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English B1 intensive4 June – 19 July 201214 lessons; 28 hours
about me
I was born here
I grew up here
I went to university
here
I’ve lived in Rome for 19 years.
And I’ve taught English to a lot of people!
about you
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
DISCUSSION
What do you want from this course?
about learning English
intermediate is different
it’s difficult to make progress
don’t drift!
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
grammarwe’ll focus on the areas that give problems at this level
future tenses
present perfect
auxiliaryvs.
main verbs
how to translate“avrei fatto”
anything you want to propose
de-Italianisation
de-Italianisationmaking your English
more English
word order
collocation
pronunciationthe sounds of English
and the phonetic system
21 vowels and diphthongs
word stress
sentence stress
weak and strong
the phonetic system
the phonetic system
and how pronunciation and grammar work together
comprehension
comprehensiononce a week a video
comprehension exercise
pronunciation and comprehension lessons
will alternate
classwork
classworkopportunities for you
to speak English
in groups of 3-5
individual presentations
homework
homeworkat least equal to the time you
spend in class
homeworkat least
4 hours a week
homeworkat least
4 hours a week
grammar homeworkfrom English Grammar in Use
writing homeworkon CLACSON forum
comprehension homeworkkeep a diary
on CLACSON forum
e.g.
Pinko Pallino’s English Practice diary
TED – Julian Baggini: Is there a real you?http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you.htmlType: Video of presentationWhen: Monday 4 JuneHow long: 20 minutesHow difficult: 4/5Recommendation: 3/5Comments: I thought that …
BBC Learning English – How to politely refusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/englishatwork/2012/05/120529_english_at_work_16_story.shtmlType: Listening
resources for this course
all the links on the following pages can be found at:
https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrome/t:Roma3/
resources: I
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#
resources: II
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: III
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: IV
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)
NB this is a
new slide –
there is a 4th
edition!
CLACSON
CLACSON
http://webdev3.caspur.it/cla/
Username:CLA number
Password:surname
if you have any problems
about anything related to this course
you can write to me on CLACSON
or at
david@davidnicholson
www.davidnicholson.it