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Students should partake in drawing up the rubric when making a presentation. 

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Asking AI to draw up a rubric for a described presentation is easy - asking students to do it should give them more ownership of the project. Commenting on: Factors Predicting Effective Oral Presentations in EFL Classrooms By Neil Heffernan, Chris Feyjoo-Sanchez says: 'At times students become very confused on what the assignment that they are given is supposed to teach them - unless they are included in the making of the rubric, peer grading, and revising. At a large private university in Japan 304 students were given a survey asking what the most important components to an affective English presentation are. They selected three important components: audience interaction, voice quality/speech, and use of correct language. When students participate in deciding how they will be graded for an oral presentation, they are more aware of what they need to work on the most. They understand that their opinion is heard while at the same time opening their minds to new ideas and applying those ideas to their mindset.'

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Word games at various levels. Beware of the link to 'The Song That Never Ends'. You've been warned.

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You Don’t Need Anything to Play These Word Games - Uncommon Path – An REI Co-op Publication

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Learn how to play these 12 games that only require words. They’re perfect for playing around a campfire, at the airport, or at home.

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Link to online quiz with formal v informal introductions , web page also has explanations 

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Link to online quiz with formal v informal introductions , web page also has explanations 

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I'm using this for day 1 and referring back to it for 'identifying register' section of negotiating on Day 3.

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We take photos of each class every year - and Stephanie may use those photos for the Socials, so there is an RGPT form to be signed. If students don't sign the RGPT form, they shouldn't be in the photo and that's fine.

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From the excellent blog ONTHESAMEPAGE, a cute game for Cultural (Halloween) and for lower levels. Picture dictation . 

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From the excellent blog ONTHESAMEPAGE, a cute game for Cultural (Halloween) and for lower levels. Picture dictation . 

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V Simple Presentations Exercise Slash Game

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Games I am bringing. Also, games you can ask me to bring 

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Games I am bringing. Also, games you can ask me to bring 

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I will bring Scrabble, Brainbox The World, Brainbox Maths (for higher levels), Sky My Husband, Unanima (vocab game), Sets (raucous make-a-set game)

Also available: several tell-the-time games with cardboard clocks, Guess Who, Touch and Guess, and lots of memory-pair games (Memory). If you want these, or part of these, , let me know.

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Board Game here, very easy to update. Use coins as dice and as pieces.

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Opinion is what you think before asking questions about the topic at hand and talking with others.

Judgment is what you have, and what you show, after asking questions and talking with others.

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Examining the news - question cards from the Economist 

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Examining the news - question cards from the Economist 

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Talk about Food Fraud (could help in intercultural, in the context of food norms)

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Talk about Food Fraud (could help in intercultural, in the context of food norms)

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And this: https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2016/jun/03/sugar-horsemeat-doping-scandals-teach-charities-pr?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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The horsemeat scandal of early 2013 sent shockwaves across the food industry. After weeks of bad headlines, the UK government finally responded by agreeing to an independent inquiry to look into how horsemeat got into ready meals and frozen beefburgers.

Heading up that investigation was Prof Chris Elliott, a long-time food safety specialist. His conclusions were scathing: with little investigation or prosecution of food crime there was a "huge incentive for the criminal to pursue food crime".

Three years on, I caught up with Elliott to find out if the supply chain is any safer today and what, if any, lessons have been learned. Here are his three key points:

Food crime is now a known risk to companies

Before horsemeat, criminal networks were involved across the food chain but were relatively under the radar. Today, food crime is high up the list of risks being monitored by companies. "There's now much more effort from people to understand their supply chains, where they're trying to get their materials from and what the risks from fraudulent activity might be," says Elliott.

According to Elliot two drivers of food fraud are opportunity and market conditions, especially crop failure as it makes the replacement of expensive foods with cheaper ingredients more appealing to criminals. By way of example, he has highlighted how six common food products, including infant formula, guacamole and chorizo, could be at risk of food adulteration.

Authorities across the EU are working closely on food fraud

The big problem when the horsemeat scandal broke was that no one was quite sure who was responsible for dealing with it, says Elliott. "It was a battle between different police forces and government departments and it took two to three months for the responsibility to get assigned, and if you give criminals two to three months to get away you're not going to catch too many of them."

Today, it is very clearly the responsibility of the Food Standards Agency and its newly formed Food Crime Unit. It works with police forces across of the country, with Europol, and with the Food Fraud Network, which links food safety authorities across Europe.

