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English intensiveJune-July 2015
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 intensiveJune-July 2015
your approach
60,924,000
60,924,000
population of Italy
2,014,000
2,014,000students in higher
education
3.3%
3.3%
% of uni students in Italy
3.3%
this number means you are
special
in these lessonsI 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:1,000-3,000words
vocab:15,000+words
grammar:past, present, future
grammaras asystem
foreign language as alien
foreign language as culture
what can you do to get pastthe intermediate plateau
?
about this course
grammar
grammarwe 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 classabout this object
‘show and tell’
you will havejust 5 minutes
‘show and tell’
tell the story of how the object came into your life
‘show and tell’
say whyit’s special for you now
‘show and tell’
how to prepare for your‘show and tell’
‘show and tell’
research special vocab
‘show and tell’
research special vocabincluding pronunciation!
‘show and tell’
practice speaking aloud
‘show and tell’
practice speaking aloudto find problem language
and resolve it
on the forum
1. lesson summaries
2. grammar homework
English Grammar in UseUnits 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. writing homework
Instructions on-line
Forum style corrections.Correct your writing mistakes in a forum conversation with me.
4. 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
NBIf you can’t log in,
you must inform me
immediately
NBIf 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 onMoodle@CLA
www.davidnicholson.it
