PI2_MW_20H20

We did unit 7.2 exercises 1 and 2 and some powerpoint activities which will be sent by email as soon as we finish the unit. Homework: student's book page 74 exercises 1 and 2.

FCE_MW_18H30

We did lots of activities about reporting passive structure, workbook page 46 exercises 1 and 2, and page 81 exercises 1 and 2. Homework: workbook page 47 exercises 3 and 4 and the four first ecampus exercises in unit 9.

I2_MW_16H00

We did exercises 2, 3 and 4 on pages 62 and 63 and some powerpoint activities. Homework: workbook page 42 exercises 4, 5 and 6 + ecampus - modifiers and quantifiers, determiners - quantifiers.

WORD OF THE WEEK - POSH

The Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners defines the word posh as follows:

1. something that is posh looks expensive and attractive.
2. someone who is posh talks and behaves in a way that is typical of people from a high social class.

It is widely believed that this word has its origins in the days of the British Empire when members of the civil service and armed forces would travel out to India to do their duty, often taking family members with them. The journey by sea was quite arduous and in order to make it more pleasant, wealthier passengers would buy the more shaded cabins on the port (left) side of the ship on the voyage out to India. This kept them out of the sun. Likewise, on the return journey they would buy cabins on the starboard (right) side of the ship. Thus the story went round that posh is an acronym for ‘port out, starboard home’. It is a nice theory but unfortunately one that has never been proved. In fact the Oxford Concise Dictionary of English Etymology states simply that the word posh is “of unknown origin”.

The word posh only functions as an adjective: in very colloquial British English, a posh person is sometimes referred to as a posho

MAC3_SAT

We started the class checking vocabulary. Then you were exposed to future tenses (page 148 and 149). We also talked about the past (back to the future film) and a time capsule (pages 92 and 93). Homework: page 150, exercises 2, 4 and 5, and the first, second and last exercises in module 9 (ecampus).

PI2_MW_20H20

We did exercises 4 to 9 on pages 66 and 67, so please have a look at 'will' for predictions. Homework: workbook page 43, exercise 5 and student's book page 67, exercise 10.

FCE_MW_18H30

We started the class with a review of vocabulary, then we did some class discussion from a powerpoint file and page 80, up to exercise 2 (close up). Homework: exercise 3 on page 80.

I2_MW_16H00

We did exercises 4, 8 and 9 on page 61 and the CDROM unit 8A (the passive). Homework: workbook pages 40 and 41, exercises 2 and 5.