Week beginning Monday, February 20

ICADE:

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 21: 76-81. Here is our whiteboard.

Homework for Wednesday, February 22: Learn the cause / effect structures we covered on Tuesday. Make sure you bring a computer /mobile phone with enough battery :)

TWhat we covered in class on Wednesday, February 22: Error correction activity + Quiz + Course book p81

Homework for Tuesday, February 27: Press review + review cause / effect structures & the above-mentioned error-correction activity

2ºE2  

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 21: Press review + course book p34-44

Homework for Thursday, February 23: Finish exercises p43/44

What we covered in class on Thursday 25: Quiz + course book p43-45 and 59-60

Homework for Tuesday, February 28: Press review

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 21: Press review + speaking stage of last week's activity

Homework for Thursday, February 23: No homework.

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 23: Course book p80-81 including assessed writing p81.

Homework for Tuesday, February 28: If you were unable to come on Thursday February 23rd, hand in the above-mentioned writing on Tuesday. Press review.

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, February 20: 3-stage activity based on a video by The Economist Films.

Homework for Friday, February 24: start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Friday, February 24: Activity around the meat industry based on 2 videos. Video 1, video 2
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Homework for Monday, March 6: Press review + start learning the vocabulary from all our supplementary activities.

Week beginning Monday, February 13

ICADE:

4º E4

New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday: O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 14: Press review + homework correction (p66-70) + course book p71-74

Homework for Wednesday, February 15: Review all the graph description language we've covered so far.

What we covered in class on Wednesday, February 15: We watched this very interesting video on addiction to mobile phones + Course book p75-76 including the assessed writing p76

Homework for Tuesday, February 20: If you weren't able to attend our Wednesday class, make sure you do the writing p76 and hand it in on Tuesday. Press review.

2ºE2  

New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 
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Homework for Thursday, February 

What we covered in class on Thursday February 16: Press review + speaking stage of last week's activity + course book p32-33

Homework for Tuesday, February, 21: Press review + learn the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity. Here is a very interesting article on the Snapchat IPO and online privacy in general if you're interested 

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 14:
77-80

Homework for Thursday, February 16: Complete the exercises p80

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 16: Activity based on a video by The Economist Films

Homework for Tuesday, February 21: Press review + start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity.

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, February 13:
Press Review + homework correction + lesson on good survey questions: here is our class whiteboard and the 10 commandments of good survey questions we looked at + survey-creation activity using Survey Monkey  + introduction to report writing.

Homework for Friday, February 17: Do the following activity around report writing.

What we covered in class on Friday, February 17: We worked on the above-mentioned report writing activity (here is our class whiteboard) + introduced the subjunctive (here is the tutorial in question) and did the following exercise. Assessed writing: 250-word report on the findings of the survey carried out in class the other day.

Homework for Monday, February 20: Press review. If you were unable to attend our Friday class: Do the above-mentioned writing and hand it in (if you can't find the results of your survey, write a report on this graph and compare the results with what you think the graph might look like today)+ read the tutorial on the subjunctive and do the exercise

Week beginning Monday February 6

ICADE:

4º E4

New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday: O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 7: Course book p57-61

Homework for Wednesday, February 8: Exam... See previous entry + add today's lesson (p57-61).

What we covered in class on Wednesday, February 8: Quiz + course book p62-65

Homework for Tuesday, February 14: Press review + all exercises p66-70

2ºE2  

New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 7: Course book p27-29 + Activity around the Snapchat IPO: we viewed this video and, in pairs, read these two texts:  T1 T2 

Homework for Thursday, February 9: Do exercises 3p30 and 4p31.

What we covered in class on Thursday February 9: Course book p30-32 + 3-stage activity based on a financial article by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, February, 14: Press Review + prepare the Speaking part of the above-mentioned activity. Optional: here is a very good video explaining the concept of a Poison Pill.

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, February 7: Course book p71-73

Homework for Thursday, February 9: exercise p74

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 9: course book p75-76

Homework for Tuesday, February 14: Press review

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, February 6: Press review + personal interviews + course book p14

Homework for Friday, February 10: Exercises p15-16

What we covered in class on Friday, February 10: Presentations + course book p15-18 + tutorial on polite (indirect) questions as an introduction to survey writing. If you couldn't attend our class here is a good explanation.
T T2

Homework for Monday, February 13: Press review + these exercises A and B on indirect questions.

Week beginning Monday January 30

ICADE:

4º E4

New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday: O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 31: We finished last week's activity and started the new booklet (p53-54)

Homework for Wednesday, February 1: No homework for once :)

What we covered in class on Wednesday, February 1: Course book p54-58 + this document on graph description and these 2 videos V1 V2

Homework for Tuesday, February 6: Press Review + learn the graph description language we covered and the vocabulary from Shareholder Activism.

2ºE2  

New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 31: Press Review + course book p14-16 including worksheet p143 and this video.

Homework for Thursday, February 2: Exercises p17-19.

Btw: here is the video I mentioned on the impact of cell phones on our relationships.

What we covered in class on Thursday February 2: Course book p20-25 including worksheet 5.5.  

Here is a revision handout on business structures.

Homework for Tuesday, February 7: Press review. If you failed to attend our class on Thursday, make sure you complete Worksheet 5.5 and hand it in on Tuesday.

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 31: Press Review + course book p62-63: analysis of the structure and phrasing of the report. 

Homework for Thursday, February 2: Read Text 2 p64

What we covered in class on Thursday, February 2: Course book p69-70

Homework for Tuesday, February 7: Press Review.

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, January 30: Presentations

Homework for Friday, February 3: No homework.

