Week beginning Monday, December 3

ICAI C2.2: 

What we covered in class on Monday, December 3: Final exam

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, December 3: Last pitches + exam revision

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Final Exam

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday, December 3: Final Exam

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Exam revision.

Please see comments to access links to the Quizlets we created

Week beginning Monday, November 26

ICAI C2.2: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 26: Course book and special-tone creative writing assignment 4 p34-35

Homework for Friday, November 30: Finish Shoe Dog and complete one of the book club forms at the end of the book

What we covered in class on Friday: Book club + exam revision

Homework for Monday, December 3: review everything we've done this semester.

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 26: Teamwork

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Teamwork

Homework for Thursday, November 29: Finish your paper presentation pitch and upload your academic paper to Moodle (Communication skills C1 / Jeanphi's group)

IMPORTANT: THE DEADLINE FOR THE ACADEMIC PAPER HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO TUESDAY DECEMBER 4 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Academic paper pitches.

Homework for Monday, December 3: Start reviewing everything we've covered.

ICADE 3º E4: 

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

Homework for Friday November 30: review all our supplementary activities:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 + recruitment vocab + the course book. 

What we did in class on Friday, November 30: Listening test + exam revision

Homework for Monday, December 3: Final exam

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: Scroll down to the previous entry

What we did in class on Tuesday: Last press review + teamwork

Homework for Thursday November 29: No homework. NEW Due date for the final project: TUESDAY DECEMBER 4

What we did in class on Thursday: Teamwork

Homework for Tuesday, December 4: Review everything we've done so far (course book + supplementary activities).

Week beginning Monday, November 19

ICAI C2.2: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 19: Creative writing assignment part II + Course book p27 (module 2)

Homework for Friday, November 23: Start reviewing all the vocabulary we've covered so far. Important: the final exam will take place on Monday, December 3. 

What we covered in class on Friday: 

Homework for Monday, November 

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 19: Teamwork

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Teamwork

Homework for Thursday, November 22: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: Teamwork

Homework for Monday, November 26: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p92-98

Homework for Friday November 23: read and do all exercises p98-106 (assessed!!)

What we did in class on Friday, November 23: Homework correction + linkedin examples of C.V. one-liners + took the "16personalities" test + started devising "scannable" resumes

Homework for Monday, November: Press review + Write your CV in English using the one liners we covered (assessed).

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Activity based on the first episode of Mad Men (season 1).

Homework for Thursday November 22: remember you need to send me the Tim Horton proposal if you haven't done it yet (see previous entry). Parts 6 & 7 + B (jot down a few ideas) of the above-mentioned activity.

What we did in class on Thursday: We finished the Mad Men activity + worked on the final project. This is what I expect from you. Due date November 30. Around 1400 words.

Homework for Tuesday, November 27: Press review 

Week beginning Monday, November 12

ICAI C2.2: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 12: BOOK CLUB

Homework for Friday, November 16: No homework. We'll do assignment 3 p25 (creative writing). 

What we covered in class on Friday: Creative writing activity. Thanks a zillion for your enthusiasm!

Homework for Monday, November 19: No homework

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 12: Press review + teamwork

Homework for Tuesday: Have a look at the following database of past academic papers (available on the Comillas  intranet)

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Activity p51 + Teamwork 

Homework for Thursday, November 15: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: Teamwork

Homework for Monday, November 19: Press review + read/view the following tips on writing / delivering a good 3/5-minute pitch on your research. Take notes. Document 1. Document 2.

Timeline advice: Use next week's 3 sessions (November 19, 20 and 22) to actually write the paper (the research stage should be over by now). November 26 and 27 should be devoted to the pitch to potential publishers along the lines of the above-mentioned documents. November 28: Exam revision December 3: Error-correction activity

IMPORTANT: Due date for the academic paper & the short pitch to a potential publisher: November 29th. Final exam date: December 4th 

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + homework correction 

Homework for Friday November 16: read the following article and take notes.

What we did in class on Friday, November 16: Course book p80-92

Homework for Monday, November 19: read the following pieces of advice on job objective statements. Press review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday:  Press review + advertising tips + course book p87-92

Homework for Thursday November 15: Exercises p92-93 + view all these ads and take notes on the different techniques they use and whether or not they are effective and why/why not.

What we did in class on Thursday: Homework correction, including in-depth analysis of the above-mentioned ads, + group assignment: Tim Hortons is launching 25 new coffee bars / restaurants in Spain: as a top-notch advertising agency, write a first proposal to TH's Marketing Manager to help launch the brand and increase its awareness in Spain. You've got a 500.000-euro budget.

Homework for Tuesday, November : Press review + finish the assignment above if you haven't already handed it in.

