martedì 31 marzo 2020

Second Year Homework, class 2 A, for our Google Meet lesson on Thursday 2 April


No lessons at the Marco Polo building for the moment. So here is the work to do at home to be ready for Thursday

English File Student's Book, using your book, online materials, a dictionary and friends from the class via Skype or Messenger video link or by phone for the oral parts.

Preparation for Thursday's lesson, see blog for colour coding.
Unit 9 B
Page 90, Don't do Exercise 4, Listening and Speaking, you will do this with me in class on Thursday
Page 91, Dont do Exercise 5, Grammar, you will do this with me in class on Thursday
Dont do Exercise 6, Writing, you will do this with me in class on Thursday
Do pages 12-13, all exercises by downloading the listening and video material
General homework
Grammar
English File grammar, unit 9A page 148, if not done in class
See English Grammar in Use (third edition), units 64 and 113, then Clauses of Contrast and Purpose
page 87, unit 9A, Exercise 5, Mini Grammar, whatever, whenever, more practice
English File, grammar unit 9 page 149, Uncountable and Plural nouns
See English Grammar in Use (third edition), units 69, 70, 71

Writing: page 118, Expressing Your opinion, sections a-f if not already done with me. Then an essay using one of the titles in section c, or one of these:
Having to spend more time at home with your family or with your flatmates because of Coronavirus is not all bad.
Or
Getting married young is a mistake.

Gap-fill texts and link to Transformation exercises on Classroom, Lavori del Corso

Towards B2 Level, whatever seems useful
Revision and Extension, the pages at the end with transformation sentences.

Workbook pages 221-226

The book that you are reading in English, pages, 231-240

Michael Vince, New First Certificate Language Practice with Key, (Macmillan) 2014 or earlier edition – to finish and revise.

So the next real-time video conference lesson is in our class time at 11.00 on Thursday. You have to go to Google Meet in your Google options, clicking on the square icon with 9 points on the top right of the homepage for your institutional mail. The group will be called: 'lettorato2young' but I'll put the link on your Classroom Stream at 10.45.
You need to deactivate your microphone at least at the start, otherwise, it will be difficult to hear. Then I'll ask someone to speak and they have to activate the microphone. You can write to me and the other students in Chat at the top on the right.
Have your book and any other materials you need ready.

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Les Misérables 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdcS0Nbo7Ng
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lunedì 30 marzo 2020

First Year, Lettorato I, class 1E, homework and preparation for our Google Meet lesson on Thursday 2 April


No lessons at the Marco Polo building for the moment. So here is the work to do at home to be ready for Thursday.

English File B1/B1+ Student's Book, using your book, online materials, a dictionary and friends from the class via Skype or Messenger video link or by phone for the oral parts.

Preparation to do for Thursday's lesson.
Page 92, Do Exercise 3, Grammar, sections a-c, including page 149, if not done with me in class.
Do Exercise 4, Pronunciation and check from online materials
page 92-3, Do Exercise 5, sections a-f, to check with me on Thursday
don't do Exercise 6, Writing, you will do this with me on Thursday.
Start doing pages 94-95, all Exercises 1-3, using your book, online materials and maybe with a classmate by phone or by video link to make it more interesting

Writing task, page 122, Exercise 9, sections a-c if not done with me in class, then section d, write an email of complaint, also using the formal language in the A formal email box on page 121. Don't be aggressive! Be polite!
to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me
Old Writing task
Read these instructions carefully. First check the Vocabulary on page 162 (Houses),
Then do page120, Exercise 6, Describing a house or flat, sections a-c
Then section d, write an essay, 180-200 words, but don't describe your ideal house, don't use expressions like 'it's perfectly situated', instead, write an honest description of a real house or flat – the flat you are renting, or your family home in Rome or in your hometown or at the sea or in the mountains. Make sure you explain its location clearly and include good aspects and the bad aspects too.
Or if you prefer, you could imagine you are sharing a flat in Rome and that one of your flatmates is leaving soon. Write an advertisement to put on a university noticeboard to try and find a new flatmate. Include information about the rent, bills, the other flatmates, any rules or preferences and contact details. This was in the exam one year!
to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email
Also Writing, page 121, a cover email for a job application
to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me by email
Grammar
Revise English File Grammar, unit 9A, page 148
Third Conditional
English Grammar in Use, units 40, 41 (in my third edition copy), compare with 1st and 2nd Condtional, units 25, 38, 39
Revise English File Grammar, unit 9B, page 149 (if not done in class)
Quantifiers
English Grammar in Use units 86, 87, 88, 89
also:
English File Workbook, pages 231-233Your book to read and take vocabulary notes on, pages 231-240
English Grammar in Use, units 141-145, Additional exercises, pages 302-5Extra 1, all the cloze (gap-fill) exercises, pages 18-40 to do before May. The answers are at the end of the dispensa. Some of these are also available here:
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/cel/christopher-young
by clicking on 'allegati'
and I will gradually put them on 'Lavori di corso' on this site.

