Week beginning Monday, December 2, 2019

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Final exam

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Research pitches

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: Exam revision: Subjunctive, here is an exercise, vocab Diversity, vocab Amazon, survey tips

Homework for Thursday: Final exam!

What we did in class on Thursday: 

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: Final exam

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Exam revision

The final exam will take place on the very last day of class i.e. December 5 in room O-201 D and will cover: 
survey questions + Subjunctive + Graph description + Parallel structures (exercise) Parallel structures (theory) + Mad Men + Error-correction activity + adjective order + Copywriting tips + Ecotourism + Plastic-free Dutch supermarkets + Report writing + Beyond Meat + Error correction (questionnaires) + Survey writing tips 1 + survey writing tips 2 + Brand authenticity + Deathwatch for the Amazon 

Week beginning Monday, November 25, 2019

ICAI C2.2: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA, A PARTIR DE AHORA EL LUNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA 110 Y EL VIERNES EN NUESTRA AULA NORMAL, LA 410.

What we did in class on Monday: Book club session + course book p52

Homework for Friday, November 29: Read p53 to 55 + exercise 1p55.

What we did in class on Friday: Exam revision. Subjunctive. Good luck!!

Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Group work

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: Group work 

Homework for Thursday: Add the finishing touches to your academic paper and proofread...

What we did in class on Thursday: 
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Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

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

Homework for Friday, November 22: Finish the above-mentioned activity (comprehension + prepare speaking) & Start reviewing everything we've done this semester. We will hold a Q&A session on the exam on Friday.

This is what the exam will cover: Course book + activity on Surveillance Capitalism based on this video & the article + unconscious bias + Parallel structures (exercise) Parallel structures (theory) + The millionaire track + specific recruitment jargon + Gender pay gap + job vocab 2 + Error-correction activity + Meat makers + survey questions + polite questions + Subjunctive + Graph description + Deathwatch for the Amazon 

What we did in class on Friday: Exam revision. Good luck!!

Homework for Monday, November

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Group work

The final exam will take place on the very last day of class i.e. December 5 and will cover: 
survey questions + Subjunctive + Graph description + Parallel structures (exercise) Parallel structures (theory) + Mad Men + Error-correction activity + adjective order + Copywriting tips + Ecotourism + Plastic-free Dutch supermarkets + Report writing + Beyond Meat + Error correction (questionnaires) + Survey writing tips 1 + survey writing tips 2 + Brand authenticity + Deathwatch for the Amazon 

Homework for Thursday: Finish your projects

What we did in class on Thursday:

Timeline for the coming weeks: Tuesday, November 19: Activity based on Mad Men to introduce the advertising concepts you will need for the final project. Thursday, November 21 (at least the second part of the class) AND Tuesday, November 26 will be devoted to the project. Due date: November 28. HERE is what I expect.

Homework for Tuesday, November:

Week beginning Monday, November 18

ICAI C2.2: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA, A PARTIR DE AHORA EL LUNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA 110 Y EL VIERNES EN NUESTRA AULA NORMAL, LA 410.

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p44-46

Homework for Friday, November 22: No homework

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p47-52 (we'll finish correcting the activity p52 on Monday)


Homework for Monday: LAST SHOE DOG SESSION!! Finish reading the book and complete template #4

Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Group work

Homework for Tuesday: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Group work

Homework for Thursday: 

What we did in class on Thursday: Research pitch: Useful tips + Here is an excellent example. 
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Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: First part of a 3-stage activity on Surveillance capitalism based on the following video. Presentation by former students on Online Privacy.

Homework for Friday, November 22: Write your own (invited or uninvited) cover letter and print it out.

What we did in class on Friday: Q&As on individual CVs + We finished the above-mentioned activity.

Homework for Monday, November 25: Press review + start reviewing everything we've covered this semester.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: First stages of a thorough activity involving listening comp, use of english, speaking and advertising concepts based on the first episode of Mad Men (season 1).

The final exam will take place on the very last day of class i.e. December 5.
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Homework for Thursday: Bring the above-mentioned activity with you! We'll complete it in class.

What we did in class on Thursday: We finished the activity on Mad Men and started working on the final project.

Timeline for the coming weeks: Tuesday, November 19: Activity based on Mad Men to introduce the advertising concepts you will need for the final project. Thursday, November 21 (at least the second part of the class) AND Tuesday, November 26 will be devoted to the project. Due date: November 28. HERE is what I expect.

