martes, 31 de enero de 2017

Week beginning Monday January 30

ICADE:

4º E4
New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday: O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 31: We finished last week's activity and started the new booklet (p53-54)


Homework for Wednesday, February 1: No homework for once :)

What we covered in class on Wednesday, February 1: Course book p54-58 + this document on graph description and these 2 videos V1 V2

Homework for Tuesday, February 6: Press Review + learn the graph description language we covered and the vocabulary from Shareholder Activism.

2ºE2  
New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 31: Press Review + course book p14-16 including worksheet p143 and this video.

Homework for Thursday, February 2: Exercises p17-19.

Btw: here is the video I mentioned on the impact of cell phones on our relationships.

What we covered in class on Thursday February 2: Course book p20-25 including worksheet 5.5.  

Here is a revision handout on business structures.

Homework for Tuesday, February 7: Press review. If you failed to attend our class on Thursday, make sure you complete Worksheet 5.5 and hand it in on Tuesday.

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 31: Press Review + course book p62-63: analysis of the structure and phrasing of the report. 

Homework for Thursday, February 2: Read Text 2 p64

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 2: Course book p69-70

Homework for Tuesday, February 7: Press Review.


1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, January 30: Presentations


Homework for Friday, February 3: No homework.
T T2
What we covered in class on Friday, February 3: Presentations + interview skills


Homework for Monday, February 6: Press Review. Optional: here is a very interesting YouTube channel on interview tips.

lunes, 23 de enero de 2017

Week beginning Monday, January 23

ICADE:

4º E4
New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday: O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 24: Quiz + Course book p101-103

Homework for Wednesday, January 25: Buy the booklet for semester 2 (as indicated below BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING IT ALONG AT THIS STAGE, WE WILL FINISH OUR CURRENT BOOKLET ON WEDNESDAY + do a follow-up activity) and do exercises p103-104 (except D)

Inglés IV
COMPANY PERFORMANCE
ENGLISH FOR FINANCE AND INVESTMENT
4ºE4 – Tercer idioma
(Segundo cuatrimestre)

Curso 2016-2017

What we covered in class on Wednesday, January 25: We finished the lesson on IPOs (course book p104-105) and did a 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, January 31: Finish answering the questions and learn the vocabulary of the above-mentioned activity along with the lesson on IPOs.

2ºE2  
New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 24: Press Review + course book p5-8

Homework for Thursday, January 26: Learn the vocab related to the "Superboss" activity + the characteristics of a Sole Trader and the abbreviations we saw.

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 26: Quiz + Course book p10-13 

Homework for Tuesday, January 31: Press review

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 24: Press Review + Course book p58-59 including the assessed writing skill.

Homework for Thursday, January 26: No homework. If you failed to attend our Tuesday class, do the writing task p59 and hand it in on Thursday.

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 26: Course book p60-61 + introduction to the British degree grading structure + related article

Homework for Tuesday, January 31: Press review

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, January 23: Press review + homework correction + we reviewed 
This presentation / signpost language + speaking activity + we viewed this video on How to avoid death by Powerpoint

Homework for Friday, January: Work on your presentations! Reemember, they are due on Monday, January 30.

What we covered in class on Friday, January 27: Course book p7-11 (first half)


Homework for Monday, January 30: Presentations. 

lunes, 16 de enero de 2017

Week beginning Monday, January 16

ICADE:

4º E4
New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday (today): O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 17: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Wednesday, January 18: Learn the vocabulary of the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Wednesday, January 18: Course book p99-100 including these two texts: LTD PLC

Homework for Tuesday, January 24: Learn all the vocabulary from the "Superboss" activity + today's lesson on Public and Private limited companies. Do exercises p101 and 102 -except C- (it will help you learn your lesson on the characteristics of PLCs and LTDs)

2ºE2  
New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 17:  3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday, January 19: Start learning the vocabulary of the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 19: Course book (second semester!) p1-5 (we stopped just before the video t)

Homework for Tuesday, January 24: Purchase the book for semester 2! Press review. 

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 17: Press review + speaking part of last week's activity

Homework for Thursday, January 19: Learn the vocab of the activity in question

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 19: Course book p56-57

Homework for Tuesday, January 24: Press Review + finish the "write logically" exercise p57
Here is an interesting tutorial on parallel structures + good exercises: 1 and 2

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, January 16: We finished the above-mentioned activity + watched this video on the power of introverts + started the B2.1 booklet (p1-4)

Homework for Friday, January 20: Read this article by The BBC on the #Ilooklikeanengineer case we discussed in class.  

What we covered in class on Friday, January 20: Booklet p5-6, we watched this video and started working on presentations due on January 30th. Each group has to find an invention they find particularly striking in a given decade and present it along these lines: Historical background, problem that needs solving, information on the inventor(s), how they came up with the idea etc. + impact and consequences on society as a whole. You will have to compile the information from at least 3 different sources which you will identify at the end of the presentation. You CANNOT plagiarise and will have to paraphrase everythingThese are the decades assigned so far. You may choose another decade or join an existing group if you failed to come to class today.

Homework for Monday, January 23: Press review + finish reading the text p6 ("The challenges of engineering today") and try to deduce/infer the meaning of the words you don't understand using the technique we covered today.

lunes, 9 de enero de 2017

Week beginning Monday, January 9

HAPPY 2017 TO ALL OF YOU :)

4º E4

HERE ARE THE FINAL GRADES FOR SEMESTER 1

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

IMPORTANT: THERE'S BEEN A ROOM CHANGE FOR OUR WEDNESDAY CLASS:

TUESDAYS: O-312
WEDNESDAYS: E-006

See you on Tuesday!

3º E4 

HERE ARE THE FINAL GRADES FOR SEMESTER 1

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

2ºE2 / E4 

HERE ARE THE FINAL GRADES FOR SEMESTER 1

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

ICAI 

3º/4º C1

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE FINAL EXAM (SEMESTER 1)

Please bear in mind that the final grades may vary (upwards or downwards) according to the continuous evaluation marks that will be calculated after this afternoon's (Tues. January 10) last round of interviews.

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 12: 3-stage activity based on a video (Gear Shift) by The Economist Films. 

Homework for Monday, January 16: If you haven't attended today's class, view the above-mentioned video. Press review

B2.1

What we covered in class on Friday, January 13: 3-stage vocabulary-enhancing activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Monday, January 16: Exercise 2 from the above-mentioned activity + Press Review: read an article from the following sources and write a short summary or take notes on the main ideas and supporting details of the text:

The Guardian / The Observer
The NY Times
The New Yorker
The Times
The Independent
The Telegraph
The Economist