Class: Friday, 26^th  /  Monday, 22^nd - Wednesday, 24^th February

Unit 4B/ 4C: Cities and technology / Making a splash

Pages: 42 - 45

Grammar: 

Future in the past

http://testyourenglish.org/test-64

http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-the-future-in-the-past/

http://www.unepd.info/Grammar2.htm

Vocabulary: bewilder(-ment), to strive, to pave, orchard, vegetable garden, sheer, to gather, to flourish, forerunner, token, hub, prop, tabloid

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. 21 – 22 (only Friday group – pg. 23)

Extras, if you have time:

Star Trek Original Series Intro (HQ)

The IT Crowd - Episode 1 - Season 1 – Helpdesk

Alan Turing - Celebrating the life of a genius

Class: Friday, 19^th  /  Monday, 15^th - Wednesday, 17^th February

Unit 4A/4B: Society and the media / Cities and technology

Pages: 38 - 41

Grammar: 

Grammar phrases referring to the future

http://www.grammaring.com/other-expressions-referring-to-future-time

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/future-other-expressions-to-talk-about-the-future

Vocabulary: user-generated, LP record, outset, hub, sheer, leap, token, forerunner, to bind, bound, straw, hay, (un-)bias(-ed), hillbilly, redneck, pedestrian,

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. 19 – 20

Extras, if you have time:

Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting

http://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_torturra_got_a_smartphone_start_broadcasting

Thomas Hellum: The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive

http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_hellum_the_world_s_most_boring_television_and_why_it_s_hilariously_addictive

Russell Howard's Good News - Series 9, Episode 1

Class: Friday, 12^th  /  Monday, 8^th - Wednesday, 10^th February

Unit 3C/4A: It’s the way you say it/ Society and the media

Pages: 33 - 37

Grammar: 

Vague language

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/vague-expressions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1210_how_to_converse/page17.shtml

Euphemisms

http://www.euphemismlist.com/

Adverbs

https://www.tesol-direct.com/guide-to-english-grammar/adverbs

Vocabulary: private class, clumsy, chill, play smtg. down, defamation, libel, sue, slander, shrink, broadcast, drill, debris, commitment, compromise, bribe

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. 18; AND, Composition – Follow the instructions in the Textbook, pg. 33, ex. 6 (The length should be similar to the one on the same page.)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.

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

George Carlin - Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners..................

Class: Friday, 22^nd /  Monday, 25^th - Wednesday, 27^th January

Unit 3B: A happy, healthy life

Pages: 30 - 32

Grammar: Inversion

http://fullspate.digitalcounterrevolution.co.uk/efl-advanced-grammar/

http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/verbs/inversion.html

http://usefulenglish.ru/miscellany/inversion

Vocabulary: steam, bug, immune, catch a cold, to sneeze, to cough, blow one’s nose, hazardous, gum disease, to widen, to giggle, to zip, perfume atomizer, treadmill, disconnect, to transmit, lung, to boost, hay fever, brew, seldom

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. 16 - 17

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Myriam Sidibe: The simple power of hand-washing

https://www.ted.com/talks/myriam_sidibe_the_simple_power_of_hand_washing/transcript?language=en

Class: Friday, 16^th  /  Monday, 18^th - Wednesday, 20^th January

Unit 3A: Being confident

Pages: 28 – 29

Grammar: Patterns with IT

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

http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Post-positive-Adjective.htm

Vocabulary: (to) wonder(ful), inwardly, to nag, (un)worth(while)/(y), to bear,

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. 15

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

John Wooden: The difference between winning and succeeding

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

Take a look at this article Mariu sent me before our next class.

http://www.chopra.com/ccl/5-ways-to-start-a-technology-diet?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=CCL%20Newsletter%20160119&utm_campaign=January

Class: Friday, 8^th / Monday, 11^th - Wednesday, 13^th January

Unit 3A: Being confident

Pages: 26 – 27; 29

Grammar: Patterns with IT

Vocabulary: work/class/team/ mate, self-aware, self-conscious, self-confident, traits, to face, loose ends, non-conformist, to spot, spotlight, stock market/broker, shares, to prosecute, trait, to wonder

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. 14

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

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

Newspaper article

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jan/11/is-having-no-social-life-as-bad-for-you-as-smoking

Remember: Progress Tests 1 on the 9^th and the 11^th December

Group: Monday, 30^th November; Wednesday, 2^nd December;

Friday, 4^th December

                      

Unit 2C: Spoilt for choice

Pages:  24 - 25

Grammar:

Please review by looking at previous blog posts.

Vocabulary: crummy, lousy, cheesy, hustle and bustle, dwell(er), stunning, courtyard, to sear, to bump into, strewn, snow-clad, wind(ing), to boast

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

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

OR simply look them up in Google.

For Synonyms and Antonyms:

http://www.thesaurus.com/

Homework: – Finish up any exercises you have not done. You have the Key.

Extras, if you have time

Below is the link to a blog about China of one of my colleagues. I hope you are curious.

http://blog.holachina.net/

The Silk Road and Ancient Trade: Crash Course World History #9