1+LICEO+COMERCIO+2

Further practice with linking words
Revise [|linking words] Links. Activity 1 Links. Activity 2 Links. Activity 3. Links. Activity 4 Links. Activity 5 Links. Activity 6

Revise tenses
Mixed tenses Mixed tenses 2 Mixed tenses 3 mixed tenses 4 Mixed tenses 5 Mixed tenses active and passive Tenses and other verb forms

Summary writing.Feb 3rd
Follow this ** Explanation ** and follow also the link to linkers

Read and practise Finding main ideas in paragraphs

Now it's your turn. Write a summary of this short article

Read this funny story about letter writing and write in two or three lines the essentials of the story.

23rd Feb.

 * Now __choose__ one of these two articles to write a complete summary. Remember, only essential information should be registered. You must underline and number the relevant information, as we did yesterday in class and then write the summary. You can also choose a different article of similar length (about 800 - 1000 words).**

America /China war

or Inequality in the UK

Working with numbers. 27th JAN
Big numbers in business Mixed numbers DICTATION Phone numbers Revise years if you are not sure how to read them

** Business situations revision 31st JAN **
Telephone language

Complaining and apologising
19th-20th JAN

Formal expressions of complaint and apology

More expressions for letters (prepositions)

Letter of complaint and practice

Letter of apology and practice

24th - 25th Jan
Revise expressions of complaint

In pairs, practise similar dialogues

Watch and study the video and then prepare mini-dialogues using the questions and useful language provided

- Revise all letter expressions and format, you can see a larger variety of useful sentences with Spanish equivalent here: [[file:letters-specific-language.doc]]
===- You can also revise a good set of expressions here There is a short test at the end of the page that you should take and send the teacher.===

UNDERSTANDING THE BIG SHORT.

 * 3rd-6th Jan **

These links will help you understand the film and the financial language they use.
5 things you should know

Getting a general idea

Credit default swaps

General analysis of the film

Characters and real people

Beyond the big Short What you don't see in the film but really happened ..

A good, simple analysis of the crisis

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** 1- Read the following business letters samples contrast them with the photocopy you have **** and take notes of the new vocabulary. ** =====

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3- ** Find the mistakes [|in this letter] **=====

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 * 4-Do this true/false activity about letter writing, then w **** rite the letter following the instructions they give you, you can use this letter generatorto get the format. **=====

=== Do the following activities to practise useful expressions in business letters and take notes of the new vocabulary. Email the work to your teacher, both the __screen captures and the vocabulary notes__ ===
 * 1) ** Semi-formal business emails 1 **
 * 2) ** Semi-formal business emails 2 **
 * 3) ** Semi-formal business emails 3 **
 * 4) ** Cover Letter expressions 1 **
 * 5) ** Cover Letter expressions 2 **
 * 6) ** Cover Letter expressions 3 **
 * 7) ** Cover Letter expressions 4 **

Nov 30th
=== Co mment on the difference between the use of make up in [|this video] and [|this one] ===

**Now read** ** [|this article] ** **and comment on it.**

**Comment on this video.**
[|Obama Trump]

Explanations and some practice with linkers

Practise with contrast linkers

contrast 2

mixed linkers

**Keep practising the causative passive.**

 * Exercise 1**
 * Exercise 2**
 * Exercise 3**
 * Exercise 4 **

=Reading corner=

Oct 18th


Special passive cases





Look at these sentences and try to find the rules of use for: A**LREADY, STILL, YET, ANY MORE, ANY LONGER, NO MORE, NO LONGER.**

 * 1) **Has Sara finished the project yet?**
 * 2) **Sara has already finished the project.**
 * 3) **Sara hasn't finished the project yet.**
 * 4) **Sara is still working on the project.**
 * 5) **Sara doesn't work on this project any more/longer.**
 * 6) **Sara no longer works on this project.**

There to be.
Follow [|this lesson] and translate these sentences:

- Deberíamos haber pedido un préstamo al banco. - Habrá problemas en las negociaciones. - Si hubiéramos seguido los consejos del gerente, no habría habido tantos problemas. - No puede haber ninguna duda respecto al valor de las acciones de nuestra empresa. - Tendría que haber una reunión la semana que viene. - Para que haya consumismo debe haber crecimiento económico.

sept 27th-29th
===Read this Forbes article and write a clear description of every one of the ===

sept 30th
==Read [|these analysis] of the first presidential [|debate], look up any other reliable sources and get ready to talk about it. Here are some points you might want to talk about:==

- What did you learn reading these articles? - What points did they treat in the debate? - What are the main points they dissagree on? - Does the source you read take sides? whose side and why? - Who do you think won this first debate? - Do you support Trump? Why? - If you don't, what worries you most about Trump becoming president?

