lunes, 10 de febrero de 2020

Week beginning Monday, February 10

ICAI C2.1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Paragraph writing theory + report writing on the results of the survey (teamwork). Due date: Wednesday, February 12, 12pm WORD DOCUMENT PLEASE

Homework for Friday, February 14:  Review everything we've covered so far (Module 1), there'll be a test. Here is a quizlet with the vocabulary we covered in the "Meat Makers" activity for example, it would probably be a good idea to enhance it with the vocabulary from the whole module.

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz +course book p26-28

Homework for Monday, February 17: Press review + exercise 2 p28
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ICADE 3º E4: 

Normal classes will resume on Monday, February 17 at 11:20!

This is the interview schedule for the coming weeks (please remember to bring the job description of the position you're applying for):

Monday, February 3:
Fabian: 10:30
Paula: 10:55
Katia: 11:20
Iria: 11:45

Friday, February 7: 
Marta: 10:30
Blanca: 10:55
Marion: 11:20
Jess: 11:45

Monday, February 10:
Sofía: 10:30
Léna: 10:55
Lorraine: 11:20
Lucile: 11:45

Friday, Februay 14:

Luis: 10:55
Alina: 11:20
Andéol: 11:45

Monday, February 17:
Gabriela: 10:30
Max: 10:55

IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST, PLEASE CONTACT ME PER EMAIL. REMEMBER THAT THE INTERVIEW WILL ACCOUNT FOR 30% OF THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION.
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ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist. Here is our whiteboard

Homework for Thursday: LEARN all the vocab and concepts we've covered so far this semester including those contained in the above-mentioned activity.

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + Course book p41-43.

We decided to set up a book club for the remainder of the semester. The book we chose is "Shoe dog" by Phil Knight.

Buy the book in question (paper or pdf version) and read the first 100 pages then fill out the following template (make sure you include all the words you looked up in the dictionary or at least the ones you liked most in the "what" or "so what" section). This replaces the Press Review activity from now on. Due date: Tuesday, February 25

In class: after thoroughly discussing the contents of the reading sheets each group will write a review on the 100 pages in question and hand it in.




Homework for Tuesday, February 18: Start reading the book.

lunes, 3 de febrero de 2020

Week beginning Monday, February 3

ICAI C2.1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + team work on the questionnaires. Due date: tonight 12pm (February 3)

Homework for Friday, February 7: Conduct the surveys in question. 

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p20-24 including this tutorial on the subjunctive + graph description vocab

Homework for Monday, February 10: Press review + exercise p25 (NOT assignment 2, we'll do it in class on Monday) + start reviewing everything we've covered so far (Module 1), there'll be a test on Friday, February 14. Here is a quizlet with the vocabulary we covered in the "Meat Makers" activity for example, it would probably be a good idea to enhance it with the vocabulary from the whole module.
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ICADE 3º E4: 

Normal classes will resume on Monday, February 17 at 10:55!

This is the interview schedule for the coming weeks (please remember to bring the job description of the position you're applying for):

Monday, February 3:
Fabian: 10:30
Paula: 10:55
Katia: 11:20
Iria: 11:45

Friday, February 7: 
Marta: 10:30
Blanca: 10:55
Marion: 11:20
Jess: 11:45

Monday, February 10:
Sofía: 10:30
Léna: 10:55
Lorraine: 11:20
Lucile: 11:45

Friday, Februay 14:
Max: 10:30
Luis: 10:55
Alina: 11:20
Andéol: 11:45

Monday, February 17:
Gabriela: 10:30

IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST, PLEASE CONTACT ME PER EMAIL. REMEMBER THAT THE INTERVIEW WILL ACCOUNT FOR 30% OF THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION.
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ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Course book p28-32 + 2-stage activity based on an article by The Guardian

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p33-41

Homework for Tuesday, February 11: View this video and take notes + Press review + start reviewing all the vocabulary and concepts we've covered so far (test on Thursday, February 13)

lunes, 27 de enero de 2020

Week beginning Monday, January 27

ICAI C2.1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Course book p13-19

Homework for Friday, January 31: Read the following survey writing tips and take notes. Start learning the vocabulary contained in "Meat Makers". 

If you are interested in Beyond Meat and perhaps even consider investing in the company, watch this recent CNBC video (share price today: 120$). Their competitors include Impossible Food and Moving Mountains.

What we did in class on Friday: 

Homework for Monday, February 3: 
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ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: course book p61-70

Homework for Friday: Review all the interview techniques we've covered so far

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p71-81 including a mock job interview & feedback.


