Lesson 20° and holiday homework

Hi guys,

We've made it and got to the end of 2016! Huraaah!

So that you don't get bored during the holidays :), please finish all exercises left from the different units from your workbooks and use the CD-ROM from your Student's Book to revise lots of activities from the previous units.
Plus here's a useful link with preparation exercises for the Advanced exam.

Merry Christmas and enjoy your time off!
See you in 2017!

Lesson 19°

Hello everyone,

For next time please work on ex. 1, 2 p. 25 and semi-modals ex. 1, 2 p. 26 from your workbooks. For those who misse the lesson read pages 54, 55 and 166 about semi-modals.

Bye for now,
Silvia

Lesson 18°

Hi guys,

For next time please work on ex. 3 points 3 and 4 p. 52 and Vocabulary ex. 1, 2, 3 p. 53 from your books.
Have a look at this video of house innovations, some of which are absolutely brilliant! Work on the tasks below it.

Next week we'll have both lessons, on Monday and Thursday, as Giga will be closed from Friday 23rd December to 8th January.

See you tomorrow at the party!
Bye
Silvia

Lesson 17°

Hello class,

For next time work on p. 23 in your workbook on Reason, result and purpose and Writing.
From the book try to conduct the survey ( ex. 6) on one perk chosen from exercise 5.

On Thursday please confirm if you're coming to the Christmas party on Friday 20.00 and what you're bringing (chips, cake, wine etc).

Bye for now,
Silvia

Lesson 16°

Hi guys,

For next time do the Reading form pages 42-42 in your books and Vocabulary p. 47 ex. 1-3.
Have a look at some errors in class and try to correct them:

• She scares about the challenges of the business.
• You're not sure what do you want to do...
• If you fail, you'll get trouble your family.
• She'd like to start a business related with travelling

Bye for now,

Silvia

Lesson 15°

Hi guys,

Today we looked at collocations and word formation, as well as some expressions to use on the phone.

For next time work on Listening and Phrasal vebrs from Unit 6 - Workbooks.

Have a lovely weekend!
Silvia

Lesson 14°

Hi guys,

You've all abandoned me today, except Domenico! For next time please finish up the exercises from Unit 5 and the homework from last time and check this audio and the tasks below here.

Bye for now
Silvia

lesson 12°

Hi class,

For next time I'd like you to do ex. 2, 3 p. 40 of the student's book and from the workbook start working on Unit 5 p. 16-17-18 and try to complete most exercises.

Bye for now,
have a nice weekend and don't forget about the Student's Feedback Form.
Silvi

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Lesson 11°

Hi guys,

Today we worked on pages 36-37 and for next time I'd like you to work on the Revision exercises from pages 38 and 39.
Next time we'll revise some of the things we did together in the previous units and on Thursday I'll give you a short progress test.

That's all for now,
Have a lovely weekend! (not a rainy one, I hope)

Silvia

Lesson 9°

Hello class,

For next time please work on ex. 5 and 6 from p. 33 and do a couple of Listenings from your Workbook.

The key for ex. 5 is: 1. firstly, 2. secondly, 3. moreover, 4. finally, 5. although, 6. so that, 7. however, 8. consequently, 9. then, 10. firstly, 11. when, 12. gradually, 13. after that, 14. especially, 15. because, 16. finally.

Have a great weekend and remember about the meeting with the inspector on Monday at 18.00, be punctual!
Thank youuuu :)

See ya!
Silvia

Lesson 7°

Hi guys,

For next time please work from the photocopies from your (future) wokbooks p. 13 ex. 1 Use of English and p. 15 Modals and semi-modals ex. 1-3.

Here's the video we watched in class "TED's secret to great public speaking": please watch it again and use the transcript to look for dependent prepositions (verb+prep or adj+prep or noun+prep), such as: "interested in", "aware of", "share sth with" etc.
For those who missed the class - you'll find the transcrip under the video on the same page.

