Language Snippets - Idiom: A Couch Potato

5ºA - Wednesday 31st January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Writing: Essays

- Assessment

- Review: listening

- Speaking: listening

Language Snippets - The Weather

5ºC - Tuesday 30 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: Modifiers

- Review: the weather

- Listening: Review (OED)


- Videos: The weather forecast




- Speaking: The weather

- Listening: The weather

- Video: How to prepare for an emergency


- Speaking: Natural Disasters

NA2 - Connectors: In spite of, despite, even though, although

Click on the following links to practise the use of connectors:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

- Activity 3

- Activity 4

5ºB - Tuesday 30 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Writing: Advantages and Disadvantages (Essay)

- Connectors: Despite, in spite of, though, although

- Listening: Review (OED)

- Vocabulary: The weather

- Videos: The weather forecast





Homework:

- Read the grammar on modifiers on page 172 and complete the activities

- Write an advantages-disadvantages essay using one of the suggestions from the Powerpoint

Language Snippets - Idioms (Nationalities)

Examples:

I don't drink wine usually but on holiday, well, when in Rome...
I don't love cotton candy, but we are at a carnival. When in Rome, right?
Everyone in my new office dresses casually. Should I address that way too? Jane: By all means. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

I don't want you to pay for my ticket. Let's go Dutch.
Is it still considered a date if you go Dutch?
We went Dutch on a cheap Chinese in Shaftesbury Avenue.
Many women are happy to go Dutch with a new boyfriend on the first date.

Come down to the bar and join us in drinking some Dutch courage!
It was Dutch courage that made the football fan attack the policeman.
It will take a bit of Dutch courage to make an after-dinner speech.

Can you make sense of these instructions? It's all Greek to me!!!
I don't understand this. It's all Greek to me.
She said it was Greek to her, and that it made no sense at all.
This contracts is written in such complicated language that it's all Greek to me.

The official story is that he's sick, but I think he's just taking French leave.
As the evening wore on, we decided to just take French leave and make our way home.
I think I might take French leave this afternoon and go to the cinema.

No one on the board of directors was willing to compromise their position on the issue, and with each of us having veto power, it looked like we were heading into a Mexican standoff.
I think the situation will be a bit of a Mexican standoff.

Language Snippets - Amount and Number

5ºA - Monday 29 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: Causative

- Speaking: Squatters

- Speaking: Monologues (Housing)

- Speaking/Vocabulary: Advantages and disadvantages of different types of homes

- Reading: Culture shock

- Listening: Culture shock

- Speaking: Culture shock

Video - Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in a City

Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in the City:

Language Snippets - Disagreement

5ºC - Thursday 25 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: Culture shock

- Dialogues: Housing

- Writing: Advantages and disadvantages (essay)

- Listening: Review

- Vocabulary: The weather


Homework:

- Read the grammar references on modifiers on pages 172 and 173 and do the exercises

- Write an advantages-disadvantages essay on one of the suggested topics.

Language Snippets - Do and Make

5ºB - Thursday 25 January 2018

Summary of the class:


- Grammar: The Causative

- Vocabulary: Advantages and Disadvantages of types of homes

- Dialogues: Housing and Accommodation


- Reading: Culture shock

- Listening: Culture shock


- Speaking: Culture shock

NA2 - Grammar: The Causative

Click on the links to do some practice:

- Worksheet 1

- Worksheet 2

- Worksheet 3

NA2. Vocabulary: Home Improvements

Click on the links below to do some vocabulary practice:

- Renovations

- Renovations 2

5ºA - Wednesday 24 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: Problems and complaints

- Speaking: DIY

- Vocabulary: home repairs

- Grammar: The Causative

- Video: The Money Pit




- Reading: Squatters

- Listening: Squatters


Homework: 

Complete the activities on the causative in the book

Write a dialogue about one of the situations in the book (complaints)

NA2. Reading:

Remember that the best way to acquire vocabulary and become familiar with natural English is by reading texts. Here are some texts you can work on:

- Empty Homes

- Homeless Shelter

- Relationships and housing

- Environmentally-friendly homes

- Student Houses: Problems

- Bad Tenants

- Homes

5ºC - Tuesday 23 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: The Causative

- Listening: Review

- Speaking: Monologues

- Powerpoint: Advantages and disadvantages of...