Homework for Tuesday, November: Press review

Week beginning Monday, November 11, 2019

ICAI C2.2: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA, A PARTIR DE AHORA EL LUNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA 110 Y EL VIERNES EN NUESTRA AULA NORMAL, LA 410.

What we did in class on Monday: Radio programmes + course book p42 (based on a video by The Economist)

Homework for Friday, November 15: Finish activity p42

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p42-44 including excerpts of this video


Homework for Monday: 4p43

Next book club session: November 25. Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Academic writing tips + quoting and referencing theory + group work on academic paper

Homework for Tuesday: Part D of last week's paraphrasing activity

What we did in class on Tuesday: Group work on academic paper

Homework for Thursday: 

What we did in class on Thursday: Group work on academic paper

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Homework for Monday: Read all the academic writing tips in the book + the quoting and referencing sites included in last week's entry

ICADE 3º E4: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p94-99+ tutorial on Parallel structure. Here is an interesting exercise, should you want to practice ;)

Homework for Friday, November 15: Finish exercise p99 

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p107-116. Here is another very reputable personality test you can take.

Homework for Monday, November 18: Read pages 100-106, write your resume and print it out.

Homework for Friday, November 22: Write your own (invited or uninvited) cover letter and print it out.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: course book p83-86 including an activity based on slogans. 

The final exam will take place on the very last day of class i.e. December 5.
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Homework for Thursday: Review all the vocab/concepts pages 83-86

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p87-95 including an activity around Superbowl commercials.  
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Timeline for the coming weeks: Tuesday, November 19: Activity based on Mad Men to introduce the advertising concepts you will need for the final project. Thursday, November 21 (at least the second part of the class) AND Tuesday, November 26 will be devoted to the project. Due date: November 28. HERE is what I expect.

Homework for Tuesday, November: Press review + finish exercises p90-91 + order and name the scrambled paragraphs p94-95 (self correct HERE)

Week beginning Monday, November 4, 2019

ICAI C2.2: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA, A PARTIR DE AHORA EL LUNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA 110 Y EL VIERNES EN NUESTRA AULA NORMAL, LA 410.

What we did in class on Monday: Book club session / group writing #3. Course book p36

Homework for Friday, November 8: do the activity p 37 and read the article p38-39

What we did in class on Friday: course book p37-40

Homework for Monday: No homework

Next book club session: November 25. Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p34-37

Homework for Tuesday: Exercises p38-39

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p38-40

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p41-45 + activity on paraphrasing
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Homework for Monday: Part "d" of the above-mentioned activity (assessed). NO press review.

ICADE 3º E4: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + 3-stage activity based on a video by Google's People  Analytics and an article by The guardian

Homework for Friday, November 8: Start learning the vocabulary we covered and do stage 3 of the above-mentioned activity (5 arguments in favour and 5 arguments against anonymous CVs)

What we did in class on Friday: Debate + course book p90-93

Homework for Monday, November 11: Press review + activity p94 (and 93 if you were unable to attend our class on Friday)

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Error-correction activity + course book p71

Homework for Thursday: Review the above-mentioned activity

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p72-75 including the all-important adjective order:

Number Opinion Size Age Shape Colour Origin Material Purpose

Examples:

This is a powerful Japanese business computer

This an irresistible nutty chocolate bar

This is a hilarious American television sitcom

These are stylish Italian suede party shoes

This is a simple German elderly-oriented mobile phone

This is a remarkable anti-ageing face cream

Adjective order exercise

Homework for Tuesday, November 12: Press review + read p76 + if you were unable to attend our class, write a 100/150-word pitch-perfect copy for a brand new banana-flavoured Nutella.

Week beginning Monday, October 28

ICAI C2.2: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA, A PARTIR DE AHORA EL LUNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA 110 Y EL VIERNES EN NUESTRA AULA NORMAL, LA 410.

What we did in class on Monday: course book p31-35

Homework for Monday, November 4: BOOK CLUB: COMPLETE THE TEMPLATE (75% of the book!)

Next book club sessions: November 4 and November 25. Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Last presentations. Introduction of assignment 2 + past papers were handed out.

Homework for Tuesday: BRING YOUR COURSE BOOK!

