Sumários

"You in America" by Chimamanda Adichie

31 Outubro 2016, 16:00 Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion of the central themes and passages of "You in America" by Chimamanda Adichie.



Grammar - Part 2

31 Outubro 2016, 16:00 Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Verb conjugations.

Studentes were taught the about the many uses of the:

  • Present Simple
  • Past Simple
  • Present Continuous
  • Past Continuous
  • Present Perfect.

Students will receive the PPTs on these in their emails.  Students should practice for the upcoming mid-term by purchasing and completing the exercises (with answers) that can be purchased in the green photocopy room (file 12) and by doing the online practices on englishpage.com.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html


Textual Analysis

31 Outubro 2016, 12:00 David Alan Prescott

Analysis of text from anthology on the culture class taking place in the UK involving the values of the Muslim community and those of white liberals. This text specifically focuses on attitudes by Muslim males to the behaviour of young white females and an incident when the West Midlands police hid information about a case of sexual exploitation of female white children in order to avoid racial tension in the area.


"You in America" by Chimamanda Adichie

31 Outubro 2016, 10:00 Paula Alexandra Carvalho Alves Rodrigues Horta

Discussion of the central themes and passages of "You in America" by Chimamanda Adichie.



Lesson 12

27 Outubro 2016, 12:00 Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- Vocabulary:  idioms based on sport


- "Getting to the top" - reading, speaking (p, 93)

- Grammar: definite and zero articles (p. 94)

- Functional language: using emphasis and comparison (p. 99) 

Homework: General knowledge quiz (p. 95)

Vocabulary from the lesson: 
- to be on the ball
- to move the goalposts
- to take your eye off the ball
- a level playing field
- a whole new ball game
- to score an own goal
- to start the ball rolling 

- to push the limits
- to set apart
- to make sacrifices
- to boil down to 
- inordinate (amount of...)
- an ice rink