Week beginning on Monday September 5

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September 6: Course introduction + Vocab-enhancing activity based on the following video from The Economist Films introduction of the Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Tuesdays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

Homework for next Tuesday, Sept. 13 (NO CLASSES ON WEDNESDAY SEPT. 7): Press review (see above)

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday: Course introduction + Course book p32-34 and 3 + introduction of the Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Mondays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

Homework for Friday, September 9: To further delve into today's topic, let's have a look at what our socio-cultural norms and values were just 50 years ago... Read the following review and look up the words you don't understand (Merriam Webster / Mac Millan Dictionary). 

What we covered in class on Friday, September 9: We viewed the first episode of MAD MEN series 1 and started the following activity.

Homework for Monday, September 12: Exercises 2, 3 and 4 of the activity above.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + Course book p1-5

Homework for Thursday, September 8: Reading exercise p6

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p6-8 (point 4) + Listening/Reading/Vocab-searching activity based on an article by The Economist. We'll do the speaking part on Tuesday.

Homework for Tuesday, September 13: Press Review


ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course introduction + introduction of the Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Tuesdays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times
The Herald Tribune

+ we started a Vocab-enhancing activity based on the following video from The Economist Films

Homework for Thursday, September 8: 
BUY THE BOOK: 
English for Professional Purposes 
(3º IEM - 3º ITL) - Nivel C1
Curso: 2016-2017

+ Press Review (see above)

Gloria, Estefanía and José Esteban: Don't do the Press Review exercise, view the above-mentioned video instead and have a look at the activity in question (we'll finish it in class on Thursday). Thanks!

What we covered in class on Thursday: We finished the above-mentioned activity.


Homework for Tuesday, September 13: Press Review