Remember to confirm if you can come to Boozer for the Pub Quiz!
Bye for now,
Silvia

Lesson 6°

Hello class,

Today we started Unit 4 and did some Listening and reading practice.
For next time please work on Vocabulary ex. 1-3 p. 31 and pages 26-27 all exercises.
For those who missed the lesson, you can still do hw by looking at the pdf book here.

For Emanuele, the expression is Achilles heel, click here to see some synonyms!

Bye for now
S

Lesson 5°

Hi guys,

We will have a lesson on the 31st October, as Giga IH will be open on Monday. The school will be closed the 1st and 2nd November (Tue and Wed).

Today you gave feedback on your classmates' letters and then discussed the topic of magazines, TV shows and famous people.
You also chose one magazine I brought to class for further reading. Remember, next time be able to summarise one article in a few minutes!
Then we read the Michelle Obama's interview and discussed the text.
We also did some listening practice from p. 24 and looked at some new language. For next time look into these new expressions and use the transcript of the audio.
Please also work on the Workbook (photocopies) Reading and Use of English p. 12 and don't forget to read an article from the magazine you chose in class.

Bye for now,
See you on Monday!
S

GigaIH policy for missing lessons

Hi everyone,

This post is dedicated to the case you will miss lessons throughout the year. You must bear in mind that you can book 1 hour of recoup only after you have missed two consecutive lessons.

Did you miss two (2) consecutive lessons?

Don’t worry! We care about your learning so remember that:

• On your return you must inform Reception and book your ‘recupero’ lesson immediately.
• This depends on the availability of a teacher who could be the same one or a different one. 
• ‘Recupero’ lessons will be available only at specific times so please check with Reception first.

You should obviously do your best and avoid missing lessons as much as possible, as this will affect the dynamics of the group and your own progress throughout the year.

Best,
Silvia

Lesson 4°

Hi guys,

Today we did some Speaking practice Part 4 by looking at questions from ex. 2 p. 19 - you also had to assess your classmates following the speaking criteria given in class.

We also worked on writing formal and informal letters - ex. 2 p. 16. ex. 1-3 and prepositions ex. 1, 2 and Corpus spot p. 17. We started Writing folder 1 ex. 1-3 p. 20.

For homework please do ex. 4 p. 17 (writing to the hotel) using the useful vocabulary and expressions from previous exercises.

From p. 21 do exercises 4-6 and attempt a draft of the letter in ex. 7 p. 21 - one of your colleagues will check it in class.

If you are too busy and you don't have enough time to do both writings, do one as best as you can and leave the second for the weekend.

Bye for now,

Silvia

Lesson 3°

Hi class,

Welcome to Alessia and Giulia to our group! :)
Last time we discussed what living life to the full means to you using Qs from p.16 ex. 1.

We worked on Reading p. 18 andVocabulary p. 18 You also read and discussed an article from NY Daily News about Internet affecting our lives.

We also did some Listening practice from p.19 and rounded up with answering Qs from ex. 3 p.19.

As HW, practice givimg extended answers to Qs from Speaking ex. 2 p. 19 and from your workbook finish the exercises related to conditionals p. 6 and work on Dependent prepositions ex. 1-3 p. 9.

Bye for now,
Silvia

Lesson 2°

Hello class,

Welcome to Antonio to our group and here's your homework for next time: p. 14-15 and study the conditional situations from p. 162.
Please also work on the errors I've written at the end of the lesson.

Remember the Oxford Collocation Dictionary that might be a usefusl tool for you!

Bye for now,

Silvia

Lesson 1°

Hi class,

Welcome to school year 2016-2017 at Giga IH! Here you'll find your homework and extra websites, videos and activities to help you improve in no time!

Bye for now,
Silvia

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End of Year Party

Homework for May 19

Hi guys,

Here is the website we talked about this eve - BBC Learning English - with lots of resources to be discovered! There's also an older page, which hasn't been updated, but it's amazingly rich in useful pages for students of English - my favourite character on this website is The Teacher - have a look at his videos! They're wacky :)

Enjoy!
S

Students Feedback Form

We'd highly appreciate you filling in the Students Feedback Form in order to improve your learning experience with Giga IH!

