lunes, 30 de octubre de 2017

Week beginning Monday October 30

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 31: Interviews +  3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist (here is the correction)

Homework for Thursday, November 2: Start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity.

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 5th of December.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Interviews + vocab revision via Quizlet

Homework for Tuesday, November 7: Press review

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday October 30: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist (here is the correction)

Homework for Friday, November 3: Start learning the vocabulary contained in the activity above.

What we covered in class on Friday, November 3: Follow-up activity based on the first episode of Mad Men

Homework for Monday, November 6: NO PRESS REVIEW. Read the questions in point 7 of the above-mentioned activity and make notes of possible answers.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 31: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist (here is the correction)

Homework for Thursday, November 2: Start learning ;) the vocabulary from the activity above.

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 2: Follow-up activity based on the first episode of Mad Men

Homework for Tuesday, November 7: Press review + read the questions in point 7 of the above-mentioned activity and make notes of possible answers





lunes, 23 de octubre de 2017

Week beginning Monday, October 23

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 24: Press review + error-correction activity + debate

Homework for Thursday, October 26: read the above-mentioned document again

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 5th of December.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p75-86 including this video  and personal interviews based on behavioural questions to practice the STAR technique in question.

Homework for Tuesday, October 31: Press review + find job advert you are really interested in, research the company and prepare for a job interview.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday October 23: Presentations

Homework for Friday, October 27: No homework.

What we covered in class on Friday, October 27: Presentations

Homework for Monday, October 30: Press review

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 24: Presentations

Homework for Thursday, October 26: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: Presentations + Course book p71-72 + the following copywriting tips

Homework for Tuesday, October 31: Press review 





lunes, 16 de octubre de 2017

Week beginning Monday, October 16

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 17: Press review + course book p51-62

Homework for Thursday, October 19: Watch this video and perhaps other videos on interview questions you might be interested in on this guy's Youtube channel

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 5th of December.

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 19: course book p63-71 (this is our white board)

Homework for Tuesday, October 24: Press review + read p73-74 and do the corresponding exercise 

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday October 16: Press review + Vocab quiz + Course book p34-35 + Tutorial on the subjunctive

Homework for Friday, October 20: Learn the lesson on the subjunctive and do this exercise again. Bring along your laptop or tablet, you'll be working on your projects. By the way, I strongly recommend (subjunctive ;) that you conduct your survey during the week so that you have results to analyse and report on on Friday.

What we covered in class on Friday, October 20: We worked on the final projects

Homework for Monday, October 23: NO PRESS REVIEW. Final project: These are the steps I want you to follow Due date: 23rd of October

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 17: Press review + course book p63-67

Homework for Thursday, October 19: Exercise 3.2 p68. Bring your laptop or tablet, you'll be working on your projects. By the way, I strongly recommend (subjunctive ;) that you conduct your survey during the week so that you have results to analyse and report on on Thursday

What we covered in class on Thursday: We worked on the projects.

Homework for Tuesday, October 24: NO press review. Finish your projects and print them out. Work on your Power Point presentations. 

(Here are the steps you should follow. Due date: 24th of October) 




lunes, 9 de octubre de 2017

Week beginning Monday October 9

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 10: Press review + Listening test + Course book p44-50

Homework for Tuesday, October 17: Find a job advertisement you're really interested in and write an appropriate cover letter in reply.

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 5th of December.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday October 9: Press review + listening test + we finished last week's activity

Homework for Friday, October 13: Start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Friday, October 13: Creative writing activity based on all the vocabulary we've covered so far. The winning story by "The Ampersands" will be published here shortly :) Many thanks to all of you for your creativity and enthusiasm!! You will all get a well-deserved 10! :) Have a great weekend!

Here is the winning script by Laura, Noemie, Jan-Niklas and Lukas-with-a-K :) Congrats!!!