So the next real-time video conference lesson is in our class time at 9.00 on Thursday. You have to go to Google Meet in your Google options, clicking on the square icon with 9 points on the top right of the homepage of your institutional mail. The group will be called: 'lettorato1young' but I'll put the link on your Classroom Stream at 8.45.
You need to deactivate your microphone at least at the start, otherwise, it will be difficult to hear. Then I'll ask someone to speak and they have to activate the microphone. You can write to me and the other students in Chat at the top on the right. Activate your video link, so I can see you.
Have your book and Extra 1 ready.


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domenica 29 marzo 2020

Some old films inEnglish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_EgFD-wz-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMf_MbHLhI

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giovedì 26 marzo 2020

Other English File B2 material



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Second Year - Very Important News!

Here is all the Audio (Listening) for your English File B2 Student's Book, Audio for the Workbook, Video for Colloquial English and Video Short Films.
https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/upperint3/download?cc=it&selLanguage=it
You need to open each section and download the files
You have to thank Oxford University Press for making all this available!
Then you go back to the start of the book and do all the parts that we didn't do, or repeat the parts that we did!!
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Second Year Homework, class 2 A, for our Google Meet lesson on Tuesday 31 March


No lessons at the Marco Polo building for the moment. So here is the work to do at home to be ready for Tuesday

English File Student's Book, using your book, online materials, a dictionary and friends from the class via Skype or Messenger video link or by phone for the oral parts.

Preparation for Tuesday's lesson, see blog for colour coding.
Unit 9A, Page 86, Do Exercise 4, Reading and Listening, only section a-b and be ready to tell me the story, you will do sections c-f with me on Tuesday.
Page 87, Do Exercise 5, check this with me on Tuesday.
Exercise 6, Do Vocabulary, sections a-c, including page 162, already done in class.
Exercise 7, Do Pronunciation and Speaking, sections a-d, with a classmate via a video link or by phone, section b, check this with me on Tuesday.
Unit 9B, Page 88, Do Exercise 1, Reading and Speaking, sections a-d, section e, with a classmate by video link or by phone
Page 89, Don't do Exercise 2, Vocabulary, sections a-b, you will do this with me in class on Tuesday
Dont do Exercise 3, Pronunciation and Speaking, sections a-c, you will do this with me in class on Tuesday
General homework
Grammar
English File grammar, unit 8B page 147, if not done with me
Reporting Verbs
See English Grammar in Use, units 47-48 and 50 (third edition), then
English File grammar, unit 9A page 148
Clauses of Contrast and Purpose
page 87, unit 9A, Exercise 5, Mini Grammar, whatever, whenever, more practice

Writing: page 118, Expressing Your Opinion, sections a-f if not already done with me. Then an essay using one of the titles in section c, or one of these:
Having to spend more time at home with your family or with your flatmates because of Coronavirus is not all bad.
Or
Getting married young is a mistake.

Gap-fill texts and link to Transformation exercises on Classroom, Lavori del Corso

Towards B2 Level, whatever seems useful
Revision and Extension, the pages at the end with transformation sentences.

Workbook pages 221-226

The book that you are reading in English, pages, 231-240

Michael Vince, New First Certificate Language Practice with Key, (Macmillan) 2014 or earlier edition – to finish and revise.

