Work-Life Balance

October 3rd.

Our Conversational Assitant or Trainer delighted us with his own personal presentation, hailing originally from London, he has lived in many countries all over the world, including the USA, France and Asia; he has also traveled profusely due to his education as an engineer and work experience in the fashion business.

His impressive power point presentation was useful to illustrate concepts like:

• work-life balance 

as an introduction to a speaking activity in which SS discussed whether they live to work or work to live.

We also discussed other concepts like:

• Typical routines of meals and working hours in different parts of the world,
• Two kinds of negotiations: those of a win-win and a win-lose negotiations,
• The internationalization of our siesta as a Power Nap.

We learnt that British people are on average more understated and Americans more enthusiastic in their statements; and expressions like shooting the breeze, to think outside the box or blue sky thinking, that is, to think outside your daily routine.

A5A.

After our assistant's contribution, the class was asked to stand up in two lines, and SS paired up with the one infront of them, the topic was How was your weekend and What did you do?


Since SS were about four feet apart from each other they had to shout their questions and answers in a little noisy chaos intended to force your phonetic apparatus, control the volume of your voice, build up speaking confidence and let off steam.


Then, we went through homework emphasizing the production of new expressions with GET,

and we finished with the exam on Irregular Verbs classified by Morhological and phonological criteria, or as a student called it: An irregular exam on irregular verbs!

We interchanged finished exams, and for homework, they should mark those exams.

We finished our class with the expression: Let's call it a day  meaning let's consider this was already a day's work so time to go home.

A5B

After the conversational assistant's contribution, we went through the homework emphasizing expressions with GET,

We covered Vocabulary activities on pg. 12 - 1, 2 and 3. and left 4 for next day, we also interchanged finished exams, and for homework, they should mark those exams.

October 5th

A5A. 

VOCABULARY pg. 12. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
GRAMMAR pg. 12. 1, 2 and 3.
LISTENING pg. 14. 2


Remember guys I suggested you could conjugate the verb tenses of  grammar 12.3
I also picked up your marked exams, I'll take a look at them and give them back to you next day.

A5B

VOCABULARY  pg. 12. 4
GRAMMAR pg. 12. 1, 2 and 3.
LISTENING pg. 14. 2 and 3.


Remember guys I suggested you could conjugate the verb tenses of  grammar 12.3
I also picked up your marked exams, I'll take a look at them and give them back to you next day.

homework for both groups: Workbook pg. 7. 1, 2 and 3.