Homework for May 17

Hi guys,

Here's an audio to practise your listening skills about learning languages, listen and do the Preparation and Task below.

I'm anticipating the next grammar topic (articles) by giving you this link to read and work on.

Have a great weekend!
Silvia

Please confirm your participation by 23 May (Monday) and I hope all of you will be coming!
Thank you!
Silvia

Homework for May 5

Hello class,

For next time check this audio (and text) about Ecotourism, a similar topic to the one in class today, and do the Preparation before listening and the Task after.
Enjoy!

Bye for now
Silvia

Homework for April 26

Hi eveyone,

I really appreciate the fact that you tried your best in the Mock test, hopefully you'll get some really good results! :)

As homework let's learn/revise some phrasal verbs here and learn how to greet someone you haven't seen in a long time here, then do a reading related to the environment here :) Do the tasks related to the video/listening/text.

If you want to improve your listening fast, I recommend you use this new section of the British Council Learn English website every week. It's suitable for intermediate to advanced students, so perfect for you!

Have a nice long weekend!
Bye bye
<3

Homework for April 19

Hi everyone,

Check this video of First Speaking and also read the examiner's comments.

Remember to revise the previous lessons and get ready for the Mock Tests next week, both on Tue and Thu.

PS: On Monday you have the opportunity to attend a support lesson from 19.00-20.00, when you'll practice on how to write an essay. Ask for Alex (your teacher on Mon)! 

Have a nice weekend!
Silvia

Homework for April 7

Hi guys,

As today we talked about education, here's one of the most famous universities where many world leaders have been educated - Oxford! Discover it by watching this video and doing the tasks below it.

AND: remember about the Yoga in English tomorrow eve - Wednesday from 20.00-21.00 -  here at Giga! (Check my previous post!)

Bye for now,
Silvia <3

Yoga in English

Homework for March 15

Hi guys,

Here's the link to the James Bond review we looked at today - there are some other tasks you can do under the review - check them out!

PS: What did you choose eventually: FUD or the vegetarian? :D

Have a nice weekend!
Silvia

Homework for March 8

Hi guys,

I just wanted to show you the meanings of the noun "hotness", quite different from the word "heat", and also less used.

That's all,

Bye for now

S

Homework for Feb 18

Hi everyone,

Here are the slides I show you today - practice speculation and deduction modals on the remaining images.

Have a good week!
Silvia

Homework for February 9

Hello everyone,

On Thursday 4th February the school will be closed for the celebration of Catania's patron saint, Saint Agatha.

For next time, which is after Sant'Agatha Festival, please write the informal letter about the festival and you can use these two web articles with useful language:

• The Festival of Sant'Agatha, the patron saint of Catania
• Festa di sant'Agata

Enjoy the days off!

Bye!

Silvia

Homework for Feb 1

Hi guys,

For homework please watch this better example of Speaking Part 3 and write down possible useful expressions the "candidates" used.

And if you like disagreeing, like Valerio :), you could watch this video and learn more polite (very British) ways to do that.

Enjoy!
Silvia

Homework for Jan 26

Hi class,

Here's a useful link with different examples of writings: essays, articles, reports etc. It can help you with writing your report for next time.

Have a nice weekend!
Bye
S

Homework for Jan 12

Happy New year everybody!
I hope you spent your holidays in a relaxing and fun way!

Here's the link to the TED Talk I introduced you today - listen to it, using English or Italian subtitles or you can read the transcript.

New Year, new materials: I'm introducing you a Youtube channel which we are going to use quite often from now on - so that means a lot of listening and vocab practice! ;) BBC Learning English.

For Tuesday, please listen to this video below and make a sentence with each of the phrases discussed.

Bye for now,

S