But consumers are not necessarily any safer

If you buy food from major supermarkets then they are probably mapping out their supply chains to work out where their risks of food fraud are, and monitoring them accordingly, says Elliott. The last thing Tesco, for example, wants is to have to issue another horsemeat-style apology.

However, this is an enormous project, especially when you think that supermarkets might stock 35,000-40,000 different food products. Smaller food and retail businesses simply do not have the resources to map their supply chains to the same extent, so for them, warns Elliott, the risk has not necessarily been diminished.

This might matter less in, say, the alcohol industry where sales are controlled by a small number of very large companies, but with food there is a much greater number of outlets.

The ideal solution, says Elliott, would be for larger companies to support smaller ones to safeguard consumers. Trade groups, for example, should be used to collect and distribute information on fraud to others within the food industry.

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Three years on from the horsemeat scandal: 3 lessons we have learned

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https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/aug/19/best-office-chairs-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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This one is about buying lost luggage. There are lots of vids on the internet about this, and it could be a good kick-off for activities or sweding or role play

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This one is about buying lost luggage. There are lots of vids on the internet about this, and it could be a good kick-off for activities or sweding or role play

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Using AI to analyse city life (see 'gyms' below ) 

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Using AI to analyse city life (see 'gyms' below ) 

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Why young people spurn the pub, nightclubs and the TV 

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Why young people spurn the pub, nightclubs and the TV 

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Associated links include weird things young people put on their faces: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/08/snail-slime-salmon-sperm-k-beauty-boom-hits-uk-high-streets?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Fitness 'events' to put the social life back in the gym: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/26/gym-goers-ditch-morning-jog-for-fitness-events?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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Talk about buying habits - why do you have a Teddy Bear when you are 37? 

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Jess has never touched a slot machine, played the lottery or bought a scratch-off, but she fears she may have a gambling problem nonetheless.

This July, the 28-year-old found herself spending up to $270 a week on blind boxes - that is, surprise items that are sold in sealed, opaque packaging. Activewear companies, bookshops and even candy stores all sell mystery bundles of their products, but the brands currently dominating the market produce collectible toys with cute but unusual names. If you want a complete collection of Labubu, Smiski, Dimoo, Pucky, Skullpanda or Sonny Angel figurines, then you will have to buy blind box after blind box, sighing at every duplicate and praying the next package contains the creature you need to finish the set.

"It's silly but it is very addictive," says Jess, who is based in Ireland but prefers not to reveal her full name or occupation. Jess started buying Labubu dolls in April after seeing them on TikTok: these strange, toothsome and fuzzy monsters have exploded in popularity this year thanks to celebrity endorsements and social media hype. Pop Mart, the Chinese company behind Labubus and many other mystery collectibles, is now estimated to be worth $40bn - but in June, the company's stock briefly plunged after a Chinese state media publication condemned blind box marketing as predatory.

The buyer's guilt that I get nearly every time after I've spent is insane ... Sometimes I open things and I don't want them

Jess believes she is addicted to blind boxes: after she tried banning herself from buying them in July, she "snapped" and suddenly found herself ordering 25 more. Sitting at home and waiting for parcels to arrive, she would itch to go out and physically get some more: "I would end up buying stuff that I didn't care about just for the thrill of opening a box." Jess found herself purchasing mystery plushies from the brand Squishmallows, which she doesn't even like. "I'd open them and be like, 'Why do I now have this squishy lobster?'"

Jess says opening blind boxes feels like gambling because of the highs and lows: "Whenever you get the one that you want, it's unreal."

On social media, it's easy to see the impulse buying provoked by blind box marketing. In one TikTok video with 2.6m likes, a woman buys a $27.99 Skullpanda, looks at the list of possible toys inside the box and says she would "be happy with any of them" except the Christmas tree dolls. Lo and behold, the box contains the Christmas tree, and - visibly frustrated - she rushes back to the store to buy a second box. Another $27.99 later, she becomes the less-than-proud owner of two Christmas trees.

In a different video, a man buys six bags of mystery Disney pins at $44.99 each, but after ending up with 17 duplicates and an incomplete set, goes back to buy two more, bringing his total spend to almost $360.

And some buyers don't just seek the toys they personally like - they also hunt for the "rare" or "secret" items that are more uncommon and thus more valuable.

"The buyer's guilt that I get nearly every time after I've spent is insane," Jess says, adding that she could have used the money for her forthcoming wedding. "If it were to continue like this, it would become dire, because who can pop off £1,000 [$1,300] in a couple of months on literal shit?" Jess says she feels "debilitated" by her habit. "Sometimes I open things and I don't want them."

