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

Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course Lesson 25

Lesson 25
12:00pm B1
Class

1. Speaking Skills - discussion based on homework reading.
2. Language input - present & past habits & characteristics.
3. The different usage of would and used to when talking about past habit.

Vocabulary
to catch fire  (past tense: caught fire)

Homework
Adjectives for characteristics: easy-going, clumsy, mean, absent-minded, argumentative, sensitive, sensible, stubborn. 

1:30pm  C1/C2
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

Reading & Discussion
Read your respective articles and then together answer the following questions:

1. What is the GDPR?
2. When does it come into force?
3. Will it only affect European companies?
4. What should law firms do for themselves in order to comply with the regulation?
5. What should law firms advise their clients to do in order to comply?

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

Listen to the podcast again noting the new vocabulary introduced at the start of the class.

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 12

Lesson 12
12:30pm B2
Class - Listening & Speaking Skills

• Supporting the speaker and Active Listening
• good point, absolutely, uh-huh, mmm-hmm

• Framing Criticism as Opinion
• to me, I suppose

• Softening disagreement or negative news
• I'm not totally happy with it, I'm afraid

Source: Business Objective Upper Intermediate pp. 124 - 125 

Vocabulary
sort out = resolve/organise
to get down on paper = record in writing/finalise
to play around with = experiment
Cheers = thanks/goodbye

Homework

1. Critical Analysis p. 125
2. Intercultural Analysis p. 125. In your first language, what sounds and words do people use to show they are listening? Are they the same as the English ones we looked at today in terms of sound and level and support? Do some of the words and sounds convey a different meaning? Monitor yourself and your colleagues this week and report back to the class with your findings. 

Lesson 12
2:0pm C1
Class
Language focus - high numbers
Listening Skills - the wealth of Mr D'Arcy https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r82r3 (The item starts at 5:10)
Methodology: adjusting for inflation, percentage of national income
Speaking - How class and money are depicted in film and literature

Homework
The Films of Kelly Reichardt
"My films are about people who don't have a safety net."

Wendy & Lucy

Certain Women

ANIA 2018: C1 & C2 (Wednesday) Lesson 11

Lesson 11
12:30pm C1
Class - Learner Training

1. Analysing errors - cause and effect
2. Noun/adjective/verb + preposition combinations (p. 146)

Homework

1. Cross Text Multiple Matching (p.147). Be sure to read the task strategy (p. 168) before attempting the question.
2. Follow up reading - Researchers identify ideal ages for language learning https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/356492/researchers-identify-ideal-ages-for-language-learning

2:00pm C2
Class - Speaking Skills

This is America
The Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
The Symbolism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKmRiLjNpg
The Choreography: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/this-is-america-childish-gambino-donald-glover-kinesthetic-empathy-dance/559928/?utm_source=fbb

Going Further
"Money Talks - What language Does it Speak?"
Julie Tetel Andresen https://julietetelandresen.com
The Key - The Allusionist https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/survival-key
The Rosetta Disk https://rosettaproject.org/disk/wearable/

Lombardi Segni Legal English Course Lesson 24

Lesson 24

12:00 B1

Class
1. Speaking Skills - extended group discussion - autonomous cars and the law
Key Vocabulary & Corrections
road code
stick shift
manual/automatic 
crash against into someone/something

2. Language input - Expressing habit:
will, would, used to do, to be used to doing.

Homework

1. Jigsaw Reading - Autonomous Cars - read the article you have been given and be prepared to give a short summary on it next lesson.
2. Go through your mistakes from today's gap fill exercise. Why was your answer wrong?

1:30pm C1/C2
Class
Listening & Discussion
A new regulatory framework for autonomous cars

Source: Driverless Cars & the Law
Law in Action Podcast 19/3/2018
Available to download or listen on line from:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v3fdt

Vocabulary
tumbleweed
Act of Parliament versus a Parliamentary Bill
to write off (a car)
to tinker around (with something)
to hold off (doing something)
Advanced Driver Assistance System 
Event Data Recorder (EDA)
to pick up (the bill, the cost)
to hand over

Homework

Listen to the podcast again, this time focussing on the language. In particular, make a note of the phrasal verbs that you hear (e.g. write off, hold off, drive off, go through, turn on, take out, carve out) and think about what they mean in this context and which of the 4 phrasal verb types they are.  

ANIA 2018: B2 & C1 (Monday) Lesson 11

Lesson 11

12:30 pm B2

1. Approaching error correction (type of error/effect/cause). 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).
2. Speaking skills - Telephone role-play
3. Introduction to supporting the speaker (Business Advantage p. 124)

Corrections

Two weeks after.     Two weeks later

We are four.       There are four of us

Present yourself.    Introduce yourself

Do a mistake.    Make a mistake

You can wrong.   You can be wrong/You can make a mistake

Uncorrect.    Incorrect

2:00 pm C1

1. The importance of context and meaning over translation and grammar rules: Among/Between
2. Prioritising errors and the dangers of hyper-correction
3. The Singalong Sound of Music phenomena http://www.singalonga.net/sound-of-music/

Homework

1) Language training: complete the multiple choice cloze exercise following the strategy discussed in class. (Advanced Expert old edition, p. )

2) Listening: Across the Pond from The Allusionist.

Listen to the podcast here: https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/across-the-pond

Check your understanding with the audioscript here: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/across-the-pond