Semana del 31 de marzo de 2014

ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + vocabulary from the text in question on Apple's annual report + course book p72-73

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we did in class on Wednesday: Stage 1 and 2 of the following translation activity

Homework for Monday, April 7th: Start reviewing everything we've done so far...

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + Course book p97-99 + Stage 1 of a translation activity.

Homework for Wednesday: Reading Comprehension p100-102 + Ex. c. p103

What we did in class on Wednesday: Stage 2 of the following translation activity + debate on legalising marijuana.  

Homework for Monday, April 7th: Reading Comprehension p100-102 + Ex. c. p103 (thoroughly...) + read the following article related to today's debate and take notes. 

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: We studied the vocab of the article on FB and Whatsapp + course book p33-40

Homework for Tuesday, April 8th: Exercises 1-4 p41-43
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: THIS SEMESTER'S LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK SO MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND THE CLASS...

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

What we did in class on Thursday: We studied the vocab of the article on FB and Whatsapp + course book p33-40

Homework for Thursday, April 10th: Exercises 1-4 p41-43
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: THIS SEMESTER'S LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK SO MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND THE CLASS...

Semana del lunes 24 de marzo de 2014

ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction (I acknowledged it was too difficult so I decided not to assess it after all) + Course book p69-70.

Homework for Wednesday: No homework.

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p71 (we also read the text p72).

Homework for Monday: Read the following article on Apple's latest annual report and take notes.

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Worksheet correction + Course book p91-94 (incl. files 1A & 1B)

Homework for Wednesday: Those of you (the vast majority...) who forgot to update the google doc file mentioned in last week's post, please proceed... ;)

UPDATE ON THE FINAL EXAM: IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 12H30 TO 14H30 IN ROOMS E-201/202/203.

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p95-96 (except mini presentations)

Homework for Monday, March 31st: Read the following notes on accounting principles.

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: Hmw correction + Course book p31-32 + Worksheet 5.8 p125.

Homework for Tuesday: Read the following article from The Economist on FB's takeover of Whatsapp and take notes on the reasons behind the purchase, the possible synergies as well as the potential pitfalls. 

UPDATE ON THE FINAL EXAM: IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 10:00 TO 12:00 IN ROOMS O-304 to 312.

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

UPDATE ON THE FINAL EXAM: IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 10H TO 12H IN ROOMS O-304 to 312.

What we did in class on Thursday: Hmw correction + Course book p31-32 + Worksheet 5.8 p125.

Homework for Thursday, April 3rd: Read the following article from The Economist on FB's takeover of Whatsapp and take notes on the reasons behind the purchase, the possible synergies as well as the potential pitfalls. 

UPDATE ON THE FINAL EXAM: IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH FROM 10:00 TO 12:00 IN ROOMS O-304 to 312.

Semana del lunes 17 de marzo de 2014

ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: We swapped our gap fill exercises + Course book p66: we started to think about a business plan for the product we came up with a couple of weeks ago.

Homework for Wednesday: No homework.

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p66-67

Homework for Monday, March 24th: Course book p68 Text Reconstruction (ASSESSED i.e. it will be part of this semester's continuous evaluation). If you don't want to tear the page off, either make a photocopy or type it, in any case don't forget to write your name.

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Worksheet 2.3 + activity on 2 articles from The Guardian. Student A (Britain's five richest families...) had to identify 10 words they didn't understand, look up the definition -choose the right one according to the context of course- and then create an exercise similar to the vocab-searching activity we normally do on articles from The Economist, i.e. providing the type of word between brackets e.g. (noun) and the definition for each word (without disclosing the word of course). Student B did the same with their article (A boost for Childcare...).

Homework for Wednesday: Type your 10 vocabulary questions + do stage 2: identify 10 important pieces of information evenly distributed throughout the text and create (and type) questions of the type: How long did it take the government to respond?

What we did in class on Wednesday: We finished Monday's activity and started compiling all the new vocabulary. Rafa opened a google docs file we can now all access. Here are the details of the account: businessenglishicade@gmail.com / password: ask Rafa if you don't remember it. Hint: it collocated with mazo... ;)

Homework forMonday: Go to google docs. Enter the document in question and update it with one of your words (make sure it isn't already in the list) along with its definition (check that the definition you are including is the right one i.e. that it fits the context of the article it comes from). Use the same layout. 

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p27-30. Note: Overhead refers to the expenses of having a business that are not attributable directly to the production or sale of goods which is why they are also called indirect costs or fixed costs (the latter being the one I use...). Rent and office supplies are good examples of overhead.

Homework for Tuesday: View the following video on Facebook's flotation in 2012 and complete the following sentences:
Investors expected the shares to...
No, you can't buy...
It was day 6 of...
GM was pulling...
The move comes as the auto maker...

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

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p27-31 (except the video). 

Homework for Thursday: View the following video on Facebook's flotation in 2012 and complete the following sentences:

Investors expected the shares to...
No, you can't buy...
It was day 6 of...
GM was pulling...
The move comes as the auto maker...

Semana del lunes 10 de marzo de 2014

ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p64-65

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p65 "language practice"

Homework for Monday, March 17th: Type the gap fill exercise you've created and bring it along next Monday.

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Correction of the exam on Gain. Here is the word document we all contributed to comprising the most common mistakes.

Homework for Wednesday: Read it carefully and keep it on your bedside table, who knows, a sentence-correction exercise along these lines might be included in the final exam... ;) 

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p62-64

Homework for Monday, March 17th: Review p61-64 + 79-80...

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p25-26 + hmw videos + correction of the exam on Gain. I'll upload the word document we all contributed to -comprising the most common mistakes- on Thursday.

Homework for Tuesday, March 18th: Read it carefully once it is online and keep it on your bedside table, who knows, a sentence-correction exercise along these lines might be included in the final exam... ;) 

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

What we did in class on Thursday: Correction of the exam on Gain. Here is the word document we all contributed to.

Homework for Thursday, March 20th: Read it carefully once it is online and keep it on your bedside table, who knows, a sentence-correction exercise along these lines might be included in the final exam... ;) 

Semana del 3 de marzo de 2014

ICAI IEM/ITL 3º/4º EPP:

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p60-61. Assessed "elevator pitch" mini presentation.

Homework for Wednesday: Go to one of these websites (link 1, link 2) and answer these questions:
What do you think of the product described?
Who is it aimed at?
What is the USP?

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p62-63

Homework for Monday: Read this BBC post (3 pages) on business organisation. Take notes. Have a look at the official organisational chart of Siemens. Is there any department we failed to mention in class ?

E1 1º Business English:

What we did in class on Monday: Homework correction + Course book p56-57 + We watched the second episode of Mad Men's first season. I strongly encourage you to watch -at least- the rest of season 1 as Mad Men is probably the most interesting series around vocabulary-wise and it provides great insight on the advertising world and on America's recent history in general. 

Homework for Wednesday: No hmw

What we did in class on Wednesday: Course book p58-61

Homework forMonday: Read (thoroughly) the grammar reference section p79-80

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p19-24

Homework for Tuesday: Comparing and contrasting p25-26 (all exercises) + watch the 2 videos below and compare the two types of companies mentioned from a tax point of view, using the vocab from p25-26.

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

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p19-24. Only 5 students deigned to attend our class this week... Make sure this does not happen again.

Homework for Thursday: Comparing and contrasting p25-26 (all exercises) + watch the 2 videos below and compare the two types of companies mentioned from a tax point of view, using the vocab from p25-26.