lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2013

Semana del lunes 2 de diciembre de 2013


ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Orals

Homework for Wednesday: 

What we did in class on Wednesday: First semester exam

Merry Christmas and good luck with the exams!

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p121-127

Homework for Thursday: No homework (although it would be a good idea to start revising for the exam...)

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p127 + 137 & we watched the first episode of Mad Men (season 1). 

Good luck with the exams and Merry Christmas!

Homework over the Christmas holiday: Revise everything we've covered so far and... read Gain! ;)

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Tuesday group:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p67-70

Homework (for the exam): Exercises 3.3 to 3.8 online (clearly the best option) or p74-76 + revise absolutely everything we've done so far, including the activities outside the course book. 

Good luck with your exams!

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Thursday group:

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p68 & we watched the first episode of Mad Men (season 1). 

Homework (for the exam): Exercises 3.2 to 3.8 online (clearly the best option) or p74-76 + revise absolutely everything we've done so far, including the activities outside the course book. 

Good luck with your exams!



lunes, 25 de noviembre de 2013

Semana del lunes 25 de noviembre de 2013


ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p45-47

Homework for Wednesday: Oral Exam (García-Morales / López de Asiaín)

What we did in class on Wednesday: Oral Exam

Homework for Monday: No homework (Oral Exam 2nd part)

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + Course book p112-116

Homework for Thursday: All exercises p117

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p117-120

Homework for Monday, December 2nd: Finish exercises p120-121 + carefully read Grammar Reference 2 on comparative structures p158-163

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Tuesday group:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p56-57 + 60-61 + 65-66  

An incredible total of 6 students left early today so I'm afraid from now on I'll have to ask you to provide a reasonable/legitimate reason if you want to leave before the end of the lesson.

Homework for Tuesday, December 3rd: Ex.2 p66 + ex.4 p67 & review everything we've covered so far and identify any doubts you may have. The second half of next Tuesday's class will be a Q&A session so make sure you make the most of it!

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Thursday group:

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p56-57 + 60-61 + 65-66  

Homework for Thursday, December 5th: Review everything we've covered so far and identify any doubts you may have. The second half of next Thursday's class will be a Q&A session so make sure you make the most of it!



lunes, 18 de noviembre de 2013

Semana del lunes 18 de noviembre


ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Speaking activity p41 (presentations on formal email-writing)

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p43-45

Homework for Monday, November 25th: Exercise B p45

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + Course book p104-107

Homework for Thursday: Finish Structure practice p106-107 + Worksheet 3.2 p235-236

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p107-110 

Homework forMonday, November 25th: Video exercise p111.

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Tuesday group:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Presentations. Well done everybody!!!

Homework for Tuesday, November 26th: No homework 

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Thursday group:

What we did in class on Thursday: Presentations. Well done everybody!!!

Homework for Thursday, November 28th: No homework



lunes, 11 de noviembre de 2013

Semana del 11 de noviembre de 2013


ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + Course book p38-39

Homework for Wednesday: Writing practice p39 (in 80-100 words) on a separate sheet of paper. Use the structures we've reviewed in class today. 

IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON THE EXAM: We will be having our ORAL exams on the 27th of November and the 2nd of December and our WRITTEN exam on the 4th of December. 

Update on Next Monday: Classes will only be interrupted from 11.45 to 14.00 so we WILL have our class at 15.00 as usual

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p40-41

Homework for Monday, November 18th: Review units 1-3

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Worksheet 3.1 p 229 (part 1 & part 2)

Homework for Thursday: Read the following excerpt and answer comprehension questions (for some reason it is upside down on slideshare so I'm afraid you'll have to print it out...).

What we did in class on Thursday: Unit 3 (p99-103)

Homework for Monday, November 18th: Read the following article and take notes on the most significant points made by its author (look up any word/expression you don't understand in the dictionary).

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Tuesday group:

What we did in class on Tuesday: 1st half: Activity on report writing. 2nd half: group work in the lab.

Homework for Tuesday, November 19th: Finish the written project and prepare the oral presentation of its key elements (presentations shouldn't exceed 20 minutes per group i.e. ideally 3min per person). 

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Thursday group:

What we did in class on Thursday: Activity on report writing.  2nd half: group work in the lab. 

Homework for Thursday, November 21st: Finish the written project and prepare the oral presentation of its key elements (presentations shouldn't exceed 20 minutes per group i.e. ideally 3min per person). 



lunes, 4 de noviembre de 2013

Semana del lunes 4 de noviembre de 2013



ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + course book p30-33

Homework for Wednesday: Error correction p34 (A, B & C)

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p34-37.

Homework for Monday, November 11th: Complete the "making requests" exercise p37.

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: We finished task 1 & 2 p62-63 + Assessed individual writing activity (b p64)

Homework for Thursday: Review Grammar Reference p85-87

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p94-97

Homework forMonday, November 11th: Progress check p89-93 (all exercises)

E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Tuesday group:

What we did in class on Tuesday: We continued with the final project of unit 2 (p51-52).

Homework for Tuesday November 12th: Watch the following video on questionnaire design and read the "write it well" part of the following article on how to write a good press release. Ideally, you should also have carried out the survey (questionnaire) before next class.




E2/E4 2º Business English, Communication Skills Thursday group:

What we did in class on Thursday: We continued with the final project of unit 2 (p51-52) and watched the following video:




Homework for Thursday: Read the "write it well" part of the following article on how to write a good press release. Ideally, you should also have carried out the survey (questionnaire) before next class.