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English intensive
February-March 2016
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
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
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
English intensive
February-March 2016
your approach
60,924,000
60,924,000
population of Italy
2,014,000
2,014,000
students in higher
education
3.3%
3.3%
% of uni students
in Italy
3.3%
this number
means you are
special
in these lessons
I expect your approach
to show this
in other words
please bring your intelligence
and commitment to class
about learning English
intermediate is different
it’s difficult to make progress
don’t drift!
intermediate is different
it’s difficult to make progress
don’t drift!
‘drift’
Can you describe
this graph?
progress
time
the
intermediate
plateau
English as
object of
study
English as
means of
communication
vocab:
1,000-3,000
words
vocab:
15,000+
words
grammar:
past, present,
future
grammar
as a
system
foreign
language as
alien
foreign
language as
culture
what can you do to get past
the intermediate plateau
?
about this course
grammar
grammar
we decide the grammar syllabus
together
some ideas…
in class
in class
‘show and tell’
every lesson
‘show and tell’
choose an object that has a
special importance for you
‘show and tell’
you will tell the class
about this object
‘show and tell’
you will have
just 5 minutes
‘show and tell’
tell the story of how the object
came into your life
‘show and tell’
say why
it’s special for you now
‘show and tell’
Wednesday 03-Feb
Thursday 04-Feb
Monday 08-Feb Show & Tell S1 S2
Wednesday 10-Feb
Thursday 11-Feb Show & Tell S3 S4
Monday 15-Feb Show & Tell S5 S6
Wednesday 17-Feb
Thursday 18-Feb Show & Tell S7 S8
Monday 22-Feb Show & Tell S9 S10
Wednesday 24-Feb
Thursday 25-Feb Show & Tell S11 S12
Monday 29-Feb Class Presentations?
Wednesday 02-Mar
Thursday 03-Mar Class Presentations
‘show and tell’
how to prepare for your
‘show and tell’
‘show and tell’
research special vocab
‘show and tell’
research special vocab
including pronunciation!
‘show and tell’
practice speaking aloud
‘show and tell’
practice speaking aloud
to find problem language
and resolve it
on the forum
1. lesson summaries
2. grammar homework
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
3. your space!
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.
Remember that you can learn a
lot from your classmates
- read their writing homework
- try to answer their questions
resources for this course
resources: I
CLACSON
Moodle@CLA
http://clacson2.uniroma3.it
your login
for:
Portale
Studente
Roma Tre
or, if you
are a PhD
student…
Username
=Clacson code
Password
=surname
(lowercase)
e.g.
Username
= 07654321
Password
= di nicola
NB
If you can’t log in,
you must inform me
NB
If you can’t log in,
you must inform me
immediately
English Grammar in Use
Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
OK not
‘steal’
3rd or 4th editions
are best, but you
can use the 2nd
edition
there are also
versions for iOS
and Android
Use EGU for
grammar
homework
resources: II
dictionaries
Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary (OALD)
www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com
Bi-lingual dictionaries
don’t use them!
Bi-lingual dictionaries
but if you must…
WordReference
http://www.wordreference.com/
if you have any problems about
anything related to this course
write to me on
Moodle@CLA
or at
david@davidnicholson.it
www.davidnicholson.it

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