Final project: These are the steps I want you to follow Due date: 23rd of October

Homework for Monday, October 16: Press review + learn all the vocabulary we've covered so far (course book + supplementary activities).

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 10: Press review + Online quiz + Course book p38-41

Homework for Tuesday, October 17: Exercises p42-43 + read p44-48 + press review

(Here are the steps you should follow. Due date: 24th of October) 



lunes, 2 de octubre de 2017

Week beginning Monday, October 2

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 3: Press review + tutorial on the subjunctive + course book p28-31

Homework for Thursday, October 5: Learn the lesson on the subjunctive. 

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 5: Course book p32-40

Homework for Tuesday, October 9: Read p41-43 and do all exercises p44-45 

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday October 2: Press review + End-of-unit project

Homework for Friday, October 6: Work on your projects (see due date below)

What we covered in class on Friday, October 6: We worked on our projects and did the first stages of an activity based on a video by The Economist Films.

Final project: These are the steps I want you to follow Due date: 23rd of October

Homework for Monday, October 9: Make sure you attend, there'll be a listening test. Press review.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, Octobrer 3: Press review + tutorial on the subjunctive + Report writing activity

Homework for Thursday, October 5: Learn the vocab contained in the activity above + work on your projects. (Here are the steps you should follow. Due date: 24th of October) and review the tutorial on the subjunctive and do the following exercise again.

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 5: We worked on our projects.

Homework for Tuesday, October, 9: Press review


lunes, 25 de septiembre de 2017

Week beginning Monday, September 25

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September 26: Press review + homework correction + course book p25-27 + Article on equal opportunities and anonymous CVs

Homework for Thursday, Sept. 28: Write down 5 arguments in favour and another five against anonymous CVs.  Learn your vocab...

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 28: Quiz + Debate on anonymous CVs + Video / experiment by Google HR. (first 25 minutes)

Homework for Tuesday, October 2: Press review

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday: Questionnaires were handed in + Press review + Course book p29 + Vocab quiz + Activity on report writing

Homework for Friday, September: Start learning today's vocab on report writing 

What we covered in class on Friday, September 29: Error-correction activity  + course book p30-33 + First stage of the Unit 1 final project p42

Final project: These are the steps I want you to follow

Homework for Monday, October 2: Press review + make sure there is at least one laptop per group.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday September 26: Press Review + We finished last week's activity on brand authenticity + course book p24-29

Homework for Thursday, September 28: Learn all the vocabulary we've covered so far

What we covered in class on Thursday Sept. 28: Online vocab Quiz + Course book p30-34+49

Homework for Tuesday, October 3: Press review + work on your product/service description p49, target audience etc. (350-500 words) 

lunes, 18 de septiembre de 2017

Week beginning Monday September 18

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September 19: Press review + Course book p12-13 + Activity on introverts and extroverts based on an article by The Economist.

Article 1  and 2 Vincent and Cécile.

Homework for Thursday, Sept. 21: Watch this Ted Talk and take notes on Susan Cain's main points. Start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity.

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 21: Homework correction + Course book p14-25 + additional vocabulary from Introverts vs Extroverts + Parallel structure tutorial 
OT T T1 T2

Homework for Tuesday, September 24: Press review + learn the vocab we've covered so far + write your job objective p25 (1 line) + do the following exercises on parallel structure 1 and 2

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday: Press review + Course book p18-28 + first stage of an Activity based on a video by The Economist films.

Homework for Friday, September: Review everything we've covered so far. 

What we covered in class on Friday, September 22: We completed the above-mentioned activity

Homework for Monday, September: Print out your group questionnaire and hand it in. Press review + Learn the vocabulary from 9 Billion company names and Meat Makers 

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday September 19: Press review + course book p12-15 including this video on the diffusion pattern.

Homework for Thursday, September 21: 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? 


What we covered in class on Thursday Sept. Homework correction + course book p16 + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, September 26: Press Review + prepare the speaking stage of the activity above + start learning the vocabulary.