Week beginning Monday, November 14

4º E4
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: ON WEDNESDAY OUR CLASS (INTERVIEWS) WILL BEGIN AT 11H AND END AT 13H DUE TO THE "ACCENTURE PRIZE" EVENT

What we covered on Tuesday, November 15: Interviews

Homework for Wednesday, November 16: no homework. Interviews part 2!

Homework for Tuesday, November 22: Write a 350/450-word summary of this article (make sure you use your own words) NO PRESS REVIEW   How to write a good summary 

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: NEXT TUESDAY OUR CLASS WILL ALSO BEGIN AT 11:00 SINCE I WILL BE DOING THE REMAINING 3 INTERVIEWS WITH Amélie, Lucas and Robin from 10:30 to 11:00.
So Amélie, Robin and Lucas, please be there at 10h30 as usual 

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 14: Course book p80-90 + 10 commandments of good survey questions + activity on report writing

Homework for Friday, November 18: scroll down to previous week. Summary writing.
Final project: you'll find all the information here (due date: 28th of November).

Make sure you bring your laptop on Friday!!

What we covered in class on Friday, November 18: Team work on final projects.

Homework for Monday, November 21: Press Review

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 15: Course book p87-93. Here is what you're expected to do for the final project. Due date: November 29.

Homework for Thursday, November 17: review all the technical jargon we covered on Tuesday + Exercises p91

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 17: Course book p94-97 + tutorial on the subjunctive (including this exercise) + Briefing activity based on the following video + started working on the final project,

Homework for Tuesday, November 22: Review the subjunctive + work on your projects. NO PRESS REVIEW.
This is a very good -but sadly very long- lecture on what a brief should convey. 
Here is another very good -and short ;)- video on what makes a briefing effective.

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 15: course book p50-52 including this video

Personal job interviews: schedule for the coming weeks (remember you have to bring a job advert with you)

November 17: Enrique, Javier Olavarría, Carmen, Javier de la Pinta, Pablo, Mónica, Carlos Tapia. 
November 22: Conchita, Gloria, Pedregal, Muniozguren, Requesens, Rocio, Marian. 

November 24: Ripoll, Bea, Claudia, Daniel, Jaime Ruiz Quirante, Alejandro, José 

THIS SEMESTER'S FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1.

Week beginning Monday, November 7

4º E4

What we covered on Tuesday, November 8: Course book p58-66 + video on interview tips
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Homework for Tuesday, November 15: Choose a job ad / master's degree brochure, and bring it along --> Job interview. Read/work on p68-79 + watch the following video

Tuesday: Margaux

Charlotte

Marie

Juliette

Jean-Baptiste

Pauline

Florian

Julie

Irene

Adélie

Wednesday: Camille

Adélie

Laury

Elena

Lucas

Marie-Hélène

Anaïs

Amélie

Magali

Cristina

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 7: Press Review + Vocabulary quiz + Review of the possessive case + corresponding exercise. Phrasal verbs: here is a website where you can review the most common ones and do some exercises.

Homework for Friday, November 11: Review the subjunctive.

What we covered in class on Friday, November 11: Listening test + course book p74-79
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Homework for Monday, November 14: No homework and NO Press Review see homework below for Friday, November 18.

Homework for Friday, November 18: Write a 300/400 word summary of the article I gave you in class (here it is again) using these rules.
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2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 8: Course book p72-76.
Order of adjectives (thanks Nico!):

N O Si A Sh C O M P

Number / Opinion / Size / Age / Shape / Colour / Origin / Material / Purpose 

Homework for Thursday, November 10: U3 Progress Check: exercise 1 p81 + the following exercise on adjective order

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 10: Course book p83-86 (slogans) + activity on slogans

Homework for Tuesday, November 15: Press review

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 8: Course book p45-48
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Homework for Thursday, November 10: No homework, enjoy the bank holiday :)

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 10: Course book p48-50 (lead in) + we watched this video on interview preparation

Homework for Tuesday, November 15: Press review

Week beginning Monday, 31st of October

4º E4

What we covered on Wednesday, Course book p48-58

Homework for Tuesday, November 8: Find a job advert you are very interested in and write a cover letter. Make sure you staple the ad to your letter when you hand it in. 

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October 31, vocab-enhancement activity based on a video by The Economist

Homework for Friday, November 4: Learn the vocab from the activity above.

What we covered in class on Friday, November 4: Course book p65-69

Homework for Monday, November 7: Press review + Learn the vocabulary from the activity above. 

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 3: Copywriting principles. In-class assessed writing: write a 100-word copy paragraph on Banana-flavoured Nutella.

Homework for Tuesday, November 8: Press Review 

ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Thursday: We finished the activity above and watched the following Ted Talk by Susan Caine, mentioned in the article.

Homework for Thursday, November 7: Learn the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity. Press Review.

Week beginning Monday, October 24

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 25: Press Review + CV peer-correction and improvements.

Homework for Wednesday: watch this and have fun :) 

What we covered on Wednesday, October 26: Course book p40-47

Homework for Wednesday, November 2: Activity p48-49.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 24: Press review + review of the concept of Plagiarism + Error-correction activity

Homework for Friday, October 28: Review the above-mentioned document

What we covered in class on Friday, October 28: Tutorial on the subjunctive + exercises

Homework for Monday, October 31st: Review the above-mentioned tutorial and do the following exercises. Bear in mind that the Subjunctive will form part of the exam...

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October 25: Press Review + error-correction activity

Homework for Thursday, October 27: Review the above-mentioned document. 

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 27: Course book p63-71

Homework for Thursday, November 3: Press review

ICAI 3º/4º C1


What we covered in class on Tuesday October 25: Press Review + course book p31-33

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: first 2 stages of a 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday, November 3: B.1 and B.3 from the activity above.

Week starting Monday, October 17

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, October 18: Course book p31-35

Homework for Wednesday: Exercises p35

What we covered on Wednesday, October 19: Course book p35-38 + article on recruitment jargon

Homework for Tuesday, October 25: Press review + perfect your CV and bring it along on Tuesday.

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, October, 17: Press review + Presentations

Homework for Friday, October 21: No homework. Unless you want to read this excellent piece by the New Yorker on Tim Caine (potential VP provided Hillary Clinton is elected)... :)

What we covered in class on Friday, October 21: Presentations + final debate on populism and xenophobia.

Homework for Monday, October 24: Press Review

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday October, 18: Vocabulary Quiz + Presentations

Homework for Thursday, October 20: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, October 20: Presentations.

Homework for Tuesday, October 25: Press review

ICAI 3º/4º C1

Homework for Tuesday, October 25 (there are no classes this week due to the "intersemestrales"): Press Review + Exercise 2 p28 (choose either text A OR text B) to be handed in. Make sure you read the tips p29 before you start writing... For those of you who did not come to class: in exercise 1 p30, Paraphrase B is the correct option. 

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.

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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