Week beginning Monday February 9

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.):

What we covered in class on Monday: We heard the last elevator pitches

Homework for Wednesday: No homework after all!

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p44-46

Homework for Monday, February 16: Exercise 3 p47

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

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

Homework for Thursday: Read the following article

What we covered in class on Thursday: We watched the following video as a conclusion to our activity on ethics & Big Pharma.

Homework for Tuesday, February 17: Watch John Oliver's take on the subject ;)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p24-30 including assessed writing 1a (in pairs) p30

Homework for Tuesday: If you didn't attend today's class you must do the above-mentioned writing task. Otherwise read Gain...

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p39-40

Homework for Thursday: Exercises 5a and 5b p40-41

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p41-43

Homework for Monday, February 16: Read Gain....

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p27-30

Homework for Thursday: Exercise 4p31 and 6 & 7p32

What we covered in class on Thursday: 3-stage activity based on an article from The Economist 

Homework for Tuesday, February 17: Finish Gain (EXAM)

Week beginning Monday February 2

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.):

What we covered in class on Monday: Elevator pitches

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Elevator pitches

Homework for Monday, February 9: Watch this. On a scale from 1 to 10 how "revolutionary" would you say it is? ;)

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p63-69

Homework for Thursday: Exercises p70+71 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p72-75

Homework for Tuesday, February 10: All activities p76-78 (for the last exercise just write down a few ideas) 

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Activity on the first episode of Mad Men's season 1

Homework for Tuesday: Read Gain...

What we covered in class on Tuesday: We finished the activity on Mad Men.

Homework for Thursday: Read Gain...

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p 21+23-24

Homework for Monday, February 9: Watch video 3 on moodle (upcomillas intranet) and do activity p22

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p17-21

Homework for Thursday: Language use exercises p21 + 22 + Comparing & contrasting ex. p25-26

What we covered in class on Thursday: 2-stage activity on an article by The Economist + we watched the following video (the first 15 minutes) and discussed its main points & the similarities with the article.

Homework for Tuesday, February 10: For those who attended our class: read Gain... For everybody else: Make sure you do the activity above as the vocab in question will be part of the final exam.

Week beginning Monday, January 26

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.):

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p41 + following video:

Homework for Wednesday: Writing task p41 (assessed)

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Practise + 3 students did their "elevator pitch"

Homework for Monday, Feb. 2: If you haven't handed it in yet: Writing task p41.

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p59-60

Homework for Thursday: Finish writing task p60 and read the following article

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p61-62 + debate on the relevance of anonymous CVs.

Homework for Tuesday, February 3: (optional) If you found today's topic interesting, browse through this rather convincing research paper, you'll find that your predictions were pretty accurate :)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p14-16

Homework for Tuesday: Ex. p17-18

Important: The exam on Gain will take place on March 2. 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Worksheet 1.1 p219 (assessed)

Homework for Thursday: If you attended class: read Gain, if not, do worksheet 1.1. (otherwise you'll get a zero)

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p19-21

Homework for Monday, Feb. 2: Read Gain (you've got very little time left)...

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Worksheets 5.2 and 5.3 (the latter assessed) p143-147

Homework for Thursday: If you attended class: read Gain, if not, do worksheet 5.3 p145-147 (otherwise you'll get a zero)

What we covered in class on Thursday: Activity on pharmaceutical pricing: 
1. Note-taking based on the audio file of an article by The Economist
2. Vocab-searching stage based on the article in question.
3. Brown University lecture on Youtube. (We watched from 5:35 to 40:00)
4. Debate: Ethics -or lack thereof- in the pharmaceutical industry.

Homework for Tuesday, February 3: Read course book p15 and do the activity p16. Read this on the different types of business organisations and do the quiz.

Week beginning Monday, January 19

ICAI: 

EPP B2 (Mon. & Wed.): CLASE DEL MIÉRCOLES CANCELADA, SEE BELOW

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p39-40

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Homework for Wednesday: Finish writing the product description p40.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: URGENT: I WON'T BE ABLE TO TEACH TODAY, I GOT FOOD POISONING... I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THIS! PLEASE SPREAD THE NEWS AROUND YOU IF YOU SEE THIS MESSAGE.

Homework for Monday, January 26: Finish writing the product description p40.

EPP C1 (Tues. & Thur.):

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p56-57

Homework for Thursday: Read this on parallel structure and do the exercise. (key on page 2).

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p57-58 including the assessed CV personal statement.

Homework for Tuesday, January 27: Have a nice weekend :)

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p1-7.

Homework for Tuesday: Read "Gain"... Exam due on the 16th of February

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p8-9 (including Communication file 1A/B)

Homework for Thursday: Read "Gain"...

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p10-13

Homework for Monday, January 26: Read "Gain"...

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book 3-7. 

Homework for Thursday: Exercise 1 p8

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p7-8

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Homework for Tuesday, January 27: Read p11 and p14 +  do all exercises p12 and 13.

AS REQUESTED HERE ARE THE CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT MARKS FOR SEMESTER 1

MARKS ICADE 1ºE1

Here are your marks for the first semester.

Exam Revision is set for Tuesday, January 20, 11h-11h30 (just before our class) in room E-001.

Congratulations to all of you. Have a nice weekend. Jeanphi.