Week beginning Monday, April 1st

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, April 1: Presentations

Important: Teresa, you forgot your pendrive, I gave it to the concierge :) 

Homework for Friday, April 5: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, April 5: Presentations + first episode of Debate series: "What's the right thing to do" by Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel 

Homework for Monday, April 8: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, April 1: Quiz + presentations

Homework for Friday, April 5: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, April 5: Presentations + Exam revision
This is what the final exam will contain: Reading comprehension + writing (cover letter based on a job advert from Ecoalf in Procurement or HR or Marketing or Sales) + graph description + extensive vocab exercise + error-correction exercise + parallel structure + adjective order.


Homework for Monday, April 1: 

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, April 2: Press review + Quiz + Lesson on IPO's based on the following videos:
1 / 2 / 3
+ Course book p89

Homework for Thursday, April 4: Review your notes on IPO's

What we did in class on Thursday, April 4: Review on IPO's + Course book p90-97 including this video explaining the role of credit rating agencies in 

Homework for Tuesday, April 8: Press review: find/read/summarize a recent article on one of the three credit rating agencies mentioned in the video.

Week beginning Monday, March 25

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 25: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist. Here is the key (vocab-fishing part)

Homework for Friday, March 29: Complete the speaking part of the above-mentioned activity.

What we covered in class on Friday, March 29: we finished the above-mentioned activity and worked on our presentations.

Homework for Monday, April 1: Finish your presentations (assignment 4 p46) Start learning the vocabulary contained in the activity above. NO press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 25: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Observer. Here is our white board. Tutorial on parallel structure.

Homework for Friday, March 29: Read the second part of the article and take notes (I'll check) 

What we covered in class on Friday, March 29: We finished the activity on corporate misbehaviour (here is our white board with the additional vocabulary we covered) + review of the subjunctive + we worked on the presentations (Assignment 4 at the end of the above-mentioned activity).
Those are the companies we have chosen so far:
L'Oreal / Conceptos Plásticos / 4Ocean / Tom's / Decathlon


Homework for Monday, April 1: Finish your presentations + L E A R N all the vocabulary contained in the Diversity speech + Corporate misbehaviour (including the additional vocab) activities + parallel structure + subjunctive

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 26: Press review + course book p65-90

Homework for Thursday, March 28: review all the concepts we covered in pages 65-90

What we did in class on Thursday, March 28: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on College admissions in the US. Here is the key.
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Homework for Tuesday, April 2: LEARN the vocabulary from the activity in question along with the financial vocabulary we covered in p65-90 and gradable/ungradable adjectives. Yes, there will be a quiz. ;)

Week beginning Monday, March 18

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 18: Press review + quiz + course book p46

Bring your laptop on Friday!!

Homework for Friday, March 22: Start working on assignment 4p46. Here is the kind of signpost language you are expected to use during your presentations (due date: Monday, April 1) and this is the Ted Talk whose tips you would be well advised to follow...

What we covered in class on Friday, March 22: we worked on the company presentations.

Homework for Monday, March 25: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 11: Press review + introduction to rhetoric & vocab-enhancing activity based on a speech by Riz Ahmed  (we'll correct the vocabulary part on Friday)

Homework for Friday, March 22: No homework. If you didn't attend our class make sure you watch the speech above.

What we covered in class on Friday, March 22: We finished the above-mentioned activity. Here is our white board and a quizlet which should help you  learn the vocabulary contained in the activity.


Homework for Monday, March 25: Press review + start learning the vocab in question.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 19: Press review + gradable/ungradable adjectives + 300-word creative writing activity (including at least 15 of the words we've covered so far this semester) based on the following trigger: "Now we're talking!!"

Homework for Thursday, March 21: Review gradable/ungradable adjectives. Here is a tutorial you might find useful.

What we did in class on Thursday, March 21: Error-correction activity + course book p59-63

Homework for Tuesday, March 25: Exercise p64

Week begining Monday, March 11

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 11: Mini-pitches + course book p39-42

Homework for Friday, March 15: Start learning the "gender gap" vocab

What we covered in class on Friday, March 15: Last mini-pitches + course book p43-45. Here is our white board.

Homework for Monday, March 18: Press review + Read the second part of the article and take notes as indicated p45 + LEARN (BEWARE: TEST :) all the vocabulary from pages 33-45. Here is a quizlet to help you learn part of the words and phrases in question: Diversity Feel free to complete it with today's vocab and the rest of the vocabulary from pages 33-45.

