Introduction B1 Blended (1)

English B1 blended11 March-20 May 2013

exercise

LAST night 40,000 people rent accommodation from a service that offer 250,000 room in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. They choose their rooms and paid for everything online. But their bed were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotels chain. Hosts and guests were match up by Airbnb, a firm based in San Francisco. Since its launch in 2008 more than 4m people has used it—2.5m of them in 2012 alone. It is the most prominent example of a huge new “sharing economy”, in which people rents beds, car, boats and other asset directly from each other, co-ordinate via the internet.

You might think this is no different from running a bed-and-breakfast, owning a timeshares or participating in a car pool. But technology have reduced transactions costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scales. The big changes is the availability of more data about people and thing, which allows physical assets to be disaggregated and consume as service. Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth. Now website such as Airbnb, RelayRides and SnapGoods matches up owners and renter; smartphones with GPS lets people see where the nearest rentable car is park; social network provide a way to checks up on people and builds trust; and onlines payment systems handles the billings.

Find mistakes with plurals etc, 3rd person singulars, past tenses

LAST night 40,000 people rent_ accommodation from a service that offer_ 250,000 room_ in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. They choose their rooms and paid for everything online. But their bed_ were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotels chain. Hosts and guests were match_ up by Airbnb, a firm based in San Francisco. Since its launch in 2008 more than 4m people has used it—2.5m of them in 2012 alone. It is the most prominent example of a huge new “sharing economy”, in which people rents beds, car_, boats and other asset_ directly from each other, co-ordinate_ via the internet.

You might think this is no different from running a bed-and-breakfast, owning a timeshares or participating in a car pool. But technology have reduced transactions costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scales. The big changes is the availability of more data about people and thing_, which allows physical assets to be disaggregated and consume_ as service_. Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth. Now website_ such as Airbnb, RelayRides and SnapGoods matches up owners and renter_; smartphones with GPS lets people see where the nearest rentable car is park_; social network_ provide a way to checks up on people and builds trust; and onlines payment systems handles the billings.

32 mistakes with plurals etc, 3rd person singulars, past tenses

LAST night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries. They chose their rooms and paid for everything online. But their beds were provided by private individuals, rather than a hotel chain. Hosts and guests were matched up by Airbnb, a firm based in San Francisco. Since its launch in 2008 more than 4m people have used it—2.5m of them in 2012 alone. It is the most prominent example of a huge new “sharing economy”, in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, co-ordinated via the internet.

You might think this is no different from running a bed-and-breakfast, owning a timeshare or participating in a car pool. But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale. The big change is the availability of more data about people and things, which allows physical assets to be disaggregated and consumed as services. Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth. Now websites such as Airbnb, RelayRides and SnapGoods match up owners and renters; smartphones with GPS let people see where the nearest rentable car is parked; social networks provide a way to check up on people and build trust; and online payment systems handle the billing.

complete article:

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21573104-internet-everything-hire-rise-sharing-

economy

discussion

why are we here?

credits?

learning English?

learning English

be ambitiouslanguages are BIGget ‘real’ English

credits

not automaticBUTnot very difficult

What does‘blended’

mean?

English B1 blended11 March-20 May 2013

learningin class

learningon-line

learningon the forum

learningin class

learningon-line


learningin class

learningon-line


multi-centred learning

on-linestudy

Moodle@CLA

http://webdev3.caspur.it/cla/login/index.php

username =CLA codice

password =surname*

password =surname*

*surname with- no accents- no capitals- no spaces

password =surname*

*surname with- no accents- no capitals- no spaces

(probably)

please log in and start doing the exercises immediately

!

if you can’t log onwrite to meimmediately

[email protected]

also

register your email on your

profile

register your email on your

profile

without your email, I can’t contact youif there’s a problem, you won’t know

course plan

lesson no.

date mod. exercises estimated time

1. 11 March

module 6

24 activitiesabout 18 hoursof study

must complete all activities, andmust do x hours of study on-linebefore passing to module 7

2. 18 March

3. 25 March

Easter 1 April

4. 8 April

5. 15 April

6. 22 April

module 7


must complete all activities, andmust do x hours of study on-linebefore taking exam

7. 29 April

8. 6 May

9. 13 May

10. 20 May

Exam 30 May

lesson no.


1. 11 March

module 6



2. 18 March

3. 25 March

Easter 1 April

4. 8 April

5. 15 April

6. 22 April

module 7



7. 29 April

8. 6 May

9. 13 May

10. 20 May

Exam 30 May

There is a minimum number of hours you must do in order to complete the module.

WE DO NOT TELL YOU THIS MINIMUM!

lesson no.


1. 11 March

module 6



2. 18 March

3. 25 March

Easter 1 April

4. 8 April

5. 15 April

6. 22 April

module 7



7. 29 April

8. 6 May

9. 13 May

10. 20 May

Exam 30 May

You can’t move to module 7 until you have completely finished module 6.

