SAP+TRIENNIALE

__**NOTICE BOARD**__ media type="youtube" key="xNGATxtguho" width="288" height="164"... I am now a fan;-)
 * 1) **OFFICE HOURS June 19th & 26th 3-5pm**
 * 2) **RESULTS 3C**: [[file:RESULTS 3C Es2.pdf]]
 * 3) **RESULTS 3B**:[[file:RESULTS 3B Es2.pdf]]
 * 4) For those students who achieved INSUFF in the second esonero: please come to my office hours on June 6th at the time stated above. //**PLEASE**// contact me before then from your uniroma1 accounts to establish the average result and if you are eligible for the oral exam via email.
 * 5) Visione compito 6.6.18 between 17.30-18.30 and only by appointment after this date.
 * 6) For those students who pass the esonero tests the oral exam will consist of a discussion based on topics from the coursebook and a discussion of two newspaper articles of your choice which are no older than a week. Please bring both the book and articles in paper format on the day.
 * 7) Hello, Ed Sheeran fans! Here's your idol singing in the Irish langauge:


 * PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE //__SECOND ESONERO__// BEFORE 8.5.2018 HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/vtuasvdhGgS7eUdC3 **

=__ **Lesson times & rooms:** __=

2. **Thursdays: 15.00-16.30, room 109**
 * Group: 3B** //=students with 'buono'//
 * 1.** **Tuesdays:** **17.00-18.30,** **room 003**


 * Group: 3C**//= students with 'discreto/sufficiente'//
 * 1. Tuesdays: 15.30-17.00, room 003**
 * 2. Thursdays:** **17.00-18.30, room 003**

//room 208, 2nd floor, Marco Polo, Scalo San Lorenzo//
 * Ricevimento:**
 * Thursday**:12.00-13.00,14.00-15.00

__** Books you will need for the course: **__

 * Cutting Edge New Edition Advanced, Student's book, Cunningham Peter Moor, Bygrave, Williams, Pearson Education, 2015
 * Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 9th edition, 9780194798792
 * Jennifer Pudney, Written English for Advanced Learners-A new practical method, available at Feltrinelli International78

ONLINE REGISTER


 * TRANSLATION PRACTICE ONLINE:**

A very useful site: https://www.linguee.com/english-italian

A.B. Guthrie Jr. (1947) [|The Big Sky] In its fidelity to the historical records, The Big Sky is a genuine historical novel, as true a synthesis of the Mountain Men as we have.

William Faulkner (1929) [|The Sound and the Fury] One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in American literature.

Edgar Allan Poe (1840-'45) [|The Fall of the House of Usher] A new translation faithfully adhering to the original text.

**LISTENING PRACTICE:** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy1bAUeyRtUuh8PYpIlllhg/playlists

//Please use a pen and paper to make note of your answers while you listen and watch. The task will appear on the video. In order to read the tasks you should watch the videos on a large screen. All answers are provided in the video description. You are required to do a minimum of 1 hour listening practice per week.//

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/ https://quizlet.com/161491025/test
 * Online tasks:**


 * COURSE OBJECTIVES**

**LESSON MATERIAL: PLEASE READ //CAREFULLY//**
 * 1) //Please refer to the documents below for your lessons with me//.
 * 2) //In some cases you need to bring a copy of the pdf document to the lesson.//
 * 3) //Please refer to the exact date of the lesson in any case.//
 * 4) //** ACCESS TO HOMEWORK FILES WILL BE GIVEN ON THE DAY **//

__**SEMESTER TWO**__


 * EXCHANGE WITH US STUDENTS**: [[file:IES_language exchange.pdf]]

__**//PROJECT 2: CREATIVE WRITING//**__
 * The following rules must be followed for this competition:
 * You must listen to the sound story and write a story to match the events
 * Use no more than 180 words
 * Use 10 verb+particle combinations
 * Use 5 adverbs
 * Use 5 adjectives
 * Use 2 perfect tenses
 * Use 2 continuous tenses
 * Use 2 passives
 * Submit your story to this Youtube video as a comment by April 20th
 * https://youtu.be/9SiG_-TNpjQ

__**8.5.2018: lesson 16**__ This is our final lesson together. It is a revision lesson of: media type="youtube" key="DnaUvPoiTfQ" width="560" height="315"
 * verb forms
 * ellipsis and substitution
 * pronunciation of vowels
 * The skills today were reading, speaking and listening

__**3.5.2018: lesson 15**__
 * We corrected more errors from the stories
 * We revised verb tenses
 * We looked at the discourse of two of the winning stories
 * We looked at expanding another of the winning stories
 * The systems focus today was grammar revision
 * The skills focus today was writing

