Week beginning September 10

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p7-10

Homework for Friday: Start gathering information on the company you've been assigned and bring at least one laptop per group. Get yourself a copy of "Shoe dog" by Phil Knight!

What we did in class on Friday: We worked on our presentations.

Homework for Monday: Start learning the vocabulary p9 + Start reading Shoe Dog --> you need to have read 20% of the book by Monday the 24th of September!

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Error-correction activity + Course book p1-5

 
Homework for Tuesday:No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: We started working on assignment 1. Here are the pieces of advice I referred to in class re writing a good questionnaire: 
10 commandments of good survey writing 
Video 1 
Video 2 
By the way, here is the audio version of a super interesting article by The Economist on content moderation / censorship (of hate speech, deliberate misinformation etc.) on Social-media platforms that might be interesting for those of you who are working on topic #3.

Homework for Thursday: Work on your presentations

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p7-8 + 18-23 + Signpost language + body language / gesture tips

Here are some general linkers in case you need them.

Homework for Monday: Press review + Answer the comprehension questions p21-23

ICADE 3º E4:

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p5-7

Homework for Friday: Finish activity a (1-7) p7 and Learn the vocabulary from the "Nine billion company names" activity + course book p5-7

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz + Course book p7-17

Homework for Monday: Press Review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: (scroll down to the previous week)

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p4-6.

Homework for Thursday: LEARN all the vocabulary contained in the "Super boss" activity and the course book p2-6

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + course book p7-9

Homework for Tuesday: Press review + all exercises p 10 and 11!

Week beginning Monday Sept. 3

ICAI C2.2:

What we did in class on Monday: Revision: Tutorial on the subjunctive + we reflected on how to keep the holiday spirit alive and apply it to our daily routine. We then read the following article 

Homework for Friday: Get the C2.2 booklet! :)

What we did in class on Friday: Debate on immigration policies in Europe.

Homework for Monday: Get the C2.2 booklet + a copy of "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight

ICAI Communication Skills C1:

What we did in class on Monday: 

 
Homework for Tuesday:

What we did in class on Tuesday: we reflected on how to keep the holiday spirit alive and apply it to our daily routine. We then read the following article 

Homework for Thursday: Get the Communication Skills C1 class materials from Repro! :)

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p4

Homework for Monday: Press Review as explained in class:

Read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can summarize the contents of your article to your classmates on Mondays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent (e.g. Voices: Robert Fisk etc.)
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

The Herald Tribune

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ICADE 3º E4:

What we did in class on Monday: Level testing

Homework for Friday:

What we did in class on Friday: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Monday: Get the booklet! :) + Press Review as explained in class:

Read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can summarize the contents of your article to your classmates on Mondays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent (e.g. Voices: Robert Fisk etc.)
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

The Herald Tribune

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4:

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course Introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday: Get the course book! :) 

Business English Communication Skills 2018-19 Semester 1

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p1-3

Homework for Tuesday: Press Review + start learning the vocabulary from the "Super Boss" activity + watch this video again and fill out the blanks p1-3 if you weren't able to do it in class.

FINAL RESULTS AND EXAM REVISION

Hi there,

Here are your results:

2E2

3E4

4E4

ICAI First Year C21.

Revisión de examen: Martes 29 11h-12h ICADE E-002

Enhorabuena a tod@s y mil gracias por todo :)

Week beginning Monday, April 23

ICAI:

C2.1:

What we did on Monday, April 23: Exam revision

Friday, April 27: FINAL EXAM

ICADE: 

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 24: Final exam

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 26: Revisión de examen

3º E4 :

What we covered in class on Monday, April: Revision + debate on the concept of "home country" based on an article by the independent. Here is our white board

Homework for Friday, April 27: FINAL EXAM...

What we covered in class on Friday, April

Homework for Monday, April 

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 24: Book Club: final session

Homework for Thursday, April 26: Review everything we've done so far and identify the points you'd like us to delve into on Thursday.

What we covered in class on Thursday, Exam revision and debate ;) Here is what you have to review. Good luck with the exam!

Week beginning Monday, April 16

ICAI:

C2.1:

What we did on Monday, April 16: Follow-up activity on AI based on an article by Nature. Here is the key to the vocab-fishing part.

Homework for Friday, April 20: Learn the vocab from the activity above.

What we did on Friday, April 20: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on the gender pay gap. Paraphrasing: here is a possible correction for Assessment 5.

Homework for Monday, April 23: Review everything we've done so far and identify the things you would like us to delve into on Monday.

