Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (20^th Dec. 2014)

Vocabulary: to swarm, stingy, succinct, concise, to cry over split milk, household (chores), life expectancy, worth(y), worthless, valuable, invaluable, priceless, value, consumerism, bias, to be biased, praise, ice pick, remodel, home improvement

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Extras, if you have time:

Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food

http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver/transcript?language=en

Class: 19^th December/10^th January

Review of the exam

Unit 8A: Finding time

Pages: 76

Grammar: Past forms with present or future meaning

Vocabulary: Phrases with ‘Time’

Homework: Merry X-mas! My gift to you: NO HOMEWORK.

Extras, if you have time:

Marie Curie

Rosa Parks and the Bus boycotts

Martin Luther King "I have a dream" with Subtitles

Glee - Jingle Bell Rock (Lyrics)

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (13^th Dec. 2014)

Grammar: Subjunctive
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/subjunctive.html
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-subjunctive.htm

Thank you Olga!

Vocabulary: to see smtg. through, cookies (originally ‘magic cookies’)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you
http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you/transcript?language=en

Class: 5^th /20^th December 2014

Unit 7B/C: Not guilty!

Pages: 72 - 74

Grammar: Connecting words - condition

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/topics/language/connecting-words-which-express-a-condition/

Vocabulary: to cram, the next of kin, pre-nuptial, inheritance, god-forsaken, bias, penchant, to pile, intimacy, to lose your marbles, wet behind the ears, to swarm, to nip out, to stash

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 38; pg. 86 ex. 12 – 14; and, Review for the test

Extras, if you have time:

Hubertus Knabe: The dark secrets of a surveillance state

http://www.ted.com/talks/hubertus_knabe_the_dark_secrets_of_a_surveillance_state/transcript?language=en

BBC News - Why people change the way they speak

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (29^th Nov. 2014)

Vocabulary: bunk bed, fraudster, scam, to grill, to chip, icicle, John/Jane Doe, Dear John/Jane letter, watertight

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Extras, if you have time:

I found this article that explains the difference between organic and ecological produce.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/timigustafsonrd/2011/08/29/natural-organic-ecological-%E2%80%93-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference-should-you-care/

About P. D. James:

http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2014/11/27/actualidad/1417096953_570414.html

PD James: 'Some people find conventions liberating'

Adam Dalgliesh Proposes - The Murder Room by PD James - Martin Shaw

Steven Pinker on bad and good writing

Class: 28^th November / 13^th December 2014

Unit 7B: Every step you take

Pages: 69 - 72

Grammar:

Conditionals

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html

Formal Conditionals

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/wereto.html

Impersonal report structures

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/passive-reporting-structures.html

Vocabulary: footage, dumb down, water down, stalker, tag,

Data Mining - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 36 - 37

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters

http://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters/transcript?language=en

George Orwell 1984 Telescreen Exercise

The Lives of Others trailer

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (21^st Nov. 2014)

Vocabulary: zebra/ pedestrian crossing, turnip, artichoke, petty crime/cash, heinous, good behaviour, life sentence, driving under the influence (DUI), over dose (O.D.), non- fiction, fiction, pulp fiction, hard-boiled

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Extras, if you have time:

Love Story - Originally sung by Andy Williams (with Lyrics) [HD]

Double Indemnity Official Trailer #1 - Edward G. Robinson Movie (1944) HD

Dashiell Hammett Documentary

Raymond Chandler "Mysteries & Scandals"

Class: 21^st / 29^th November 2014

Unit 7A: Getting away with it

Pages: 66 -68 

Grammar: Conditionals (Mixed)

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/mixedconditional.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv344.shtml

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ar/comment/68013

Vocabulary: Phrases with get and to surveil, to libel, to mug, to fine, manslaughter, pederasty, (statutory) rape, tax haven/ evasion/ avoidance, predator, misdemeanor, felony, theft, sentence, to give yourself away, finger print, alibi, blow the whistle, whistleblower, woolly, smooth, outwit, outsmart, stagger

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

Homework: Workbook – pg. 34 – 35

Extras, if you have time:

Stephen Fry on American Prison Facts

TED Talk

Dan Pacholke: How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives/transcript?language=en

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (15^th Nov. 2014)

Vocabulary: ghetto blaster, to spit, root-beer, punch, kool-aid, screwdriver, bolt, syrup, gallon, pint, quart, budget

Extras, if you have time:

Soda shop/Malt shop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_shop

CANADIAN ICE CREAM PARLOR / SODA SHOP. Vancouver BC. Circa 1930's

The Art Book - Gary Ross' PLEASANTVILLE (1998)

Root Beer Float Recipe

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/root_beer_float/

How to make a root beer float

Class: 14^th  Friday / 22^nd November 2014

Unit 6C: Short story radio

Pages: 64 – 65

Grammar: Narrative tenses

http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/narrative.html

Vocabulary: genre, meekly, mumble, ream (500), two-fold, a stone (14 pounds or 6.35029318 kg), thrice, fortnight, pick and choose, trial and error, genre / ‘ʒa:nrə /, pseudo / ‘sju:dəʊ /, swords and sorcery, prank, mischief, to stammer, to loom over, to batter, to stray, to rock (mecer), to cradle, to fawn

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 31 ex 1 & 2; pg. 33

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk – Elif Shafak – The politics of fiction

http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction/transcript?language=en

Steven Johnson: How the "ghost map" helped end a killer disease

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_tours_the_ghost_map/transcript?language=en

Class: 7^th / 15^th November 2014

Unit 6B: But is it ethical?

