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English intro intensive june 2016
The document discusses an English intensive course that will take place from June to July 2016. It will include 13 lessons over 26 hours, covering topics like grammar, show and tell activities, online forum discussions, and homework assignments. Students are expected to actively participate in all lessons and coursework. A variety of resources are provided to support students' English language learning during the course.
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- 2. Towards the endof 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
- 3. Towards the endof 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
- 4. Towards the endof 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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- 7. ‘show and tell’ Thursday9 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
- 8. ‘show and tell’ Thursday9 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
- 9. ‘show and tell’ Thursday9 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 on Thursday 21 June
- 10. late arrivals andabsences the lesson starts at 16:00 sharp! arrival after 16:10 = late leaving before 17:45 = late 2 lates = 1 absence arrival after 16:30 = absence leaving before 17:30 = absence you can have 3 absences
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- 17. 3.3% % of unistudents in Italy
- 18. 3.3% this number means youare special
- 19. in these lessons Iexpect your approach to show this
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- 21. please bring yourintelligence and commitment to class
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- 23. intermediate is different it’sdifficult to make progress don’t drift!
- 24. intermediate is different it’sdifficult to make progress don’t drift!
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- 31. English as object of study Englishas means of communication
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- 38. grammar we decide thegrammar syllabus together
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- 41. in class ‘show andtell’ every lesson
- 42. ‘show and tell’ choosean object that has a special importance for you
- 43. ‘show and tell’ youwill tell the class about this object
- 44. ‘show and tell’ youwill have just 5 minutes
- 45. ‘show and tell’ tellthe story of how the object came into your life
- 46. ‘show and tell’ saywhy it’s special for you now
- 47. ‘show and tell’ Thursday9 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
- 48. ‘show and tell’ howto prepare for your ‘show and tell’
- 49. ‘show and tell’ researchspecial vocab
- 50. ‘show and tell’ researchspecial vocab including pronunciation!
- 51. ‘show and tell’ practicespeaking aloud
- 52. ‘show and tell’ practicespeaking aloud to find problem language and resolve it
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- 56. English Grammar inUse Units 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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- 58. The forum isyour space. Use it to post anything you find, interesting, curious or useful. You can ask for help and you can propose problems for discussion.
- 59. Remember that youcan learn a lot from your classmates - read their writing homework - try to answer their questions
- 60. resources for thiscourse
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- 66. but if youare a PhD student…
- 67. Username = Clacson code Password =surname (lowercase)
- 68. e.g. Username = 0765432 Password = dinicola (lowercase)
- 69. NB If you can’tlog in, you must inform me
- 70. NB If you can’tlog in, you must inform me immediately
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- 73. Buy, beg, borrow orsteal a copy of EGU
- 74. Buy, beg, borrow orsteal a copy of EGU OK not ‘steal’
- 75. 3rd or 4theditions are best, but you can use the 2nd edition there are also versions for iOS and Android
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- 78. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary(OALD) www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com
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- 81. Bi-lingual dictionaries but ifyou must…
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- 84. if you haveany problems about anything related to this course
- 85. write to meon Moodle@CLA
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