Week beginning Monday, October 10

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 11: Press Review + debate on anonymous CVs and positive discrimination + course book p26-29

Homework for Tuesday, October 18: Read and do all exercises p31-33

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 10: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Friday, October 14: Finish B and C and review the vocabulary from the activity above + work on your presentations.

What we covered in class on Friday, October 14: We finished the activity above and watched the following video. We started unit 2 on Market Research (p63-64 including communication file p121/126).

Homework for Monday, October 17: Press Review + Projects to be handed in. We will also start the oral presentations.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October 11: Press Review + Vocabulary-enhancing activity based on a video by The Economist Films (Gear Shift)

Homework for Thursday, October 13: The end-o-unit task must be handed in. The corresponding presentations will start on Tuesday October 18. 

What we covered in class on Thursday: We did the second part of the above-mentioned activity + creative writing task on the vocab contained in these three supplementary activities: Gear shift, Nine billion company names, Theatre-going survey

Homework for Tuesday, October, 18: Oral presentations! + Learn all the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activities.

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 11: Press review + Debate on anonymous cvs + course book p24

Homework for Thursday, October 13: Exercise p25

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 13: Course book p24-28

Homework for Tuesday, October 25 (there are no classes next week): Press Review + Exercise 2 p28 (choose either text A OR text B) to be handed in. Make sure you read the tips p27 before you start writing... For those of you who did not come to class: in exercise 1 p28, Paraphrase B is the correct option. 

Week beginning Monday, October 3

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 4: Press review + course book p16-23 + introduction to the British and American honors systems.

T Homework for Wednesday, October 5: Writing task p24

What we covered in class on Wednesday, October 5: Course book p24-26 + Video on unconscious bias and activity on the anonymous CV based on this article

Homework for Tuesday, October 11: Press Review + list 3 arguments in favour and 3 arguments against the use of anonymous CVs in HR.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 2: Press Review + Presentations. We decided on the following topic: The rise of populism and xenophobia in:

The UK                    Louis Cassel and Etienne

The Netherlands      Thomas and Vincent

France                      Caroline, Marie and Cécile

Germany                  Dylan and Tobias

Austria                     Miguel and Victor

Hungary and Eastern Europe:

Javier, Chloé, Clara, Louis Miravete

The USA                     Cristina, Pilar, Mónica

The assignment due on October 17 consists in drawing information on the topic (and country/area) from at least 3 relevant sources (The New Yorker, The Economist, The Guardian...) and summarizing / comparing & contrasting the data obtained into a written + oral presentation.  

Homework for Friday, October 7: Work on your presentations.

What we covered in class on Friday, October 7: Course book p38-49 including a revision activity in groups of 4.

Homework for Monday, October 10: Press Review + "Check your progress" p57-61

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October 4: Press Review + course book p35-37 including worksheet 2.2 p161

Homework for Thursday, October 6: If you didn't attend class on Tuesday, please make sure you complete worksheet p2.2 p161 otherwise you'll get a zero. Exercises p38-39 + Finish your questionnaire.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Questionnaires + course book p38-42

Homework for Tuesday, October, 10: Press Review + course book exercises p43 + read p44-48. Work on your projects/presentations (due on Thursday October 13)

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 4: Course book p21-23

Homework for Thursday, October 6: No homework. Make sure you come to class.

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 6: Video on unconscious bias (until 20:54) and activity on the anonymous CV based on this article

Homework for Tuesday, October 11: Press Review + Find three arguments in favour and another 3 against anonymous CVs

Week beginning Monday, September 26

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September 27: we finished last week's activity and viewed the following video 

Homework for Wednesday, September 28: start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity & the video. Here is the vocab we highlighted from the video.

What we covered in class on Wednesday, September 28: Course book p12-16 + parallel structure tutorial. 

Homework for Tuesday, October 4: Review the parallel structure tutorial and do this exercise. and that one too. Press review.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, Sept. 26: Press Review + quick review of conditionals + course book p23-29

Homework for Friday, Sept. 30: Do the following online exercise on conditionals + exercises p27-28

What we covered in class on Friday, September 30: Homework correction + Vocab. Quiz + Course book p27-31 + Presentation language + video on how to avoid death by Power Point :)

Homework for Monday, October 3: Review the principles contained in the video and the presentation language vocabulary. Press Review.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course book p30-34 + 10 commandments of survey writing

Homework for Thursday, September 29: do the following activity on report writing. Bring your laptop / tablet if you own one.

What we covered in class on Thursday: We did -a thorough version of- the first stage of the end-of-unit project p49.

Homework for Tuesday, October 4: Press review + Start working on the questionnaire for your product. 

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September 27: Press Review + course book p12-13

Homework for Thursday, September 29: No homework, for once!

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 29: Error-correction activity + we watched the following video from the University of Salford study abroad scheme and answered these questions: 
-What are the characteristics of the semester study abroad scheme (academic, housing...)?
-What are the advantages for the student?
-Which students are currently particularly interested in the scheme? Why?
-Which field is the university trying to expand into? Why?
-In which ways is the University benefiting from the programme?
-Would you consider studying there? 

