See you on the 8th of April. Happy Easter!

Class: 23^rd / 25^th March 2015

Unit 5A: Behind the glamour

Pages: 48 - 50

Grammar: Reflexive pronouns

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/pronouns/reflexive-pronouns

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-reflexive.htm

http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Reflexive_Pronouns.htm

Vocabulary: drudgery, deftly, to drain, to spot, tap, faucet, crew, exert, tightrope, limb, peer, to juggle, to screw up, to be up to no good

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. 24 - 25

Extras, if you have time:

Actors Studio

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

Inside The Actors Studio - Colin Firth (2011)

Terry and Edie's scene in On the Waterfront

Class: 16^th / 18^th March

Unit 5A: Behind the glamour

Pages: 46 - 47

Grammar:

About Prefixes and suffixes

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/build/building.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/cig/grammar-style/attaching-prefixes-suffixes-bits-pieces.html

Vocabulary: purchasing power, semi-

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 – Give your opinion on whether Spanish public television offers enough ‘cultural’ programmes. (180 – 200 words)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Brian Dettmer: Old books reborn as art

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

Top 10 Notes: Fahrenheit 451

REMEMBER: Progress Test 2 (Units 3 & 4) on 11^th March!!!!

Class: 2^nd / 4^th March 2015

Unit 4C: Making a splash

Pages: 43 - 45

Grammar: 

Punctuation (Capital letters and full stop)

https://www.englishclub.com/writing/punctuation-full-stop-period.htm

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

Connecting words - contrast

http://www.englishgrammar.org/sentence-connectors-showing-contrast/

Vocabulary: splash, sober, de-stress, investigative, sensationalistic, current event, to dwell on smtg., dwell(ing)/(er), readership, appeal, subtle, blatant, bullet point, brash, wallop, core, swoop, to whop, whopper, wallop

Usability

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

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. 23

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong

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

Class: 23^rd / 25^th February 2015

Unit 4B: Cities and Technology

Pages: 42

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

Promise syntax

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/promise_1

Vocabulary: odd ball, arch-, tainted, tiresome, to probe, to strive, messy, to pave, beam

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 ex3; pg. 22

Extras, if you have time:

 

Star Trek Original Series Intro (HQ)

Hans Mark: Origin Story of Carl Sagan's Plaque on Pioneer 10

Nick Kamen - I Promised Myself Full HD

Class: 16^th / 18^th February 2015

Unit 4B: Cities and technology

Pages: 38 - 42

Grammar: Future in the past

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/futureinpast.html

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ui_unit_page/unit9/grammar/exercise2?cc=us&selLanguage=en

Vocabulary: spare bedroom/tyre/change, to spare smo.’s life, gory, to axe, to poke, contest, cliché, foraging, forerunner, to wander, upping sticks, sheer, hub, raw materials, waste disposal, standard of living

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: On Monday, we will be having a visitor from the United States. Please e-mail me a question you would like to ask this person. Also, Workbook – pg. 21 ex 1 & 2

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks 

Robin Nagle: What I discovered in New York City trash

http://www.ted.com/talks/robin_nagle_what_i_discovered_in_new_york_city_trash.html

Jeff Speck: The walkable city

http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city.html

Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities

http://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_steel_how_food_shapes_our_cities.html

Inspirational: Young woman lives zero waste life in NYC

Article in El País about toilets in India

http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/16/planeta_futuro/1424084297_702325.html

Class:  9^th / 11^th November

Unit 4A: Society and media

Pages: 36 - 38

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: (to become a) widow(er), drill (n.), lozenge, dodge, dodgy, avert, debris

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 - Write an e-mail following the instructions in the Course book pg. 33 ex 6 & 7

Extras, if you have time:

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

http://www.ted.com/playlists/26/our_digital_lives

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

REMEMBER: We have NO class next week (2^nd & 4^th February). We will have regular class on Monday 9^th.

Class: 26^th / 28^th January 2015

Unit 3C: It’s the way you say it

Pages: 34 - 35

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: to grab, to grip, to get a grip on, on the tough side, well-done, medium rare, rare, to come round

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

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.

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

Joe Madiath: Better toilets, better life

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

A Fish Called Wanda...Apologize

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