Week 26: April 20th-26th

Preface - Debate Time

Define the following concepts:

• cowardice versus caution
• dishonesty-discretion
• being economical with the truth versus being a liar
• unreliability
• underperforming / underperformer

Discussion

• Is it better for a EOI teacher to have a good level of the language or to be a good communicator?
• Should immigrants be given preference when choosing a school for their children?
• Is Plurilingualism a "wild goose chase"?

Unit 7 Science and Research

• VOCABULARY: ex. 1 p. 62
• LISTENING: ex. 3, 4, 5 p. 63
• LISTENING: ex. 6 (discourse) p. 63

The Test of Time

1. SPEAKING: Ex. 1 p. 64
2. UNDERSTANDING VOCABULARY: ex. 7, 8 p. 64
3. READING: ex. 2-5 p. 64 (HOMEWORK)

Vital Statistics

• SPEAKING: ex. 1p. 66
• VOCABULARY: statistics p. 66 ex. 2-3
• LISTENING ex 4, 5 p. 66
• GRAMMAR: passives/causatives/ (SEE BELOW)
  • ex. 7, 8 p. 67
  • P. 173

Causatives:

1. https://www.webcolegios.com/file/d43e9e.pdf
2. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/causatives-exercise-1.pdf
3. http://www.autoenglish.org/modalverbs/gr.havedone.pdf
4. https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/causatives-exercise-2.pdf

Notes Wed. 22nd April

foolhardy

reckless

weigh up

outweigh

nothing ventured, nothing gained

no pain, no gain

a risk worth taking

take the plunge

live up to expectations

involvement

catch 22

they fall short

that sounds the death knell

a breakthrough (noun - a discovery)

ground-breaking(adjective)

in plain sight (underlying) (below the surface)

dormant

to be/to put something down to

CREATE

devise

to craft

to orchestrate

to engineer

to shield

a ticking bomb

discourse markers

What the hell (heck) is going on?

How on earth.....?

come off it!

let alone

hardly (an instant solution)

mind you,

the bark is worse than the bite

an all-bark-and-no-bite boss

mind-boggling