Week beginning Monday November 5

ICAI C2.2: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 5: Quiz + Course book p23-25. Here is the video in question.

Homework for Monday, November 12: BOOK CLUB 75% of the book. Don't forget to complete the template.

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 5: Press review + We finished the activity on paraphrasing + handouts on quoting & referencing were distributed. 

Homework for Tuesday: Read these academic writing tips and make sure you apply them!

What we covered in class on Tuesday: teamwork and research. 

IMPORTANT: Due date for the academic paper & the short pitch to a potential publisher: November 29th. Final exam date: December 4th 

Homework for Thursday, November 8: do all exercises contained in the above-mentioned handout.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Homework correction + Teamwork

Homework for Tuesday, November 13: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Quiz + Speaking part of the Mad Men activity + Course book p75-77

Homework for Monday November 12: Press review + Finish all exercises p77-79 and start learning the vocab contained in the above-mentioned activity

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + error-correction activity + debate 

Homework for Thursday November 8 : review the above-mentioned error-correction activity since it will be part of the final exam.

What we did in class on Thursday: course book p83-86

Homework for Tuesday, November 13: Press review 

Week beginning Monday, October 22

ICAI C2.2: 

What we covered in class on Monday, October 22: Book club (reading stage: 50% of the book and writing task.

Homework for Friday: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, October 26: Course book p18 (assignment 2) & 19 (part A)

Homework for Monday, October 29: Review all the vocabulary we've seen so far.

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, October 22: Presentations.

Homework for Tuesday, October 23: Press review

What we covered in class on Tuesday, Oct. 23: Press review + Course book p34-36 (including the 300-word writing p34)

Homework for Thursday, October 25: Exercises p37-38 and writing exercise p34 if you failed to attend our class.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Error correction 2.
Homework for Monday Oct 29: Press review 

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Presentation 1 + Press review + speaking and part C of last week's activity + we started course book p75

Homework for Friday, October 26: Finish your presentations

What we covered on Friday: Presentations

Homework for Monday: Press review 

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Presentations

Homework for Thursday: no homework

What we did in class on Thursday: Presentations + voice technique :) 

Homework for Tuesday October 29: Press review + learn the vocab contained in last week's activity (Sex and Power) and course book 71-73 (including the order of adjectives)

Week beginning Monday, October 15

ICAI C2.2: 

Next class (post Intersemestrales): October 22

Homework for Monday October 22: Book club (reading stage: 50% of the book)

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

Next class (post Intersemestrales): October 23

Homework for Tuesday, October 23: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p53-54 & introduction to unit 2 through a job advert from Monster.co.uk. Here is our white board

Homework for Friday, October 19: All exercises p71-73. Make sure you read p67-68 before you start writing your report.

What we covered on Friday, October 19: Homework correction & vocab. 3-stage activity based on 2 articles by The Economist

Homework for Monday, October 22: New due date for presentations: 26th of October. Part C of the above-mentioned activity + Press review.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + Quiz + Course book p71-72 
1

Homework for Thursday: Finish all exercises p 72-73 and work on your presentations

What we did in class on Thursday: Homework correction + Order of adjectives and vocab + 3-stage activity based on 2 articles by The Economist

Homework for Tuesday October 23: Finish your presentations + do part C of the above-mentioned activity and start learning the vocabulary (included in the "Order of adjectives and vocab" word document)

Week beginning Monday, October 8th

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p17-18

Next class (post Intersemestrales): October 22

Homework for Monday October 22: Book club (reading stage: 50% of the book)

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

NO CLASS ON MONDAY October 8

What we did in class on Tuesday: Presentations

Homework for Thursday:

What we did in class on Thursday: Presentations

Next class (post Intersemestrales): October 23

Homework for Tuesday, October 23: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Team work on presentations.

Here are two videos with good tips on questionnaire writing.
Video 1 


Video 2 

These are the steps you need to follow 

Here are good product descriptions & tips if you need some inspiration :)

Homework for Monday, October 15: Press Review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Tutorial on the Subjunctive + course book p58-59 + 63-64

Homework for Thursday: start learning the vocab contained in the "authenticity" activity + review the subjunctive.

What we did in class on Thursday: We reviewed the subjunctive + course book p64-68

Homework for Tuesday: Press review + LEARN the vocab contained in the "authenticity" activity &  in the course book p63-68 + review the subjunctive

Week beginning Monday, October 1

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Presentations

Homework for Friday: No homework

What we did in class on Friday: Presentations + course book p16 (correction)

Homework for Monday: No homework. The book club session has been adjourned until the 22nd of october IMPORTANT: you will need to have read 50% of the book by then...

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Course book p27-28

 
Homework for Tuesday: No homework. If you feel like it, watch this riveting speech by Riz Ahmed and pay special attention to all the rhetorical devices he uses (repetition, pauses etc.)

