Week beginning Monday, January 15

ICAI:

C2.1:

What we covered in class on Monday, January 15: Course book p12-16

Homework for Friday, January 19: 2, 3, 4 + write down a few ideas for 5 and 6 p16-17

What we covered in class on Friday, January 19: Course book p17-19. This is today's white board.

Homework for Monday, January 22: Press review + start learning all the vocabulary we've seen so far and review gradable/ungradable adjectives. For those who were not able to attend our class on Friday: Make sure you watch this video and download the above-mentioned white board.

ICADE:

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 16: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on management training

Homework for Thursday, January 18: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 18: we started the new booklet (p3-4)  Albane and Vincent: there's a copy of the booklet for each of you :)

Homework for Tuesday, January 22: Press review and start learning the vocab from both activities (Solar Frontiers and Management Training)

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, January 15: Activity on Introverts vs Extroverts based on an article by The Economist and we watched this Ted talk on the subject. Here is some additional vocabulary from the video.

Homework for Friday January 19: Start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity

What we covered in class on Friday, January 19: We reviewed the vocabulary in question and started the second-semester booklet p7-12.
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Homework for Monday, January 22: Press review + learn the vocabulary from Introverts vs Extroverts (article & Ted talk) + BUY THE BOOKLET: INGLÉS III JOB INTERVIEWS / COMPANY ACCOUNTS / COMPANY PERFORMANCE 3ºE4 2017-2018

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, January 16: We watched a great documentary entitled "I am not your negro"

Homework for Thursday, January 18: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, January 18: We studied the song "Strange Fruit", its backdrop and legacy (thanks again Javier for introducing me to Jeff Buckley's version! :) and did a 3-stage activity based on an obituary of two prominent civil rights activists by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, January 22: Press review + start learning the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activities

Week beginning Monday, January 8 2018

Happy 2018 to everybody :)

Here are the final grades for semester 1:

2ºE2 / E4

3ºE4

The "revisión de examen" will take place from 11:30 to 12:20 in room E005 on Friday, January 12.

ICAI

C2.1:

What we did in class on Friday, January 12: Course introduction + Booklet p1-12

Homework for Monday, January 15: Press Review:

Choose an article (400 words min) from one of the following sources and write a short summary (bullet points are fine):

The Economist
The Times
The Guardian
The New Yorker
The Independent
Nature
Newsweek
The Washington Post
The New York Times

Week beginning Monday, December 4

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, December 5: 1st Semester Exam

I wish you all a fantastic holiday and before that... Best of luck with the rest of your exams!!

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, December 4: 1st Semester Exam

I wish you all a fantastic holiday and before that... Best of luck with the rest of your exams!!

2ºE2 / E4 

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 21st of December from 10:00-13:00 in room O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, December 5: Creative writing -and singing ;) - activity on "River" by Joni Mitchell.

Best of luck with all your exams!!

Week beginning Monday, November 27

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 28: We finished the course book and watched the video below.

IPO Process 

Homework for Thursday, November 30: Bring all our supplementary activities with you so that we can review all the vocabulary for the exam.

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 30: Revision

Homework for Tuesday, December 5th: Study for the exam!!! And... read this about how to write a good summary.

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

3º E4 

IMPORTANT CONFIRMATION: THE DIPLOMA YOU WILL BE HANDED WHEN YOU GRADUATE (if you pass that is ;) WILL INDEED INCLUDE YOUR LEVEL (B2.2/C1) AND GRADE!!

What we covered in class on Monday, November 27: Press review + course book p96-103

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 4th of December.

Homework for Friday, December 1: Review everything we've done so far, read p104 and do exercises p105-106

What we covered in class on Friday, December 1: Revision (Subjunctive).

Homework for Monday, December 4: Review everything for the exam... Good luck!!

IMPORTANT CONFIRMATION: THE DIPLOMA YOU WILL BE HANDED WHEN YOU GRADUATE (if you pass that is ;) WILL INDEED INCLUDE YOUR LEVEL (B2.2/C1) AND GRADE!!

