martes, 28 de febrero de 2017

Week beginning Monday, February 28, 2017

ICADE:

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 27: Press review + Quiz + course book p82-83 (exercise 1)


Homework for Wednesday, March 1: review p82 (participle of result)

What we covered in class on Wednesday, March 1: Paraphrasing p83-85 

Homework for Tuesday, March 7: Press review

2ºE2  

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 28: Press review + course book p61-67

Homework for Thursday, March 2: Exercises p68

What we covered in class on Thursday March 2: Since only ten people attended....... We corrected the homework, did the communication activity p82/86 and watched the first episode of the British series Accused.

Homework for Tuesday, March 7: Press review. Make sure you attend our class on Tuesday.

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 28: Press review + we held a debate on gender identity. 


Homework for Thursday, March 2: No homework. Our debate reminded me of an article by The Economist on the so-called "toilet wars" in North Carolina last year. Here it is.

What we covered in class on Thursday, March 2: Course book p82-85

Homework for Tuesday, March 7: Press review + think about possible alternatives to the video assignment p85. 

1º B2.1

NO CLASSES THIS WEEK DUE TO THE INTERSEMESTRALES

Homework for Monday, March 6: Press review + start learning the vocabulary from all our supplementary activities.

lunes, 20 de febrero de 2017

Week beginning Monday, February 20

ICADE:

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 21: 76-81. Here is our whiteboard.


Homework for Wednesday, February 22: Learn the cause / effect structures we covered on Tuesday. Make sure you bring a computer /mobile phone with enough battery :)
TWhat we covered in class on Wednesday, February 22: Error correction activity + Quiz + Course book p81

Homework for Tuesday, February 27: Press review + review cause / effect structures & the above-mentioned error-correction activity

2ºE2  

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 21: Press review + course book p34-44

Homework for Thursday, February 23: Finish exercises p43/44

What we covered in class on Thursday 25: Quiz + course book p43-45 and 59-60

Homework for Tuesday, February 28: Press review

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 21: Press review + speaking stage of last week's activity


Homework for Thursday, February 23: No homework.

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 23: Course book p80-81 including assessed writing p81.

Homework for Tuesday, February 28: If you were unable to come on Thursday February 23rd, hand in the above-mentioned writing on Tuesday. Press review.

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, February 20: 3-stage activity based on a video by The Economist Films.


Homework for Friday, February 24: start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Friday, February 24: Activity around the meat industry based on 2 videos. Video 1, video 2
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Homework for Monday, March 6: Press review + start learning the vocabulary from all our supplementary activities.

lunes, 13 de febrero de 2017

Week beginning Monday, February 13

ICADE:

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

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 14: Press review + homework correction (p66-70) + course book p71-74


Homework for Wednesday, February 15: Review all the graph description language we've covered so far.

What we covered in class on Wednesday, February 15: We watched this very interesting video on addiction to mobile phones + Course book p75-76 including the assessed writing p76

Homework for Tuesday, February 20: If you weren't able to attend our Wednesday class, make sure you do the writing p76 and hand it in on Tuesday. Press review.


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

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 
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Homework for Thursday, February 

What we covered in class on Thursday February 16: Press review + speaking stage of last week's activity + course book p32-33

Homework for Tuesday, February, 21: Press review + learn the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity. Here is a very interesting article on the Snapchat IPO and online privacy in general if you're interested 

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 14:

77-80

Homework for Thursday, February 16: Complete the exercises p80

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 16: Activity based on a video by The Economist Films

Homework for Tuesday, February 21: Press review + start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity.

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, February 13:

Press Review + homework correction + lesson on good survey questions: here is our class whiteboard and the 10 commandments of good survey questions we looked at + survey-creation activity using Survey Monkey  + introduction to report writing.

Homework for Friday, February 17: Do the following activity around report writing.

What we covered in class on Friday, February 17: We worked on the above-mentioned report writing activity (here is our class whiteboard) + introduced the subjunctive (here is the tutorial in question) and did the following exercise. Assessed writing: 250-word report on the findings of the survey carried out in class the other day.

Homework for Monday, February 20: Press review. If you were unable to attend our Friday class: Do the above-mentioned writing and hand it in (if you can't find the results of your survey, write a report on this graph and compare the results with what you think the graph might look like today)+ read the tutorial on the subjunctive and do the exercise

lunes, 6 de febrero de 2017

Week beginning Monday February 6

ICADE:

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

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 7: Course book p57-61


Homework for Wednesday, February 8: Exam... See previous entry + add today's lesson (p57-61).

What we covered in class on Wednesday, February 8: Quiz + course book p62-65

Homework for Tuesday, February 14: Press review + all exercises p66-70


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

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 7: Course book p27-29 + Activity around the Snapchat IPO: we viewed this video and, in pairs, read these two texts:  T1 T2 

Homework for Thursday, February 9: Do exercises 3p30 and 4p31.

What we covered in class on Thursday February 9: Course book p30-32 + 3-stage activity based on a financial article by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, February, 14: Press Review + prepare the Speaking part of the above-mentioned activity. Optional: here is a very good video explaining the concept of a Poison Pill.

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 7: Course book p71-73


Homework for Thursday, February 9: exercise p74

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 9: course book p75-76

Homework for Tuesday, February 14: Press review

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, February 6: Press review + personal interviews + course book p14
Homework for Friday, February 10: Exercises p15-16
What we covered in class on Friday, February 10: Presentations + course book p15-18 + tutorial on polite (indirect) questions as an introduction to survey writing. If you couldn't attend our class here is a good explanation.
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Homework for Monday, February 13: Press review + these exercises A and B on indirect questions.