What we did in class on Tuesday: Presentations. Here is an interesting video for the "same news different views" teams.

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday: Presentations. 

Homework for Tuesday: IMPORTANT: No class on Monday (Friday schedule in ICAI). No press review! Finish your presentations!!

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Subjunctive tutorial + First stage of the final project:  These are the steps you need to follow 

Homework for Friday: Review the subjunctive and do this exercise again

What we did in class on Friday: Team work on presentations.

Here are two videos with good tips on questionnaire writing.
Video 1 

Video 2 


Here are good product descriptions & tips if you need some inspiration :) 

Homework for Monday: No homework

Homework for Monday: 

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + Final Project Unit 2. Here are the steps you need to follow. NEW DUE DATE: 23rd of October

Homework for Thursday: Work on your projects. You don't need to bring your course books on Thursday either.

What we did in class on Thursday: Team work on the final project. 

Here are two videos with good tips on questionnaire writing.
Video 1 

Video 2 

Here are good product descriptions & tips if you need some inspiration :) 

Here are some of your classmates' surveys if you feel like helping them out :)

Survey 1

Homework for Tuesday: Press review

Week beginning Monday, September 24

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Book club!

Homework for Friday: Finish your presentations!

What we did in class on Friday: Reviews were handed out. Error-correction activity. Course book p16 Based on this video) (finish the subtitling activity by Friday October 5)

Homework for Monday: Review the above-mentioned error-correction activity Finish your  presentations

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + we worked on our presentations

 
Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: We worked on our presentations

Homework for Thursday: Finish devising your questionnaire and make sure you pilot it.

What we did in class on Thursday: We conducted the surveys

Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: IMPORTANT: SOME OF YOU STILL HAVEN'T SENT ME THEIR QUESTIONNAIRES

What we did in class on Monday: Report writing activity based on an article by The Guardian + Press review

Homework for Friday: Learn the vocabulary we covered in Meat Makers + Theatre going...

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz + Error-correction activity + course book p30-36 + introduction of the final project (Unit 1). These are the steps I want you to follow.

Homework for Monday: Press review + read course book p37-41 and highlight all important points

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Homework correction + Press review + Course book p15-16 + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist. 

Homework for Thursday: Start learning the vocab from the above-mentioned activity and do the speaking activity (5 authentic brands and 5...)

What we did in class on Thursday: Speaking activity + Course book p25-34 

Homework for Tuesday: Press review. Unit 2 final project (due date: October 18): These are the steps you need to follow 

Week beginning Monday, september 17

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Booklet p10-11 (here is the vocabulary to be learnt) + group work on assignment 1.

Homework for Friday: Read Shoe Dog and LEARN all the vocab we've covered so far.

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz + booklet p12-15

Homework for Monday: READ 20% of Shoe Dog and fill out one of the forms available at the end of the booklet.

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Thursday: Press review + homework correction (p21-23) + course book p24-26.

Homework for Monday: Press review + revise all questionnaire techniques and pitfalls

ICADE 3º E4:

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p18-28 

Homework for Friday: Review all the questionnaire techniques we've covered so far and read and view the following: 10 commandments of good survey writing 

Video 1 
Video 2 

What we did in class on Friday: 3-stage activity based on a video by The Economist Films

Homework for Monday: Press Review + finish your questionnaire and start learning all the vocabulary we covered in the above-mentioned activity.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Thursday: Press review + course book p12-13 including this video on the diffusion pattern.

Homework for Tuesday: : Learn all the concepts we covered today + watch this video and answer the following questions in writing using all the verbs and structures covered p13 and before:

Why do you think BIC launched this campaign? What was their main marketing goal? Who was it targeted at? At which stage of the product life cycle were they? Do you think it turned out to be effective? Why? 

Week beginning September 10

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p7-10

Homework for Friday: Start gathering information on the company you've been assigned and bring at least one laptop per group. Get yourself a copy of "Shoe dog" by Phil Knight!

What we did in class on Friday: We worked on our presentations.

Homework for Monday: Start learning the vocabulary p9 + Start reading Shoe Dog --> you need to have read 20% of the book by Monday the 24th of September!

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Error-correction activity + Course book p1-5

 
Homework for Tuesday:No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: We started working on assignment 1. Here are the pieces of advice I referred to in class re writing a good questionnaire: 
10 commandments of good survey writing 
Video 1 
Video 2 
By the way, here is the audio version of a super interesting article by The Economist on content moderation / censorship (of hate speech, deliberate misinformation etc.) on Social-media platforms that might be interesting for those of you who are working on topic #3.

Homework for Thursday: Work on your presentations

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p7-8 + 18-23 + Signpost language + body language / gesture tips

Here are some general linkers in case you need them.