ICADE: 

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 17: Here is a quizlet for our second activity on AI. Course book p43-45 (Solar energy: Follow the sun)

Homework for Thursday, April 19: review everything we've done so far (including the error-correction activity we did...)

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 19: Exam revision

Homework for Tuesday, April 24: FINAL EXAM: review everything we've done this semester

3º E4 :

What we covered in class on Monday, April 16: Exam revision. By the way, here is another quizlet on the Introverts vs Extroverts activity. Lesson + exercise on relative clauses.

Homework for Friday, April 20: Revision time... ;) The final exam will take place on the 27th of April

What we covered in class on Friday, April 20: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on the gender pay gap.

Homework for Monday, April 23: Review everything we've done so far and identify the things you would like us to delve into on Monday.

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 17: Shoe Dog Book club. Essay topic: Discuss the following statement: Without Bowerman, Blue Ribbon / Nike would have been a complete failure.

Homework for Thursday, April 19: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 19: Exam revision. Here are all the supplementary activities we've done this semester. 1, 2, 2" 3, 4 (second part of the article), 5, 6

Homework for Tuesday, April 24: Finish the book.

Week beginning Monday, April 9

ICAI:

C2.1:

What we did on Monday, April 9: Presentations + Booklet p49-50

Homework for Friday, April 13: start learning the vocabulary in question

What we did on Friday, April 13: Booklet p51-55 (including Assessment 5...)

Homework for Monday, April 16: Press review + for those of you who didn't attend our class, make sure you hand in assessment 5 on Monday. Read the paraphrasing techniques before you start writing... 80% of the words need to be changed.

ICADE: 

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 10: Presentations

Homework for Thursday, April 12: Press review (we'll finish the booklet) + Follow-up activity on AI based on an article by Nature. Here is the key to the vocab-fishing part.

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 12:

Homework for Tuesday, April 16: Press review

3º E4 :

What we covered in class on Monday, April 9: Follow-up activity on diversity in politics based on an article by The Guardian including a grammar lesson on possessives + gerunds. Here is a quizlet with the vocabulary of both Riz Ahmed's speech and the above-mentioned activity. Here is our white board.

Homework for Friday, April 13: start learning the above-mentioned vocab.

What we covered in class on Friday, April 13: Video by The Economist Films on the "start-up jungle" + Quizizz on the five supplementary activities (Introverts vs Extroverts, Corporate Ambitions: Amazon, Apple-Foxconn, Diversity speech and Ticking all the right boxes) whose vocab you need to review for the exam (on top of the booklet's + graph description and cause-effect)

Homework for Monday, April 16:

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 10: Mini book-club activity + presentations + revision

Homework for Thursday, April 12: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 12: Presentations + Video by The Economist Films on the "start-up jungle". We then compared the hurdles facing young entrepreneurs today with those facing Phil Knight and his fellow countrymen in the 1960's.

Homework for Tuesday, April 17: Read another 50 pages of the book.

Week beginning Monday April 2

ICAI:

C2.1:

Homework for Friday, April 6: Assessed assignment 4 and... finish the exercise p48.

What we did on Friday, April 6: Presentations + Quizlet activity 

Homework for Monday, April 9: Press review

ICADE: 

4º E4

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 3: We reviewed paraphrasing techniques and mentioned the final exam's contents: Vocab from the booklet and all supplementary activities + Inversions + Gerunds and possessives + Gradable / ungradable adjectives + Error-correction + Reading comp. Here are a few of the activities in question: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Bear in mind that there are still 3 weeks to go before the exam and therefore more vocab will come your way... ;)

Homework for Thursday, April 5: Add the finishing touches to your company presentations :)

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 5: Presentations + Activity based on an article published in Nature on Artificial Intelligence (I'll post it later). Here is the quizlet we did in class with the vocab.

Homework for Tuesday, April 9: Press review

3º E4 :

What we covered in class on Monday,

Homework for Friday, 

What we covered in class on Friday, April 6: Presentations + Quiz

Homework for Monday, April 9: Start reviewing everything we've done so far... (the final exam will take place on our last day of class i.e. the 27th of April)

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Tuesday, April 3: Book Club

Homework for Thursday, April 5: Add the finishing touches to your company presentations :)

What we covered in class on Thursday, April 5: Follow-up activity on diversity in politics based on an article by The Guardian including a grammar lesson on possessives + gerunds. Here is a quizlet with the vocabulary of both Riz Ahmed's speech and the above-mentioned activity.

Homework for Tuesday, April 10: Read another 50 pages of the book. Finish your presentations. Start learning the vocabulary above and review the grammar lesson in question.