ANIA C1 Group 2 Lesson 6

Class
Revision & Practice of

• Perfect & Continuous aspects

Adapted from CAE Expert p. 13 Questions 1 - 3

Homework

Finish the exercise sheet

Question 4 - expressions with future meaning

Question 5 - Future in the past

D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 13

Class
Revision of language for graphs, charts and statistics
Adapted from New Headway Academic Skills level 3

Vocabulary
Cinema
Repertory cinema/revival house
Art house cinema (this is probably the closest translation of cinema d'essai)
Independent cinema
Cinema club

Describing Trends
sharp increase/decrease
soar
plummet
plunge

Homework
Look at the tables at the end of the handout. What would be the best type of graph to represent this data? How would you summarise the data represented?

Writing Skills
Report - Model Answer
Compare the report you wrote for homework last week with the model answer below.

All Students - Films in english this week

Once again there is a wide choice of films to see in original language in Rome this weekend. with the Oscars on Sunday night, why not catch up with nominated films such as Jackie and Fences in the way they were intended to be seen?

Jackie screening at the Fiamma Multiplex

When you have seen Natalie Portman's performance in Jackie, listen to the real Jackie Kennedy the video below. How well do you think Portman imitated the first lady's particular accent? 

Fences screening at the Fiamma multiplex

Other Academy Award nominated films screening in original language include:
Moonlight, Manchester By The Sea and La La Land. 
Also screening in original language: T2 Trainspotting.

Background Reading on the Best Picture Nominees
Arrival
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/feb/23/why-arrival-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar
Moonlight
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/20/why-moonlight-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar
Fences
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/17/fences-denzel-washington-best-picture-oscar

D'Amico Shipping B1 Lesson 11

Class

Mistakes with comparisons p. 51, p. 135

Introduction to presentations - advertising campaigns p. 52

Notes

Much more + noun

Much + adjective

E.g. We've had much more rain this year.

It's been much wetter this year.

Make sure you differentiate the pronunciation of the comparative and superlative terms to avoid confusion - e.g. Less /e/ the least /i:/

Just as (adjective) as = exactly the same

Pronunciation (vowel sounds - check your dictionary)

Launch

Agency

Fruit

Campaign

Shape

Corrections

X According to me

This is a false friend, use in my view/in my opinion instead.

Homework
During your personal reading and listening in English this week, pay particular attention to comparative and superlative forms and how they are modified. 

ANIA B2 Group 8 Lesson 5

Class

Speaking skills - discussion technology and retail trends

Listening skills - approaching multiple choice questions

BEC Vantage Masterclass p. 34

Vocabulary

TFR = severance pay, deferred salary, golden handshake

Corrections
He works like a photographer  (He isn't really a photographer, but his job is similar to a photographer)
He works as a photographer (He is a photographer, that's his job)
He is a professionist professional  
I have a second work job. 

Homework

Read through the audio-script to today's listening, highlighting where the answers to the question are and noting which multiple choice options are "distractors".

ANIA C2 Group 6 Lesson 5

Class

Listening Skills - note taking

Writing Skills - CPE Part 1 summarising task

Ignorance

Podcast One

The Golden Age of Ignorance. Sunday Morning, Radio New Zealand 5/2/2017

During the lesson we stopped at 8:00.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/201832121/the-golden-age-of-ignorance

Podcast Two

The Ignorance Test. More or Less, BBC Radio 4 10/04/2017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rzjy0

Homework

Use the notes you made today to write an essay summarising and evaluating the key points presented in the two podcasts. Your answer should be between 240 and 280 words and you should spend no longer than 45 minutes on the task. Feel free to listen to the podcasts again should you need to check or add to your notes.

Going further:

Hans Rosling

• The More or Less Tribute to Hans Rosling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04sbvlt

• Gap minder

http://www.gapminder.org

• Hans Rosling's Ten BestTed Talks

http://www.ted.com/playlists/474/the_best_hans_rosling_talks_yo

Democracy and political engagement

George Monbiot: Our democracies are broken, debased and distrusted. Here are some ideas for restoring them.
http://www.monbiot.com/2017/01/26/all-about-that-base/

Milo Yiannopoulos and free speech
Owen Jones: Milo Yiannopoulos’s enablers deserve contempt – and must be confronted

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/21/milo-yiannopoulos-enablers-contempt-alt-right-bigotry
Dorian Lynskey: The rise and fall of Milo Yiannopoulos – how a shallow actor played the bad guy for money
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/milo-yiannopoulos-rise-and-fall-shallow-actor-bad-guy-hate-speech

ANIA C1 Group 5 Lesson 5

Class

Feedback on writing

Revision - countable and uncountable nouns

Homework

Finish the exercises on the worksheet on singular, plural and uncountable forms, quantifiers, pronouns and determiners.

Going further

The trouble with nouns
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/37880634/The%20Trouble%20With%20Nouns