HOMEWORK: //Please remember to revise using the pair testing strategy based on the documents from the homepage!//

__**26.4.2018: lesson 14**__ media type="youtube" key="u96yOj3iz4I" width="560" height="315"
 * We looked at some errors from the short story project
 * We listened to and reconstructed one of your stories
 * The system focus today was grammar revision
 * The skills focus was speaking, listening and writing

__**24.4.2018: lesson 13**__
 * We looked at the morality, or lack of, behind lying
 * [[file:Lying ellipsis.pdf]]
 * The systems focus was grammar and vocabulary: elipsis and substitution
 * The skills focus was speaking, reading and writing
 * The homework is pages 150-151 in the student's book
 * KEY: [[file:TB 150-151.pdf]]

__**19.4.2018: lesson 12**__ media type="youtube" key="eiDiKwbGfIY" width="560" height="315"
 * We took a break from the book and used the short text from 2015 about Ed Sheeran
 * [[file:Ed Sheeran takes a break.pdf]]
 * The systems focus of this lesson was geammar: revision of verb tenses
 * The skills focus was listening, speaking and writing
 * Your homework this evening is pages 114-115, 118-119,122-123 from the student's book
 * My favourite app: http://radio.garden/live
 * Here's the perfect Ed Sheeran video for students in Italy:


 * [[file:TB 114-115.pdf]]
 * [[file:TB 118-119.pdf]]
 * [[file:TB 122-123.pdf]]

__**17.4.2018: lesson 10**__ __**12.4.2018: Lesson 9**__ media type="youtube" key="85HT4Om6JT4" width="560" height="315"
 * We looked at pages 86 and 87
 * We played a phonemic game
 * We looked at ways to expand vocabulary through different parts pf speech
 * [[file:Lesson 10.pdf]]
 * We spoke about the future and whether predictions are accurate or not
 * Homework this evening is Ex 1a and Ex 2, page 92, and Ex 4 pages 92 & 93
 * https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qOLufX1n_stt0GaN3vyDu04Vvih9EF5a/view?usp=sharing
 * We looked at pages 79- 81 in the coursebook
 * The skills today were reading and speaking about gender differences
 * The systems today were grammar, compund sentences with modifying adjectives and vocabulary, revision of 'just' uses
 * Homework this evening is to complete the following document which helps you to revise connectors:
 * https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B--QKk4f3p0laW84X0JJWDV6TTA/view?usp=sharing

__**10.4.2018: Lesson 8**__
 * We looked at page 77 in the student's book
 * The skills focus today was speaking, listening and writing around the topic of' karma'
 * The systems focus was vocabulary-collocations with adverbs
 * We referred to the following document: [[file:Adv-Adj collocations.pdf]]
 * Homework: pages 77, ex.3a & 3b
 * https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kPre0MgCIVHx-Mpk-rQmgdgmz4RiO14X/view?usp=sharing


 * CORRECTED TEXTS:**

__**27.3.2018**__
 * We looked at page 70
 * The skills focus was speaking and reading about personal taste
 * The systems focus was grammar and vocabulary-adjectives and adverbs and their syntax. We discovered the all purpose 'just'
 * [[file:Lesson 7.pdf]]
 * Homework:
 * 1) page 73, ex 1,2,3
 * 2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KH-l5PJqaZLZXifMJnOGK3TcyK-0Wko7/view?usp=sharing
 * 3) Complete the key word transformations on page 2 of the Lesson 7.pdf document
 * Our next lesson is on the 10th of April
 * ==**HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK!!!**==

__**20.3.2018**__
 * We looked at pages 66 & 67
 * The skills focus was speaking
 * The systems focus was vocabulary
 * We referred to the following document during the lesson: [[file:20.3.2018.pdf]]
 * Homework: Listen and answer the question to exercise three page 66
 * https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ItDs-MP4ckVD9gyZEG5VGdoHBNaoD4zv

__**15.3.2018**__ media type="youtube" key="ELSGRlivv54" width="203" height="117" KEY:
 * 1) A cultural lesson today as Saturday is Saint Patrick's day
 * 2) We looked at words which have a similar meaning
 * 3) We read a poem by Patrick Kavanagh
 * 4) We paraphrased the pem using key word transformation exercises
 * 5) The systems focus today was grammar and vocabulary
 * 6) The skills focus today was speaking and reading
 * 7) Your homework this evening is to translate the poem into Italian following the orginal metre as closely as possible
 * 8) A movie that shows the culture of the 1940's/50's in Ireland: https://youtu.be/lqjKueT8WO0



__**13.3.2018**__
 * 1) We looked at verbs with particles today from page 61 in the student's book
 * 2) We used the verb+particle combinations in a speaking task from page 61, 7b
 * 3) The skills focus today was speaking
 * 4) The systems focus was pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary
 * 5) Your homework this evening is the project 'Creative writing' above