Homework for Monday: Press review + Answer the comprehension questions p21-23

ICADE 3º E4:

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p5-7

Homework for Friday: Finish activity a (1-7) p7 and Learn the vocabulary from the "Nine billion company names" activity + course book p5-7

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz + Course book p7-17

Homework for Monday: Press Review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: (scroll down to the previous week)

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p4-6.

Homework for Thursday: LEARN all the vocabulary contained in the "Super boss" activity and the course book p2-6

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + course book p7-9

Homework for Tuesday: Press review + all exercises p 10 and 11!

Week beginning Monday Sept. 3

ICAI C2.2:

What we did in class on Monday: Revision: Tutorial on the subjunctive + we reflected on how to keep the holiday spirit alive and apply it to our daily routine. We then read the following article 

Homework for Friday: Get the C2.2 booklet! :)

What we did in class on Friday: Debate on immigration policies in Europe.

Homework for Monday: Get the C2.2 booklet + a copy of "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight

ICAI Communication Skills C1:

What we did in class on Monday: 

 
Homework for Tuesday:

What we did in class on Tuesday: we reflected on how to keep the holiday spirit alive and apply it to our daily routine. We then read the following article 

Homework for Thursday: Get the Communication Skills C1 class materials from Repro! :)

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p4

Homework for Monday: Press Review as explained in class:

Read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can summarize the contents of your article to your classmates on Mondays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent (e.g. Voices: Robert Fisk etc.)
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

The Herald Tribune

1 2 3
ICADE 3º E4:

What we did in class on Monday: Level testing

Homework for Friday:

What we did in class on Friday: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Monday: Get the booklet! :) + Press Review as explained in class:

Read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can summarize the contents of your article to your classmates on Mondays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent (e.g. Voices: Robert Fisk etc.)
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

The Herald Tribune

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course Introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday: Get the course book! :) 

Business English Communication Skills 2018-19 Semester 1

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p1-3

Homework for Tuesday: Press Review + start learning the vocabulary from the "Super Boss" activity + watch this video again and fill out the blanks p1-3 if you weren't able to do it in class.

FINAL RESULTS AND EXAM REVISION

Hi there,

Here are your results:

2E2

3E4

4E4

ICAI First Year C21.

Revisión de examen: Martes 29 11h-12h ICADE E-002

Enhorabuena a tod@s y mil gracias por todo :)

Week beginning Monday, April 23

ICAI:

C2.1:

What we did on Monday, April 23: Exam revision

Friday, April 27: FINAL EXAM

ICADE: 

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 24: Final exam

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 26: Revisión de examen

3º E4 :

What we covered in class on Monday, April: Revision + debate on the concept of "home country" based on an article by the independent. Here is our white board

Homework for Friday, April 27: FINAL EXAM...

What we covered in class on Friday, April

Homework for Monday, April 

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 24: Book Club: final session

Homework for Thursday, April 26: Review everything we've done so far and identify the points you'd like us to delve into on Thursday.

What we covered in class on Thursday, Exam revision and debate ;) Here is what you have to review. Good luck with the exam!

Week beginning Monday, April 16

ICAI:

C2.1:

What we did on Monday, April 16: Follow-up activity on AI based on an article by Nature. Here is the key to the vocab-fishing part.

Homework for Friday, April 20: Learn the vocab from the activity above.

What we did on Friday, April 20: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on the gender pay gap. Paraphrasing: here is a possible correction for Assessment 5.

Homework for Monday, April 23: Review everything we've done so far and identify the things you would like us to delve into on Monday.

ICADE: 

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 17: Here is a quizlet for our second activity on AI. Course book p43-45 (Solar energy: Follow the sun)

Homework for Thursday, April 19: review everything we've done so far (including the error-correction activity we did...)

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 19: Exam revision

Homework for Tuesday, April 24: FINAL EXAM: review everything we've done this semester

3º E4 :

What we covered in class on Monday, April 16: Exam revision. By the way, here is another quizlet on the Introverts vs Extroverts activity. Lesson + exercise on relative clauses.

Homework for Friday, April 20: Revision time... ;) The final exam will take place on the 27th of April

What we covered in class on Friday, April 20: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on the gender pay gap.

Homework for Monday, April 23: Review everything we've done so far and identify the things you would like us to delve into on Monday.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 17: Shoe Dog Book club. Essay topic: Discuss the following statement: Without Bowerman, Blue Ribbon / Nike would have been a complete failure.

Homework for Thursday, April 19: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 19: Exam revision. Here are all the supplementary activities we've done this semester. 1, 2, 2" 3, 4 (second part of the article), 5, 6

Homework for Tuesday, April 24: Finish the book.