What we did in class on Tuesday: 

Homework for Thursday: 

What we did in class on Thursday: 
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Homework for Monday: 

ICADE 3º E4:  

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p79-89 + this entry level resume & we covered the ATS system (read here)

Homework for Monday, November 4: read this + Press review  

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: We finished the presentations and delved into copywriting (9 simple ways to write a product description that sells)

Homework for Tuesday: Press review (bring this week's article) + study the above-mentioned tips

Week beginning Monday, October 21

ICAI C2.2: 

IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA, A PARTIR DE AHORA EL LUNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA 110 Y EL VIERNES EN NUESTRA AULA NORMAL, LA 410.

What we did in class on Monday: Shoe dog book club

Homework for Friday: No homework (unless you didn't attend our class, in which case you should write a 300/400-word essay on Bowerman's character and work ethic, his rapport with Buck and his role in the company's vicissitudes...

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p26-34

Homework for Monday: read the two articles again (p28-34)!

Next book club sessions: November 4 and November 25. Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Finishing touches to the presentations

Homework for Tuesday:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Presentations

Homework for Thursday: 

What we did in class on Thursday: Presentations

Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Presentations

Homework for Friday: Don't forget to send me the written project (not the presentation) per email.

What we did in class on Friday: Error-correction activity. Here is the key. We devised quizlets (see comments to this entry) with all the vocab we've covered so far.

Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: market research project Due date: October 24

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + 2nd part of last week's activity based on this video by The Economist Films. Here is our white board with all the vocabulary.

Homework for Thursday: Finish your written projects / presentations

What we did in class on Thursday: Presentations

Homework for Tuesday: Press review

Week beginning Monday, October 14

ICAI C2.2: Intersemestrales

What we did in class on Monday: 

Homework for Friday:

What we did in class on Friday: 

Homework for Monday October 21: Read 50% of Shoe Dog and complete the corresponding book club template. Creative assignment 3 p25 

Next book club sessions: October 21, November 4 and November 25. 
Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: Intersemestrales

What we did in class on Monday:

Homework for Tuesday:

What we did in class on Tuesday: 

Homework for Thursday: 

What we did in class on Thursday: 

Homework for Monday, October 21: FINISH YOUR PRESENTATIONS

ICADE 3º E4: IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p74-78 + Parallel structure tutorial

Homework for Friday: Review all the recruitment vocab we've covered so far, including this + parallel structures (here are exercises on the latter: 1, 2)

What we did in class on Friday: Listening test + 3-stage activity on gender pay gaps based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Monday: NO Press review --> FINISH YOUR PROJECTS +PRESENTATIONS

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + Quiz + Course book p63-70
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market research project Due date: October 24

Homework for Thursday: Work on your projects/presentations

What we did in class on Thursday: Listening test + first part of a 4-stage activity based on an article by The New York Times and a video by The Economist Films.

Homework for Tuesday: Start learning the vocabulary contained in the activity above. Press review

Week beginning Monday, October 7

Here is a link to the inspiring "Proyecto Hospitalidad" by Comillas Solidaria

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Error-correction + Stage 2 p21 + Review of the subjunctive

Homework for Friday: No homework

What we did in class on Friday: course book p23-25. We viewed this video of Riz Ahmed's spoken word "Sour Times" 

Homework for Monday October 21: Read 50% of Shoe Dog and complete the corresponding book club template. Creative assignment 3 p25 

Next book club sessions: October 21, November 4 and November 25. 
Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + team work on the presentations

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: team work on the presentations

Homework for Thursday: No homework

Summary of what I expect from your presentations 

What we did in class on Thursday: Last team work session

Homework for Monday, October 21: FINISH YOUR PRESENTATIONS

Project Timeline: October 1 – 11: report writing + conclusions + presentation design + rehearsals. DUE DATE: October 21 

Intersemestrales

ICADE 3º E4: IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Presentations team work session II This is what I expect from you. DUE DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

Homework for Friday: No homework

What we did in class on Friday: We started unit 2. Course book p71-73 including this job advert from Monster.co.uk. Here is our whiteboard

Homework for Monday: Press review + start learning all the specific recruitment jargon we've covered so far (including expressions followed by a preposition, see whiteboard above)

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + Market research project session II

market research project Due date: October 22

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday: Report writing activity based on an article by The Guardian. We also looked at graph description vocab. Tutorial on the subjunctive

Homework for Tuesday: LEARN all the graph description + Beyond meat + report writing vocab + subjunctive. Press review

Week beginning Monday, September 30

Here is a link to the inspiring "Proyecto Hospitalidad" by Comillas Solidaria

ICAI C2.2: 

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

Homework for Friday: Assignment 2 (individual) p18

For those of you interested in voice training, here is an interesting tutorial to help you "feel" your resonators.

