martes, 30 de abril de 2019

Week beginning Monday, April 29

ICAI C2.1: 

What we did on Monday, April 29: Final exam.

Good luck with the rest of your exams! 

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we did on Monday, April 29: Final exam.


Good luck with the rest of your exams! 

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, April 29: Q&A on the exam + episode 1 of HBO series "The night of"

Good luck with your exams! 

martes, 23 de abril de 2019

Week beginning Monday, April 22

ICAI C2.1: 

What we did on Friday, April 26: Course book p54-58. Here is a possible correction to assignment 5p58.

THE FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, APRIL 29. 

ICADE 3º E4: 


What we did on Friday, April 26: Exam revision

THE FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, APRIL 29. 

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, April 23: Final group activity (assessed) on Equality and Diversity based on 2 dossiers by The Economist and Nature.

Homework for Thursday, April 25: finish your presentations

What we did in class on Thursday, April 25: 3-stage activity based on fragments of a Youtube video (interview of Shoshana Zuboff) and an article by The Economist.

Homework for Tuesday, April 30: Review this semester's course book in its entirety. 

lunes, 8 de abril de 2019

Week beginning Monday, April 8

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, April 8: Presentations + course book p48-51

Homework for Friday, April 12: Review inversions

What we covered in class on Friday, April 12: Exam tips

Homework for Friday, April 26 : Press review and start reviewing everything we've covered so far. Make sure you attend our last class, we will complete the course book. Have a great Easter holiday!
THE FINAL EXAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, APRIL 29. 

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, April 8:  We watched and analysed the first episode of "The Night Of" starring Riz Ahmed

Homework for Friday, April 12: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, April 12: Presentations + adjective order.

Homework for Friday, April 26: Review everything we've covered this semester. Have a great Easter holiday!

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, April 9: Press review + course book p98-102

Homework for Thursday, April 11: If you didn't attend our Tuesday class, make sure you hand in the writing p102.

What we did in class on Thursday, April 11: Course book p103-115. 

Homework for Tuesday, April 23: No press review, have a great Easter holiday :) 

lunes, 1 de abril de 2019

Week beginning Monday, April 1st

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, April 1: Presentations

Important: Teresa, you forgot your pendrive, I gave it to the concierge :) 

Homework for Friday, April 5: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, April 5: Presentations + first episode of Debate series: "What's the right thing to do" by Harvard University Professor Michael Sandel 

Homework for Monday, April 8: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, April 1: Quiz + presentations

Homework for Friday, April 5: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, April 5: Presentations + Exam revision
This is what the final exam will contain: Reading comprehension + writing (cover letter based on a job advert from Ecoalf in Procurement or HR or Marketing or Sales) + graph description + extensive vocab exercise + error-correction exercise + parallel structure + adjective order.


Homework for Monday, April 1: 

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, April 2: Press review + Quiz + Lesson on IPO's based on the following videos:
1 / 2 / 3
+ Course book p89

Homework for Thursday, April 4: Review your notes on IPO's

What we did in class on Thursday, April 4: Review on IPO's + Course book p90-97 including this video explaining the role of credit rating agencies in 

Homework for Tuesday, April 8: Press review: find/read/summarize a recent article on one of the three credit rating agencies mentioned in the video.

lunes, 25 de marzo de 2019

Week beginning Monday, March 25

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 25: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist. Here is the key (vocab-fishing part)

Homework for Friday, March 29: Complete the speaking part of the above-mentioned activity.

What we covered in class on Friday, March 29: we finished the above-mentioned activity and worked on our presentations.

Homework for Monday, April 1: Finish your presentations (assignment 4 p46) Start learning the vocabulary contained in the activity above. NO press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 25Press review + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Observer. Here is our white board. Tutorial on parallel structure.

Homework for Friday, March 29: Read the second part of the article and take notes (I'll check

What we covered in class on Friday, March 29: We finished the activity on corporate misbehaviour (here is our white board with the additional vocabulary we covered) + review of the subjunctive + we worked on the presentations (Assignment 4 at the end of the above-mentioned activity).
Those are the companies we have chosen so far:
L'Oreal / Conceptos Plásticos / 4Ocean / Tom's / Decathlon


Homework for Monday, April 1: Finish your presentations + L E A R N all the vocabulary contained in the Diversity speech + Corporate misbehaviour (including the additional vocab) activities + parallel structure + subjunctive

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 26: Press review + course book p65-90

Homework for Thursday, March 28: review all the concepts we covered in pages 65-90

What we did in class on Thursday, March 28: 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist on College admissions in the US. Here is the key.
1
Homework for Tuesday, April 2: LEARN the vocabulary from the activity in question along with the financial vocabulary we covered in p65-90 and gradable/ungradable adjectives. Yes, there will be a quiz. ;)

lunes, 18 de marzo de 2019

Week beginning Monday, March 18

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 18: Press review + quiz + course book p46

Bring your laptop on Friday!!

Homework for Friday, March 22: Start working on assignment 4p46. Here is the kind of signpost language you are expected to use during your presentations (due date: Monday, April 1) and this is the Ted Talk whose tips you would be well advised to follow...

What we covered in class on Friday, March 22: we worked on the company presentations.

Homework for Monday, March 25: Press review

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 11Press review + introduction to rhetoric & vocab-enhancing activity based on a speech by Riz Ahmed  (we'll correct the vocabulary part on Friday)

Homework for Friday, March 22: No homework. If you didn't attend our class make sure you watch the speech above.

What we covered in class on Friday, March 22: We finished the above-mentioned activity. Here is our white board and a quizlet which should help you  learn the vocabulary contained in the activity.


Homework for Monday, March 25: Press review + start learning the vocab in question.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 19: Press review + gradable/ungradable adjectives + 300-word creative writing activity (including at least 15 of the words we've covered so far this semester) based on the following trigger: "Now we're talking!!"

Homework for Thursday, March 21: Review gradable/ungradable adjectives. Here is a tutorial you might find useful.

What we did in class on Thursday, March 21: Error-correction activity + course book p59-63

Homework for Tuesday, March 25: Exercise p64

lunes, 11 de marzo de 2019

Week begining Monday, March 11

ICAI C2.1: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 11: Mini-pitches + course book p39-42

Homework for Friday, March 15: Start learning the "gender gap" vocab

What we covered in class on Friday, March 15: Last mini-pitches + course book p43-45. Here is our white board.

Homework for Monday, March 18: Press review + Read the second part of the article and take notes as indicated p45 + LEARN (BEWARE: TEST :) all the vocabulary from pages 33-45. Here is a quizlet to help you learn part of the words and phrases in question: Diversity Feel free to complete it with today's vocab and the rest of the vocabulary from pages 33-45.

ICADE 3º E4: 

What we covered in class on Monday, March 11Press review + Quiz + Graph description writing + vocab-based sketches

Homework for Friday, March 14: No homework

What we covered in class on Friday, March 15: Error-correction activity


Homework for Monday, March 18: Press review

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday, March 12: Last presentation + Press review + we finished the activity on Riz Ahmed's diversity speech. Here is a quizlet to help you learn most of the vocab in question (feel free to complement it with the missing words/phrases).

Homework for Thursday, March 14: Start learning the vocabulary in question

What we did in class on Thursday, March 14:  3-stage activity based on an article by The Guardian  Here is all the vocabulary we covered.

Homework for Tuesday, March 18: Press review +  LEARN all the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activities (Diversity speech + Ticking the right boxes). Here is a Quizlet that should help you review the vocab in question. Feel free to complete it with the rest of the vocab we've seen in class (see document above).