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

Dear All,

I’m uploading two brief videos that were shown during a presentation on how to give CPR. They are both useful and funny. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Andres, thank you!

Class: 9^th/10^th May

Can-Do Objectives: Give a presentation

Grammar:

Measuring differences;

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/countable-and-uncountable-nouns-comparing-quantities

http://www.ingilizceci.net/GrammarMaryAns/Yeni%20Klas%F6r/gramch23.html

Subject- verb agreement;

(Excellent if you click on HINT which is the grammatical explanation.)

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/write/we/ch6/subjverbag.htm?AnswerFile=..%2Fqpserver%2F21a&rad1=a&rad2=a&rad3=a&rad4=b&rad5=b&rad6=b&rad7=a&rad8=a&rad9=a&rad10=a&rad11=a&rad12=b&rad13=a&rad14=a&rad15=b&mark=100

 Participle clauses;

 http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/participle-clauses.html

http://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/sentences/participle-clauses/exercises

Referencing and Substitution;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_(linguistics)

http://www.uefap.com/reading/underst/refer/refer.htm

http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/Cohesion/Clozes/RaSCloze.htm

Cleft sentences

http://web.educastur.princast.es/eoi/eoimiere/myweb/blog/wp-content/uploads/cleft_sentences.pdf

http://www.scribd.com/doc/12881488/Cleft-Sentences-Exercises

Vocabulary: bound to, foregone conclusion, shadow of a doubt

Homework: I will NOT accept any late composition after the 24^th of May so hurry up and do them. To review for the exam, besides taking a look at the links I’ve posted above, I recommend that you review the Workbook exercises. 

Presentations: Thank you to Resu, Andres, Carmina, Maria S., Patricia, Hector, Fran, Carlos, and Roberto R. I really enjoyed listening to you and I have learned many new things.

Something funny after all the reviewing:

Monty Python- The Funniest Joke in the World