Introduction to my latest B1 intensive course

1. English B1
intensive
4 June – 19 July 2012
14 lessons; 28 hours

2. about me

4. I was born
here

5. I grew up
here

6. I went to
university
here

7. I’ve lived in
Rome for 19
years.
And I’ve
taught English
to a lot of
people!

9. about you

10. 60,851,000

11. population of Italy
60,851,000

12. 2,014,000

13. 2,014,000
students in higher
education

14. 3.31%

15. % of uni students
in Italy
3.31%

16. this number
means you are
the elite
3.31%

17. in these lessons
I expect your approach
to show this

18. in other words

19. please bring your intelligence
and commitment to class

20. DISCUSSION
What do you want from this course?

21. about learning English

22. intermediate is different
it‟s difficult to make progress
don‟t drift!

24. progress
the
intermediate
plateau
time

25. English as English as
object of means of
study communication

26. vocab: vocab:
1,000-3,000 15,000+
words words

27. grammar: grammar
past, present, as a
future system

28. foreign foreign
language as language as
alien culture

29. what can you do to get past
the intermediate plateau
?

30. about this course

31. components:

32. grammar

33. grammar
we‟ll focus on the areas that
give problems at this level

34. future tenses

35. present perfect

36. auxiliary
vs.
main verbs

37. how to translate
“avrei fatto”

38. anything you want to propose

39. de-Italianisation

40. de-Italianisation
making your English
more English

41. word order

42. collocation

43. pronunciation
the sounds of English
and the phonetic system

44. 21 vowels and diphthongs

45. word stress

46. sentence stress

47. weak and strong

48. the phonetic system

49. the phonetic system
and how pronunciation and
grammar work together

50. comprehension

51. comprehension
once a week a video
comprehension exercise

52. pronunciation and
comprehension lessons
will alternate

53. classwork

54. classwork
opportunities for you
to speak English

55. in groups of 3-5

56. individual presentations

57. homework

58. homework
at least equal to the time you
spend in class

59. homework
at least
4 hours a week

60. homework
at least
4 hours a week

61. grammar homework
from English Grammar in Use

62. writing homework
on CLACSON forum

63. comprehension homework
keep a diary
on CLACSON forum

64. e.g.

65. Pinko Pallino’s English Practice diary
TED – Julian Baggini: Is there a real you?
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_
you.html
Type: Video of presentation
When: Monday 4 June
How long: 20 minutes
How difficult: 4/5
Recommendation: 3/5
Comments: I thought that …
BBC Learning English – How to politely refuse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/gener
al/englishatwork/2012/05/120529_english_at_work_16_s
tory.shtml
Type: Listening

66. resources for this course

67. all the links on the following
pages can be found at:
https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrome/t:Roma3/

69. resources: I
where to get your practice

70. iTunes U
http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u

72. TED
(Technology, Entertainment, Design)
www.ted.com

74. The BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/inde
x.shtml

76. my Paper.li
http://paper.li/f-1337027006#

78. resources: II
dictionaries

79. Oxford Advanced Learner’s
Dictionary (OALD)
www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com

81. Bi-lingual dictionaries
don’t use them!

82. Bi-lingual dictionaries
but if you must…

83. WordReference
http://www.wordreference.com/

85. Oxford Collocations Dictionary
www.lixiaolai.com/ocd/index.html

87. resources: III
phonetics

88. UCL phonetic games
word to vowel symbol
symbol to words
sound to spelling/symbol

92. my phonetic symbols page
http://www.davidnicholson.it/tools_n_terms/ipa_sy
mbols_basic.html

94. resources: IV
grammar book

95. buy, beg, borrow or steal …
English Grammar in Use

96. OK not
„steal‟
buy, beg, borrow or steal …
English Grammar in Use

97.  intermediate
 4th edition
 with answers
(CD-ROM optional)

99. CLACSON

100. CLACSON
http://webdev3.caspur.it/cla/

103. Username:
CLA number

104. Password:
surname

105. if you have any problems

106. about anything related to this
course

107. you can write to me on
CLACSON

108. or at

109. david@davidnicholson

110. www.davidnicholson.it