2ºE2 / E4 

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 21st of December from 10:00-13:00 in room O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 28: Course book p94-96 + group writing task based on the following video. The idea was to use the video in question as a "Brief" for a potential promotional (marketing/advertising/P.R.) campaign highlighting all the new features of the Palm Court restaurant/bar within New York's Plaza Hotel. Task: write a 250-word proposal along the lines of that of Sun Advertising p94.

Homework for Thursday, November 30: Start revising everything we've covered so far. You might want to do the exercises p115 to 124... If you weren't able to attend our class, make sure you do the task at home (in pairs or alone) and hand it in on Thursday!

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 30: Revision. This is what the exam will contain. Here are all the supplementary activities we've done: Nine Billion, Nine Billion (whiteboard), Authenticity, Report writing, Mad Men, Sex and Power, Error-correction, Subjunctive

Homework for Tuesday, 

Week beginning Monday, November 20

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 21: Grammar revision + relative pronouns p120-124 + press review

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

Homework for Thursday, November 23: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 23: Course book p99-101 + we read the documents below

LTD / PLC

IPO process

Homework for Tuesday, November 28: Finish exercises p101 and do exercises p102

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

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 20: Press review + tips on the final exam + course book p78-89

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 4th of December.

Homework for Friday, November 24: All exercises p89/90 (except 3.3 Job objective)

What we covered in class on Friday, November 24: Course book p90-95 + we took the following personality test

Homework for Monday, November 27: Exercise p96 + Press review + Start revising for the exam

2ºE2 / E4 

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 21st of December from 10:00-13:00 in room O-102

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 21: Press review + course book p86-87 + creative activity on hooks and slogans

Homework for Thursday, November 23: No homework :)

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 23: Course book p88-91

Homework for Tuesday, November 28: Exercises p92-93 (except the speaking part)

Week beginning November 13

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 14: Quiz + Press review + Interviews

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

Homework for Thursday, November 16: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 16: Tips on the final exam + discussion on feminism

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

Homework for Tuesday, November 21: Press review

LTD / PLC

IPO process

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 13: Vocab quiz + course book p71-75

Important: This semester's final exam will take place on the 4th of December.

Homework for Friday, November 17: All exercises p75/76

What we covered in class on Friday, November 17: Homework correction + course book p76-78 + recruitment-related jargon + an activity around the job opportunities below.
Job advert 1  Job opportunity 2 Job opportunity 3 Job opportunity 4

Homework for Monday, November 20: Press review + start learning all the recruitment-related vocab we've seen so far.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 14: Vocab Quiz + coursebook p71-75 + group writing activity: copy writing for the new wasabi-flavoured rice waffles :)

Homework for Thursday, November 16: Read p76 + Exercise 10 p75

What we covered in class on Thursday, November 16: Coursebook p83-85

Homework for Tuesday, November 21: Press review + worksheet 4.2

Week beginning Monday, November 6

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 7: Follow up activity based on the first episode of Mad Men.

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

Homework for Tuesday, November 14: Press review + learn the vocabulary from Sex and Power and review all the vocab we've covered so far

3º E4 

What we covered in class on Monday, November 6: We finished the activity on Mad Men + started Unit 2 p71

Homework for Friday, November 10: Learn the vocabulary from both activities on sexism in the workplace (Article by The Economist + Mad Men) and complete the following worksheet based on the mistakes you made in your reports.

What we covered in class on Friday, November 10: We corrected the above-mentioned worksheet and did an exam revision task in small groups on all the vocabulary that we've covered so far in our supplementary activities: Nine billion companies + Meat Makers + Gear shift + Sex and power + Mad Men

Homework for Monday, November 13: Learn the vocabulary from both activities on sexism in the workplace (Article by The Economist + Mad Men) and review the corrected worksheet above (there will be an error-correction exercise in the end-of-term exam)

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, November 7: Press review + Last stages of the Mad Men activity + Error-correction exercise based on the mistakes you made in your reports.

Homework for Tuesday, November 14: Learn the vocabulary from both activities on sexism in the workplace (Article by The Economist + Mad Men) and study the above-mentioned error-correction exercise...