Lesson 1

19 Fevereiro 2018, 14:00 • Katarzyna Dominika Karpowicz Osowska

- Introduction to the course - contents, assessment, dates

- Vocabulary: language learning & communicating

- Grammar review: Past Simple & Present Perfect 

- Speaking & writing: My language learning experience

- "Fake nice" - reading

Homework: exs. 1-3 (extra worksheet)

Vocabulary from the lesson:

- Communicating: to make eye contact, to come into contact with, to gossip, to butt in, to overhear, to have a row, to intervene, to witter on, to grumble about, to eavesdrop on, to bicker, to chat up
- Language learning: to acquire a language, to struggle with, to attain a level/a degree of competence, to get accustomed to, to brush up (a language), to have an ear for languages, to hold a conversation, to put sth into practice, to keep at it, to pick up phrases, to get to grips with, rusty  
- "Fake nice": pushy, churlish, perky, spurious