Homework for Tuesday, October 4: Press review 

Week beginning Monday, September 19

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September, 20: Press Review + Quiz + Course book p11-12

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 21: All exercises p12, 13 and 15 

What we covered in class on Wednesday, September, 21: We did the following activity based on an article by The Economist (the key is on the last page).

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 27: Exercise 3 from the above activity + Press Review.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + course book p10-17

Homework for Friday, September 23: Read & study p16 + All exercises p17-18 + "Structure practice" p19-20 

What we covered in class on Friday, September 23: Course book p17-22

Homework for Monday, September 26: Press Review + Exercises p23-26

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + course book p14-16 + speaking activity based on a PR campaign video

Homework for Thursday, September 22: Read Grammar Reference p19-22 + do Progress Check p23-24. Make sure you come to class on Thursday.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Listening test + course book p25-29 + additional video introducing research surveys

Homework for Tuesday, September 26: Press Review + course book p30

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + course book p8-9 (including assessed writing task p9) + paragraph writing principles

Homework for Thursday, September 22: exercises p10 + 11 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Homework correction + Listening test + debate on Generation Y vs Generation X and baby boomers.

Homework for Tuesday, September 27: Press Review

Week beginning Monday, September 12

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September, 13: Press review + Course book p7-8

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 14: Finish exercise p8-9 + find an advert online for a job you would be interested in and bring it with you

What we covered in class on Wednesday, September, 14: Course book p8-11 + vocab-enhancing activity based on the following job advert. Here is a word document with most of the typical job-advert vocabulary we covered so far.

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 20: Press Review + learn all the vocabulary related to job adverts. Bring the adverts you had selected for today's class and the activity on solar power.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + We finished the activity on Mad Men.

Homework for Friday, September 16: Course book exercises p5, 6 and 7 on nationalities.

What we covered in class on Friday, September 16: Course book p8-13 (we'll finish correcting the listening exercise p12-13 on Monday)

Homework for Monday, September 19: Press Review + All exercises p10, 11 and 12

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + Course book p8-10

Homework for Thursday, September 15: Course book ex. b p10 + Reading p11.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p10-13 including worksheet 1.1 p157 + video on the product life cycle and diffusion pattern.

Homework for Tuesday, September 20: Press review. If you were unable to attend (or left early because you were feeling sick), please make sure you complete worksheet 1.1 p157 and hand it in on Tuesday otherwise you will be given a zero for that particular assignment. 


ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + Course book p1-2

Homework for Thursday, September 15: Read the vocabulary section p2-3

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p2-7

Homework for Tuesday, September 20: Press Review + exercises A and B p8

Week beginning on Monday September 5

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, September 6: Course introduction + Vocab-enhancing activity based on the following video from The Economist Films introduction of the Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Tuesdays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

Homework for next Tuesday, Sept. 13 (NO CLASSES ON WEDNESDAY SEPT. 7): Press review (see above)

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday: Course introduction + Course book p32-34 and 3 + introduction of the Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Mondays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

Homework for Friday, September 9: To further delve into today's topic, let's have a look at what our socio-cultural norms and values were just 50 years ago... Read the following review and look up the words you don't understand (Merriam Webster / Mac Millan Dictionary). 

What we covered in class on Friday, September 9: We viewed the first episode of MAD MEN series 1 and started the following activity.

Homework for Monday, September 12: Exercises 2, 3 and 4 of the activity above.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + Course book p1-5

Homework for Thursday, September 8: Reading exercise p6

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p6-8 (point 4) + Listening/Reading/Vocab-searching activity based on an article by The Economist. We'll do the speaking part on Tuesday.

Homework for Tuesday, September 13: Press Review


ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course introduction + introduction of the Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Tuesdays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times
The Herald Tribune

+ we started a Vocab-enhancing activity based on the following video from The Economist Films

Homework for Thursday, September 8: 
BUY THE BOOK: 
English for Professional Purposes 
(3º IEM - 3º ITL) - Nivel C1
Curso: 2016-2017

+ Press Review (see above)

Gloria, Estefanía and José Esteban: Don't do the Press Review exercise, view the above-mentioned video instead and have a look at the activity in question (we'll finish it in class on Thursday). Thanks!

What we covered in class on Thursday: We finished the above-mentioned activity.


Homework for Tuesday, September 13: Press Review

Welcome to your blog for academic year 2016-2017

Hi everybody,

Welcome to your blog for academic year 2016-2017!

This is how it works:

- Once you've scrolled down to your group, this is what you will typically get:

What we covered in class on -say- Thursday, September 1: Course book p. X.... + video / downloadable Supplementary activity Y (link provided to my slideshare account) 

Homework for Tuesday, September 6: Press Review + -say- Ex. 3 and 4 p45...

Let's get started! :)

4º E4

What we covered in class on:

Homework for:

3º E4 

What we covered in class on:

Homework for

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 1: Course introduction + Activity based on an article about the joys of Pokémon Go

Homework for Tuesday, September 6: 

A. Buy the book: Business English: Communication Skills (Part 1) 2ºADE (E2/E4) - Nivel B2/C Curso 2016-2017

B. Press Review:
Read an article from the following sources and write a 100-word summary. 
The New York times
The Economist 
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times


ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 1: Course introduction + Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Tuesdays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

Homework for Tuesday, September 6: Buy the book: 

ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES (3ºIEM - 3º ITL) NIVEL C1