- Reading: Culture shock

- Listening: Culture shock


Homework: 

Write one of the monologues you have practised in class

NA2. Language Snippets - The Causative

5ºB - Tuesday 23 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: The Causative

- Video: The Money Pit




- Reading: Squatters

- Listening: Squatters

- Speaking: Squatters

- Speaking: monologues

Homework: 

Complete the activities on the causative in the book

Language Snippets - Housing

NA2 - Listening: Housing

Click on the links below to do some more listening about the topic:

- My Dream House

- His Dream House

- The Tiny House Movement

- Housing Complaints

- Home Repairs

- Apartment Problems

- Renting a Place of Your Own

- The Biltmore Estate

- The Room-Mates.   Audio

5ºA - Monday 22 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Review: Types of houses, furniture and areas

- Speaking, listening and vocabulary: My house

- Speaking: Renting a house

- Vocabulary: Problems with accommodation

- Listening: Problems with accommodation

- Speaking + listening: Complaints

Homework:

Study the language for complaints.

NA2. Language Snippets - Modals

5ºC - Thursday 18 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Review: housing

- Speaking: DIY

- Vocabulary: Home Improvement

- Grammar: The Causative + videos






- Reading: Squatters

- Listening: Squatters

- Speaking: Squatters

Homework: 

Complete the activities on the causative in the book

Language Snippets - Cleaning

Summary of the class:

- Review: Types of houses, furniture and areas

- Speaking, listening and vocabulary: My house

- Speaking: Renting a house

- Vocabulary: Problems with accommodation

- Listening: Problems with accommodation

- Speaking + listening: Complaints


- Vocabulary: Home Improvement

- Listening: Review

Homework:

Write a dialogue in which you complain about your accommodation

NA2. Language Snippets - Tired

5ºA - Wednesday 17 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Review: Accommodation 

- Speaking: Types of homes

- Vocabulary: Parts of the house

- Vocabulary: Collocations

- Vocabulary: Furniture and other items.

NA2. Language Snippets: The Bathroom

5ºC - Tuesay 16 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Review: Types of houses, furniture and areas

- Speaking, listening and vocabulary: My house

- Speaking: Renting a house

- Vocabulary: Problems with accommodation

- Listening: Problems with accommodation

- Speaking + listening: Complaints

NA2. Vocabulary: types of homes and part of the house

Watch the videos below to practise the vocabulary we learnt in class:

5ºB - Tuesday 16 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Review: Accommodation and types of house

- Speaking: Types of homes

- Vocabulary: Parts of the house

- Vocabulary: Collocations

- Vocabulary: Furniture and other items.

- Speaking and listening: My house

- Listening: Review

Language Snippets - Injuries

NA2 - Vocabulary: Accommodation

Watch the video below to practise the vocabulary on accommodation:

NA2. Listening: Accommodation

Click on the links below to practise listening:

- Hotel Reservations

- Making hotel reservations

- Backpackers

- Summer Camp

- Student Living

5ºA - Monday 15 January 201

Summary of the class:

- Review: Extreme sports and injuries

- Grammar: Modal verbs

- Grammar: Present Perfect

 - Vocabulary: Accommodation

- Vocabulary and speaking: Advantages and disadvantages (accommodation)

- Speaking: Accommodation


- Listening: Review

Language Snippets - The House

5ºC - Thursday 11 January 2018

Summary of the class:

- Review: Injuries and Accommodation

- Grammar: Modal Verbs

- Grammar: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

- Listening: Accommodation

- Speaking: Accommodation

- Vocabulary: Types of houses

- Vocabulary: Areas in the house

- Vocabulary: Furniture and items

- Listening: Review

NA2. Grammar: Present Perfect Simple and Continuous

Click on the following link to see the activities:

- Activities 1

- Activities 2

- Activities 3