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

Group: Friday, 27^th November 2015

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20  - 23

Grammar:

Participle clauses

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?06

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

http://www.grammarbank.com/participle-clauses.html

Apostrophe

http://www.scribendi.com/advice/using_apostrophes.en.html

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/take-apostrophe-quiz

Adjective word order

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/adjectiveorder/adjectiveorder.html

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjective-word-order

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/adjectives/order-of-adjectives/

Vocabulary: lush, scruffy, wooded, uplifting, clumsy

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: Workbook – pg. 11 - 12

Extras, if you have time:

Guide to Kerala and South India

Article and video

The importance of travel

http://www.davidmansaray.com/the-importance-of-travel

Group: Monday, 23^rd / Wednesday, 25^th November 2015

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20 - 23

Grammar:

Participle clauses

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/grammar-reference/participle-clauses

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

http://www.grammaring.com/participle-clauses

Adjective word order

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adj_order.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/adjorder.html

Apostrophe

http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/page2.html

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

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s.htm

Vocabulary: tuck into, (un)spoilt, lush, straw, to sip, to glide, lodge, gravel, choppy, gear, stark, scruffy, snug, subside

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 9 – 12

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country

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

Spain: Curbing Mass Tourism | European Journal

Group: Friday, 21^st November 2015

Unit 2A / 2B: Exceptional people / Memorable places

Pages: 18 - 21

Grammar:

Relative clauses with prepositions

http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/032_08.htm

http://stickyball.net/esl-grammar-worksheets.html?id=505

http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/preposition-placement-relative-clauses/

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

http://www.grammaring.com/prepositions-in-relative-clauses

List of verbs followed by prepositions

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/verb_preposition_collocations.html

Vocabulary: aftercare, to unnerve, outlet, nothing to write home about, hit home, to carve, tea, to pop, for the sake, to indulge

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Homework: Workbook – pg. 9 – 10; pg. 56 (ALL! Including composition)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talk

Wendy Chung: Autism — what we know (and what we don’t know yet)

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

Meet Your Master: Getting to Know Your Brain - Crash Course Psychology #4

I Left My Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett (Subtitled)

Group: Monday 16^th / Wednesday 18^th 2015

Unit 1C / 2A: Favourite Sayings / Exceptional people

Pages: 15 - 20

Grammar:

About which is to say:

http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18412/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-which-is-to-say

http://es.bab.la/diccionario/ingles-espanol/which-is-to-say

Relative clauses with prepositions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv286.shtml

http://www.grammaring.com/prepositions-in-relative-clauses

http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/preposition-placement-relative-clauses/

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/preps-placement.html

List of verbs followed by prepositions

http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/verb_preposition_collocations.html

Vocabulary: to bluff, to shroud, to conceal, to outgrow, to warp, feat, trade, storm off, musical score, aftercare, haemorrhage, moron, utterly, vividly

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

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

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

Saying and idioms

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/

Intensifying adverbs

http://quizlet.com/5903106/english-collocations-intensifying-adverb-adjectiveverb-flash-cards/

Homework: Workbook – pg. 8; pg. 57; pg. 54 -56 (ALL! Including composition)

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Arthur Benjamin: A performance of "Mathemagic"

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

Inside The Mind Of Jaxon Cota An 11-Year-Old Kid Genius | NBC Nightly News