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 11: Press review + Quiz + Graph description writing + vocab-based sketches

Homework for Friday, March 14: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, March 15: Error-correction activity


Homework for Monday, March 18: Press review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 12: Last presentation + Press review + we finished the activity on Riz Ahmed's diversity speech. Here is a quizlet to help you learn most of the vocab in question (feel free to complement it with the missing words/phrases).

Homework for Thursday, March 14: Start learning the vocabulary in question

What we did in class on Thursday, March 14:  3-stage activity based on an article by The Guardian  Here is all the vocabulary we covered.

Homework for Tuesday, March 18: Press review +  LEARN all the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activities (Diversity speech + Ticking the right boxes). Here is a Quizlet that should help you review the vocab in question. Feel free to complete it with the rest of the vocab we've seen in class (see document above). 

Week beginning Monday, March 4

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 4: Press review + Course book p35-38

Homework for Friday, March 8: Assignment 3 p35

What we covered in class on Friday, March 8: 3-min pitches! Congratulations to all of you!! + debate 

Homework for Monday, March 11: Press review + 3-min pitch if you haven't done it yet.

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 4: Press review + homework correction (here is the table with the vocab contained in the videos) + 3-stage activity (student A / student B) based on an article by The Economist. Here is a quizlet study set that should help you memorize the vocabulary.

Homework for Friday, March 8: LEARN all the graph/trend description vocabulary we have covered so far + the words and phrases contained in the above-mentioned activity.

What we covered in class on Friday, March 8: Speaking part of the activity above including this video + Vocab & graph-description revision 
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Homework for Monday, March 11: Press review + LEARN all the graph/trend description vocabulary we have covered so far + the words and phrases contained in the above-mentioned activity

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 5: Presentations
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Homework for Thursday, March 7: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday, March 7: Presentations + first stage of an activity based on a speech by Riz Ahmed.

Homework for Tuesday, March 12: Press review (make sure you bring the above-mentioned activity with you)

Week beginning Monday, February 25

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, February 25: NO CLASSES THIS WEEK

Assignment 3 p35 is due on Friday, March 8

Homework for Monday, March 4: Press review 

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, February 25: Course book p51-52 + 61-64

Homework for Friday, March 1: All exercises p53-58 ASSESSED

What we covered in class on Friday, March 1: Homework correction + course book p59-65 + this trend description table.


Homework for Monday, March 4: Press review + start learning the above-mentioned table + view these two videos, V1 and V2 and complete the following graph with the specific graph/trend description language contained in the videos:

	Upward	Downward	Stays =
Transitive verb
Intransitive verb
adjective
set phrase
noun

Adverbs used:

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, February 26: Press review + 3-stage activity (student A / student B) based on an article by The Economist. Here is a quizlet study set that should help you memorize the vocabulary.

Homework for Thursday, February 28: There'll be a quiz on both activities: Heartless Apple + Amazon

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + speaking part of the Amazon activity + this video and its vocab

Homework for Tuesday, March 5: NO PRESS REVIEW --> PRESENTATIONS

Week beginning Monday, February 18

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, February 18: Press review + debate on anonymous cvs + course book p33-34 including this video

Homework for Friday, February 15: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday: Course book p33-35. Assignment 3 p35 is due on Friday, March 8

Here is Riz Ahmed's wonderful rendition of Edmund's monologue (King Lear, Shakespeare) (it's only 2 minutes ;)

Homework for Monday, March 4: Press review 

ICADE 3º E4: 

The job interviews are over, classes will resume on Monday, February 25!

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, February 19: Press review + we finished the activity on Foxconn (Heartless Apple) and worked on the assignment mentioned at the end of the activity in question. 
Those are the companies that have been chosen so far:
ECOALF (Luengo & Co.)
REPREVE (Clavería & Friends)
VEJA (ELVIRA Corp.)
PATAGONIA (Alomía Ltd.)
NATURAL WORLD (Ingeborg World)

Homework for Thursday, February 21: Start learning the "Heartless Apple" vocab (There'll be a quiz next Thursday!)

What we did in class on Thursday: We worked on the presentations. Due date: March 5

Homework for Tuesday, February 26: Press review