TRIBUTE to Leonard COHEN

Click on GO NEWS first, then read the full ARTICLE and finally enjoy the SONG again.

Here's a summary of the news:
Today The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal is celebrating its 375th anniversary. It is
presenting the first major exhibition devoted to Leonard Cohen’s legacy. The reason why they
chose Cohen is because he was such an active musician, poet and cultural figure that they
want to show how relevant and powerful he has been to so many people. Besides, Leonard
himself gave his approval to this event shortly before dying.
The title of the exhibition is A Crack in Everything, a crucial line from his song Anthem which
reflects “the beautifully flawed nature of being human”. The tribute is not only limited to a
wide range of displays inside the museum but it also extends to outside thus hoping to attract
as many people as possible.

UK's Parliament

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Writing a summary

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GLOBALISATION

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Click on VOCABULARY to learn useful words and expressions.

Click on GLOBAL VILLAGE to read and listen
Click on TED TALKS to watch this thought-provoking talk!!

Types of TV programmes/shows

Click on the following links to revise the different types of programmes. Besides, you should think about their impact on society and how we could improve TV channels.
TV GENRES, MACMILLAN, WIKIPEDIA

Extra for RECOMMENDATIONS

MAKING recommendations

I recommend going/ visiting…

I recommend you to visit/ go…

I really recommend the western Andalusian beaches

You must see…

You should go to…

You might like/ want to  visit…

You could try going to …

What I would do is go to…

If I were you, I would go to…

Maybe you should visit…

You could perhaps see…

Steve Jobs speech

Click on JOBS to view this truly inspirational speech!

More letter closings

Proper business closings I look forward to hearing from you Yours respectfully Yours sincerely Yours truly	Neutral closings Write soon Best wishes Kind regards
Friendly goodbyes Keep in touch Warm regards Kind thoughts Wishing you the (very) best Take care Yours in friendship Hugs, Big bear hug Kisses, xxx	Signing off informal emails Be good Cheerio, cheers I’m out More to come Tara for now Take it easy Until next time Stay tuned Over to you, over and out To be continued­­­­­

GLOBALISATION

Click on this video FIRST to get started on the basics.
Click on VIDEO2 for a more extensive explanation.

You can also watch this BBC short documentary.

Abbreviations in marking

VT= verb tense

Voc= vocabulary

WF= word form

Sp= spelling

S= subject (missing)

ROS= Run On Sentence

3ps= 3^rd person singular

AG= agreement

WO=word order

GR= grammar

AdGR= advanced grammar

Infml= informal

Rep= repetitive

COH= coherence

Scientific Breakthroughs

Click on TED to view this interesting video.
Click on WIKIPEDIA to view a timeline of scientific breakthroughs.
Click on ABOUT to view inventions in the 20th century.
Click on TOP TEN to view intriguing discoveries around the world.
   

Listening skills

Just a reminder of the notes about listening skills we discussed in class.

Before the exercise we must read the INSTRUCTIONS very carefully to find out information about: the topic, the speakers, possible distractors and how/where to write our answer.

Look at the layout of the exercise and underline/circle key words.

While the example is playing we can get used to the accent, intonation, rhythm and relax our hearing.

Mindmaps

Here are the mindmaps created by the two advanced groups.

First outline of minispeech

Here's the outline done in class from Carmen's speech.

Orden 18-10-2007

Dear advanced students, you can click on ORDEN to view all objectives & topics for EEOOII.

Thursday 21st March

No class on Thursday 21st March, only exam results from 6pm until 8pm.

HAPPY EASTER!!!