23-25/03/2015

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED REVISING DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPRESS THE FUTURE.
FIRST YOU HAD TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE WHICH YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 2 TYPES OF FUTURE: SIMPLE PRESENT/PRESENT CONTINUOUS, INMEDIATE FUTURE OR SIMPLE FUTURE. THEN WE HAD A TEXT TO FILL IN WITH THE APPRECIATE FUTURE TENSE. WE CHECKED THOSE TENSES BY DOING A LISTENING. YOU DID IT VERY WELL.
WE ALSO PRACTISED EXPRESSIONS WITH THE VERBS= GO- MAKE- READ.
ON THE SECOND CLASS, WE CHECKED AND PRACTISED THE EXPRESSIONS: I HOPE NOT/ I DON'T THINK SO, I MIGHT, I WILL, I HOPE SO.
ANSWERED  QUESTIONS SUCH AS DO YOU THINK YOU WILLL EVER ...? USING THE EXPRESSIONS MENTIONED BEFORE.
THEN WE STARTED READING AN ARTICLE  ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ABOUT, HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, OLD PEOPLE,ENVIROMENT, ETC.
WE ANALIZED VOCABULARY AND COMMENTED YOUR OWN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE FOR TOPICS SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, HEALTH SERVICE, STANDARS IN SCHOOL.
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU ARE TO FILL IN SOME EXERCISES ABOUT PARAPHRASING.

16-03-15

THIS WEEK WE HAD JUST ONE CLASS.
WE REVISED  TENSES WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE:ARRANGEMENTS, DECISIONS IN THE MOMENT, INTENTIONS,A SUGGESTION,A FUTURE BASED ON A TIME TABLE.WE WERE DOING A LISTENING ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.THIS TIME IT WAS NOT THAT EASY FOR YOU TO GET USED TO DIFFERENT ACCENTS!.

THEN YOU PREPARED  ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO ANALISED SOME PAIRS OF SENTENCES ABOUT THE FUTURE  TO SPOT THE DIFFERENCE IN MEANING BETWEEN THEM.
ON THE LAST PART OF THE CLASS WE CONTINUED WATCHING THE FILM DRAGONFLY. YOU MADE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY AND COMMENTED THE VOCABULARY.

09-03

THIS WEEK WE HAD ONLY ONE CLASS.

WE CHECKED AN EXERCISE  ABOUT PARAPHRASING: YOU WERE TOLD A SENTENCE AND THEN YOU WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONVEY THE SAME MENING BUT USING A CERTAIN STRUCTURE  PREVIOSLY GIVEN.IT TOOK YOU SOME TIME TO GET USED TO THAT.
THEN WE DID AN SPEAKING ACTIVITY IN WHICH YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ROLEPLAY THE SITUATION BEWTEEN TWO PEOPLE. ONE STUDENT WAS A  CROSS- CULTURAL CONSULTANT HIRED TO TRAIN A PERSON WHO WAS GOING TO DO BUSINESS ABROAD, AND THE OTHER STUDENT WAS THE PERSON GOING TO NEGOTIATE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
BOTH STUDENTS  WERE TO PREPARE TO GIVE ADVICE ABOUT BUSINESS PRACTICES ABROAD AND THE OTHER STUDENT HAD TO MAKE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ASK.
MAR AND KATIA DID A GREAT JOB!

FINALLY, WE CONTINUED WATCHING THE FILM DRAGON FLY: WE MADE A SUMMARY OF THE PREVIOS SESSION, REVISE  SOME VOCABULARY, AND CONTINUED THE STORY

02 / 04 march

02/04- 03- 

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED ANALIZYNG THE CULTURAL CLASHES WHEN DOING BUSINESS ABROAD. TO DO THAT WE REVISED THE USE OF IMPERATIVES.. WE ADDED MORE CLUES WHEN NEGOCIATING: BE FLEXIBLE, ASSUME, JUDGE, EXPECT, INVEST.

WE REVISED THE NAME AND NATIONALITES OF BIG COMPANIES SUCH AS IBM, IKE, CARLSBERG, NOKIA, MATEUS ROSE, ETC

ON THE SECOND PART, WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT A COACH WHO TRAINS PEOPLE WHEN WORKING ABROAD. SHE TALKED ABOUT JAPANESE MANAGERS. SHE EXPLAINED ABOUT THE GROUP-ORIENTATION METHOD, THE GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE, LIFE-TIME EMPLOYMENT, THE IDEA OF BEING GENERALISTS MORE THAN SPECIALISTS.

FOR HOMEWORK, YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL-IN AN ACTIVITY TO ROLE PLAY BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE. ONE STUDENT WILL GIVE SOME ADVICE TO A CUSTOMER ABOUT BUSINESS PRACTICES. THE OTHER STUDENT WILL MEET THE CONSULTANT. FINALLY WE STARTED WATCHING THE FILM “DRAGON FLY”. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

23/25- 02- 2015

AFTER A WEEK WITHOUT CLASSES.... BACK TO WORK!

TO START WITH, WE ANALISED THE ARTICLE ABOUT HOW TO COPE WITH CULTURAL CLASHES. WE DISCUSSED THE DO AND DON'TS WHEN DOING BUSINESS ABROAD. THEN WE DID AN EXERCISE TO REVISE THE VOCABULARY OF THE ARTICLE AND FILLING IN THE GAPS.

THEN WE HAD ANOTHER SPEAKING ACTIVITY. WE WENT THROUGH A TEXT IN WHICH WE READ 2 DESCRIPTIONS OF PROBLEMS SOME MANAGERS HAD WHEN DOING BUSSINES ABROAD. WE SPECULATED ABOUT THE CAUSES FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING.

FINALLY, WE HAD AN EXCERSISE TO RELATE THE NAMES OF COMPANIES, THEIR NATIONALIITES AND PRODUCT. FOR HOMEWORK, YOU HAD TO CHECK SOME NAMES TO MATCH THE DETAILS.