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- 1. English intensive 6 June–18 July 2013 13 lessons; 26 hours
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. English intensive 6 June–18 July 2013 13 lessons; 26 hours
- 7. 60,851,000
- 9. 2,014,000
- 11. 3.31%
- 12. 3.31% % of uni students in Italy
- 13. 3.31% this number means you are special
- 14. in these lessons I expect your approach to show this
- 15. in other words
- 16. please bring your intelligence and commitment to class
- 18. intermediate is different it’s difficult to make progress don’t drift!
- 19. intermediate is different it’s difficult to make progress don’t drift!
- 21. progress time Can you describe this graph?
- 23. English as object of study English as means of communication
- 27. what can you do to get past the intermediate plateau ?
- 29. components:
- 30. grammar
- 31. grammar we decide the grammar syllabus together
- 32. some ideas…
- 33. grammar verbs vs. main verbs would have done present perfect future tenses modal verbs word order something else
- 34. pronunciation
- 36. pronunciation the English phonetic system is different
- 39. in class
- 40. in class ‘show and tell’ every lesson
- 41. in class group presentations instead of final exam
- 42. on the forum
- 47. English Grammar in Use 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
- 49. examples of how you can get English practice watch a film in English TED iTunes U BBC or other reading on the internet reading a research paper for your subject talking to Anglophone tourists in the pub
- 50. Mario Rossi‘s Practice Diary ----------- when, what and how long On 22 June I watched ‗Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for stangemess‘ on TED. It took 40 minutes because I watched it twice. link http://www.ted.com/talks/maria_bezaitis_the_surprising_need_for_strange ness.html your comments on the content I was really interested because… your comments on the English It wasn‘t too difficult because she spoke slowly, even if… something you learnt I learnt a new word: … do you recommend it? I recommend this highly if you‘re interested in… example post
- 51. try to write a new entry on your practice diary after every lesson
- 52. 4. anything you find interesting
- 53. 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.
- 54. Remember that you can learn a lot from your classmates - read their writing homework - read their practice diaries - try to answer their questions
- 55. resources for this course
- 56. all the links on the following pages can be found at: https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrome/t:Roma3/
- 59. buy, beg, borrow or steal … English Grammar in Use
- 60. buy, beg, borrow or steal … English Grammar in Use OK not ‘steal’
- 61. intermediate 4th edition with answers (CD-ROM optional)
- 62. intermediate 4th edition with answers (CD-ROM optional)
- 71. no capitals no spaces no accents
- 73. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (OALD) www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com
- 75. Bi-lingual dictionaries don’t use them!
- 76. Bi-lingual dictionaries but if you must…
- 81. resources: V video and audio practice
- 91. some good places to read: BBC – www.bbc.co.uk The Economist – www.economist.com Wired – www.wired.com The New Yorker – www.newyorker.com and also My paper.li – paper.li/f-1337027006
- 92. if you have any problems
- 93. if you have any problems about anything related to this course
- 94. write to me on Moodle@CLA