sept 21st-23rd

 * 1, Grammar, Tense revision, Do the following activities. Ask the teacher any questions you may have and send a document with the screen captures of the final screens. **

Mixed verb tenses 1 Mixed verb tenses 2 Mixed verb tenses 3 Mixed verb tenses 4 Mixed verb tenses 5 Mixed verb tenses 6 Mixed verb tenses 7 Mixed verb tenses 8 Mixed verb tenses 9 Mixed verb tenses 10


 * All tenses active and passive **


 * 2. Read this article and complete the following sentences. E-mail the answers to the teacher. **

- Russia's economy will contract a minimum of .... %, that is if the oil price is .... $ per barrel but if prices get as low as ... $ per barrel, then contraction will be between ... % and .. %.

- The average income in Russian households will also decline up to ...%

- The country which needs the highest oil price to balance its budget is....., while the country least dependent on high oil prices is ...

- The two main reasons why oil prices have fallen are: .................................... and .............................................

sept 13th
1. Finish your work on intercultural negotiation article. It must be handed in today. 2. If you have time, check this new article
 * Analyse the words and expressions in blue for grammar.
 * Analyse the words and expressions in yellow for vocabulary and word order.
 * Look up words and expressions in red

sept 9th
Read this article: Intercultural negotiation

Take notes of the words and expressions you don't understand and write a summary with the main ideas.

READING. Go to the reading corner, where you can get access to different books and stories and download the reading worksheet.
=__**Pronouns and possessives**__= __**[|Object pronouns]**__ __**[|Possessive adjectives]**__ __**[|Possessive pronouns]**__ __**[|Mixed activity]**__ __**[|Reflexive pronouns]**__

=__**Possessive case**__= =__**Revision for test**__=
 * Explanation in[| Spanish]**
 * Activity [|1]**
 * More explqnqtions in [|English]**
 *  [|'s (Apostrophe, genitive, possessive) – Exercise 1] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/1.svg]] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/dropdown.svg]]
 *  [|'s (Apostrophe, genitive, possessive) – Exercise 2] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/1.svg]] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/dropdown.svg]]
 *  [|'s (Apostrophe, genitive, possessive) – Exercise 3] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/3.svg]] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/einsetzen.svg]]
 *  [|'s (Apostrophe, genitive, possessive) – Exercise 4] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/3.svg]] [[image:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/img/klassen/einsetzen.svg]]

Apart from all the work we have done during the year, those of you who have only one part should concentrate on:

**Grammar:**

 * All[| tenses] active and passive**

and then go back to mixed verb tenses.
 * If you find these activities too difficult, start with the basics, follow this link to remedial grammar **

Articles: [|Choose the right article 1] [|Choose the right article 2] [|Choose the right article 3] [|Choose the right article 4] [|Choose the right article 5] [|Choose the right article 6] [|Choose the right article 7] [|Choose the right article 8] [|Choose the right article 9] [|Choose the right article 10]

**Most frequent linkers with translation and explanation of the structure** [[file:Conectores 022013.doc]]
You can practise reading comprehension [|on-line] and summarize the content of the text. For business English comprehension, follow [|this link]

**Friday 13th March.**

 * Please assess the teacher's[| work]**
 * If you have passed this subject, you can play games in English**
 * If you haven't, practise the parts you have to retake, capture the final screen of every activity you do and e-mail it to the teacher.**

**13- Work with finance vocabulary.** **Capture the final screen of every activity you do, paste the captures on a word document and e-mail it to the teacher.**
[|Finance vocabulary 1] [|Finance vocabulary 2] [|Finance vocabulary 3] [|Finance vocabulary 4] [|Finance vocabulary 5] [|Business Plans 1]

When you have finished all the activities correctly, you can revise or read news in English.

**12- We're getting close to the end of this course now, so revise the activities on this page because you are going to be tested on them.**

 * Capture the final screen of every activity you do, paste the captures on a word document and e-mail it to the teacher.**


 * Make sure you get [|your tenses] right.**

**11- Continue with vocabulary practice, capture the final screen of every activity, paste the captures on a word document and e-mail it to the teacher.**
[|English for Sales 5] [|English for Sales - Trade Shows 1] [|English for Sales - Trade Shows 2] [|Marketing Vocabulary 1] [|Marketing Vocabulary 2] [|Marketing Vocabulary 3] [|Marketing Vocabulary 4] [|Marketing Vocabulary 5] [|Marketing Vocabulary 6]