Dana Nguyen is a 27-year-old from Monterey, California, who has spent $4,000 on Labubu dolls since the start of this year (on the Pop Mart website, Labubu dolls and figurines range in price from $19.99 to $959.50 each). This April, Nguyen realised she had a problem when she went to her PO Box and saw 20 parcels waiting for her. "I'm telling myself I want to fly to Europe, I want to travel the world, but how can I do that if I'm spending $4,000 on fur, cotton, vinyl, whatever these things are made of?"

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When asked to describe the feeling she gets when opening blind boxes, she says: "Honestly, that's gambling. I'm gonna say it flat out: it's straight gambling.

"I always tell myself I won't be one of those people in Vegas gambling on the slot machines or on the tables - and then I'm over here doing the exact same thing."

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Adults in America are buying more toys than ever before. In the first half of 2025, the number of toys bought for grownups increased 18% - and in 2024, adults bought more toys for themselves than for preschoolers for the very first time. Enthusiasts offer easy explanations for their "kidulting", summarised neatly in one BBC headline: "Adults buying kids' toys to escape global turmoil." As Nguyen puts it: "You're already struggling as it is, with the economy, with society, and you think: OK, let me just have a little sweet treat because I'm not able to afford other luxuries in life."

Meanwhile, collecting is a very compelling habit. Cary Lee is an Australia-based marketing specialist who researches consumer behaviour. Lee has found six main reasons that people collect, including a sense of achievement, an extension of selfhood, community membership and a desire for a legacy. Lee's studies have shown that the financial motivation to build a collection (for instance, the idea it might be worth something one day) is relatively weak compared with these intrinsic, emotional incentives. "We have an innate part of us which wants to acquire items to make a collection," he says.

Toy companies, of course, are well aware of this. In a 2020 prospectus for potential investors, Pop Mart wrote: "While traditional toys are primarily for children to play with, pop toys target young adults between 15 years old and 40 years old in general, who seek for emotional value from expressing personality and attitude." The company declared itself "relentless" in its desire to "attract and build a fast-growing, young and passionate fanbase" and argued that blind boxes in particular inspire repeat purchases "due to unpredictability and fun".

It's a perfect selling point for people like me who are struggling with their mental health, to just have that little sweet treat
Dana Nguyen

In 2019, Pop Mart asked market research company Frost & Sullivan to survey more than 1,000 consumers and found that, "around 70% of pop toy consumers would purchase blind box toys three times or more for a specific toy design they want".

Lee has conducted studies on blind boxes and has found that most US consumers often come across their first blind box in stores and buy them impulsively. Yet regardless of the outcome - whether they get the toy they like the look of or a dud - people are often compelled to go back and buy another box. One of Lee's papers uncovered "an addictive loop of impulsive purchases", arguing there was "a 'dark side' to a seemingly innocuous product".

Online, an oft-repeated defence for the hyperconsumption of collectible toys is: "It makes me happy. It's not harming anyone" - but is that really true? Beyond the environmental impact - not only are the toys themselves plastic, the packaging is often elaborate and multilayered to add to the thrill of unboxing - there is also personal wellbeing to consider. Nguyen says she initially hid the scale of her spending from her husband (whose business she helps run), and her mental health suffered at the peak of her blind box addiction.

"I have bipolar and I have very manic episodes where I'm willing to take more risks than I normally would," she says. After high-energy episodes, sometimes she finds herself irritable and in a low mood. "You just want a little quick fix. It's a perfect selling point for people like me who are struggling with their mental health, to just have that little sweet treat, to have that little bit of serotonin or dopamine in their systems."

Now that she has restricted herself to purchasing fewer blind boxes, Nguyen says: "I feel like my nervous system has calmed a lot more."

Eddie is a 34-year-old cashier from Mississippi who recently spent about $400 on blind boxes in a single month. "It made me feel sick to my stomach because I didn't feel like I was in control of what I was spending," he says. "I'd immediately have buyer's remorse after making a purchase, and sometimes, I wasn't even excited to get the package. I was more worried about the damage I'd done to my savings and finances."

A burgeoning field of study into these gambling-like mechanisms and their impact has researchers concerned. Leon Xiao is an assistant professor at the City University of Hong Kong who researches video game law and the challenges of regulating gambling-like products. Xiao's work has historically focused on "loot boxes", which are digital blind boxes sold for real money inside video games. (The items inside often help players perform better in the game.) Yet Xiao is intrigued by the increased "gamblification" of physical merchandise. "I've seen T-shirts being sold in blind boxes, chocolates in blind boxes," he says.

