Class: 17^th December

Unit 3A: Being confident

Pages: 26 – 27

Grammar: Pronunciation

http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-soundsipa.htm

http://www.stuff.co.uk/calcul_nd.htm

Vocabulary: masseuse (m.) masseur (f.), snicker, self-aware, self-conscious

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: Merry X-mas! My gift to you: NO HOMEWORK.

Extras, if you have time:

Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

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

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

Glee - Jingle Bell Rock (Lyrics)

Class: 15^th December

Review of the exam

Our last class before the X-mas holiday will be on the 17th of December. 

Grammar: 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

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

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

Class: 10^th December

Progress Test 1

Extras, if you have time:

Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food

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

Class: 3^rd December

Units 1 & 2: Review

Pages: 114 - 115

Grammar: Review - Cleft Sentences, Relative clauses with prepositions, Participle clauses, Adjective word order

All of whom, etc.

http://www.grammarbank.com/whose-of-which-of-whom.html

Vocabulary: Review – high-rise, winding, stunning

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. 57 -  59; and, review for the Progress Test

Extras, if you have time:

BBC News - Why people change the way they speak

Class: 1^st December

Unit 2C: Spoilt for choice

Pages: 24 – 25; 114

Grammar: Review

Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Time expressions
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/menu.php

Vocabulary: steeped in, septic tank, infinity pool

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. 84 ex. 1- 4

Extras, if you have time:

TED Talks

Kitra Cahana: A glimpse of life on the road

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

Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City

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

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

Class: 26^th November

Unit 2C: Spoilt for choice

Pages: 23, 24 - 25

Grammar: 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

Time conjunctions

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4103.php

While vs. Meanwhile

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv257.shtml

http://www.engvid.com/while-meanwhile/

Vocabulary: bliss, hustle and bustle, second to none, to wander, to dwell, to sear, strewn

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 a for and against essay about Tourism. (180 – 200 words)

Extras, if you have time:

Below I have included a blog about China of one of my colleagues. I hope you are curious.

http://blog.holachina.net/

Spain: Curbing Mass Tourism | European Journal

Spain Tourism

Class: 24^th   November 2014

Unit 2B: Memorable places

Pages: 20 - 22

Grammar: Adjective word order

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

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

Vocabulary: choppy, dinghy, gravel, lodge, tame, to pound, marble, scruffy, superbly

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. 75

Extras, if you have time:

Discovery Waterfront Cities of the World Venice 720p