lunes, 16 de febrero de 2015

Class: 14^th / 21^st February 2015

Unit 9A: The price of happiness

Pages: 86 - 88

Grammar: Simple vs Continuous – verbs with different meaning

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/non-continuous-verbs

http://poligo.com/articles/grammar/verbs-different-meanings-when-they-are-states-and-actions

Vocabulary: offspring, mean, frugal, thrifty, generous, make ends meet, fast asleep, to fast, to fasten, to strive

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. Clicking on Images can be quite helpful.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 44 - 45

Extras, if you have time:

Ben Ambridge: 10 myths about psychology, debunked
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_ambridge_10_myths_about_psychology_debunked

Yanis Varoufakis’, Minister of Finance

http://yanisvaroufakis.eu/

Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis on Greek economic problems (20Feb12)

martes, 3 de febrero de 2015

REMEMBER: NO class on Saturday, 7^th February!!!!!!

Class: Additional Post for the Saturday group (31^stJan. 2015)

Grammar:

Reporting and Indirect Questions

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/questions2.htm

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_06_022e?cc=global&selLanguage=en

https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/sentences/indirect-questions/exercises

Vocabulary: blue movies, to feel blue, tabloids/sensationalist press, gossip magazines, solar panel, halogen light bulb, mist, to amortize, to feel appreciated, latchkey kid, eugenics, gene pool, survival of the fittest, to snoop

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. Clicking on Images can be quite helpful.

Darwin Awards

http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2014.html

Great Smog

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

Florence Nightingale - Biography

Abu Al Qasim Al Zahrawi-10t

The Sting - Trailer

viernes, 23 de enero de 2015

Class: 23^rd January / 14^th February 2015

Unit 8C: The pros and cons

Pages: 82 - 85

Grammar:

Wish / If only

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/wish-and-if-only

Idiomatic phrases

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/

http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html

Vocabulary: reassure, on leave, leave of absence, maternity leave, compassionate leave, sick leave, misogyny, harem, reciprocal

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. 40 ex. 3; pg. 41 – 43

Extras, if you have time:

Amy Webb: How I hacked online dating

https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating

Esther Perel: The secret to desire in a long-term relationship

https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship

domingo, 18 de enero de 2015

Class: 16^th / 31^st January 2015

Unit 8B: Fear!

Pages: 79 -82

Grammar:

Other grammar points

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget

Whoever, whenever, etc.

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ad_unit_page/unit10/grammar10/exercise1?cc=us&selLanguage=en

Vocabulary: hoax, beatify, device, devise

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: Composition – Eye for eye OR Turn the other cheek: both phrases come from the Bible but which do you think is best to follow? (180 – 220 words)

Extras, if you have time:

The following is in Italian (no subtitles either). Here, a class is being given on how to open a safe. Brilliant Italian post-war cinema.