ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 14

Lesson 14
12:30pm B2
Class

Phrasal Verbs
meaning & structure (4 types)

Homework
1. Write your own examples for the 6 phrasal verbs that you learnt today.
2. You can see the importance of phrasal verbs when you look at the list of the 100 most frequent verbs in English and realise how many are verbs and prepositions.

Phrasal Verbs - A Spotify Playlist
https://open.spotify.com/user/11142496185/playlist/5IN815vqsJHESck8r070SH?si=Fm4vyOteRnWhziPNZa9LaQ

2:00pm C1
Class
Talking Points: 

• The Italian Political Crisis (1) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/26/charlatan-miracle-cure-italy-populist-new-government-five-star-movement-league   (2) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/italy-president-sergio-mattarella-names-interim-prime-minister-carlo-cottarelli
• The effect of the GDPR (1) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/21/what-is-gdpr-and-how-will-it-affect-you   (2) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/facebook-google-gdpr-complaints-eu-consumer-rights

Corrections
scaring scary
it's been ready since for two years
ask to you

Homework

1. Follow up reading on today's talking points (see links above)
2. Complete the exercises on the photocopy about verb/noun/adjective + preposition constructions

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 15

Lesson 15

2:00 pm B2

Class

Speaking and listening skills:

Supporting the speaker/active listening.

Introducing yourself on the phone. 

Source: Business Advantage p. 124

Vocabulary

To involve someone (in a discussion/conversation)

Teleprompter

Homework

Prepare a short talk based on an article you have read, video,film or tv show you've seen or podcast or interview you've listened to. This can then be the starting point for our in class discussion. 

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 13

12:30pm C1
Class

1. General listening & discussion Credit Card Roulette (Listening starts at 18:25 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r82r3)
2. Unit 6B - Vocabulary p. 96 words and phrases expressing anger and happiness
3. Exam Practice, Speaking Part 2 = linking description to deduction (pp. 96 - 97)

New Vocabulary
to be tight/mean (with money)
to mull (something) over
to brood over something/someone

Homework
Analysing the speaking task - listening p. 97 questions 3(b)(c) and 4(a)(b)

2:00pm C2
Class

1. The Royal Wedding: The Economic Effects? (Listening) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p067kzbn The Social Effects?(Reading) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/20/spirit-britain-royal-wedding-brexit
2. Behavioural Economics General listening & discussion Credit Card Roulette (Listening starts at 18:25 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r82r3)

 Vocabulary
to shout someone something
to part with money
to split the bill

Going Further
http://danariely.com

Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course Lesson 26

Lesson 26
1:30pm C1/C2 
Class

1. GDPR - follow up discussion - comparing the new regulation with the current directive.
2. Approaches To Error Correction  

• errors or slips?
• cause and effect
• categorising errors - blocks information/doesn't block information/causes confusion
• hyper-correction

Corrections
There are is information
Sensible/sensitive
on in March

How would you categorise these mistakes? What caused them? Are they errors or slips?

Homework
The Allusionist Across The Pond
Listen here: https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/across-the-pond
Audio script available here: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/across-the-pond

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 13

Lesson 13
12:30pm B2
Class

• Bringing up children: Children and education - combatting bullying, teaching tolerance
• Perception: Laurel/Yanny and the Blue/Gold Dress. Reading:                                                                                                     (1)https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/05/16/three-years-of-research-into-thedress-digested-a-lesson-in-humility-for-perceptual-science/                                                                                  (2) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/16/yanny-or-laurel-sound-illusion-sets-off-ear-splitting-arguments
• Supporting the speaker in Italian - follow up to last week's skills work

Vocabulary & Corrections
bully - check the pronunciation here: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bully
to throw in the towel = to give up
more easy easier
go to home
actually = in reality
at present
tidy

Homework
This week listen out for and look out for phrasal verbs when you are reading and listening to English. Make a note of what phrasal verbs you hear, their meaning and their structure. Look at all the phrasal verbs (underlined) there are in this blog post alone.

2:00pm C1

Class
Talking Points:

• The Royal Wedding: Follow up reading & viewing: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/20/bishop-michael-curry-sermon-history-harry-meghan-wedding
• The Cannes Film Festival https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/19/cannes-2018-japanese-film-shoplifters-wins-palme-dor

Language Development: 

Verb/Noun/Adjective + preposition combinations

Vocabulary & Corrections

screening (of a film)

feasibility (noun), feasible (adjective)

to watch something live/a live broadcast

nervous versus irritable

Homework
Complete questions 4 & 5 on the handout - preposition + ing constructions and confusing pairs.
What's the difference between:

• hear of & hear about?
• shout to & shout at?
• anxious for & anxious about?
• care for & care about?
• laugh at, laugh with & laugh about

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 14

Lesson 14
2:00pm B2
Class
Speaking Skills - Discussion: GDPR, privacy & social media

Homework
Listening: The GDPR Source: Law in Action 19/03/2018 (item starts at 17:00)

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v3fdt 

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 12

Lesson 12
12:30pm  C1
Class

1. The Factfulness Quiz http://forms.gapminder.org/s3/test-2018
2. Intuition - discussion (p. 95)
3. Exam Listening Practice (p. 95)

Homework

1. Check the vocabulary in the Expert Word Check on p. 95 (draw on, mull over, snap decision etc)
2. Listen to the practice test again, noting where the answers are and analysing where you went wrong and/or try doing the test again using a different strategy

Going Further
Hans Rosling, Ignorance & the Chimpanzee Test https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen
Gapminder https://www.gapminder.org

2:00pm C2

Talking Points:

• Factfulness
• Yanny/Laurel 
• Ruth Ellis and capital punishment

Class

The  GDPR

Vocabulary
What do think the following expressions mean?
A catch all
A dry read
A client walking through the door
A mammoth task
A cottage industry

Listening

Source: Law in Action 19/03/2018 (item starts at 17:00)
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v3fdt 
Listen to the podcast and answer the following questions:

Part One - The Lawyer

1. How will breaches of the regulation be punished?
2. How does Phillip Giles define the GDPR?
3. What is included in the definition of personal data?
4. Will all businesses be covered by the regulation?
5. What has Phillip Giles done in his own law firm to comply with the regulation?
6. What categories of client does he outline?
7. What is the major drawback he sees in getting a consultant to organise a company's GDPR compliance?
8. Will the GDPR apply to the U.K. after Brexit?
9. Who will enforce the regulation in the U.K.?

Part Two - The Information Commissioner

1. According to the Deputy Information Commissioner what will the GDPR do?
2. How will consent for data usage change?
3. What's the difference between the right to withdraw consent and the right to be forgotten?
4. Is data erasure an absolute right?
5. What will be the role of the Information Commission?
6. What fines can the Commission impose?
7. How will the regulation expand the Commission's powers?
8. Will the new regulation be able to stop breaches by hackers?

Homework

1. Take the gapminder test from the opening chapter of Factfulness - http://forms.gapminder.org/s3/test-2018
2. Read your follow up article on the GDPR

Going Further

Dance With A Stranger