Homework for Monday, February 3: No homework.
This is the interview schedule for the coming weeks (please remember to bring the job description of the position you're applying for):

Monday, February 3:
Fabian: 10:30
Paula: 10:55
Katia: 11:20
Iria: 11:45

Friday, February 7: 
Marta: 10:30
Blanca: 10:55
Marion: 11:20
Jess: 11:45

Monday, February 10:
Sofía: 10:30
Léna: 10:55
Lorraine: 11:20
Lucile: 11:45

Friday, Februay 14:
Max: 10:30
Luis: 10:55
Alina: 11:20
Andéol: 11:45

IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE LIST, PLEASE CONTACT ME PER EMAIL. REMEMBER THAT THE INTERVIEW WILL ACCOUNT FOR 30% OF THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION.
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ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + homework correction + course book p11-17 + this video
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Homework for Thursday: all exercises p17 to 20. Start learning the characteristics of all the legal structures we've covered so far + this additional cause/consequence vocab and inversions.

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p20-27 including this video on the IPO process.

Homework for Tuesday, February 4: Press review + revise (as opposed to "LEARN"*) the lesson on legal structures and all the vocabulary we've covered so far this semester.
* In the end a more comprehensive test will take place on Thursday, February 13 including IPOs, mergers and acquisitions and more vocab.

lunes, 20 de enero de 2020

Week beginning Monday, January 20

ICAI C2.1: Scroll down to the previous entry for homework

What we did in class on Monday: Course book p8-9. We read these two articles on related topics in pairs (Student 1 Student 2) and took notes on the main ideas and supporting details.

Homework for Friday, January 24: Start learning all the vocabulary contained in the activity on the Amazon + Solar Frontiers

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p9-14. More on gradable / ungradable adjectives and adverbs.

Homework for Monday, January 27: Press Review + highlight all the "take-home" messages in Power to the Powerless
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ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: We finished the activity on robotic dogs + inversions and started the second semester course book p53-57. Here are two quizlets that should help you study the vocab contained in the 2 stages of the above-mentioned activity. Quizlet 1 (What unites us). Quizlet 2 (Robotic dogs) By the way, a big thank you to Jess for devising the quizlets in question!

Homework for Friday: LEARN all the vocabulary and theory (inversions) contained in the in the 2 stages of the above-mentioned activity

What we did in class on Friday: Quiz + Course book p56-60 including these 2 videos 1 2  


Homework for Monday, January 27: Press review + watch another two videos mentioned p60 on Denis Sasal's channel and take notes.
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ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Bonus quiz + course book p1-4

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p5-9

Homework for Tuesday, January 28: Press review + Professional Writing p10 (developing an argument. Paul Harris...)

lunes, 13 de enero de 2020

Week beginning Monday, January 13

ICAI C2.1: 

What we did in class on Monday: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on the Amazon.

Homework for Friday, January 17: Buy the course booklet:
Diploma en competencias comunicativas y estudios en lenguas extranjeras.
Inglés. Nivel C2.1. Materiales para el aula. 2019-2020.
Devised and compiled by Jean-Philippe Guy.

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p7/8
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Homework for Monday, January 20: 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 content 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 3º E4: 

What we did in class on Monday: 3-stage activity on polarization based on the following radio program. 

Homework for Friday: No homework

What we did in class on Friday: 2nd part of the activity (mourning robotic dogs)

Homework for Monday, January 20: Press review. Get the course book: Inglés IV / Job Interviews, Company Accounts, Company Performance (3ºE4) Tercer Idioma
(Segundo Cuatrimestre)
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ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: 3-stage activity on polarization based on the following radio program. 

Homework for Thursday: 

What we did in class on Thursday: 2nd part of the activity (mourning robotic dogs) including an introduction to inversions. 

Homework for Tuesday, January 21: Press review. LEARN the vocabulary from the above-mentioned activity + inversions

viernes, 10 de enero de 2020

Final grades

I wish you all a very happy 2020! :) 

Here are the final grades for Semester 1:

ICAI C2.2

ICAI Communication Skills C1

Please contact me per email before Wednesday, January 15, should you want to view your exam.





martes, 3 de diciembre de 2019

Week beginning Monday, December 2, 2019

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Final exam

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Research pitches

Homework for Tuesday: No homework

What we did in class on Tuesday: Exam revision: Subjunctive, here is an exercise, vocab Diversity, vocab Amazon, survey tips


Homework for Thursday: Final exam!

What we did in class on Thursday: 


ICADE 3º E4: 


What we did in class on Monday: Final exam


ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Exam revision

The final exam will take place on the very last day of class i.e. December 5 in room O-201 D and will cover: 
survey questions + Subjunctive + Graph description + Parallel structures (exercise) Parallel structures (theory) + Mad Men + Error-correction activity adjective order + Copywriting tips + Ecotourism + Plastic-free Dutch supermarkets + Report writing + Beyond Meat + Error correction (questionnaires) + Survey writing tips 1 + survey writing tips 2 + Brand authenticity + Deathwatch for the Amazon