UNIT 2: WORKING CONDITIONS

Talking about jobs: The 10 best jobs in America and Disappearing jobs.   Read and take notes on both presentations:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34725932/The_Ten_Best_Jobs_in_America_2010



http://www.cnbc.com/id/39541097?slide=1

 Consider these questions while you are reading and taking notes: Bring your notes to class, we will use them for the speaking activity.

Which is the highest paid job?                       

Would you ever consider doing any of these jobs?

Do you have the necessary qualifications for any of these jobs?                       

Which jobs would you never want to have? Why?                       

Comparing the jobs with their respective salary, do you think this is correct?

Should some jobs have a lower/higher salary?                       

Are you surprised with the information you read

THE STRANGEST JOBS IN HISTORY

http://listverse.com/2010/03/28/10-more-strange-jobs-from-history/


Qualifications and Examinations

UNIT 2 GRAMMAR

FUTURE CONTINUOUS


http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_future-continuous.htm

FUTURE CONTINUOUS EXERCISE

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/future-continuous-exercise-1.html




2nd CONDIITONAL


http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_3.htm

2nd Conditional Exercise

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm




EXTREME ADVERBS:

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-a.html



HOPE/WISH


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv38.shtml


http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/hope_wish.html

DICTIONARY

THE FREE DICTIONARY

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/



WORD REFERENCE.COM

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/



MERRIAM- WEBSTER ONLINE

http://www.merriam-webster.com/


THE ONLINE SLANG DICTIONARY

http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/plug-and-chug

UNIT 1: LISTENINGS

LEARNING STRATEGIES 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQYW6vYSGXs


LEARNING STRATEGIES 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoEee9l9nCw



LEARNING STYLES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jwz_h0zXsY



BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usq7h3n8GUw

GRAMMAR UNIT 1

EMPHASIZERS- so, such, too, enough

http://valmeenglishcorner.blogspot.mx/2010/02/so-such-too-enough-i.html


http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/enough_too_so_such.php


QUIZ:  http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/239.html

REVIEW OF -ING VS INFINITIVE

-ing vs infinitive


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



http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz97mkm.htm

EXPRESSING ABILITY: be able to/ can

http://www.engvid.com/expressing-ability-can-could-be-able-to/


http://www.engvid.com/expressing-ability-can-could-be-able-to/

MODAL VERBS: should, ought to, could

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/verbmodal.htms

Exercise

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2229

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ED, -ING

http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Adjectives_ED_ING.htm

MAKING GENERALIZATIONS: X percent; the majority; the minority; X out of X

INVESTIGATION and PRESENTATION- TEAM 1: X PERCENT (use and examples); TEAM 2: THE MAJORITY (use and examples); TEAM 3: THE MINORITY (use and examples); TEAM 4: X OUT OF X (use and examples).

UNIT 1: SHARING LEARNING EXPERIENCES

PLEASE GO TO THE LINK AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONNAIRE, SUBMIT IT, YOUR RESULTS WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU. CHECK WHAT YOUR STYLE IS AND PREPARE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR STYLE IN CLASS

LEARNING STYLES





READING:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND TAKE NOTES, PREPARE TO DISCUSS THE CHART IN CLASS


LEARNING STRATEGIES


TYPE OF TESTS APPLIED  :


TO RECEIVE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY CREDENTIAL-

http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=GED_TS&CFID=9337679&CFTOKEN=f0068d9843e0a520-3F6007A3-DE27-6BC1-750FA9CD13BFC056&jsessionid=16305df02007Y$3F$1EJ


 SAT: SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST


WHAT KIND OF TEST IS IT?

http://www.majortests.com/sat/sat-information.php


PRACTICE FOR SAT

http://sat.collegeboard.org/home?affiliateId=nav&bannerId=h-satb

COURSE LAYOUT

UNIT 1: SHARING LEARNING EXPERIENCIES

 

UNIT 2: WORKING CONDITIONS

 

UNIT 3:THE NEWS

 

UNIT 4: GOVERNMENTS

 

UNIT 5: SPORTS