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Peter Heymans

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Word Cards: Unit 1

Don’t show the card to the other people in your group

Try to explain the word, but don’t mention the word

If you don’t know the word, give your paper to someone else in your group

When people have guessed it, give the next paper to someone else

Word Cards: Unit 1

Perks A party animal Self-esteem

Deliberate Startling To pull your weight

A go-getter To get the sack To be stuck in a rut

The rat race Heir Stage fright

A delegate Anxiety Off the hook

Presentations

Presentations

Important dates

22/10/2014: Listening test

26/10/2014-2/11/2014: Autumn break

5/11/2014: Listening report

3/12/2014: Listening test

21/12/2014-4/1/2015: Christmas holiday

3/6/2015: Final class

Required Work: Listening Report

On the blog (see Portfolio) you will find three kinds of listening reports

1) informative: a news show or documentary2) narrative: a film or play3) persuasive : 4 commercials

Watch or listen to a programme, then fill in the appropriate report.

You have to complete one of the listening reports by the first week of November

Please type your answers, print out the document and hand it in in class.

If you want to hand in additional listening reports of a different type (informative, narrative, persuasive) in the course of the semester, you’re welcome to do so.

Online workbook

Finish Unit 1 (but not 1.20 and 1.21)

Deadline: 22/10/2014

Unit 2Misunderstandings

Homework p 132

Past simple and past perfect simple

1. realised; had lost2. had decided; was3. texted; had got4. loved; had never seen5. had promised; was6. told; had found

Irregular verbs

1. Learn – learnt/learned – learnt/learned2. Throw – threw – thrown3. Fly – flew – flown4. Freeze – froze – frozen5. Hide – hid – hidden6. Ride – rode – ridden7. Shine – shone – shone8. Stick – stuck – stuck9. Deal – dealt – dealt10.Rise – rose – risen

Listening test

Sen no Rikyu

ReluctantlyNot willing to do something

A warlordA military leader who controls a particular area of a country.

Japanese tea ceremonyIt’s a slow, peaceful ceremony for the preparation, serving and drinking of tea. The ceremony is done step by step, using special objects and movements, and has a long history. A tea master is an expert in this ceremony and can be head of a style or school of tea ceremony.

Sen no Rikyu

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1. Hideyoshi2. Rikyu3. Rikyu4. Hideyoshi5. Hideyoshi

Sen no Rikyu

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Past progressive and past perfect progressive

Present progressive

To be + verb – ing

I am teaching English.

Past progressive

Past simple of to be + verb – ing

I was teaching English.

Past perfect progressive

Past perfect of to be + verb-ing

I had been teaching English.

Past progressive and past perfect progressive

Past progressive: an activity in progress at a point in the past

More info: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastcontinuous.html

Past progressive and past perfect progressive

Past perfect progressive: a period of activity before a point in the past

More info: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfectcontinuous.html

Past progressive and past perfect progressive

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1. was preparing2. Gave3. was leaving4. had been living5. had been travelling6. Reached7. was shining8. Recognised

Homework: p 133, Practice

Significant Stories

Choose a story from your country (a fairy tale, an old legend, a historical anecdote, a disaster, a crime, a political intrigue...)

Write down some keywords, so you’ll know what to say

Tell your story to each other (ask questions)

Pay attention to tenses

Target Activity: Make a complaint

I'm sorry to have to say this but...

I'm sorry to bother you, but...

Maybe you forgot to...

I think you might have forgotten to...

Excuse me if I'm out of line, but...

There may have been a misunderstanding about...

Don't get me wrong, but I think we should...

I apologize for...

I must apologize for...

I'd like to apologize for...

I am so sorry for...

I shouldn't have...

Excuse me for ...

I'm terribly sorry for...

Please, accept my apologies for...