FINAL WEEK OF THIS CYCLE

FINAL WEEK of the cycle

Next class we will continue to work on your cvs. On Thursday you will interview eachother based on your cvs and the person specification / job description you wrote two weeks ago.

MY PLAN WAS TO USE A DATABASE OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS / PERSON SPECIFICATIONS FROM THE INTERNET - UNFORTUNATELY IT NO LONGER EXISTS - SORRY

bryn






Defining Relative Clauses



Watch the video!
Vocabulary plant = factory R&D = Research and development

Remember we can also use WHICH for THINGS

WHO and WHOM - watch the videos



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DO THESE EXERCISES:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.relative.i.htm

Explanation and exerciseshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
http://www.cristinacabal.com/pre-intermediate/defining.htm
Exercises
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.relative.i.htm

Defining and non defining



http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/rel4.cfm



Here are the job titles from the class:

Farmer
Politician
Newsreader
Chef
Accountant
Hairdresser
Fisherman
Builder
Lawyer
Football coach
Fireman
Electrician
School teacher
Business person
Artist
Hotelier
Clown
Shop assistant
Taxi driver
Tourist Guide
Diplomat
Security guard
Librarian
Airline pilot

CONDITIONAL PRACTICE

FIRST CONDITIONAL

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/int/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_int_unit08_2

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/int/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_int_unit08_2

SECOND CONDITIONAL

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/int/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_int_unit09_2/



http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/int/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_int_unit09_2/

Useful websites

USEFUL WEBSITES

BUSINESS / FINANCIAL TERMINOLOGY -NEW

Business English to Spanish Glossary - this looks good, but I can`t guarantee total accuracy
http://www.andymiles.com/
Glossary of Business and Financial Terms

http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosa.htm - comprehensive
http://www.businessplansoftware.org/advice_glossary.asp - short
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/working_lunch/1435926.stm - financial terminology from the BBC



GRAMMAR

http://www.ego4u.com/ explanations and exercise on all important grammar points
www.cambridge.org/elt/resources
http://www.english-zone.com/
http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/
Irregular verb list: http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/verbs.htm


LISTENING
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 (British English)
www.apple.com/podcasting
http://www.npr.org/ (American English)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/
(Soap opera - audio novela!!!)

READING
http://ressources-cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/reading/voa/index.htm (Excellent comprehension activities)
http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/literature (Literature)
http://www.bbc.com/ (Advanced)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm (Intermediate)
http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2157/ Classic english
literature by HG Wells - about a man from Bogota in the country
of the blind (Advanced)

WRITING
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/writing

PRONUNCIATION
http://www.accentschool.com/ (free software)


VOCABULARY
DICTIONARIES http://www.m-w.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/
DISCUSSION OF SIMILAR WORDS ENGLISH / SPANISH: http://dr1.com/forums/spanish-101/40105-spanish-words-similar-english.html

Help with prepositions

Here´s a good guide with exercises to practice

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

Comparatives and Superlatives

Here's an introductions adjectives and adverbs





Here's a useful explanation for comparative and superlative adverbs

http://www.eflnet.com/tuthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giforials/advcompsup.phphttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

An explanation of the form for both adjectives and adverbs:

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading60/english/comparative.htm

Relative Clauses

Defining Relative Clauses



Watch the video!
Vocabulary plant = factory R&D = Research and development

Remember we can also use WHICH for THINGS

WHO and WHOM - watch the videos



http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
DO THESE EXERCISES:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.relative.i.htm

Explanation and exerciseshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
http://www.cristinacabal.com/pre-intermediate/defining.htm
Exercises
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.relative.i.htm

Defining and non defining



http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/rel4.cfm

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