**10- Practise with phrasal verbs which are frequently used in business.**
[|Phrasal verbs 1] [|Phrasal verbs 2] [|Phrasal verbs 3] [|Phrasal verbs 4] [|Phrasal verbs 5] [|Phrasal verbs 6] [|Phrasal verbs 7] [|You can also try activity 8]**but this is extra.**


 * More extra activities: you can have a look at these initiatives [|against TTIP and CETA,] the reasons they [|give]and the protests they [|they're staging]**

**8- Read and take notes of the main ideas in these articles. After that, you can give your opinion on the subject.**
__**Find the following expressions in the article:**__ Se les aclama= Seamos francos= Durante las dos últimas décadas= Incitación al odio= Idolatrar= Reaccionar de manera exagerada= Despedir= Retirar el reconocimiento= Insistía en que estuviese dirigida= peticiones de que se prohíban sus intervenciones= Una ocasión para aprender algo= Una postura menos hipócrita= La mayoría de nosotros no practicamos de verdad= Los provocadores y otras figuras estrafalarias cumplen una función pública útil= Minan el autobombo de los triunfadores= Reducen la desigualdad social= Los poderosos= Por antonomasia= Poner de relieve= Dejar espacio= Tipos desafiantes= Conceden un estatus diferente= Ser selectivos desde el punto de vista social=
 * [|Je suis Charlie?]**
 * [|I am not Charlie Hebdo]You can also check and comment the translation made for [|El País internacional]**

**7- Rephrasing in business English**
[|Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 1] [|Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 2] [|Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 3] [|Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 4] [|Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 5] [|English for Sales 1] [|English for Sales 2] [|English for Sales 3] [|English for Sales 4]

===So, if you're still in class today...===
 * 1) ===you can learn a bit about [|strange christmas traditions] around the w orld. ===
 * 2) === You can also listen to some Christmas songs and follow the lyrics: ===


 * === [|Last Chrismas] ===
 * ===[|Santa Claus is coming]===
 * [|Frosty the snowman]
 * [|Jingle bell rock]
 * 3. Or if you really mean business, then you can...**
 * Learn about [|Christmas parties for companies]
 * [|Ideas for setting up a Christmas business]

6. __Practise reading comprehension__

 * A- R ead this text and answer the questions**. [[file:Price war over taxi apps.docx]]

5.__Revise the use of future tenses__
- Join the two parts of the [|sentences] - Do this activity and pay attention to the use of future, it's [|different from French] - Go through the explanation about future tenses and do the [|activities] - Another activity to practice [|future tenses] [|- future mixed sentences]

[|- Mixed revision of grammar and vocabulary] Do this activity, take notes of your mistakes and ask your teacher about the correct solution.

4. __**The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)**__
1- Find at l __ **east one** __ British source of information and one American. 2- Get the main ideas about both the position of Europe and the position of USA in the negotiation process. 3- Take notes on the differences between British English and American English which you have found while reading the article. 4- You must print your report and hand it in or e-mail it to the teacher. It is very important to mention your sources. ** (from Friday 28th to Wednesday 3rd December) **
 * Task: **


 * 3. REVISE GRAMMAR THROUGH BUSINESS EXPRESSIONS**
 * 3.1 USE OF ARTICLES: **
 * Do as many exercises as you need to feel confident with the use of ARTICLES. **

[|Choose the right article 1] [|Choose the right article 2] [|Choose the right article 3] [|Choose the right article 4] [|Choose the right article 5] [|Choose the right article 6] [|Choose the right article 7] [|Choose the right article 8] [|Choose the right article 9] [|Choose the right article 10]


 * 3.2 VERB TENSES. **
 * Do as many exercises as you need to feel confident with the use of TENSES. If you find the following activities too difficult, go back to the basics, follow this link to remedial grammar. **

[|Mixed verb tenses 1] [|Mixed verb tenses 2] [|Mixed verb tenses 3] [|Mixed verb tenses 4] [|Mixed verb tenses 5] [|Mixed verb tenses 6] [|Mixed verb tenses 7] [|Mixed verb tenses 8] [|Mixed verb tenses 9] [|Mixed verb tenses 10] =** All the activities from this point are part of the contents for the first TEST (November 10th) **= You may need to revise the use of present simple and present continuos. You will find some useful activities if you follow the link to remedial work

1. INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION AND PROTOCOL.
Read and discuss:

[|Telephone Language 1] [|Telephone Language 2] [|Answering Requests] [|Because/so that etc.] [|Business Expressions 1] [|Business Expressions 2] [|Business Expressions 3] [|Business Expressions 4] [|Business Expressions 5] [|Business Idioms] [| More Business Vocabulary]
 * 2. LEARN BUSINESS VOCABULARY**
 * Easy language:**
 * More complex expressions:**


 * Do these activities and check your level**

Business [|English basic expressions]

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