So the next real-time video conference lesson is in our class time at 13.00 on Tuesday. You have to go to Google Meet in your Google options, clicking on the square icon with 9 points on the top right of the homepage for your institutional mail. The group will be called: 'lettorato2young' but I'll put the link on your Classroom Stream at 12.45.
You need to deactivate your microphone at least at the start, otherwise, it will be difficult to hear. Then I'll ask someone to speak and they have to activate the microphone. You can write to me and the other students in Chat at the top on the right.
Have your book and any other materials you need ready.


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First Year, Lettorato I, class 1E, for our Google Meet lesson on Monday 30 March

No lessons at the Marco Polo building for the moment. So here is the work to do at home to be ready for Monday.

English File B1 Student's Book, using your book, online materials, a dictionary and friends from the class via Skype or Messenger video link or by phone for the oral parts.

Preparation to do for Monday's lesson, see blog for colour coding.
Page 88-89, Do Exercise 4, Reading and Speaking, sections a-c, to check with me on Monday, section d, with a classmate by phone or by video link
Exercise 5, Vocabulary, do sections a-c, including page 164, to check with me on Monday, don't do part d, you will do this with me on Monday.
Unit 9B, page 90, don't do Exercise 1, Vocabulary and Pronunciation, sections a-g, you will do this with me on Monday.
page 91, don't do Exercise 2, Listening and Speaking, sections a-f, you will do this with me on Monday.
page 92, don't do Exercise 3, Grammar, sections a-c, including page 149, you will do this with me on Monday.
Do Exercise 4, Pronunciation and check from online materials
page 92-3, Do Exercise 5, sections a-f, to check with me on Monday,

Writing task, page 122, Exercise 9, sections a-c if not done with me in class, then section d, write an email of complaint, also using the formal language in the A formal email box on page 121. Don't be aggressive! Be polite!
to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me
Old Writing task
Read these instructions carefully. First check the Vocabulary on page 162 (Houses),
Then do page120, Exercise 6, Describing a house or flat, sections a-c
Then section d, write an essay, 180-200 words, but don't describe your ideal house, don't use expressions like 'it's perfectly situated', instead, write an honest description of a real house or flat – the flat you are renting, or your family home in Rome or in your hometown or at the sea or in the mountains. Make sure you explain its location clearly and include good aspects and the bad aspects too.
Or if you prefer, you could imagine you are sharing a flat in Rome and that one of your flatmates is leaving soon. Write an advertisement to put on a university noticeboard to try and find a new flatmate. Include information about the rent, bills, the other flatmates, any rules or preferences and contact details. This was in the exam one year!
to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me
Also Writing, page 121, a cover email for a job application
to correct together at ricevimento or you can post it on Stream or send it to me
Grammar
Revise English File Grammar, unit 8B, page 147
Reported Speech
English Grammar in Use, units 47,48 and 50 (in my third edition copy)
Revise English File Grammar, unit 9A, page 148
Third Conditional
English Grammar in Use, units 40, 41 (in my third edition copy), compare with 1st and 2nd Condtional, units 25, 38, 39
English File Workbook, pages 228-230Your book to read and take vocabulary notes on, pages 231-240
English Grammar in Use, units 141-145, Additional exercises, pages 302-5Extra 1, all the cloze (gap-fill) exercises, pages 18-40 to do before May. The answers are at the end of the dispensa. Some of these are also available here:
https://web.uniroma1.it/cla/cel/christopher-young
by clicking on 'allegati'
and I will gradually put them on 'Lavori di corso' on this site.

So the next real-time video conference lesson is in our class time at 11.00 on Monday. You have to go to Google Meet in your Google options, clicking on the square icon with 9 points on the top right of the homepage of your institutional mail. The group will be called: 'lettorato1young' but I'll put the link on your Classroom Stream at 10.45.
You need to deactivate your microphone at least at the start, otherwise, it will be difficult to hear. Then I'll ask someone to speak and they have to activate the microphone. You can write to me and the other students in Chat at the top on the right. Activate your video link, so I can see you.

Have your book and Extra 1 ready.

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