Welcome to your blog for academic year 2016-2017

Hi everybody,

Welcome to your blog for academic year 2016-2017!

This is how it works:

- Once you've scrolled down to your group, this is what you will typically get:

What we covered in class on -say- Thursday, September 1: Course book p. X.... + video / downloadable Supplementary activity Y (link provided to my slideshare account) 

Homework for Tuesday, September 6: Press Review + -say- Ex. 3 and 4 p45...

Let's get started! :)

4º E4

What we covered in class on:

Homework for:

3º E4 

What we covered in class on:

Homework for

2ºE2 / E4 

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 1: Course introduction + Activity based on an article about the joys of Pokémon Go

Homework for Tuesday, September 6: 

A. Buy the book: Business English: Communication Skills (Part 1) 2ºADE (E2/E4) - Nivel B2/C Curso 2016-2017

B. Press Review:
Read an article from the following sources and write a 100-word summary. 
The New York times
The Economist 
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times


ICAI 3º/4º C1

What we covered in class on Thursday, September 1: Course introduction + Press Review concept:

You read an article every week from the following sources and write a 100-word summary (bullet points are ok) so that you can talk about each other's article with your classmates on Tuesdays.

The New York times
The Economist
The Washington Post
The Guardian
The Independent
The New Yorker
The Financial Times
The Times

Homework for Tuesday, September 6: Buy the book: 

ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES (3ºIEM - 3º ITL) NIVEL C1

FINAL GRADES 1ºE1

Hi there,

Here are your final grades for this year (2015-2016). There are 2 pages :)

Official revisión de examen Thursday May 26 18:00-18:30 room E006.

Congratulations to all of you, you were a pleasure to teach!!

I wish you all the very best for the years to come! :)

Abrazos para cada uno

Jeanphi

Final Grades 2ºE2

Here are your final grades for 2015-2016.

Revisión de examen is set for next Thursday, May 19, 13:30-14:00. Room E-005

Congratulations to all of you! It's been a real pleasure to teach you! I wish you all the very best! 

Take care

Jeanphi

EPP B2 AND C1 FINAL GRADES AND "REVISIÓN DE EXAMEN"

Hi everybody, here are the final grades for this academic year (2015-2016). 

Congratulations to all of you!
It's been a real pleasure to teach you!
I wish you all the very best!

EPP B2

EPP C1 (scroll down, there are several pages)

The "revisión de examen is set for this Wednesday 15:00-15:45 in ICADE room E-006.

Week beginning Monday, April 25

ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

What we covered in class on Monday: We finished the book. 

Homework for Wednesday: Here are the supplementary activities whose vocab you have to revise: 1, 2, 3, 
Graph description language: 4, 5

What we covered in class on Wednesday: EXAM

I'll upload the grades next week. Have a good long weekend!

EPP C1 :

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + Vocab review (we only had time for two out of the three activities mentioned in last week's entry).

Homework for Thursday: Revise everything we covered this semester!

What we covered in class on Thursday: EXAM

I'll upload the grades next week. Have a good long weekend!

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Revision. These are the supplementary activities you need to study the vocab from. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Homework for Wednesday, April 27: Start revising everything we covered in the second semester.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Revision
Good luck with the exam!!

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Presentations. Well done people!!

Homework for Thursday: No homework :) Tea Party :) 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Tea Party :) Thanks a zillion to all of you, I had a fantastic time :)

Here is a testament :)

Good luck with the exam!!!

Week beginning Monday April, 18

ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

What we covered in class on Monday: Exercise p87, this is the text we came up with. 

Homework for Wednesday: Exercise p85 

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Homework correction + course book p91-95

Homework for Monday, April 25: If you didn't attend our last class make sure you get one of your classmates' notes...

EPP C1 :

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + first stage of an activity based on an article by The Economist (following up on the video we viewed on solar panels).

Homework for Thursday: Start reviewing all the vocabulary we covered this semester in all other supplementary activities (solar frontiers, superboss, shareholder activism...). The final exam will take place on Thursday, April 28.

What we covered in class on Thursday: We finished the above-mentioned activity. 

Homework for Tuesday, April 26: Start reviewing everything we covered during the second semester. The final exam will take place on Thursday, April 28.

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p96-99 + activity on report writing

Homework for Wednesday: Review the vocabulary we covered in the above-mentioned activity and read (thoroughly) p99-100.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: We finished the course book and did an assessed report writing activity (in groups of 3/4) p152-155. 

Homework for Monday, April 25: Start revising everything we've done during the second semester.

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press review + first stage of an activity based on two articles by The Economist (here is one.)

Homework for Thursday: If you came to class: no homework, if you didn't, make sure you do the first stage of the above-mentioned activity (choose either one of the articles).

Remember: Daniel Lacalle is coming to ICADE/ICAI tomorrow!

This is an opportunity you might not want to miss!

What we covered in class on Thursday: We finished the above-mentioned activity.

Homework for Tuesday, April 26: Presentations!

Week beginning Monday, April 11

ICAI: 

EPP B2 :

What we covered in class on Monday: Course book p81 (group writing) 

Homework for Wednesday: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: We do have class at 15:00 as usual, your meeting has been rescheduled and will not overlap with our class. Course book p82-84

Homework for Monday, April 18: Review the following graph description language + Press Review

EPP C1 :

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Elevator pitches

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: 5 elevator pitches instead of 15... I'm still weighing up whether to let the remaining 10 students do their elevator pitch next Tuesday... Make sure you come to class!

Homework for Tuesday, April: Press Review

ICADE:

1º E1: Business English C1:

What we covered in class on Monday: Press Review + course book p92-94 + We watched this video 

Homework for Wednesday, April 13: No homework

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p94-95 (the last paraphrasing exercise p95 was handed in and will count as a worksheet)

Homework for Monday, April 18: Press Review. 

2º E2: Business English: Communication skills C1

What we covered in class on Tuesday: We started a project based on a dossier on Millennials by The Economist. Another task has been added to stage 5 of the above-mentioned project: you have to write a survey on the topic you were assigned, carry it out and analyse the results. If you failed to attend our class you should team up with your classmates as soon as possible. Here is an interesting summary of signposting or presentation language. Group presentations are due on April 21st.

Homework for Thursday: Work on your presentations. Please bring your laptops on Thursday!

What we covered in class on Thursday: We worked on the presentations.
Check out ICADE/ICAI Finance & Investment Society's new webpage!

Homework for Tuesday, April 19: Press Review + work on your presentations.