T T2

What we covered in class on Friday, February 3: Presentations + interview skills

Homework for Monday, February 6: Press Review. Optional: here is a very interesting YouTube channel on interview tips.

Week beginning Monday, January 23

ICADE:

4º E4

New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday: O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 24: Quiz + Course book p101-103

Homework for Wednesday, January 25: Buy the booklet for semester 2 (as indicated below BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO BRING IT ALONG AT THIS STAGE, WE WILL FINISH OUR CURRENT BOOKLET ON WEDNESDAY + do a follow-up activity) and do exercises p103-104 (except D)

Inglés IV

COMPANY PERFORMANCE

ENGLISH FOR FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

4ºE4 – Tercer idioma

(Segundo cuatrimestre)

Curso 2016-2017

What we covered in class on Wednesday, January 25: We finished the lesson on IPOs (course book p104-105) and did a 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, January 31: Finish answering the questions and learn the vocabulary of the above-mentioned activity along with the lesson on IPOs.

2ºE2  

New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 24: Press Review + course book p5-8

Homework for Thursday, January 26: Learn the vocab related to the "Superboss" activity + the characteristics of a Sole Trader and the abbreviations we saw.

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 26: Quiz + Course book p10-13 

Homework for Tuesday, January 31: Press review

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 24: Press Review + Course book p58-59 including the assessed writing skill.

Homework for Thursday, January 26: No homework. If you failed to attend our Tuesday class, do the writing task p59 and hand it in on Thursday.

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 26: Course book p60-61 + introduction to the British degree grading structure + related article. 

Homework for Tuesday, January 31: Press review

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, January 23: Press review + homework correction + we reviewed This presentation / signpost language + speaking activity + we viewed this video on How to avoid death by Powerpoint

Homework for Friday, January: Work on your presentations! Reemember, they are due on Monday, January 30.

What we covered in class on Friday, January 27: Course book p7-11 (first half)

Homework for Monday, January 30: Presentations. 

Week beginning Monday, January 16

ICADE:

4º E4
New classrooms semester 2:  Tuesday (today): O-312 Wednesday: E-006

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 17: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Wednesday, January 18: Learn the vocabulary of the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Wednesday, January 18: Course book p99-100 including these two texts: LTD PLC

Homework for Tuesday, January 24: Learn all the vocabulary from the "Superboss" activity + today's lesson on Public and Private limited companies. Do exercises p101 and 102 -except C- (it will help you learn your lesson on the characteristics of PLCs and LTDs)

2ºE2  
New classroom semester 2 Tuesday and Thursday: O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 17:  3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday, January 19: Start learning the vocabulary of the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 19: Course book (second semester!) p1-5 (we stopped just before the video t)

Homework for Tuesday, January 24: Purchase the book for semester 2! Press review. 

ICAI:

3º/4º EPP C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 17: Press review + speaking part of last week's activity

Homework for Thursday, January 19: Learn the vocab of the activity in question

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 19: Course book p56-57

Homework for Tuesday, January 24: Press Review + finish the "write logically" exercise p57

Here is an interesting tutorial on parallel structures + good exercises: 1 and 2

1º B2.1

What we covered in class on Monday, January 16: We finished the above-mentioned activity + watched this video on the power of introverts + started the B2.1 booklet (p1-4)

Homework for Friday, January 20: Read this article by The BBC on the #Ilooklikeanengineer case we discussed in class.  

What we covered in class on Friday, January 20: Booklet p5-6, we watched this video and started working on presentations due on January 30th. Each group has to find an invention they find particularly striking in a given decade and present it along these lines: Historical background, problem that needs solving, information on the inventor(s), how they came up with the idea etc. + impact and consequences on society as a whole. You will have to compile the information from at least 3 different sources which you will identify at the end of the presentation. You CANNOT plagiarise and will have to paraphrase everything. These are the decades assigned so far. You may choose another decade or join an existing group if you failed to come to class today.

Homework for Monday, January 23: Press review + finish reading the text p6 ("The challenges of engineering today") and try to deduce/infer the meaning of the words you don't understand using the technique we covered today.

Week beginning Monday, January 9

HAPPY 2017 TO ALL OF YOU :)

4º E4

HERE ARE THE FINAL GRADES FOR SEMESTER 1

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

IMPORTANT: THERE'S BEEN A ROOM CHANGE FOR OUR WEDNESDAY CLASS:

TUESDAYS: O-312
WEDNESDAYS: E-006

See you on Tuesday!

3º E4 

HERE ARE THE FINAL GRADES FOR SEMESTER 1

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

2ºE2 / E4 

HERE ARE THE FINAL GRADES FOR SEMESTER 1

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

ICAI 

3º/4º C1

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE FINAL EXAM (SEMESTER 1)

Please bear in mind that the final grades may vary (upwards or downwards) according to the continuous evaluation marks that will be calculated after this afternoon's (Tues. January 10) last round of interviews.

Revisión de examen el jueves 12 de enero de 13:30 a 15:00 en la sala de profesores del Instituto de Idiomas (Icade, ala Este, sótano).

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 12: 3-stage activity based on a video (Gear Shift) by The Economist Films. 

Homework for Monday, January 16: If you haven't attended today's class, view the above-mentioned video. Press review

B2.1

What we covered in class on Friday, January 13: 3-stage vocabulary-enhancing activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Monday, January 16: Exercise 2 from the above-mentioned activity + Press Review: read an article from the following sources and write a short summary or take notes on the main ideas and supporting details of the text:

The Guardian / The Observer

The NY Times

The New Yorker

The Times

The Independent

The Telegraph

The Economist