Week beginning Monday, 31st of October

4º E4

What we covered on Wednesday, Course book p48-58

Homework for Tuesday, November 8: Find a job advert you are very interested in and write a cover letter. Make sure you staple the ad to your letter when you hand it in. 

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October 31, vocab-enhancement activity based on a video by The Economist

Homework for Friday, November 4: Learn the vocab from the activity above.

What we covered in class on Friday, November 4: Course book p65-69

Homework for Monday, November 7: Press review + Learn the vocabulary from the activity above. 

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 3: Copywriting principles. In-class assessed writing: write a 100-word copy paragraph on Banana-flavoured Nutella.

Homework for Tuesday, November 8: Press Review 

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Thursday: We finished the activity above and watched the following Ted Talk by Susan Caine, mentioned in the article.

Homework for Thursday, November 7: Learn the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity. Press Review.

Week beginning Monday, October 24

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 25: Press Review + CV peer-correction and improvements.

Homework for Wednesday: watch this and have fun :) 

What we covered on Wednesday, October 26: Course book p40-47

Homework for Wednesday, November 2: Activity p48-49.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 24: Press review + review of the concept of Plagiarism + Error-correction activity

Homework for Friday, October 28: Review the above-mentioned document

What we covered in class on Friday, October 28: Tutorial on the subjunctive + exercises

Homework for Monday, October 31st: Review the above-mentioned tutorial and do the following exercises. Bear in mind that the Subjunctive will form part of the exam...

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October 25: Press Review + error-correction activity

Homework for Thursday, October 27: Review the above-mentioned document. 

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 27: Course book p63-71

Homework for Thursday, November 3: Press review

ICAI 3º/4º C1


What we covered in class on Tuesday October 25: Press Review + course book p31-33

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: first 2 stages of a 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday, November 3: B.1 and B.3 from the activity above.

Week starting Monday, October 17

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 18: Course book p31-35

Homework for Wednesday: Exercises p35

What we covered on Wednesday, October 19: Course book p35-38 + article on recruitment jargon

Homework for Tuesday, October 25: Press review + perfect your CV and bring it along on Tuesday.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 17: Press review + Presentations

Homework for Friday, October 21: No homework. Unless you want to read this excellent piece by the New Yorker on Tim Caine (potential VP provided Hillary Clinton is elected)... :)

What we covered in class on Friday, October 21: Presentations + final debate on populism and xenophobia.

Homework for Monday, October 24: Press Review

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October, 18: Vocabulary Quiz + Presentations

Homework for Thursday, October 20: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 20: Presentations.

Homework for Tuesday, October 25: Press review

ICAI 3º/4º C1

Homework for Tuesday, October 25 (there are no classes this week due to the "intersemestrales"): Press Review + Exercise 2 p28 (choose either text A OR text B) to be handed in. Make sure you read the tips p29 before you start writing... For those of you who did not come to class: in exercise 1 p30, Paraphrase B is the correct option. 

Week beginning Monday, October 10

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 11: Press Review + debate on anonymous CVs and positive discrimination + course book p26-29

Homework for Tuesday, October 18: Read and do all exercises p31-33

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 10: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Friday, October 14: Finish B and C and review the vocabulary from the activity above + work on your presentations.

What we covered in class on Friday, October 14: We finished the activity above and watched the following video. We started unit 2 on Market Research (p63-64 including communication file p121/126).

Homework for Monday, October 17: Press Review + Projects to be handed in. We will also start the oral presentations.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October 11: Press Review + Vocabulary-enhancing activity based on a video by The Economist Films (Gear Shift)

Homework for Thursday, October 13: The end-o-unit task must be handed in. The corresponding presentations will start on Tuesday October 18. 

What we covered in class on Thursday: We did the second part of the above-mentioned activity + creative writing task on the vocab contained in these three supplementary activities: Gear shift, Nine billion company names, Theatre-going survey

Homework for Tuesday, October, 18: Oral presentations! + Learn all the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activities.

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 11: Press review + Debate on anonymous cvs + course book p24

Homework for Thursday, October 13: Exercise p25

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 13: Course book p24-28

Homework for Tuesday, October 25 (there are no classes next week): Press Review + Exercise 2 p28 (choose either text A OR text B) to be handed in. Make sure you read the tips p27 before you start writing... For those of you who did not come to class: in exercise 1 p28, Paraphrase B is the correct option. 

Week beginning Monday, October 3

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 4: Press review + course book p16-23 + introduction to the British and American honors systems.

T Homework for Wednesday, October 5: Writing task p24

What we covered in class on Wednesday, October 5: Course book p24-26 + Video on unconscious bias and activity on the anonymous CV based on this article

Homework for Tuesday, October 11: Press Review + list 3 arguments in favour and 3 arguments against the use of anonymous CVs in HR.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 2: Press Review + Presentations. We decided on the following topic: The rise of populism and xenophobia in:

The UK                    Louis Cassel and Etienne

The Netherlands      Thomas and Vincent

France                      Caroline, Marie and Cécile

Germany                  Dylan and Tobias

Austria                     Miguel and Victor

Hungary and Eastern Europe:

Javier, Chloé, Clara, Louis Miravete

The USA                     Cristina, Pilar, Mónica

The assignment due on October 17 consists in drawing information on the topic (and country/area) from at least 3 relevant sources (The New Yorker, The Economist, The Guardian...) and summarizing / comparing & contrasting the data obtained into a written + oral presentation.  

Homework for Friday, October 7: Work on your presentations.

What we covered in class on Friday, October 7: Course book p38-49 including a revision activity in groups of 4.

Homework for Monday, October 10: Press Review + "Check your progress" p57-61

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October 4: Press Review + course book p35-37 including worksheet 2.2 p161

Homework for Thursday, October 6: If you didn't attend class on Tuesday, please make sure you complete worksheet p2.2 p161 otherwise you'll get a zero. Exercises p38-39 + Finish your questionnaire.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Questionnaires + course book p38-42

Homework for Tuesday, October, 10: Press Review + course book exercises p43 + read p44-48. Work on your projects/presentations (due on Thursday October 13)

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 4: Course book p21-23

Homework for Thursday, October 6: No homework. Make sure you come to class.

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 6: Video on unconscious bias (until 20:54) and activity on the anonymous CV based on this article

Homework for Tuesday, October 11: Press Review + Find three arguments in favour and another 3 against anonymous CVs