Lesson 21 12:30pm C1 Class
Punctuation (check the pronunciation of apostrophe /əpɒstrəfi/) p. 110
Word Formation Corrections - shortage, overrule, mislaid
Homework
Punctuation correction exercise p. 110, question 4
2:00pm C2 Class
Key Word Transformations - to set your heart/mind on something/doing something, to come to light
Name Therapy - Jigsaw reading & discussion. Vocabulary: to be stumped (for something), a nod to someone, to put your stamp on something, from the get go, a slippery slope, to come across as, to be on board (with).
Lesson 20 C1 12:30pm Class
Emphasis: Cleft Sentences & Intonation Advanced Expert p. 109
Homework
Word formation task sheet
C2 2:00pm Class
1. Word Formation task sheet
Check spelling: mislaid, overweight, overruled, happiness, shyness
2. The Longest word in the English language. Antidisestablishmentarianism is oftencited as the longest word in the English language (excluding coined and technical terms). The longest word found in a major dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, but this is a technical term that was coined specifically to be the longest word.
The word construction is as follows (the numbers succeeding the word refer to the number of letters in the word): establish (9)
to set up, put in place, or institute (originally from the Latin stare, to stand) dis-establish (12)
to end the established status of a body, in particular a church, given such status by law, such as the Church of England disestablish-ment (16)
the separation of church and state (specifically in this context it is the political movement of the 1860s in Britain) anti-disestablishment (20)
opposition to disestablishment antidisestablishment-ary (23)
of or pertaining to opposition to disestablishment antidisestablishmentar(y)i-an (25)
an opponent of disestablishment antidisestablishmentarian-ism (28)
the movement or ideology that opposes disestablishment antidisestablishmentarian-ist (28)
a person that opposes disestablishment antidisestablishmentarian-istically (34)
Homework
Listen to the podcast again - this time noting any new fixed expressions e.g. to have a head for dates/names/facts, to get into a tizzy Going Further - Halloween Viewing Mulholland Drive (2001)
Homework:
Listen to the podcast again while reading the audio script. What made the listening difficult: The language (e.g. fixed expressions)? The pronunciation (accents, fast connected speech)?
Listen and read here: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/nounnames
Comparing Open Cloze & Multiple Choice Cloze for testing phrasal verbs, verb structure, dependent prepositions, discourse markers and fixed phrases. To live off someone/something, on the contrary
Listening Skills - Short extracts p. 108
Homework
Listen to the short extracts task again noting the phrases that are key to finding the right answer.
This week in popular culture: Agatha Christie, 800 Words, The Haunting of Hill House
Comparing Open Cloze for testing phrasal verbs, verb structure, dependent prepositions, discourse markers and fixed phrases. To live off someone/something, on the contrary
Commonly confused abbreviations - e.g. (for example) & i.e. (that is or in other words) I eat all citrus fruit, e.g. oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit. I eat all citrus fruit, i.e. anything juicy with a sharp taste.
Functional phrases for emails
Starting and finishing emails (Business Advantage, p. 117)
Homework
Using the chart on p. 177, mark where you think each of the 5 example emails on p. 116 sit in terms of style and relationship.
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