sábado, 24 de octubre de 2015

Week beginning Monday, October 26


ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + Course book p34 (keys to success presenting) + we read and watched this.

Homework for Wednesday: Read the above-mentioned document again and take notes on the main ideas. 

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p34-35. We decided on the following topic for class presentations: Top 10 Erasmus destinations. Groups of 3/4 were formed and the following countries were chosen: Denmark, Sweden, France, The Netherlands and The Czeck Republic. The presentations are due on the 11th of November. Minimum speaking time per person: 5 min.

Homework for Monday, October 2: Start working on your presentations. If you failed to attend our class make sure you form another group and choose another European country. 

EPP C1 :

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book on paraphrasing

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p31-38

Homework for Tuesday, November 3: Read these two articles on the flaws in university rankings and take notes on their main points. Article 1, article 2

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + Error correction activity based on the following codes. + Course book p68-69

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p70-74

Homework for Monday, November 2: Press Review + exercise p75-76

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + Course book p76, 81 and 83-85

Homework for Thursday: Finish exercises p85.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p85-87 + speaking activity on slogans

Homework for Tuesday: Press Review

3º E4: International Business Differences and Market Research

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + error correction activity. This is the document we compiled in class.

Homework for Friday: Review the above-mentioned document.

What we covered in class on Friday: We watched part of this video on how to successfully brief an advertising agency + course book p74-77

Homework for Monday: Press review. Do all exercises p77(second half)-79. Optional: here is another very interesting video on creativity and advertising from another perspective.


lunes, 19 de octubre de 2015

Week beginning Monday, October 19

ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + course book p24-26

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p26-33

Homework for Monday, October 26: Press Review

EPP C1 :

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + course book p24-26

Homework for Thursday: No homework. Homework for Tuesday, October 27: In groups of 3, write a 250/300-word essay on one of the following topics (or any work/study-related topic):
1. Diversity in the workplace: introducing quotas to boost the number of women, gay people, foreigners etc. Yes/No
2. Has political correctness in American universities gone too far?
3. Should students clean the streets in Madrid?...

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p27-29 and tutorial on the subjunctive

Homework for Tuesday, October 27: In groups of 3, write a 250/300-word essay on one of the following topics (or any work/study-related topic):
1. Diversity in the workplace: introducing quotas to boost the number of women, gay people, foreigners etc. Yes/No
2. Has political correctness in American universities gone too far?
3. Should students clean the streets in Madrid?...

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we've covered in class on Monday: Reading comprehension + Writing test. Press review + Quizlet tutorial

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p143-148

Homework for Monday, October 26: Read p149-150 + all exercises p151-152 + Press Review

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p65-71 + online tutorial on good copy writing / product description

Homework for Thursday: Read/view the above-mentioned tutorial again and write a product description based on the exercise p71 or on any other product.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p71-75

Homework for Tuesday, October 27: Press Review + read p76

3º E4: International Business Differences and Market Research

What we've covered in class on Monday: Reading comprehension + Writing test + Quizlet tutorial

Homework for Friday: No homework 

What we covered in class on Friday: Course book p65-68 + 103

Homework for Monday, October 26: Press Review + devise a quizlet study set (or several) for all the vocab we've covered so far and view this (less than 2 min :) It is the only half decent video I found on the internet on how to brief a market research agency...

martes, 13 de octubre de 2015

Week beginning Monday Oct 12

ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

NO CLASSES THIS WEEK (check previous week for homework)

EPP C1 :

NO CLASSES THIS WEEK (check previous week for homework)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Press Review + course book p47-56 + worksheet p239

Homework for Monday, Oct 19: Press Review + Progress Check p61-66. If you failed to attend our class, make sure you complete worksheet 2.2 p239 and hand it in first thing Monday morning.

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Guardian

Homework for Thursday: If you haven't been able to come to class, read the text above and look up the vocab you don't understand in Merriam Webster. For all other students, no homework.

What we covered in class on Thursday: "Learning from our mistakes" activity. Here is the document we came up with. Course book p63-64 

Homework for Tuesday, Oct 20: Press review. 

3º E4: International Business Differences and Market Research

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: THE FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON OUR LAST DAY OF CLASS i.e. FRIDAY, THE 4TH OF DECEMBER.

What we covered in class on Friday: Press Review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist

Homework for Monday, Oct. 19: Write 10 sentences using at least 10 of the 18 words we studied in the above-mentiones activity.

lunes, 5 de octubre de 2015

Week beginning Monday, Oct. 5

ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p22-23

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Hands-on translation activity

Homework for Monday, Oct 19: Press Review. (there are no EPP classes during the mid-term exam week)

EPP C1 :

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Introduction to translation

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: 3-stage activity on an article by The Guardian

Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 20: Press Review. (there are no EPP classes during the mid-term exam week)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + Course book p33-38

Homework for Wednesday: Ex 1 and 2 p39

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p39-43

Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 14: Press Review + finish all exercises p43-45

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Vocab-searching activity based on an article by The Guardian + Course book p39-42

Homework for Thursday: Finish your projects!

What we covered in class on Thursday: Projects were handed in. Course book p43-48 + tutorial on the Subjunctive + worksheet p163-164

Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 13: Press Review + review the above-mentioned tutorial and do the exercise again. If you failed to attend our class, make sure you do worksheet 2.3 at home and hand it in first thing Tuesday morning!

3º E4: International Business Differences and Market Research

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: THE FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON OUR LAST DAY OF CLASS i.e. FRIDAY, THE 4TH OF DECEMBER.

What we covered in class on Monday: Press review + Course book p20-24

Homework for Friday: All exercises p24/26 (except the video p26)

What we covered in class on Friday: Course book p26-31 and 63-64 (if you need to view the video on market research types again, here it is.

Homework for Friday, Oct. 16: Press Review + Progress Check p57-61