The Memory Palace”: History in Escapist Vignettes
Sarah Larson January 25, 2018
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/the-memory-palace-history-in-escapist-vignettes
(2) Listening: One To Another The Allusionist
https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/translation
Translation, A Love Story:
Translator listens to The Allusionist. Translator hears about the podcast The Memory Palace. Translator listens to The Memory Palace. Translator immediately becomes smitten with The Memory Palace. Translator translates The Memory Palace from English to Brazilian Portuguese, and turns it into a book - O Palácio da Memória - which will be published in Brazil two weeks hence.
But, like any love story, it's not quite that simple.
Literary translator Caetano Galindo recounts the trials and treats of turning Nate DiMeo's English language audio into Brazilian Portuguese text.

Lombardi Segni Legal English Course - Lesson 14

Lesson 14
12:00pm B1
Class
Speaking Practice & Error Correction - The importance of overseas experience

Vocabulary
argue (verb)
argument (noun)

Corrections
I remember something
He reminds me of something else

We never say nothing anything

For a discussion on the difference between remember and remind go to: http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-remember-and-vs-remind/

1:30pm C1/C2
Class
Listening Skills  How To Learn A Language (More or Less 19/01/18) Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05vgzm0 The item starts at 19:20.

Vocabulary
to put someone through their paces 
on the back of someone/something
to build up
to hit a wall
to bluff your way through
to get by
to give something a bash
to take the Mickey out of someone

Original Language Cinema This Week in Rome: 

The Post (Nuovo Olimpia)

Call Me By Your Name (Intrastevere)

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 1

Level B2 12:30pm
Class
1. Needs Analysis
2. Learning Strategies

• spaced practice
• retrieval practice
• elaboration
• interleaving
• concrete examples
• dual coding

Can you think of examples of each of these in your language learning practice?

Corrections
It remembers reminds me of something else. (wrong word)
He has much many ideas. (countable and uncountable nouns)
The Italian is very different by to English. (over use of definite article, adjective + preposition collocations)

Vocabulary
collocation
take off  Click on the link to see the 8 different meanings for this phrasal verb. 

Homework

1. https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/learning-strategies/ Listen to the podcast on the link above. You can also read the audio script which is available here: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/episode-58/
2. Use one of the strategies for your English study this week. 

Level C1 2pm
Class

1. Needs Analysis
2. Listening Skills  How To Learn A Language (More or Less 19/01/18) Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05vgzm0 The item starts at 19:20.

Vocabulary
to put someone through their paces 
on the back of someone/something
to build up
to hit a wall
to bluff your way through
to get by
to give something a bash
to take the Mickey out of someone

Homework
Listening 4 (26:20 to end)
What does Randall Munroe’s book Up Goer 5 tell us about English? To see the comic go to:
https://xkcd.com/1133/

Listening 5
Look at the numbers in the prediction exercise - what did they refer to in the podcast? Listen again and check.

Reflection
What implications does this podcast have for your own language learning?

Spot the Mistake

Doing the shopping today I came across this t-shirt. What's the mistake? Post your answers in the comment section below.

ANIA 2018 Level B2 (Thursday) Lesson 1

Lesson 1
Class
Learning Strategies

• spaced practice
• retrieval practice
• elaboration
• interleaving
• concrete examples
• dual coding

Can you think of examples of each of these in your language learning practice?

Corrections
Wrong word:
say/tell
window/windscreen
image (noun)/imagine (verb)

Countable/uncountable:
informations
How many time long did you stay there?

Pronunciation:
climate /klaɪmət/

Verb Structure
I asked to him

Homework
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/learning-strategies/
Listen to the podcast on the link above. You can also read the audio script which is available here: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/episode-58/

Going Further
Why do adverts sound louder than T.V. programmes?
http://www.channel4.com/4viewers/faq/name/why-do-adverts-sound-louder-than-the-programme/id/400290070