Week beginning Monday, November 23

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Writings were handed in. Course book p32-34

Homework for Thursday: All exercises p34-35

What we covered in class on Thursday:Course book p34-40

Homework for Tuesday, December 1: Review p38 (recommended but optional) Reading task p40-41 ("gapped text" 4)

Week beginning Monday, November 16

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review + course book p28-29

Homework for Thursday: Finish exercise 5a p29 and do exercises 1, 2 and 3 p30 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Homework correction + introduction to review writing through the following article by The Guardian

Homework for Tuesday, November 24: Writing task3a p30. Make sure you read the above-mentioned review again before you start planning your writing.

Week beginning Monday, November 9

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press Review. The writings were handed out. Activity on mistake identification & correction. This is the document we compiled.

Homework for Thursday: No homework

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p24-27

Homework for Tuesday, November 17: Press review.

Week beginning Monday, November 2

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Essays were handed in. Press Review + Course book p16-17

Homework for Thursday: All exercises p18-19

What we covered in class on Thursday: Homework correction + course book p23

Homework for Tuesday, November 10: Press Review + Reading comprehension 1, 2 and 3a/b p24-25. Have a good long weekend :)

Week beginning Monday, October 27

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p13-14

Homework for Thursday: Exercise 4a: write down a few ideas you might want to use in the letter in question.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Group writing activity p14 + Listening p15. 

Homework for Tuesday, November 3: Press Review + Writing task 5p21 based on 2p20 (it is advisable to do all the previous exercises p20-21)

Week beginning Monday, October 19

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Press review + course book p9-10

Homework for Thursday: Use of English p11.

What we covered in class on Thursday: Course book p11-12 + tutorial on the subjunctive

Homework for Tuesday, October 27: Press Review + read the above-mentioned tutorial and do the exercise again.

Week beginning Monday, October 12

Welcome everybody, this will be your class blog for this year.

This is how it works:

English C.A.E. Preparation Stage 2:

What we covered in class on Tuesday: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on 2 articles by The Economist.

Homework for Thursday: Press review: find an article from the following sources: The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, The New York Times, FT, The New Yorker and write a short summary of the article (100 words max) or take notes (8-10 lines).

Buy the following books: Expert Advanced, plus Book 1 of the 2015 CAE Examination Papers with Answers. Thanks! 

What we covered in class on Thursday: Press Review activity + Course book p7+8

Homework for Tuesday, October 20: Press review (see above) + "Multiple Matching" exercise 3 p8. Don't forget to purchase the book (Expert Advanced)