Week beginning Monday, February 24

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 26: Press review + we completed the activity on Riz Ahmed's speech. Here is the correction.

Homework for Wednesday, March 4: Press review + start learning the vocabulary contained in the activity in question.

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 26: Press review + Error-correction activity based on the mistakes you made in your essays + we completed last week's activity.

Homework for Wednesday March 4: Press review + REVIEW ALL THE VOCABULARY AND CONCEPTS WE'VE COVERED SO FAR

Week beginning Monday, February 17

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 19: Press review +  debate on anonymous CVs + we watched this video and started the corresponding activity.

Homework for Wednesday February 26:  Press review 

3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 19: Press review + Activity based on an excerpt of the book "Watching the English" by Kate Fox. Here is our whiteboard.

Don't forget to send me your essay if you haven't done so already.

Homework for Wednesday February 26: Press review + start learning the vocabulary contained in the above-mentioned activity + complete the last stage (compound nouns with the word "self")

Week beginning Monday, February 10

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 12: Press review + Quiz + Error-correction activity +  stage 2 of the unconscious bias activity (based on a David Cameron speech). Here is our white board

Homework for Wednesday February 19:  Press review + exercises 1, 2 and 3 of the above-mentioned activity

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3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 12: Press review + Quiz + Stage 2 of last week's activity: robotic dogs and inversions. Here is a quizlet that should help you learn the vocabulary contained in the activity.

Homework for Wednesday February 19: Press review + Discuss the following statement in a  well-structured 350-word essay -using at least 3 inverted structures- : 

Artificial intelligence will -sooner or later- lead to the downfall of humanity. 

Week beginning Monday, February 3

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 5: Press review + completion of last week's activity (here is some additional vocab) + introduction to parallel structures & paragraph writing + group writing + first stage (video until min 15) of an activity on unconscious biases.

Homework for Wednesday February 12:  Press review + continue watching the above-mentioned video until min 31:40) + Learn all the introverts-vs-extroverts' vocab 

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3rd year:

IMPORTANT: FROM NOW ON CLASSES WILL START AT 15:15 AND END AT 17:15

What we did in class on Wednesday, February 3: Press review + 3-stage activity based on an NPR radio programme and an article by The Guardian (to be continued next wednesday). Here is our whiteboard.

Homework for Wednesday February 12: Learn the vocabulary and concepts we've covered so far (Amazon+Dan Rather) + Press review: select and read an article from any section of the following sources: 
The Economist, The Times, The NY Times, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, The Nation and take notes on the main points & supporting details of the article.
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Week beginning Monday, January 27

Welcome everybody! This will be your class blog for the duration of the course!

1st year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, January 29: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for Wednesday February 5: Complete the activity in question (2, 3 and 4). Learn the vocabulary we covered + Press review* + view the following Ted Talk and take notes.
*Press review: select and read an article from any section of the following sources: 
The Economist, The Times, The NY Times, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, The Nation and take notes on the main points & supporting details of the article.

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3rd year:

What we did in class on Wednesday, January 29: Course introduction + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist (and its audio version). Here is the correction along with additional vocabulary.

Homework for Wednesday February 5: Learn the vocabulary we covered + Press review: select and read an article from any section of the following sources: 
The Economist, The Times, The NY Times, FT, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Toronto Star, The Nation and take notes on the main points & supporting details of the article.
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Week beginning Monday, January 20

What we did on Tuesday,  January 21: Homework correction + course book p64-65 including group writing 6p65. Here is some interesting debate vocabulary. And some more here. This is today's whiteboard with cause / consequence linkers.

Homework for Thursday, January 23: Revise everything we've covered so far and identify the points you'd like us to review. If you were unable to attend our class, make sure you do the above-mentioned writing.

What we did in class on Thursday January 23: We finished unit 5. 

Homework for Tuesday, January 28: --> FINAL EXAM. BE PUNCTUAL!!! Good luck!

Week beginning Monday, January 13

What we did on Tuesday,  January 14: Oral projects

Homework for Thursday, January 16: Reading p62-63 (all exercises except Speaking)

What we did in class on Thursday January 16: Homework correction + course book p60-61 

Homework for Tuesday, January 20: NO PRESS REVIEW. Exercises 8, 9 and 10 p61 + 4, 5 and 6 p165. 

FINAL EXAM: JANUARY 28