While Xiao pours cold water on one Chinese study published in 2022, which found that engaging with blind boxes was positively associated with suicide risk in young people - "that's obviously going too far. There's also a paper about drinking milk tea or boba linked to suicidal ideation" - he is troubled by other research findings. One longitudinal study published in 2023 found that young people who bought loot boxes participated in more gambling six months later than those who did not. One of Xiao's own studies has found a correlation between buying mystery card packs and experiencing gambling problems. And a paper published this July argued that loot box spending can be associated with psychological distress and an increased risk of "extreme distress". Xiao says: "We are concerned about vulnerable people spending more money and experiencing harm."

Xiao wonders whether new consumer laws might be the answer. In China, a set of advisory guidelines released in 2022 asked companies to publish probability disclosures, set age and spending limits, and even implement "pity mechanics" whereby customers are offered the item they desire after making a number of purchases. These guidelines also banned the sale of blind boxes to kids under age eight and required older children obtain parental permission before buying them - but in practice, enforcement is not so stringent.

It became like a game ... Most of the time I didn't want the stuff, I just liked the excitement of waiting, finding and obtaining them

In the US, the Federal Trade Commission has looked into video game loot boxes and even fined one developer $20m for unfairly marketing to children and misleading players about the odds, but the FTC declined to comment on blind boxes when contacted by the Guardian. In 2018, loot boxes were declared illegal under existing gambling laws in Belgium, but Xiao's research has found that enforcement remains a problem there, too.

Jesper Andersson is a 23-year-old from Sweden who realised in 2024 that he had spent more than $4,000 in just a few months on mystery packs in the video game Fifa. "I've gambled normally on football and stuff like that, but I get anxious if I even lose $10. But when I drop $100 on Fifa, I don't even care," he says. "It's hard to explain why, it just feels very different." Perhaps it feels different because Andersson's Fifa pack habit started as a child - without his own disposable income, he asked for Fifa coins every Christmas for nine years.

A number of children's toys are now sold via a mystery mechanism: LOL Surprise! dolls, Mini Brands, and endless Disney figurines and plushies. It's easy to see how youngsters are becoming acclimatised to this type of consumption, which could arguably normalise gambling.

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In June, Bethan found herself with no money left for gas thanks to her Labubu habit. The 55-year-old - who has just passed the California bar exam and asked to use a pseudonym - got hooked on the dolls in May. "It became like a game. Some of the time - most of the time - I didn't want the stuff. I just liked the excitement of waiting, finding and obtaining them," she says.

Bethan has spent hundreds of dollars on Labubus (and knockoff "Lafufus") in just a few months; while she has been able to pay her bills, she has had to borrow money for gas, has no money left for emergencies, and has increased her credit card debt. "There are things I didn't normally have to save up for but now I have to," she says.

But Bethan is not just motivated by the blind box mechanism - in fact, she has numerous packages sitting unopened in her house. She is compelled by a sense of competition; Labubus can sell out quickly online, and Bethan prides herself on tracking down sellers to get her hands on new releases. "For me, it's getting them before everybody else ... at a low price before they go up," she says.

Related: Labubu for life: how did a viral doll become a 'social currency'? Just ask these diehard fans

As problematic as these compulsive behaviours can be, they could be exacerbated by new ways of shopping. Pop Mart runs a number of channels on TikTok where it drops new products in live streams, forcing consumers to scramble to add them to their carts. "I genuinely spent three weeks every day trying to get one Labubu," Jess says, "I'll never forget feeling how I felt when I got one."

Another app, Whatnot, hosts live stream auctions where people bid on collectibles and other products - it's currently the 15th most popular free iPhone app. Eddie says Whatnot exacerbated his problem spending. "The hosts and the chat make these kind of shopping events more fun but also parasocial," he says. "You see other people spending even more than you." Eddie found it hard to keep track of his spending inside the app: "I never saw an overall total from a shop until my order arrived at my house."

Lee, the marketing expert, says "scarcity marketing" like this can be very psychologically compelling. He argues that time limits on drops and auctions can create a "fear of missing out", compelling consumers to act impulsively.

Defenders of blind boxes note that baseball cards have been around for over a century - and millennials bought mystery playing cards or stickers as kids. Yet, Lee says, what has changed now is the amount of money at stake and how easy it is to spend that money using digital platforms. While a pack of Pokémon cards might have cost a few dollars in the 1990s, most of the blind boxes offered on Pop Mart's website range in price from $15-$26 - though the most expensive one currently available is nearly $300.

