Introduction to my B1 Bended courses at CLA; March-May 2013

1. English B1
blended
11 March-20 May 2013

2. exercise

3. 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.

4. 32 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.

5. 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.

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

7. discussion
why are we here?

8. credits?

9. learning English?

10. credits learning English
not automatic be ambitious
BUT languages are BIG
not very difficult get „real‟ English

11. What does
„blended‟
mean
?

12. English B1
blended
11 March-20 May 2013

13. learning learning
in class on-line
learning
on the
forum

14. learning learning
in class on-line
learning
on the
forum

15. learninglearning
in class on-line
learning
on the
forum

16. multi-
centred
learning

17. on-line
study

18. Moodle@CLA
http://webdev3.caspur.it/cla/logi
n/index.php

20. username =
CLA codice

21. password =
surname*

22. *surname with
- no accents
password = - no capitals
surname* - no spaces

23. *surname with
- no accents
password = - no capitals
surname* - no spaces
(probably)

25. please log in and start doing the
exercises immediately
!

26. if you can‟t log on
write to me
immediately
at
david@davidnicholson.it

27. also

29. register your email
on your profile

30. register your email
on your profile
without your email, I can’t contact you
if there’s a problem, you won’t know

31. course plan

32. lesson date mod. exercises estimated time
no.
1. 11 March
2. 18 March
module 6
3. 25 March 24 activities must complete all activities, and
about 18 hours must do x hours of study on-line
Easter 1 April of study before passing to module 7
4. 8 April
5. 15 April
6. 22 April
7. 29 April
module 7
22 activities must complete all activities, and
8. 6 May about 20 hours must do x hours of study on-line
of study before taking exam
9. 13 May
10. 20 May
Exam 30 May

33. lesson date mod. exercises estimated time
no.
1. 11 March
There is a minimum
2. 18 number of hours you must
March
do in order to complete
module 6
3. 25 the module.
March 24 activities must complete all activities, and
about 18 hours must do x hours of study on-line
Easter 1 April
WE DO NOT TELL of study
YOU before passing to module 7
4. 8 April MINIMUM!
THIS
5. 15 April
6. 22 April
7. 29 April
module 7
22 activities must complete all activities, and
8. 6 May about 20 hours must do x hours of study on-line
of study before taking exam
9. 13 May
10. 20 May
Exam 30 May

34. lesson date mod. exercises estimated time
no.
1. 11 March
You can‟t move to module
2. 18 7 until you have
March
completely finished
module 6
3. 25 module 6.
March 24 activities must complete all activities, and
about 18 hours must do x hours of study on-line
Easter 1 April
If you are late, you of study
must before passing to module 7
4. 8 April the exam in July.
take
5. 15 April
6. 22 April
7. 29 April
module 7
22 activities must complete all activities, and
8. 6 May about 20 hours must do x hours of study on-line
of study before taking exam
9. 13 May
10. 20 May
Exam 30 May

35. lesson date mod. exercises estimated time
no.
1. 11 March
2. 18 March
module 6
3. 25 March 24 activities must complete all activities, and
about 18 hours must do x hours of study on-line
Easter 1 April of study before passing to module 7
4. 8 April
5. 15 April
6. 22 April
7. You must finish module 7
29 April
module 7
before the last lesson. activities
22 must complete all activities, and
8. 6 May about 20 hours must do x hours of study on-line
of study before taking exam
9. 13 May
10. 20 May
Exam 30 May

36. lesson date mod. test notes
no.
1. 11 March entrance test
2. 18 March
module 6
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 entrance test
7. 29 April
module 7
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

37. course requirements

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. easy ;)

50. last year

51. 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

52. not good!
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

53. this year
?

54. how to approach the on-line part
without problems:

55. 1. log in immediately and
do the entrance test

56. 2. do 5 exercises a week

57. 3. spend time on each exercise

58. 3. spend time on each exercise
NB always ask yourself
“do I know why I made that mistake”
“what is the rule”
etc
?

59. 3. spend time on each exercise
NB
look for new vocab
look new words up in the dictionary

60. 4. check that:
- your time is registered
- the exercise shows as
„completed‟

61. avoid
!

62. leaving all the work to the end

63. doing more than one exercise
at a time

64. doing an exercise too quickly

65. NB
cheating is punished
!

66. above all, if I have to spend a lot
of time checking to see if you
are doing the work…

67. …it puts me in a bad mood

68. in class

69. in class
speaking
pronunciation
comprehension

70. in speaking activities

71. in speaking activities
you must not
speak Italian

72. in speaking activities
you must not
write your answers*

73. in speaking activities
you must not
write your answers*
*but making notes is good

74. pronunciation

75. pronunciation
4 lessons
in Module 6

76. comprehension

77. comprehension
4 video comprehension lessons
in Module 7

78. the forum

79. activities
- writing
- grammar homework
- interaction
- lesson plans

80. writing

81. one piece of writing every week

82. either
an exercise
based on activities in class
or
a review
of an article or TED video*
*more instructions next week

83. proofreading
your writing

84. how many small mistakes
can you find
?
(there are no grammar mistakes)

85. 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_!

86. Capitalisation: 14 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_!

87. Spelling: 8 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_!

88. Punctuation: 7 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_!

89. Total: 29 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_!

90. 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!

91. moral of the story…

92. it‟s OK to make these mistakes
in SMS and IM

93. in SMS and IM they
aren‟t mistakes
it‟s OK to make these mistakes
in SMS and IM

94. it‟s OK to make these mistakes
in SMS and IM
but not in serious writing

95. so check your writing for
capitalisation
spelling
punctuation
before you post it to the forum

96. so check your writing for
capitalisation
spelling
punctuation
before you post it to the forum

97. then check for
plurals
verb endings
inversion for questions

98. then check for
plurals
verb endings
inversion for questions

99. finally check for
grammar we have studied*

100. finally check for
grammar we have studied*
*always try to use things we have studied in your writing

101. resources

102. grammar reference
Module 6

106. grammar reference
Module 7

108. all the links in this presentation
are listed on Pinboard:
https://pinboard.in/u:davidatrom
e/t:Roma3/

110. Oxford Advanced
Learner‟s Dictionary
(OALD)

112. The OALD online
is free
Use it to correct
your writing

113. English Grammar in Use

115. Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU

116. Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
OK not
„steal‟

117. Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
3 rd
or 4th
editions
are best, but you
can use the 2nd
edition

118. Buy, beg, borrow
or steal a copy of
EGU
Use EGU for
grammar
homework

119. writing homework

120. introduce yourself

121. introduce yourself
write about
1. yourself
2. your approach to this course
post on-line before next lesson

122. things about you:
course, which year at university,
where from, where living,
flatmates, interests, free time,
something surprising

123. 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

124. www.davidnicholson.it