26.01.2016

Hello class!

Thank you for working so hard with me earlier. I hope you still managed to enjoy the lesson.

Your homework for Friday is to find another video or article you think it is interesting and effective in delivering its message. I'd like you please to present your choice to the class and explain your reasons for the choice. This is to be done orally.

If it is online material that you use, please would you send me the link  by commenting on this post.

I'd like you to:

• Present your video and briefly explain what it talks about.
• Tell us what made you choose that particular clip.
• What you like about it and why.
• What it makes you feel when watching / reading it.
• Show it to the class and ask us what we like / don't like about it and why and what it made us feel when watching / reading it.
• Exchange opinions.

Please choose short videos / articles (no longer than 3 minutes ca. for videos and no longer than a page for articles).

Needless to say, everything must be in English so do please prepare what you want to say but learn it as you will not be allowed to read your script.

I look forward to being presented your choice.

Gabriella

22.01.2016

Hello everyone!

It was really good to listen to you in class, earlier, this evening.

Please complete exercise 5 in your Workbook: remember to write leaving double space between the lines. This exercise is like the ones we did in class today.

Please practise reading 'Glasses for your dog' aloud (many times and again!) as you will be reading it to me during the next class. Do not look up any words that you don't understand but use the context to help you. You have got the glossary for those idiomatic expressions that you don't know.

Do exercises 2 and 3, then, for exercise 4 you can use the dictionary or the Internet to find the correct word order and to understand these new idiomatic expressions. Additionally, to show me that you can use them, please write two sentences per expression. (Again, remember to leave double space between the lines.

Well done for your hard work today.

Enjoy your weekend!

Gabriella

Official poster of the 2016 Summer Camp in Oxford

Hello class!

Okay, that last lesson was hard, I know. You'll find that it'll pay off, in the end, though; trust me!

Please continue working through the Present Perfect exercise link I published in my 15.01.16 post: the exercises are fun and that is very good practice for you all.

Of course, the joy of your homework does not end there.

Please write all the sentences for exercises 2 and 3 in your Student's Book on page 57 and go over the whole page to revise the use of both the Present Perfect and Just, Yet and Already.

Also, please memorise all verb + noun pairs we saw in exercise 4 on p. 56 and in the 'Corpus Spot' next to it.

Additionally, please complete exercise 2 in your Workbook on p. 18.

Finally, please complete the extra exercises I photocopied for you. They are from an Intermediate Grammar book, the Heinemann.

Many thanks for your continued hard work, everyone!

Until Friday, take care and have a good rest of the week.

Gabriella

Michele, this is especially for you, if you feel like singing ;-)

Hello, everyone!

Please read and share the following information with those you think may be interested.

Summer Camp in Oxford!


Dear parents,

Would you like to send your children to Oxford to study English and have fun at the same time? We are happy to tell you that in collaboration with International House London/Oxford we are organising another summer camp in St.Edwards College in Oxford. Please come to Giga and meet us on January 25th (Monday)at 19.00 to talk about this wonderful opportunity.

Cari genitori,
Vorreste mandare i vostri figli ad Oxford per studiare l'inglese e divertirsi allo stesso tempo? Siamo felici di comunicarvi che in collaborazione con International House London/Oxford stiamo organizzando un altro campo estivo al St. Edwards College in Oxford. Vi invitiamo ad incontrarci a Giga il 25 gennaio (lunedì) alle ore 19.00 per parlare di questa fantastica opportunità.


Grazie.

Gabriella

15.01.2016

Welcome to the Present Perfect!

Well done for getting this far, everyone! Congratulations!

Okay, so it's homework time, now.

I have found this website that you have used previously: it's hot a good selection of 'mechanical' grammar exercises, as I call them.

Please work your way through them - they are quite fun!

Present Perfect Exercises

Additionally, please complete exercise 4 on the top left of page 56 of your Student's Book and exercise 1 on p. 18 and exercise 4 on p.19 of your Workbook.

Happy homework!

Keep up the good work and please revise those irregular verbs!  ;-)

12.01.2016

Hello everyone!

Hope you enjoyed this class more than the last but less than the next! I am as keen as ever to teach you!

Yes, comparatives was the topic of our lesson, today. Well done for keeping your concentration and attention high till the end of the class.

Here is the link to the Phonemic Transcriber site:

Pho TransEdit (English Phonetic Transcription)

And this is a reminder of your homework:

Now  that you have got the above site, please do find an elocution sentence to practise the / ɔː / sound; I'm sure you can!

Please complete exercise 1 on p. 16 and exercise 4 on p. 17 pf your workbook.

Have a good rest of the week and see you on Friday, same place, same time, same space-time!

Gabriella

08.01.2016

Hello all!

Today's class was all about prepositions of place and movement. I am very happy to see that you got all the exercises correct.

Homework:

An elocution teacher's sentence to practise the sound / ɔː / as in 'horse', per our phonemic chart.

Additionally, please complete exercises 4-5 on p. 17 of your workbook.

Also, please learn the prepositions!

Keep up the good work!

Gabriella