Week beginning Monday, September 16

Here is a link to the inspiring "Proyecto Hospitalidad" by Comillas Solidaria

ICAI C2.2: 

What we did in class on Monday: Quiz + Course book p12-15

Homework for Friday: Finish your presentations

What we did in class on Friday: Presentations

Homework for Monday: BOOK CLUB: first 25% of Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. Remember: you need to complete one of the book-club forms at the end of the booklet. (the remaining presentations will take place on Friday) 
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ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p17-21 + vocal tips

Homework for Tuesday: watch this video if you're interested in improving your resonance / voice effectiveness

What we did in class on Tuesday: 3-stage activity based on this video

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we did in class on Thursday: we finished the above-mentioned activity. Here is a quizlet that should help you review the vocab (it is incomplete, so feel free to add the missing words and phrases manually and perhaps share the link here ;)

Homework for Monday: Press review

ICADE 3º E4:  

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + Quiz + course book p17-21 including this video with survey writing tips.  

Here is the vocab we covered in class.

Homework for Friday: Exercise p23-24. Read and watch the following on questionnaire techniques: 10 commandments / Good questionnaires = good pie-charts. and take notes. 

What we did in class on Friday: 3-stage activity based on a video by The Economist. 

Homework for Monday: Special press review: read the article I gave you in class ("The retreat from meat") and take notes + Finish your questionnaires (Assessed assignment, you may want to use Google Forms or Surveymonkey) and start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity: here is a quizlet that should help you.

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: Scroll down to the previous entry

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p12-15 (until "language note") including this video on the diffusion pattern.

Homework for Thursday: Learn all the concepts we covered today, watch this video and answer the following questions in writing using all the verbs and structures covered p13 and before:

Why do you think BIC launched this campaign?
What was their main marketing goal?
Who was it targeted at? 
At which stage of the product life cycle were they?
Do you think it turned out to be effective? Why?
What would you have done instead?

What we did in class on Thursday: Correction of the BIC activity + Course book p15-16 + 3-stage activity on brand authenticity (or the lack thereof ;)

Homework for Tuesday: Press review + start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity

Week beginning Monday, September 8

ICAI C2.2:  

What we did in class on Monday: presentations (assignment 1 p10 due on Friday, Sept. 20)

Homework for Friday: work on your presentations

What we did in class on Friday: Course book p10-12 

Homework for Monday: LEARN the vocab contained in both the Amazon and Owning or Sharing activities. You might also want to start / continue reading Shoe Dog by Phil Knight... First book club session: Sept 23 (first 25% of the book) Reminder: Presentations are due on Friday, Sept 20.

ICAI Communication Skills C1: 

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + course book p9

Homework for Tuesday: finish your mini-presentations

What we did in class on Tuesday: Mini-presentations

Homework for Thursday:

What we did in class on Thursday: Course book p10-16 + "what do I do with my hands" + "7 tips for good survey questions" Here are some more resources on good questionnaire writing: 10 commandments..., Good questionnaires = good pie-charts. 
This article might prove interesting to the group studying content moderation and censorship.

Homework for Monday: PRESS REVIEW

ICADE 3º E4:  

What we did in class on Monday: Press review + we finished last week's activity. 

Homework for Friday: start learning the vocab in question (it might be a good idea to create a Quizlet vocab list)

What we did in class on Friday: 

Homework for Monday:

ICADE BECS 2ºE2/E4: 

What we did in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p4-7 (including this video)

Btw, here is the BIC perfume brand stretching flop I mentioned in class

Homework for Thursday: Learn the vocabulary contained in the activity on the Amazon rainforest + the marketing concepts we've covered so far.

What we did in class on Thursday: Quiz + Course book p8-10

Homework for Tuesday: Course book 1.2 p11 & Press review

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 :)