Week beginning December 1

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p36-39

Homework for Wednesday: Revise for the exam. Good luck!

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Exam.

Homework for Monday, January 12 : No homework. Merry Christmas :)

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Last interviews.

Homework for Thursday: Revise for the exam. Good luck!

What we covered in class on Thursday: Exam.

Homework for Tuesday, January 13: No homework. Merry Christmas :)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: We reviewed the subjunctive, word building and parallel sentences.

Homework for Tuesday: All exercises p120-121

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p-120-123

Homework for Thursday: Finish exercises p123 + do exercises p124

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p124-128. Good luck with the exam! Merry Christmas!

Homework for Monday, January 12: Read Gain :) 

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: We finished the activity on Mad Men and did a 3-stage follow-up activity on an article from The Economist.

Homework for Thursday: No homework. Remember the reading comprehension + writing test will take place on Thursday...

What we covered in class on Thursday: Reading Comprehension + Writing Test

Homework for Tuesday, January 13: E2: Read Gain... Good luck with the exams!! I'll see you on the 17th.

Week beginning on Monday, November 24

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p30-31

Homework for Wednesday: Read p32 and do ex. B

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p33-35

Homework for Monday, December 1: No homework. Good luck with the exams!

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Interviews 

IMPORTANT: Students interested in being interviewed on Thursday should post a comment or send me an email. Thanks.

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: 7 job interviews

Homework for Tuesday, December 2: Last class devoted to the interviews. Those of you who haven't been interviewed yet should come.

IMPORTANT: THE EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, THE 4TH OF DECEMBER

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: We thoroughly studied the article (concepts and vocabulary) on cultural advertising blunders (see last week's entry).

Homework for Tuesday: Read Gain and start revising for the exam, it's never too early...

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p115-118

Homework for Thursday: Exercises 7, 8 and 9 p118

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p118-119

Homework for Monday, December 1: Review the subjunctive, relative pronouns, subject/object questions, parallel structures + word building p42-43 and make a note of the questions you might want to ask.

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: End-of-unit 4 presentations.

Homework for Thursday: Progress check p117-121

What we covered in class on Thursday: We viewed the first episode of Mad Men and started the following activity.

Homework for Tuesday, December 2: Read/finish "Gain"...

Week beginning on Monday, November 17

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: Presentations + writings handed out + Q&A session.

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p28-29

Homework for Monday, November 24: Watch the following video on the STAR technique:

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: 6 Personal interviews 

Homework for Thursday: No homework

IMPORTANT INFO: PLEASE POST A COMMENT OR SEND ME AN EMAIL TO CONFIRM YOUR INTEREST IN BEING INTERVIEWED ON THURSDAY. ONLY 4 PEOPLE HAVE CONFIRMED SO FAR, I NEED ANOTHER 4...

What we covered in class on Thursday: 7 personal interviews.

Homework for Tuesday, November: No homework. I've already got 3 people (Diego, Isabel y Clara) for Tuesday, I need another 5. Do post a comment below this entry if you're interested or send me an email to my upcomillas address.

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p106-109

Homework for Tuesday: Finish activity 4, situations 1 p109.

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p109-112

Homework for Thursday: Finish exercise p112 + Worksheet 3.1 p231-232 (it will be assessed...) and exercises p233.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p113-114

Homework for Monday, November 24: Read the following article on cultural blunders

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: We started the final project from unit 4 p101-102.

Homework for Thursday: Read and watch this to trigger you creativity ;)

What we covered in class on Thursday: We continued working on the final project of unit 4 p101-102.

Homework for Tuesday, November: Complete the final project in question and prepare an oral presentation as explained in class.

Week beginning on Monday November 10

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: 

Homework for Wednesday: 

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Presentations

Homework for Monday, November 17: No homework

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p48-50

Homework for Thursday: Read p51 and watch the following video to prepare for the interview. Find a job offer that suits you and bring it along.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Job interviews 1

IMPORTANT INFO: THERE  WILL BE NO TEACHING ASSESSMENT NEXT WEEK SO ONLY THE 8 STUDENTS WHO WILL BE INTERVIEWED ARE REQUIRED TO COME ON TUESDAY, NOV 18.
On Thursday, November 20 I need another 8 students, so please post a comment on this entry with your name if you want to be interviewed on the 20th. 
By the way, on Thursday, November 20, 2 students who have come back from their year abroad will come and discuss their experience in room 401, I strongly advise you to attend if you are interested in the year abroad programme.

Homework for Tuesday, November 18: no homework

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: 

Homework for Tuesday: 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p104-105 + lesson on the subjunctive.

Homework for Thursday: Read this tutorial on the subjunctive and do the exercises (in some cases the subjunctive isn't appropriate)

What we covered in class on Thursday: Company profiles were handed out. 