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p19-21 (we have yet to correct stage 2)

Homework for Monday: start learning the vocab from pages 12-21 (quiz on Friday)

Next book club sessions: October 21, November 4 and November 25. 
Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Report writing activity based on an article by The Guardian. Here is some additional trend description vocab

Homework for Tuesday: Finish carrying out your surveys

What we did in class on Tuesday: Subjunctive + team work

Homework for Thursday: REVIEW the subjunctive + LEARN the vocab contained in the activity on Rhetoric (Diversity speech) + report writing (NHS survey above) and trend description

Summary of what I expect from your presentations 

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + Team work on presentations

Homework for Monday: Press review

IMPORTANT: 

Project Timeline:

Thursday, September 26: The questionnaire should be ready to go. We will carry out the survey among ourselves and devise a social media strategy to further conduct the study.

Monday, September 30: You now have 100+ responses to your survey. Activity: How to report on research results + formal recommendations

October 1 – 11: report writing + conclusions + presentation design + rehearsals

Intersemestrales

October 21: DUE DATE

ICADE 3º E4: IMPORTANTE: CAMBIO DE AULA: EL VIERNES TENDREMOS CLASE EN LA O-204 DE AQUÍ EN ADELANTE

What we did in class on Monday: Completion of the report-writing activity + tutorial on the subjunctive + Unit 1 final project stage 1. This is what I expect from you. DUE DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

Homework for Friday: LEARN the subjunctive + trend description + Meat Makers vocab

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz (if you didn't attend I will need to see a justificante of some kind) + Presentations team work session I

Homework for Monday: Press review

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + stage 3 of last week's activity + introduction to the market research project Due date: October 22

Homework for Thursday: Make sure you write the questionnaire in stage 3 if you didn't attend on Tuesday. BRING YOUR LAPTOP WITH YOU

What we did in class on Thursday: Error-correction activity on Beyond Meat questionnaires + Project team work

Homework for Tuesday: Press review

Week beginning Monday, September 23

Here is a link to the inspiring "Proyecto Hospitalidad" by Comillas Solidaria

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Book Club session. Group writing: write a 300-word (min) review on the first 25% of Shoe Dog. Please draw inspiration from this very well conceived review by The Guardian. Tips on paragraph writing.

Homework for Friday: If you haven't submitted your review yet, make sure you send it to me per email before Thursday 23:59 ;)

What we did in class on Friday: Las presentations + course book p16 based on the following video

Homework for Monday: Complete the subtitles p16

Next book club sessions: October 21, November 4 and November 25. 
Final exam: December 2

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + presentations (survey writing 1)

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: Survey writing. Btw: I just found this and thought it might come in handy for those of you working on media biases...

IMPORTANT: 

Project Timeline:

Thursday, September 26: The questionnaire should be ready to go. We will carry out the survey among ourselves and devise a social media strategy to further conduct the study.

Monday, September 30: You now have 100+ responses to your survey. Activity: How to report on research results + formal recommendations

October 1 – 11: report writing + conclusions + presentation design + rehearsals

Intersemestrales

October 21: DUE DATE

Homework for Thursday: finish your questionnaire

What we did in class on Thursday: Questionnaires were completed and carried out (stage 1)

Homework for Monday: Conduct your surveys (100 respondents at least) on social media and in person (so that you get a relatively representative sample)

ICADE 3º E4:  

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Questionnaire correction + course book p28-31

Homework for Friday: Read and complete pages 33-41

What we did in class on Friday: Homework correction + Report-writing activity. Here is more trend description vocab

Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p25-29

Homework for Thursday: LEARN the vocabulary contained in the "Brand authenticity" activity + all the marketing concepts we've seen so far

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + course book p30-34 + survey writing tips 1 + survey writing tips 2 + we started an activity on questionnaire writing based on a video by CNBC.

Homework for Tuesday: Press review