ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 3

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
keen (to be keen to do something, to be keen on someone/something) 
an uphill struggle/battle
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

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday Groups) Lesson 2

Word of the day for Valentine's Day:

Ship e.g. I see a ship developing between Rylo Ken and Rey

1. noun. A romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.:

popular ships in fan fiction.

2. verb (used with or without object), shipped, shipping. To discuss, write about, or take an interest in a romantic relationship between (fictional characters):

I'm shipping for those guys—they would make a great couple!

Origin 

First recorded in 1995-2000; shortening of relationship

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ship

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/style/tumblr-shippers.html

For a discussion of fan fiction click here: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fanfiction

12:30 C1
Class
1. Learning Strategies Review for a copy of the 6 posters go to http://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials
2. Listening & Language Skills- Podcast Resources
As these podcasts are designed for learners, the presenters speak much slower, however the content is natural, contemporary and useful.
(a) Learning English News Review - Vocabulary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05hw4bq/episodes/downloads
pardoned
caricature
sanitised
The suffix -ette 
For activities based on the podcast go to the BBC Learning English website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview
(b) 6 Minute Grammar - Future Continuous & Future Perfect
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9wq
(c) The English We Speak - Fixed Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9zn
e.g. The best of both worlds, bone idle

Homework
Do the quiz reviewing today's podcast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview/unit-1/session-24


2:00pm C2
Class

Learning Strategies - for a copy of the 6 posters go to http://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials
Pair work and individual presentations.

Going Further: 
(1) 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/ 
(2) Jack of all trades, master of none. This figure of speech is said about someone who is able to do many things, but is not an expert in any but there is also a contrary, less derogatory view, see: https://lifehacker.com/being-a-jack-of-all-trades-doesnt-mean-youre-a-master-511886334

Apparently Aziz Ansari took the title for his Netflix dramedy, Master of None from the Beach House song of the same name.

Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course Lesson 15

12:00pm Level B1

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.

Corrections

Pronunciation

Think about stress: fifteen, fifty

Think about the pronunciation of th in author & mother is it /d/, or / θ/or / ð/? Check your dictionary to find out. 

Verb Structure

He suggest to watch watching (suggest +-ing)

High Numbers

Fifteen thousands words (hundreds and thousands remain singular)

Vocabulary

Keen = enthusiastic e.g. He's a keen student.

See also: to be keen to do something, to be keen on someone/something
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

Listen to the podcast again to notice the new vocabulary (especially the fixed expressions).

Read the Upgoer 5 comic - you can find it here: https://xkcd.com/1133/

1:30 pm Level C1/C2

Legalese Part I

Class

(1) Language: Legalese adverbs and dependent prepositions.

Taken from: International Legal English Worksheet 10.4

Things to think about:

• What does the preposition collocate with?

Accused of an offence = The offence whereof he had been accused

Share a border with other land = A piece of land wherewith the defendant's land shared a common border.

• Are you referring to the document or a time?

Hereinafter/hereafter/heretofore

• Compare:

Therefor and Therefore

Whereby and Whereas

Whereon and Whereupon

(2) Reading: Drive For Plain English

Taken from: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080245/Legal%20Writing%20In%20Plain%20English

Homework

Reread the article and summarise its advice for good legal writing in a list of DOs and DON'Ts  e.g.

You should avoid"antiques" (e.g. legalese adverbs hereinafter etc)
Your writing should be persuasive...
You should write clearly... 
Your writing should not be ...

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)