WEEK 22- 24/09

 

 22-10-14

DURING THE CLASS WE FOCUSED ON EVERYDAY ENGLISH VOCABULARY: MOANS AND GROANS, SHOWING DISSATISFACTION: WE CHECKED SOME EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS: IT IS NOT FAIR!, WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!,I COULD KICK MYSELF !,WHAT A AWASTE OF TIME! WHAT A PAIN!!. PRACTICE WAS DONE BY PUTTING THOSE SENTENCES IN CONTEXT THROUGH SENTENCES QUOTING SITUATIONS FROM REAL LIFE.YOUR EXAMPLES WERE VERY IMAGINATIVE!

 

24/10/14

 

THE TOPIC WAS: COMPANY STRUCTURES .WE READ ABOUT VERY BIG COMPANIES SUCH AS PHILIPS; COLGATE-PALMOLIVE.WE DISCOVERED THAT PHILIPS HEADQUARTERS ARE IN THE NETHERLANDS .THE DESCRIPTION ALSO INCLUDED THE COMPANY STRUCTURE,EMPLOYEES,DIVISIONS,ETC AND THE SECRET OF THEIR EXPANSION:DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS PRODUCTS.AS USUAL, WE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC VOCABULARY WHEN DESCRIBING YOUR COMPANY: LOCATION,POLICY,STRATEGY, PATENT, INNOVATION.THE ARTICLE ALSO

INTRODUCED SOME FIXED PHRASES: VERB + PREPOSITION: APPLY TO,REFER TO,SUCCEED IN, REPORT TO, REPORT ON, ETC.

FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN EXAMPLES USING THOSE VERBS.

BY ANALISYING THE ARTICLE ABOUT COLGATE, WE REVISED THE USE OF SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT. WE DID NOT KNOW THAT THE COMPANY HAD A DVISION FOR  PET NUTRITION!!