If you are late, you must take the exam in July.

lesson no.


1. 11 March

module 6



2. 18 March

3. 25 March

Easter 1 April

4. 8 April

5. 15 April

6. 22 April

module 7



7. 29 April

8. 6 May

9. 13 May

10. 20 May

Exam 30 May

You must finish module 7 before the last lesson.

lesson no.

date mod. test notes

1. 11 March

module 6

entrance test

2. 18 March

3. 25 March mid-module test must pass before module 7

Easter 1 April

4. 8 April

5. 15 April module 6 final test must pass before module 7

6. 22 April

module 7

entrance test

7. 29 April

8. 6 May mid-module test must pass before exam

9. 13 May

10. 20 May module 7 final test must pass before exam

Exam 30 May

course requirements

to pass this course, you must: - pass mid-module test for module 6 - do all the exercises in module 6 - spend x hours studying module 6 - pass final test for module 6 - pass mid-module test for module 7 - do all the exercises in module 7 - spend x hours studying module 7 - pass final test for module 7 - have no more than 2 absences - pass the final exam











easy ;)

last year

total %

passed 71 66

failed 6 6

exam in July 24 22

abandoned 6 6

107

in addition 24 students abandoned at the start of the course

total %

passed 71 66

failed 6 6

exam in July 24 22

abandoned 6 6

107

in addition 24 students abandoned at the start of the course

not good!

this year

?

how to approach the on-line part without problems:

1. log in immediately anddo the entrance test

2. do 5 exercises a week

3. spend time on each exercise


NB always ask yourself“do I know why I made that mistake”

“what is the rule”etc?


NBlook for new vocab

look new words up in the dictionary

4. check that:

- your time is registered- the exercise shows as

‘completed’

avoid

!

leaving all the work to the end

doing more than one exerciseat a time

doing an exercise too quickly

NBcheating is punished

!

above all, if I have to spend a lot of time checking to see if you

are doing the work…

…it puts me in a bad mood

in class

in class

speakingpronunciation

comprehension

in speaking activities

in speaking activitiesyou must notspeak Italian

in speaking activitiesyou must not

write your answers*

in speaking activitiesyou must not

write your answers*

*but making notes is good

pronunciation

pronunciation4 lessons

in Module 6

comprehension

comprehension4 video comprehension lessons

in Module 7

the forum

activities

- writing- grammar homework

- interaction- lesson plans

writing

one piece of writing every week

eitheran exercise

based on activities in classor

a reviewof an article or TED video*

*more instructions next week

proofreadingyour writing

how many small mistakescan you find

?

(there are no grammar mistakes)

as the son dawned over Caracas_,james bond was alredy speeding down avenida Bolivar_, the main Boulevard off the venezuelan City_

He thougth about what M had said, beck in london on monday,“_I want them in MI6 befor the Weekend_, than i dont want them back in Venezuela untill june”. typical M_!



Capitalisation: 14 mistakes



Spelling: 8 mistakes



Punctuation: 7 mistakes



Total: 29 mistakes

As the sun dawned over Caracas, James Bond was already speeding down, Avenida Bolivar, the main boulevard of the Venezuelan city.

He thought about what M had said, back in London on Monday, “I want them in MI6 before the weekend, then I don’t want them back in Venezuela until June”. Typical M!

moral of the story…

it’s OK to make these mistakes in SMS and IM


in SMS and IM they aren’t mistakes


but not in serious writing

so check your writing forcapitalisation

spellingpunctuation

before you post it to the forum

so check your writing forcapitalisation

spellingpunctuation

before you post it to the forum

then check forplurals

verb endingsinversion for questions

then check forplurals

verb endingsinversion for questions

finally check forgrammar we have studied*

finally check forgrammar we have studied*

*always try to use things we have studied in your writing

resources

grammar referenceModule 6

gram

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refe

renc

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grammar referenceModule 7

all the links in this presentation are listed on Pinboard:

https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrome/t:Roma3/

Oxford AdvancedLearner’s Dictionary(OALD)

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/



The OALD online is free

Use it to correct your writing

English Grammar in Use

http://www.amazon.it/English-Grammar-Use-Answers-Intermediate/dp/0521189063/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338846328&sr=8-1

Buy, beg, borrow or steal a copy of EGU


OK not ‘steal’


3rd or 4th editions are best, but you can use the 2nd edition


Use EGU for grammar homework

writing homework

introduce yourself

introduce yourself

write about1. yourself

2. your approach to this course

post on-line before next lesson

things about you:

course, which year at university, where from, where living,

flatmates, interests, free time, something surprising

your approach to this course:

what are your priorities for the course, how much time will you

spend studying, how will you organise your study-time

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Introduction B1 Blended (1)