Class: 28^th February 2014

Unit 7: Science and Research

Can-Do Objectives: 

              Discuss the uses and abuses of statistics

              Talk about what different kinds of science entail

Pages: 51 -53

Grammar: Review passives; Word formation

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/p3pt5a.htm

http://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/word-formation-sentences1.htm

http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/FCEUsePart3.htm#Introduction_

Vocabulary: paramount, breed (n.), to underpin, forecast, endeavour, to take with a grain of salt, etiquette, to mate, to tighten, stunt (v.), stunt (n.)

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

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

OR simply look them up in Google.

HW: Do the worksheet I e-mailed you!

Also: Here is a TED Talk I enjoyed about science.

Beau Lotto + Amy O'Toole: Science is for everyone, kids included

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

Class: 21^st February

Unit 7: Science and Research

Can-Do Objectives: 

     Explain and discuss news stories about science

     Express surprise and disbelief

     Discuss the uses and abuses of statistics

     Explain and discuss news stories about science

Pages: 48 - 51

Grammar: Passives

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

Vocabulary: slippery slope, wedge, see-through, performance-enhancing, How on earth…, onslaught, fuzzy, beyond me, dubious, to scam, make a buck, feasible, reckon, deploy, to stack, to bombard, to assess

HW: Workbook - pg. 40, 41, 42 (Reading)

Also: Below is the TED Talk I mentioned in class. It is included on a list of talks about data. You might enjoy watching any of the other ones.

Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science

http://www.ted.com/playlists/130/the_dark_side_of_data.html

THE DARK SIDE OF DATA (11 TALKS)

Class: 14^th February

Unit 6: Conflict

Can-Do Objectives: Discuss war and social conflict

                                 Talk about peace and justice

Pages: 46 - 47

Grammar: Revision

Vocabulary: to heal, to wound, to bruise, to appall, take its toll, to stoke, to bear, mercy

HW: Workbook – pg. 37 ex E; Grammar Reference pg. 140 - 141

Also: The following is a TED Talk that addresses the issues we have been discussing in class.

Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global good

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

Class: 7^th February

Unit 6: Conflict

Can-Do Objectives: Discuss war and social conflict

                                 Talk about peace and justice

Pages: 44 - 45

Grammar: I wish… 

Vocabulary: row, siblings, behalf, out do, to harass, armory, overturn, to rage, hideous, eyesore, reprisals

HW: Workbook – pg. 36, 37 (NOT ex E.), 38 Reading (Text on pg. 39)

Also: As I was searching for talks that might be relevant to our current topic, I found this list of 8 TED Talks on peace. I encourage you to at least watch the first one but do try to find the time to listen to the remaining 7. Knowing English (the lingua franca of our time) should not be merely a skill we include on our CV but the key to opening the door to the possibility of sharing.

John Hunter: Teaching with the World Peace Game

http://www.ted.com/playlists/22/the_road_to_peace.html

I’m including this other TED Talk because it deals with another type of conflict which might, unfortunately, be much closer to home. 

Esta Soler: How we turned the tide on domestic violence (Hint: the Polaroid helped)

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