English intensive4 February–7 March 201314 lessons; 28 hours

English intensive4 February–7 March 201314 lessons; 28 hours

of which 5 lessons and

10 hours with me

about me

I was born here

I grew up here

I went to university

here

I’ve lived in Rome for 20 years.

And I’ve taught English to a lot of people!

about you

introduce yourself to the class

name…

where from…

studying…

how long…

DISCUSSION

What do you want from this course?

your approach

60,851,000

60,851,000

population of Italy

2,014,000

2,014,000students in higher

education

3.31%

3.31%

% of uni students in Italy

3.31%

this number means you are

the elite

in these lessonsI expect your approach

to show this

in other words

please bring your intelligence and commitment to class

about learning English

intermediate is different

it’s difficult to make progress

don’t drift!

intermediate is different

it’s difficult to make progress

don’t drift!

progress

time

Can you describe this

graph?

progress

time

the intermediate plateau

English as object of study

English as means of communication

vocab:1,000-3,000words

vocab:15,000+words

grammar:past, present, future

grammaras asystem

foreign language as alien

foreign language as culture

what can you do to get pastthe intermediate plateau

?

about this course

components:

grammar

grammarfocus on grammar themes that

touch several areas

questions

word order

auxiliaryvs.

main verbs

These are all areas that create problems for students who translate literally from Italian.

Learn these points and your English will become‘more English’!

pronunciation

pronunciationsounds of English

that create problems

classwork

classworkopportunities for you

to speak English

in pairs orgroups of 3-4

group presentations

group presentationspart of your

final assessment

each groupprepares a presentation

homework

homeworkat least equal to the time you

spend in class

homeworkat least

6 hours a week

homeworkat least

6 hours a week

at least 2 hours a weekfor my lessons

divide this between:

- grammar- preparing your presentation- practice activities- anything else you want to do

grammar homeworkfrom English Grammar in Use

share homework problems on CLACSON forum

resources for this course

all the links on the following pages can be found at:

https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrome/t:Roma3/

resources: I

grammar book

buy, beg, borrow or steal …

English Grammar in Use

buy, beg, borrow or steal …

English Grammar in Use

OK not ‘steal’

intermediate 4th edition with answers

(CD-ROM optional)

intermediate 4th edition with answers

(CD-ROM optional)

NB don’t buy

the iOS

version: it

isn’t the same

resources: II

CLACSON

CLACSON

http://webdev3.caspur.it/cla/

Username:CLA number

Password:surname

resources: III

dictionaries

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD)

www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com

Bi-lingual dictionaries

don’t use them!

Bi-lingual dictionaries

but if you must…

WordReference

http://www.wordreference.com/

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

www.lixiaolai.com/ocd/index.html

resources: IV

phonetics

UCL phonetic games

word to vowel symbol

symbol to words

sound to spelling/symbol

my phonetic symbols page

http://www.davidnicholson.it/tools_n_terms/ipa_symbols_basic.html

resources: V

where to get your practice

iTunes U

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u

TED(Technology, Entertainment, Design)

www.ted.com

The BBC

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml

my Paper.li

http://paper.li/f-1337027006#

if you have any problems

about anything related to this course

you can write to me on CLACSON

or at

david@davidnicholson.it

www.davidnicholson.it