Class: Monday, 25^th February 2013

Unit 9: Work

Can-Do Objectives: Discuss work place conditions

                              Signal that you are making deductions

                              Talk about the nature of work

Pages: 65 and 66

Grammar: Continuous forms and adverbs

Vocabulary: eager, to be in the same boat, to sort out, a bunch, to hang around, to be down to earth, to pull someone’s leg, to rush someone of their feet, to stick to something, to happen to do something, to show the ropes, to, dump, lot (n.) ominous, apprentice, to spot, to jam, intern, fairly, utterly, mind-numbingly, mildly, fiercely, blissfully

Homework:

Course book pg. 144 ex 1 and 2; pg. 66 – Vocabulary; pg. 67 - Reading

Stuff: 

Have you ever taken a test to determine which might be your best career path? 

I took these the other day.

Cute but ridiculous results

http://www.allthetests.com/quiz22/quiz/1177522087/Whats-your-perfect-job

Quite accurate

http://www.whatcareerisrightforme.com/

Class: Wednesday, 20^th February 2013

Unit 9: Work

Can-Do Objectives: Describe what people do at work

                              Discuss terms and conditions of employment

Pages: 64

Grammar: Continuous forms

Vocabulary: to troubleshoot, to place, to oversee, to input, to process, to liaise, to network, to come up with, to draw up, to schedule, TLC, slave driver

Homework: Workbook pg. 45 ex. D

Useful stuff

Since the unit we are going to be working on for the next two weeks is titled WORK, I thought you might find useful, in more ways than one, the following link. I also encourage you to look at the rest of this wonderful site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/getthatjob/ 

Interesting stuff:

A colleague told me about a very interesting and very useful site for you as English language learners. The site is www.ted.com. Here you will find talks on many different subjects but what is even more interesting for you is the fact that you can see the transcript by clicking on Show transcript.

Since the last unit we’ve worked on is about science, I’ve included the link to a talk by a science high school teacher. I hope you enjoy it.

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

Class: Monday, 18^th February 2013

Unit 7: Science and Research

Can-Do Objectives: Talk about what different kinds of science entail

Pages: 52 and 53

Grammar: Forming verbs, nouns, adjectives

Vocabulary: to hunch over, to mutter, to scribble, geeky, drought, damn, a breed, to glue, mundane, paramount, to assess, to forecast, to underpin, endeavour, to mate

Homework: Workbook pg. 43, 44, 45 (Do not do ex. D – Writing)

Class: Wednesday, 13^th February 2013

Unit 7: Science and Research

Can-Do Objectives: Discuss the uses and abuses of statistics

 Explain and discuss news stories about science

Pages: 50 and 51

Grammar: Passives

Vocabulary: onslaught, fuzzy, random, to rear, to bond, to dump, to tighten, to plunge, to leap, tailback, toddler

Homework: Course book pg. 142 ex, 1 & 2; pg. 53 Vocabulary ex. A; Workbook pg. 40, 41, 42 (Reading)

Class: Monday, 11^th February 2013

Unit 7: Science and Research

Can-Do Objectives: Explain and discuss news stories about science

                               Express surprise and disbelief

Pages: 48 and 49

Grammar: Subject – verb agreement

Vocabulary: underlying, slip, slippery slope, device, devise, wedge, see-through, to back, performance-enhancing, How on earth…

Homework: Course book pg. 50 Vocabulary and Reading; Rewrite Written Project.

Remember: Look for science news similar to the ones mentioned in class (Carbonated drinks could damage fetuses).