Pages:  62 - 63

Grammar:

Punctuation – commas

https://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation-comma.htm

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/comma

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_45.htm
Connecting words – purpose
http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/conjunctions-english-exercises.html

Vocabulary: hyphen, underscore, dowry, clog, sip, brawl, pose, marquee, allocate, generic brand

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Writing – Compare living in a small town to living in a big city. (The comparison is easy, at least I believe so, but what I will be looking for in your piece of writing is, obviously, the ‘correct’ use of comparative and adverbial phrases as seen in the unit. Position yourself in favor of one or the other and support your argument logically and coherently, please.) (180 -220 words)

Extras, if you have time:

 The gods must be crazy

Perceiving is Believing - Crash Course Psychology #7

(I’m posting this particular session because it is subtitled and close enough to what we discussed in class. Session #5 is more pertinent but has no subtitles.)

Class: 8^th Nov. 2014 (Additional Post for the Saturday group)

Vocabulary: to infringe, breakthrough, loose interpretation

Extras, if you have time:

Garden Path Sentences
http://www.fun-with-words.com/ambiguous_garden_path.html

Publicity vs. Advertising vs. Marketing

http://managementhelp.org/marketing/advertising/defined.htm

Creative Commons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

https://creativecommons.org/

Symbols

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_symbols

Class: 31^st October / 8^th November 2014

Unit 6B: But is it ethical?

Pages:  60 - 61

Grammar:

Comparatives

http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/degree-modifiers-comparatives-superlatives-2/

Position of adverbials

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv202.shtml

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm

http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-adverbs

Vocabulary: stealth, buzz, gush, hype, stunt, liable, to be taken in, jumbo, nude, Fair Trade, jingle, sweat shop, sweet dreams, plain clothes, plain, English, flat tyre, give/get a break, odd man out

Barnum effect

http://skepdic.com/barnum.html

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 31 ex.3; pg. 32

Extras, if you have time:

Coca Cola Commercial - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) - 1971

Funny Commercial Compilation

15 Funniest Commercials of All Time

TED TALK

Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man

http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man/transcript?language=en

Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything

http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything/transcript?language=en

Class: 24^th/25^th October

Unit 1A: A curious science

Pages:  57 - 59

Grammar: Formal and Informal Comparative Expressions

http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/wp-content/uploads/grammar/comparative_superlative/08.htm

Vocabulary: Slap on the back of the neck, (colleja), procrastinate, urban myth, hopscotch, brothel, hedge, grub, to put smtg, down to, to wind smo. up, to put smo. on the spot, haste, weigh (v.), weight (n.), to master

spanking (new)

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/spanking

Cheat vs. Deceive

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/164058/whats-the-difference-between-cheat-and-deceive

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 29 - 30

 

Extras if you have time:

TED Talks

Meaghan Ramsey: Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you

http://www.ted.com/talks/meaghan_ramsey_why_thinking_you_re_ugly_is_bad_for_you/transcript?language=en

Dan Gilbert: Why we make bad decisions

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness/transcript?language=en

Sheena Iyengar: The art of choosing

http://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing/transcript?language=en

Dan Ariely: Are we in control of our own decisions?

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions/transcript?language=en

Traditional X-mas song / carol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_%28song%29

12 Days of Christmas (This is the straightforward version which… you be the judge.)

Straight No Chaser - 12 Days (This is a great version but not the original. I’m including it because I love choirs.)

Class: 17^th/18^th October 2014

Unit 6A: A curious science

Pages: 56 - 57

Grammar: Formal and informal ways of comparing

http://www.ieltsbuddy.com/compare-and-contrast.html

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/comparing-and-contrasting/

Vocabulary: dead-end, high-powered, perk, witty, western, self-deprecating, grin, hearsay, taint, resign, promote, endanger, butt, slapstick, ATM, bait

To review definitions given in class and see further examples, click on the following link:

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: TED Talks

Sally Kohn: Don't like clickbait? Don't click

http://www.ted.com/talks/sally_kohn_don_t_like_clickbait_don_t_click/transcript?language=en

Extras if you have time:

The Best of Buster Keaton

Monty Python - The Funniest Joke In The World

One of my favourite comedians:

George Carlin - saving the planet subtitulos Español

Here is the link to the article about punctuation in EL PAÍS:

http://blogs.elpais.com/verne/2014/10/comas-errores-puntuacion.html