Week beginning Monday, September 2, 2019

ICAI C2.2:

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

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

What we did in class on Friday: 

Homework for Monday: Get yourself a copy of "Shoe Dog" by Phil Knight

ICAI Communication Skills C1:

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

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

What we did in class on Tuesday: We finished the above-mentioned activity and started the course book (p1-5)

Homework for Thursday:

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p5-8

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 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

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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 on the Amazon rainforest

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 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 BECS 2ºE2/E4:

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

Homework for Thursday: Get the course book! :) 

Business English Communication Skills 2019-20 Semester 1

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

Homework for Tuesday: 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

FINAL GRADES AND "REVISIÓN DE EXAMEN"

Hi everybody,

I hope everything is going well!

Here are your final grades:

ICAI C2.1

3E4

BECS (2ºE2)

Revisión de examen el jueves 23 de mayo de 09:30h a 10:45h en el aula E-005

All the best!

Jeanphi

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! 

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. 

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 :) 

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.

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 25: Press 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.
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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. ;)