lunes, 28 de noviembre de 2016

Week beginning Monday, November 28

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday, November 28: Press Review + activity based on a video by The Economist Films

Homework for Wednesday, November 30: Writing Act. 4 p77

What we covered in class on Wednesday, November 30: Course book p80-81 (until Vocabulary c)

Homework for Monday, December 5: Grammar Focus 7A p164 (NO press review)

C1.2 Friday group:

What we covered in class on Friday, December 2: Press Review + Error-correction activity + Parallel structure tutorial. + course book p150 and 82

Homework for Friday, December 16: Press review + make sure you attend our class: Progress test! 

lunes, 21 de noviembre de 2016

Week beginning Monday, November 21

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday, November 21: Press Review + signpost language revision + speaking activity p75 + speaking activity around visual aids such as Power Point presentations + we viewed this video.

Homework for Wednesday, November 23: Do the Unit Progress Test on the platform

What we covered in class on Wednesday, November 23: Course book p76-78 + 172 + Paragraph Writing tutorial

Homework for Monday, November 28: Press Review

C1.2 Fridays:

What we covered in class on Friday, November 25: Press Review + speaking stage of last week's activity + Course book p78-81 (including p164).

Homework for Friday, December 2: Press Review + Grammar focus 7A p150

lunes, 14 de noviembre de 2016

Week beginning November 14

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday, November 14: Press review + homework correction +  Course book p73 (creative writing activity nº5)

Homework for Wednesday, November 16: Review participle clauses 

What we covered in class on Wednesday, November 16: Course book p74-75 (except the Speaking part) + signpost language

Homework for Monday, November 21: Press Review + revise the above-mentioned signpost language.

By the way: On my way back home I finally found a decent example of a "sore point" : my best friend was unable to complete her PHD 15 years ago and it's always been a bit of a sore point with her, she told me recently she is only starting to come to terms with it... 

C1.2 Fridays:

What we covered in class on Friday, November 18: Press Review + signpost language revision + speaking activity around visual aids such as Power Point presentations + we viewed this video. Course book p76-77 + activity based on a video by The Economist Films.

Homework for Friday, November 25: Press Review + Writing 4p77 + ex. 1&2p78

lunes, 7 de noviembre de 2016

Week beginning Monday, November 7

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday, November 7: Press review + Course book p73 (until Gramar e.) + other grammar and vocab concepts

Homework for Monday, November 14: (NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9) Press review + Exercises p149. By the way, here is the article I mentioned!

C1.2 Fridays: 

What we covered in class on Friday, November 11: Press Review, homework correction, course book p74-75, presentation language

Homework for Friday, November 18: Press Review + Unit Progress Test on the platform  + review the above-mentioned presentation/signpost language.

lunes, 31 de octubre de 2016

Week beginning Monday, October 31

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday, October 31:  Course book p132 + p70 + tutorial on gradable / non gradable adjectives + we did this exercise

Homework for Wednesday, November 2: All exercises p148

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Homework correction + course book p70-71

Homework for Monday, November 7: Press review + sections d & e p72

C1.2 Fridays: 

What we covered in class on Friday, November 4: Press review + course book p73 + other grammar and vocab concepts.

Homework for Friday, November 11: Grammar focus + exercises p149. Press review.

lunes, 24 de octubre de 2016

Week beginning Monday, October 24

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday, October 24: We finished the activity on introverts vs extroverts + Press Review + Course book p67-69

Homework for Wednesday, October 26: (optional) Create a Quizlet study set for last week's activity on "Introverts vs Extroverts". Learn the vocabulary in question.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: Course book p68 + 163

Homework for Monday, October 31st: Press Review

C1.2 Fridays:

What we covered in class on Friday, October 28: Press Review + Course book p70-72

Homework for Friday, November 5: Grammar focus 6A p148 + Press Review

lunes, 17 de octubre de 2016

Week beginning Monday, October 17

C1.2 Monday + Wednesday:

What we covered in class on Monday: Ice-breaking activity + first stages of an activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Wednesday, October 19: Buy the book: EMPOWER C1 (Cambridge University Press - Cambridge English) DO NOT buy the workbook. And finish the first stage of the above-mentioned activity.

What we covered in class on Wednesday: We finished the above-mentioned activity, introduced Quizlet and watched the first 12 minutes of the following video.

Homework for Monday: Watch the rest of the video + Press review activity: 
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.

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


C1.2 Fridays:

What we covered in class on Friday, October 21: We discussed the above-mentioned  video , introduced Quizlet + covered course book p67-70

Homework for Friday, October 28: All exercises in "Grammar 4" p70 + Don't forget to register on the platform + Press review activity: 
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.

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