Homework for Monday, November 17: Exercises p106-107

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p92-95

Homework for Thursday: Exercise 4.12 p95 and 4.13 (also called 4.7) p96

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p96-99 (including the writing task). We watched the following video and used the information supplied by the general manager of the hotel as a kind of "briefing" for the writing task:

Homework for Tuesday, November 18: Read the following article.

Week beginning on Monday, November 3

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: 2-stage activity on an article from The Economist.

Homework for Wednesday: Presentations...

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Presentations

Homework for Wednesday, November 12: No homework. Have a good puente :)

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p46-47

Homework for Thursday: Finish exercise A p46-47

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p47-48

Homework for Tuesday, November 11: Exercises 2A and 2B p48-49. Have a good puente :)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Listening Test + Crosswords p98

Homework for Tuesday: Progress Check: start doing exercises p90-97 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p99-103

Homework for Thursday: Finish writing your company profile

What we covered in class on Thursday: Writings were handed in.We studied the structure and vocabulary of an Article from the Washington Post

Homework for Tuesday, November 11: Read the article again and make a list of all the new vocabulary (including the English definition of each word corresponding to the context). Enjoy the puente :)

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Listening Test + Course book p85-88.

Homework for Thursday: Listenings 4.1 p85 and 4.2 p87 (Comillas intranet)

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p88-91

Homework for Tuesday, November 11: Exercises 1,2 and 3 p92 Here is an interesting article on UKIP and the dichotomy between what people think is true/are led to believe and the actual facts... Enjoy the puente :)

Week beginning on Monday, October 27

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: Teamwork towards the presentations on ICAI. The presentations will take place next week (on Wednesday, November 5 and the week after).

Homework for Wednesday: Work on your presentations and/or join a group if you didn't attend our class...

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p26-27 + character traits. We also had a thorough look at the 2 job advertisements below.
Job advert 1
Job advert 2

Homework for Monday, November 3: Writing p27 

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Homework correction + article p40-42

Homework for Thursday: Compare Reading texts 2 and 3 and take notes on similarities/additional points made etc. Prepare arguments towards a debate on the relevance of global educational achievement rankings.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Debate on global educational rankings + introduction of job advertisements.
Job advert 1
Job advert 2

Homework for Tuesday, November 4: (optional) I found these two interesting articles on Anglo-Saxon biases in educational rankings if you are interested: article 1, article 2

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p59-60

Homework for Tuesday: All exercises p61-62

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p63-64 (end-of-unit task)

Homework for Thursday: Read all company profiles we have seen so far.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p63-64 end-of-unit writing task. Due date: Thursday, November 6. 

Homework for Monday, November 3: Work on your writing task + read Gain...

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p68-72

Homework for Thursday: Writing workshop p73 +1, 2 and 3 p74.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Homework correction + 3-stage activity on an article from The Economist including a debate.

Homework for Tuesday, November 4: All exercises p75, 76 and 77.

Week beginning on Monday, October 20

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): 

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p16-17

Homework for Wednesday: Read the text p17 again (only once) and do exercises A and B p18 and 19.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p20-24

Homework for Monday, October 27: Start thinking of an angle for your presentation on ICAI (p24)

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p27/28

Homework for Thursday: Exercise 2 p28

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p29-31

Homework for Tuesday, October 28: Read "Reading text 2" p37-39 and highlight -or take notes on- the points made by the author of the article.

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Overview of the first 30 pages of "Gain".

Homework for Tuesday: Read another 5 pages of "Gain" so that what we've done today sinks in.

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Group activity on Inditex p66-73 + Worksheet 2.2 p227

Homework for Thursday: All exercises p55-56

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p57-58

Homework for Monday, October 27: Exercise p59.

2º E2: Business English:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Presentations.

Homework for Thursday: No homework.

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

Homework for Tuesday, October 28: I found a very interesting episode of QI, one of my favourite shows with the great Stephen Fry, in which you both learn something AND have a laugh! And... guess who is invited to the show?... Trevor Noah :) Have fun!

Week beginning on Monday October 13

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): No classes this week due to the midterm exams. See previous week for homework.

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.): No classes this week due to the midterm exams. See previous week for homework.

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Activity on the Article on Mahindra buying a controlling stake in Peugeot Scooters.

Homework for Tuesday: Create a word document with a list of all the business words/concepts we've seen in the article, include a definition (in English) and another example -of the same meaning- taken from an article from The Economist or The Guardian (google the word/expression as follows: "controlling stake" The Economist + ENTER.) Print the document or bring your tablet/computer along tomorrow.

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p46-49 + communication file 3A-B.

Homework for Thursday: Translation exercise d p49.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p49-51. 

Homework for Monday, October 20: Read p86-88 + exercises 2, 3 and 4 p53 and... Read the first 30 pages of GAIN!

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Grammar: the subjunctive p56-57 + course book p60-61 + Writing on legalising marihuana. 