__**8.3.2018 HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY LADIES!**__
 * 1) The topic today was about exams
 * 2) We worked on page 31 of the workbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B--QKk4f3p0lMkFxanIxNFptSDhGM0xocjBxSDhRVGQzMEFJ/view?usp=sharing
 * 3) The systems focus was grammar: key word transformations, and discourse: ellipsis and avoiding reptition
 * 4) The skills focus was speaking, listening and writing
 * 5) Homework: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jpxRsa5_vJNHmj1_6h081MOOd87kKi-i/view?usp=sharing
 * 6) KEY to homework of 1.3.18: page 168 of the student's book
 * 7) KEY to homework of 6.3.18 covered in class today

__**6.3.2018**__ 1. We worked on page 59 and 108 2. The systems focus was grammar: passive 3. The skills focus was listening, writing and speaking 4. Homework is to complete the following worksheet:

__**1.3.2018**__ 1. We worked on pages 56-59 2. The systems focus was vocabulary about education 3. The skills focus was speaking and reading 4. Homework is to take a dictation of one of the following speakers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qjustqMflVCMtJJP8K-Vtas4IDnTXXEZ/view?usp=drivesdk and complete exercise 3 on page 59

__**SEMESTER ONE**__

// PROJECT 1: REPORT WRITING //

__**14.12.2017**__ Visione compito is as follows:
 * Group 3B 11.30-13.00
 * Group 3C 17.00-18.30
 * Ricevimento 15.00-17.00 con appuntamento
 * Results of the December 2017 exam: [[file:Esonero 1 Dec 2017 RESULTS PUBLIC.pdf]]

__**7.12.2017**__ Your ESONERO 1 is in class time as follows:
 * Group 3B 11.00-13.00
 * Group 3C 17.00-19.00

__**5.12.2017**__
 * We revisited your reports from project 1
 * We worked on pages 46 & 47
 * The systems focus was exponents to describe polite and impolite behaviour
 * The skills focus was speaking about social behavious in different cultural contexts

__**30.11.2017**__
 * We revisited your reports from project 1
 * We worked on pages 48 & 49 in the book
 * The systems focus was revision of grammar at the B2 level and lexical inferencing
 * The skills focus was reading comprehension and summarising orally
 * The homework for this lesson is the revision of modal verbs using Ex 1,2 &3 page 49 in your coursebook.

__**28.11.2017**__ https://youtu.be/tSGSkm42WsM
 * We revisted your reports from project 1
 * We worked with page 39 in the book
 * The skills focus of this lesson was speaking
 * The systems focus was revision of grammar at the B2 level and idiomatic expressions with body words

__**23.11.2017**__
 * We revised verb forms from the document: [[file:hollymarg/tmp_32637-Times and Tenses1310016280.pdf|tmp_32637-Times and Tenses1310016280.pdf]]
 * We worked with pages 40 and 41
 * The skills focus of this lesson is reading and speaking
 * The linguistic focus of this lesson is expressions for giving advice and adjectives to describe people
 * We translated the following text:

__**20.11.2017**__
 * We looked at pages 36 & 37
 * The skills focus of this lesson is speaking about self help ideas
 * The linguistic focus of this lesson is vocabulary for self improvement and giving people advice.

__**14.11.2017**__
 * You must have a copy of the Cutting Edge coursebook from this lesson onwards.
 * Please ensure you have completed the cleft sentences homework from page 21.
 * We looked at page 35 for this lesson and concentrated on writing within a timelimit based on listening comprehension.

__**9.11.2017**__

__**7.11.2017**__ PLEASE PRINT THIS FOR THE LESSON-

__**2/11/2017**__
 * We read about expression of feelings within different world cultures on page 18 in the book.
 * Your howmework for this week is pages 19 Grammar review 1,2,3a,3b, 4.

__**30/10/2017**__ media type=youtube key=Y864xlfRCsY width=504 height=283 width="504" height="283"
 * We spoke about feelings & emotions before, during and after special events on page 16.
 * We practised combining extreme adverbs with extreme adjectives
 * and expanded vocabulary of feelings/emotions
 * Your homework is to watch the following video and decide if you think the show would be acceptable in your country:

__**19.10.2017**__

__**17.10.2017**__

__**12.10.2017**__ Please print a copy of this for our lesson on 12.10.2017 together if you do not have the coursebook. media type=youtube key=icX3SUcHnz0 width=560 height=315 width="560" height="315" __**10.10.2017**__ Please PRINT the following document and bring it to the lesson 10.10.2017 if you do not have the coursebook.

__**5.10.17**__