ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 15

Lesson 15
12:30 pm B2
Class
Discussion Smart Working
What is Smart Working? See: http://www.flexibility.co.uk/flexwork/general/Naomi-Stanford-smart-working.htm

Corrections
Pronunciation 
mayor /meəʳ/  major /meɪdʒəʳ /
Dependent prepositions
answer to her manager
take my child at to school
Collocation
make + decision, a distinction, a cake
Confused words
humour/mood
Countability
Homework (uncountable)
So many worried

Vocabulary
efficient
patience (noun), patient (adjective)
hidden
to sponsor

Homework

• Read the article on smart working from the link above
• Room 101 (from Global English pp. 106 - 107) reading & dependent prepositions

2:00pm C1

Class

Language Training - Dependent Prepositions 

laugh at (someone) (excludes the person speaking)

laugh with (someone), laugh about (something)(includes the person speaking)

Language Assessment - Dependent Prepositions

Exam Practice 2 - Open Cloze

Vocabulary

to have second thoughts = to have doubts

something plays on your mind = to think about something a lot

(to be) on standby

Homework

Language Assessment - Vocabulary, Phrasal Verbs, Idioms & Fixed Expressions

Exam Practice 1 - Key Word Transformation

ANIA 2018: B2 (Thursday) Lesson 16

Lesson 16
2:00 pm B2

(1) Presentation - Stefano - 6 Minute English - Women in NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac67KPcSqsM

Vocabulary
recruit
selected
a realistic possibility 
unfortunate
aspects
strengths
math (U.S.)/maths (U.K.)/mathematics

(2) Extended Discussion

• Save the date
• Infrastructure Development - Expanding the airport, a new runway for Fiumicino? https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/global-airport-construction-review-2q2018-usd803-billion-costs-412850
• ANIA Foundation - health roadshow (Street Health Tour)

Corrections

Collocation: We did held a press conference

False Friends: Manifestation or Demonstration 

Pronunciation - Vowel Sounds: woman /wʊmən/ women /wɪmɪn/

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 14

Lesson 14
12:30 C1
Exam Skills - Speaking Part 2
Useful Language (p, 97)

• contrast
• possibility
• certainty
• emphasis
• surprise
• speculating

Practice Test, Speaking Part 2 (p. 205)

2:00 C2
Speaking Skills - Discussion

• Political Discourse https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/15/15585176/motivated-ignorance-politics-debate
• Approaches to error correction
• Approaches to vocabulary - phrasal verbs

Lombardi Segni Legal English Course - Lesson 27

Lesson 27
12:00 B1
Class
Speaking Skills - Discussion

• Approaches to national and global challenges (economic, political, health, environmental)
• The Gapminder Test
• Factfulness

Homework
Hans Rosling- Video Listening
The TED talk should also have the audio script available.

1:30pm C1/C2
Class
Language Skills - Error Correction
Classifying errors: It is important to consider the effect of mistakes and where they come from. Errors that block communication are often caused by false friends or errors in collocation, whereas grammar errors often cause misunderstandings (e.g. modal use, present perfect instead of past simple).

Discussion:

1. What mistakes are you most worried about/feel most self conscious about:
   mispronunciation?
   using the wrong word?
   using the wrong tense?
   sounding too simplistic or unsophisticated?
2. Are you more self conscious about your writing or your speaking? Why?
3. Are you equally worried about slips and mistakes? http://www.errordiary.org/?page_id=7339 
4. What mistakes are you happy to let slide?
5. How far do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

“Americans have ruined the English language.”
“Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English.”
“If Shakespeare were alive today, he’d sound like an American.”
“English accents are the sexiest.”

Homework:
Listening
You are going to listen to an extract from the episode, Across the Pond from The Allusionist podcast from 6th April 2018.
To listen: https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/across-the-pond 
For the transcript go to: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/

1. What does the expression across the pond mean?
2. What is hyper-correction? What examples do they give? (16:40)
3. According to Lynne Murphy why do we want to learn grammar? (20:00)
4. What does she say about English in the 19th, 20th and 21st Centuries?
5. Complete the quotation from the interview:

English deserves our ______________, not our _______________.

Going Further
Lynne Murphy, The Prodigal Tongue

https://theprodigaltongue.com

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