Homework for Thursday: Work on your project.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Projects were handed in. Course book p65-67 + John Oliver video (Last Week Tonight) on nuclear weapons. 
This one is quite cool too if you want to check it out :)

Homework for Tuesday, October 21: Work on your presentations...

Week beginning Monday October 6

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.):

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p14

Homework for Wednesday: Read the following text and answer the comprehension questions (I know it's upside down, but if you save the document on your desktop you'll be able to rotate it as any pdf.)

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Homework correction + Course book p15 + activity on polite questions.

Homework for Monday, October 20: Exercises 1 and 2 p16 (i.e. everything except "Now ask and answer the following questions"...). 

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Hmw correction + Course book p22 (including the writing)

Homework for Thursday: Read the following article on paragraph writing

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p23-25 + video on personal statements

Homework for Tuesday, October 21: Read p25-26 on plagiarism

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p41-42

Homework for Tuesday: Read the first page of Gain and underline the adjectives.

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p43-44 

Homework for Thursday: Language Use 2 p45, all exercises.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Communication files 4 and 5 + Course book p46 (except the listening)

Homework for Monday, October 13: Read the following article and take notes on the main ideas + make a list of all the business vocabulary, look up any word you don't understand in the dictionary, and write down the definition. 

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: We studied the structure & vocab of a report on survey results. Course book p38-40 

Homework for Thursday: Exercise 2.5b, 2.6, 2.7 p40-43

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p43-49

Homework for Tuesday, October 14: Exercises 2.8, 2.9 and 2.10 online.

Week beginning September 29

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.):

What we covered in class on Monday: Writings handed out + activity on the most commonly made mistakes.

Homework for Wednesday: Review -thoroughly- the document we came up with in class.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p13. We carried out the survey and reported on its results.

Homework for Monday, October 6: Learn the vocabulary for reporting results.

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Homework correction + course book p20-21 + we watched the following video until 20:54.

Homework for Thursday: In a bid to fight against discrimination, France passed a law in 2006 obliging companies with more than 50 workers to require anonymous CVs from job applicants. What do you think about the idea? Think of several arguments in favour and/or against the concept.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Debate on the anonymous CV + Listening Test

Homework for Tuesday, October 7: Watch the following video and take notes.

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: We finished the writing activity p220: Peer correction + introduction of the 4 grade descriptors, CS, RI, Acc and CT.

Homework for Tuesday: Read the following article, take notes on its content and identify its structure (topic sentences, controlling ideas, supporting ideas -if any-, examples etc.).
YOU HAVE TO READ THE FIRST 30 PAGES OF GAIN BY OCT. 20TH.

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Vocabulary from the article + Course book p35-37 and 74/80.

Homework for Thursday: Optional: Progress Check p29 to 34. Read GAIN...

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p37-38+75+81

Homework for Monday, October 6: Exercise 2.2 p39 + 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 p40 and 41.     

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p35-36 + we started Unit 2 Final project p51.

Homework for Thursday: Worksheet 2.2 Model report 2 p163.
If you have 20min to spare you may want to watch the first 21 minutes of this excellent video on unconscious bias in the workplace and in particular in HR.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Teamwork on the end-of-unit project p51-53. 

Homework for Tuesday, October 7: Read Gain... 
DUE DATE FOR THE PROJECT: OCTOBER 14

Week beginning Monday September 22

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.):

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p11

Homework for Wednesday: Read the following handout on paragraph writing.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Paragraph writing + How to write good survey questions + Course book p12 and 13 (we have yet to complete the survey).

Homework for Monday, September 29 : Read the following post again on writing survey questions.

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Homework correction + vocabulary (p13-16) + course book p19

Homework for Thursday: Watch the following video from the University of Salford study abroad scheme. 
Answer the following questions: 
-What are the characteristics of the semester study abroad scheme (academic, housing...)?
-What are the advantages for the student?
-Which students are currently particularly interested in the scheme? Why?
-Which field is the university trying to expand into? Why?
-In which ways is the University benefiting from the programme?
-Would you consider studying there? 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Homework correction + Listening activity p20

Homework for Tuesday, September 30: Watch the following video.   Take notes on the different interview tips supplied by the company's employees. 

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Homework correction + Q&A on parallel structures) Skill Test 1: Listening

Homework for Tuesday:No homework :)

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Activity on highlighted mistakes. This is the document we came up with. Introduction to paragraph writing

Homework for Thursday: Read the document in question (above) thoroughly and review the handout on paragraph writing.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Paragraph writing activity p220 in groups of 3 (we'll do the second part of the activity, i.e. peer correction on Monday)

Homework for Monday, September 29: Start reading "Gain"!

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Listening Test + Course book p28-31 (1.)

Homework for Thursday: Read this post on survey questions.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p31-34

Homework for Tuesday, September 30: Start reading "Gain"!