English intro intensive june 2016

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Towards the end of poverty

IN HIS inaugural address in 1949 Harry Truman said that “more than half the people in the world is living in condition approaching misery. For the first time in history, humanity possess the knowledges and skill to relieved the suffering of that people.” It has took much longer than Truman hopes, but the world is lately been making extraordinary progress in lifting people out of extremes poverty. Between 1990 and 2010, there number felt by half as a shares of the total population in developing country, from 43% to 21%—a reductions of almost 1 billion people.

Now the world have a serious chances to redeem Truman’s pledge to lift the least fortunates. Of the 7 billion people alive on the planet, 1.1 billion subsists below the internationally accepted extreme-poverty line of $1.25 a days...

The Economist – 1st June 2013

find 20 errors

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Towards the end of poverty

IN HIS inaugural address in 1949 Harry Truman said that “more than half the people in the world is living in condition approaching misery. For the first time in history, humanity possess the knowledges and skill to relieved the suffering of that people.” It has took much longer than Truman hopes, but the world is lately been making extraordinary progress in lifting people out of extremes poverty. Between 1990 and 2010, there number felt by half as a shares of the total population in developing country, from 43% to 21%—a reductions of almost 1 billion people.

Now the world have a serious chances to redeem Truman’s pledge to lift the least fortunates. Of the 7 billion people alive on the planet, 1.1 billion subsists below the internationally accepted extreme-poverty line of $1.25 a days...

The Economist – 1st June 2013

find 20 errors

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Towards the end of poverty

IN HIS inaugural address in 1949 Harry Truman said that “more than half the people in the world are living in conditions approaching misery. For the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowledge and skill to relieve the suffering of those people.” It has taken much longer than Truman hoped, but the world has lately been making extraordinary progress in lifting people out of extreme poverty. Between 1990 and 2010, their number fell by half as a share of the total population in developing countries, from 43% to 21%—a reduction of almost 1 billion people.

Now the world has a serious chance to redeem Truman’s pledge to lift the least fortunate. Of the 7 billion people alive on the planet, 1.1 billion subsist below the internationally accepted extreme-poverty line of $1.25 a day...The Economist – 1st June 2013

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English intensiveJune-July 2016

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13 lessons26 hours

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‘show and tell’

Thursday 9 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 13 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 16 June 15:00-17:00

Monday 20 June 16:00-18:00

Tuesday 21 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 23 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 27 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 30 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 4 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 7 July 16:00-18:00

Monday 11 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 14 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

Monday 18 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

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‘show and tell’

Thursday 9 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 13 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 16 June 15:00-17:00

Monday 20 June 16:00-18:00

Tuesday 21 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 23 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 27 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 30 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 4 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 7 July 16:00-18:00

Monday 11 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 14 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

Monday 18 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

on Thursday 16 June the lesson starts at 17:00

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‘show and tell’

Thursday 9 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 13 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 16 June 15:00-17:00

Monday 20 June 16:00-18:00

Tuesday 21 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 23 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 27 June 16:00-18:00

Thursday 30 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 4 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 7 July 16:00-18:00

Monday 11 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 14 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

Monday 18 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

extra lesson onThursday 21 June

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late arrivals and absences

the lesson starts at 16:00 sharp!arrival after 16:10 = late

leaving before 17:45 = late2 lates = 1 absence

arrival after 16:30 = absenceleaving before 17:30 = absence

you can have 3 absences

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your approach

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60,924,000

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60,924,000

population of Italy

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2,014,000

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2,014,000students in higher

education

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3.3%

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3.3%

% of uni students in Italy

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3.3%

this number means you are

special

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in these lessonsI expect your approach

to show this

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in other words

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please bring your intelligence and commitment to class

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about learning English

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intermediate is different

it’s difficult to make progressdon’t drift!

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intermediate is different

it’s difficult to make progressdon’t drift!

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‘drift’

?

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Can you describe this graph?

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progress

time

the intermediate plateau

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English as object of study

English as means of communication

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vocab:1,000-3,000words

vocab:15,000+words

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grammar:past, present, future

grammaras asystem

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foreign language as alien

foreign language as culture

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what can you do to get pastthe intermediate plateau

?

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about this course

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grammar

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grammarwe decide the grammar syllabus

together

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some ideas…

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in class

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in class‘show and tell’every lesson

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‘show and tell’

choose an object that has a special importance for you

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‘show and tell’

you will tell the classabout this object

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‘show and tell’

you will havejust 5 minutes

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‘show and tell’

tell the story of how the object came into your life

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‘show and tell’

say whyit’s special for you now

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‘show and tell’

Thursday 9 June 16:00-18:00

Monday 13 June 16:00-18:00 S1 - S2

Thursday 16 June 15:00-17:00 S3 – S4

Monday 20 June 16:00-18:00 S5 – S6

Tuesday 21 June 16:00-18:00 S7 – S8

Thursday 23 June 16:00-18:00 S9 – S10

Monday 27 June 16:00-18:00 S11 – S12

Thursday 30 June 16:00-18:00 S13 – S14

Monday 4 July 16:00-18:00 S15 – S16

Thursday 7 July 16:00-18:00 S17 – S18

Monday 11 July 16:00-18:00

Thursday 14 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

Monday 18 July 16:00-18:00 Class Presentations

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‘show and tell’

how to prepare for your‘show and tell’

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‘show and tell’

research special vocab

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‘show and tell’

research special vocabincluding pronunciation!

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‘show and tell’

practice speaking aloud

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‘show and tell’

practice speaking aloudto find problem language

and resolve it

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on the forum

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1. lesson summaries

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2. grammar homework

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English Grammar in UseUnits 15-16-----------I’ve done the exercises. It took me 20 minutes.I understood everything except 2.4 – why is “….” not right?

example post

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3. your space!

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The forum is your space.Use it to post anything you find, interesting, curious or useful. You can ask for help and you can propose problems for discussion.

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Remember that you can learn a lot from your classmates

- read their writing homework- try to answer their questions

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resources for this course

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resources: I

CLACSON

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Moodle@CLA

http://clacson2.uniroma3.it

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your login for:Portale Studente Roma Tre

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but if you are a PhD student…

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Username= Clacson codePassword= surname (lowercase)

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e.g.Username= 0765432Password= di nicola(lowercase)

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NBIf you can’t log in,

you must inform me

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NBIf you can’t log in,

you must inform me

immediately

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English Grammar in Use

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Buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy of EGU

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Buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy of EGU

OK not ‘steal’

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3rd or 4th editions are best, but you can use the 2nd edition

there are also versions for iOS and Android

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Use EGU for grammar homework

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resources: II

dictionaries

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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD)

www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com

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Bi-lingual dictionaries

don’t use them!

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Bi-lingual dictionaries

but if you must…

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WordReference

http://www.wordreference.com/

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if you have any problems about anything related to this course

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write to me onMoodle@CLA

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www.davidnicholson.it