Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Courses - Lesson 3

12:00 pm Level B1

Class

Vocabulary skills/learning strategies continued

• Collocations in legal contexts
• Learning activities - "legal" a worked example

Vocabulary

To name but (+ number)

Pronunciation

Adjective

Procedure

Comfortable

Homework

Download the Sounds Right App from https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/sounds-right

If Sounds Right is unavailable for your device, download an alternative phonemic chart but ensure that it has the same configuration as Sounds Right (see below).

1:30 pm Level C1/C2

Class

Vocabulary skills/learning strategies continued

• Collocations in legal contexts
• Introduction to the phonemic chart
• Learning activities - "legal" a worked example
• Communicative exercise - legal principles

Vocabulary

To name but (+ number)

Shoddy
To carry out

Pronunciation

Comfortable

Sovereignty

Low versus law

Homework

1) Legal English idioms

2) Download the Sounds Right App from https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/sounds-right

If Sounds Right is unavailable for your device, download an alternative phonemic chart but ensure that it has the same configuration as Sounds Right (see below).

ANIA Group Courses

12:30 pm Group 1 - Level B2
Lesson 25

Class
Review of previous writing skills and listening skills lessons.


2:00 pm Group 2 - Level C1
Lesson25

Class  

1. Restructuring conditional sentences But for (+ noun), unless, in case 
2. Listening Skills - the features of spoken English and how they can impede listening comprehension e.g. hesitation (err, um), fillers (you know, I mean), repetition, incomplete sentences & ellipsis

Source Language Leader Advanced p. 115

Vocabulary

Catch-22

Going Further

Joseph Heller's satirical novel Catch 22 was first published in 1961. Set during World War II, the title refers to a plot device that is repeatedly invoked in the story in which people who were crazy were not obliged to fly missions, but anyone who applied to stop flying was showing a rational concern for his safety and was, therefore, deemed to be sane and had to fly. By the end of the novel, the phrase Catch 22 is invoked as the explanation for many unreasonable restrictions and has since entered the English language, referring to a type of unsolvable logic puzzle sometimes called a double bind. The novel was adapted into a film in 1970 directed my Mike Nichols and starring Alan Arkin. 

ANIA Group Courses

2:00pm Group 8 - Level B2

Lesson 24

Class

1. Reporting verbs and verb patterns

Verb + that + clause (explain, argue, believe, claim)

Verb + noun or indirect question (present, describe, explain)

2. Expressing contrast and similarities

While, whereas, are different in that, on the other hand, in contrast

Both ( ) and ( ), are similar in that, in the same way

Source: New Headway Academic Skills pp. 7, 56, 64

Homework

Write a pargraph (50 - 60 words) summarising the two authors' opinions on the image of the insurance industry and how to fix it. Use a range of reporting verbs and phrases for showing similarity and contrast where appropriate. 

ANIA Group Courses

12:30 pm Group 5 - Level C1

Lesson 25

Class

Exam technique and practice - Speaking Exam Part 3

Functional language for:

• agreeing/disagreeing
• suggesting
• justifying and clarifying
• initiating & moving on to another prompt
• asking for opinions

Vocabulary
in depth
let's move on to the next prompt

Corrections
We don't want to lost lose the past
You're not You don't completely agree with her
According to me In my opinion/view, From my point of view
It could might not be the best thing.

Homework

Make a list of fillers which you can use when you need some time to think of an answer.
See:

2:00 pm Group 6 - Level C2

Class
Entertainment - Reading/Use of English CPE vocabulary practice (Cambridge Proficiency Masterclass pp. 101 - 102)

Vocabulary & Collocation

Reams of paper/writng/data information
avoid versus evade
broad ranges, wide spheres
In this case versus in this instance
display emotion towards someone, show emotion

Homework
Do the exercises on pp. 103 -104 of the photocopies revising contrast clauses, adverb clauses of manner and phrases with make.

Going further

Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading

ANIA C2 - Geostorm reviewed by Mark Kermode

Following on from our discussion on passive entertainment, you may be interested in listening to Mark Kermode in classic "rant"form as he reviews the new disaster movie, Geostorm, featuring Gerrard Butler (or Shut Up Butt-wad as he is referred to in the review). Kermode says that he felt himself getting stupider as the film went on and fully expected a tornado of sharks to turn up (great minds think alike Fabrizio).

Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Courses

12:00pm Level B2

Lesson 2

Vocabulary Skills

1. How to approach a difficult text
2. U.K. Criminal System - collocations

Key Vocabulary

Go on trial

Plead guilty/not guilty

Give evidence

Cross-examine witnesses

Sum up the case

Reach a verdict

Acquit/convict the defendant 

Pass sentence

Can you remember who is the likely subject for each of these verbs?

Homework

Write a short paragraph describing the U.K. criminal law system using the collocations from today's lesson.

1:30pm Level C1/C2

Lesson 2

Class

Vocabulary Skills

Categories of vocabulary

Collocation, fixed expressions, idioms, word complementation, phrasal verbs, lexical precision

Corrections

Verb structure - she said me - she told me, she said to me

Homework

Read the other article (use the links below). Try to summarise the main points in your own words and then find some examples of the vocabulary categories that we looked at today.

https://www.thelawyer.com/60-second-interview-legal-services-need-reinvent/?mm_59e218a590fec=59e218a59108f
https://www.thelawyer.com/60-second-interview-wayne-robertson/

ANIA Group Courses

Group 1 - Level B2

Lesson 24

Class

1. Writing Skills - constructing concise business emails. Source: BEC Masterclass Vantage (course book p. 29, workbook p.18)
2. Timed writing - email (50 words, 10 minutes

Remember:

• Always start your email by saying why you are writing e.g. I am writing to request/inform/book/complain
• State clearly what action you want the reader to take e.g. Please let me have your feedback by Friday
• Make your writing lively and interesting by using verbs rather than nouns (e.g make a reservation - reserve) and synonyms to avoid repetion (e.g. reserve/book, call/phone)
• Your email needs to be consistently formal or informal - e.g. contractions are used in informal emails but not formal ones to people you don't know. 
• Always try to be clear and concise.
• Don't reinvent the wheel! Use functional English phrases rather than translating your own structures from Italian

Vocabulary
To fetch 

Queue (noun and verb) /kjuː/

Group 2 - Level C1

Lesson 24

Class

1. Discussion - Rome Film Festival 

To see the programme go to: http://www.romacinemafest.it/news/primo-piano/primo-piano-festa-del-cinema/2017/10/17/romaff12-scarica-il-programma/

All films are being shown in their original language with Italian subtitles

2. Confusing words

Source: Language Leader Advanced p. 115

The difference between words could be due to meaning (loan/debt), structure (rise - intransitive, raise - transitive) or collocation (things & individuals rise, situations arise). Be aware of false friends, e.g. Discrete = separate, distinct, detached. 

3. Alternatives to if

Source: Language Leader Advanced p. 115

As long as

Unless

Even if (emphatic)

In case (something you defintely do as a precaution)

Vocabulary

Quagmire

Idiom of the day - you took the words right out of my mouth

Homework

Alternatives to if exercises - question 8, p. 115