Bethan says she has "cut back" on blind boxes, but has not stopped. Andersson last spent money in Fifa a month before we spoke, while Eddie is now trying to stay away from blind boxes. Nguyen has managed to recoup her money by reselling her collection online during the peak of Labubu popularity, but she still has unpopular ones sitting around that she cannot sell.

Jess faces similar problems - she has tried to sell some of the Labubu figurines she does not like online but has found no one else likes them either. "They're definitely not in as high demand as they were at the start of this year." Jess is now prepared to sell her toys for half of what she paid for them. Yet although she now has "quite a large collection of stuff and nowhere to put it", she is still buying more blind boxes. Her ultimate aim is to cut down to one box a month.

Most of the people I speak to would like to see greater regulation of blind boxes, although when I first bring up the idea, Jess admits: "My first reaction was: 'No! Please don't take these away from me.'" But she does believe blind boxes are akin to gambling, so suggests there should be "greater warnings about what you could be sucked into".

"I definitely convinced myself at the start that it wasn't something that could could hurt me, because of the nature of collecting cute things," she says. "But it's very underhanded, how it can affect you without you realizing."

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Each column has the details of the proposal we made to JJ for that day. As you know, the students' evels are A1-C2, a fairly even spread, assessed by Oscar (a written test). You will receive each student's details and their level. This year, in the first week, we are mixing years 1 and 2 of ISMAG (see below for 'Who Are ISMAG'. ICE (second and third week, see below) are single-year groups.

FIRST WEEK: Alva, Adeela, Patricia and Natacha: the most advanced groups are the largest, about 14 people, all above B2+ level if previous years' experience holds true. The obligation is to cover the broad outlines of the course (see document here) but at this level a) play with them and b) ask them to prepare the work themselves (presentations, 'podcasts', mini-lessons, role plays, recording videos - you know). As soon as I have the results of their tests, I will make the groups.

NB ON THURSDAY or the nearest day, we eat with the classes - there will be a catered spread. The other days we have access to the JJ (Jean Jaures) canteen. You can also bring a lunch but I prefer if we eat together.

Second week:

Third week:

We are all teaching the same course to successive groups, with slight variations. This means we have the opportunity to save on prep work by combining resources - hence this page. If you are teaching half a week, please cooperate (through me; probably) with your partner to avoid duplication of some exercises and to tell them who is who.

Apology: The free photocopying at JJ is promised but never assured. Better to come prepared. Feel free to pop in to the office and do whatever you need. If you can't come in, send me files. You should by then have received a code for our photocopiers. At JJ there is reseau but not wifi, and there is cable access in each class to the internet. So you can either use the cable or use your hotspot. Or a student's hotspot, I suppose.

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So for first day I am focusing mainly on introductions, introducing companies, products and services, Telecommunication, I will try to do everything with role-plays and case studies. I have an networking Kind of an activity, which can help in introductions and companies. They will create fake companies and mock a trade fair, talk to each other, introduce each other and then at the end of the activity we'll see if they've understood what networking is. I will help them a bit with Present simple/continuous for introductions if they will need.(ADEELA)

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So for first day I am focusing mainly on introductions, introducing companies, products and services, Telecommunication, I will try to do everything with role-plays and case studies. I have an networking Kind of an activity, which can help in introductions and companies. They will create fake companies and mock a trade fair, talk to each other, introduce each other and then at the end of the activity we'll see if they've understood what networking is. I will help them a bit with Present simple/continuous for introductions if they will need.(ADEELA)

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Before Day 1 : Online test. We use this to assess their levels. They sometimes cheat upwards or downwards to be with their friends so you may have to move people. By doing this test, they create a file on our software, Oscar. Into this file, you will put all their assessments (4 in total)

On Day 1, morning: Get Ss to self-assess their written level (form supplied if you want), then also write a couple of paragraphs. Do you agree with their self-assessment? Enter your assessment into their individual files on Oscar.

Day 1 afternoon to Day 4: Have fun within the bounds of the 'Contenu De La Formation' and answering their actual needs. The enthusiasm and confidence you can instil now, is all they have to get them to B2 level in a few short months.

On Day 4 (morning, not afternoon, if you want my advice): Test written and oral work again. Give each Student a five-minute one-one-one if you can for the oral test. Write the results into Oscar. It is unlikely any will have advanced more than half a level, but a clear idea of their capacities will be helpful to them. In the supplied excel document (to come) give them a mark for participation (this is actually used, it's not just a gesture) that we supply afterward to Jean Jaures.

DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT GETTING THE SS to do the Enquete de Satisfaction (QR code below); AND there is one to do yourself. Stéphanie has sent you the link.

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1. Fortune Tellers: Remember those beak-shaped origami games we played with in school? Get your students to make one using the question words as the 'fortunes' - the questions can be for the company profile, a personal profile, interview prep and so on

2. THE ANSWERS GAME : give the students blank cards, and on one side they write the answers (dictation?) you give. On the other side, they can invent the questions that would yield those answers. Get maybe 20 cards together. Then play - one player reads the answers, and the others have to guess the questions. The player who gets closest to the original, gets to keep the card and to read out the next card. At the end of the game, the player with the most cards wins.

3. RANDOM ANSWERS: Ss pick a company - one relevant to their industry, or a simple, well-known company like Deliveroo. Give the students blank cards and the appropriate support for their level. The idea is to invent and answer questions about that company, based on reasonable guesses. Examples: What technology does your company use? What kind of training does your company give? Describe a recent project your company worked on. Describe your company's workspace. The person with the closest answer gets to keep the card - if noone is close, it goes back in the pack and is won on the next round, or indeed the following round

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Not mine. From the excellent site On The Same Page

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These are my materials for the afternoon class on Friday 

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The class is based on working up to a video that many of you know. I have created exercises for discussion, listening and writing at an A2 to B1 level. Be aware, the video is riddled with ads so if anyone can download it and share, please do - Cross cultural communication | Pellegrino Riccardi | TEDxBergen

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Class lists, from last year, for example 

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Class lists, from last year, for example 

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Note: Just for me, I am swapping the scheduling of negotiation and technical writing.Yous do yous, as we say in Dublin. 

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Note: Just for me, I am swapping the scheduling of negotiation and technical writing.Yous do yous, as we say in Dublin. 

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Cloze exercise to support Pellegrino video 

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Writing exercises to support Pellegrino video 

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Writing exercises to support Pellegrino video 

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Can you read this? All comments welcome

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Powerpoint for cultural communication JJ 2024 

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Random adverts suggesting that a bank is cultually aware... fun

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Random adverts suggesting that a bank is cultually aware... fun

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Updated listening me and my company (2 parts, this is the lesson plan )

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Updated listening me and my company (2 parts, this is the lesson plan )

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CompClick onany and job - Audio from Claire

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Updated listening me and my company (2 parts, this is the listening) 

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Updated listening me and my company (2 parts, this is the listening) 

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NB Click on the MP3 file right at the top of the window that opens

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Teaching idioms book, answers to all the exercises 

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Teaching idioms book, answers to all the exercises 

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If you see something you like, please ask Alva to send it to you by email. These are v good for keeping individuals or groups occupied while other students finish work

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I have a whole book of these for higher levels. Also the answers (below). Just ask or search out the book on the internet.

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100 per cent participation is not your job ; providing opportunities to succeed is your job: Discuss 

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100 per cent participation is not your job ; providing opportunities to succeed is your job: Discuss 

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Bref: the person(s)who is in GS039 won't ever move, and the other person(s) moves between GS121 and GS037, often in the same day. Adeela, you are lead on this week, so you assign the rooms. The student delegates have the keys.

Lundi 4/11 matin : GS039 et GS037

Lundi 4/11 après-midi : GS039 et GS121

Mardi 5/11 matin : GS039 et GS121

Mardi 5/11 après-midi : GS039 et GS037

Mercredi 6/11 matin et après-midi : GS039 et GS037

Jeudi 7/11 matin : GS039 et GS121

Jeudi 7/11 après-midi : GS039 et GS037

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The pyramid at the end is a good tool

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A collection of pages featuring simple graphs for talking about graphs and change

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A collection of pages featuring simple graphs for talking about graphs and change

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Rooms ISMAG week (wk 1) NOT YET ASSIGNED  

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Rooms ISMAG week (wk 1) NOT YET ASSIGNED  

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The student delegates have the keys. I think these rooms are just the same as we decided (ok, I assigned) last year. If you have an objection, let me know and I will sort.

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''Teachers need people who they can commiserate and celebrate with. They need elders for wisdom, younger ones for energy, people in the same boat as themselves to share and receive ideas.

While teachers are surrounded by hundreds of students every day, it's easy to go a whole week without talking to another professional. When I started dedicating time to having lunch with others, stopping by the staff office, or even just sitting with someone else during my planning period, my mental health and well-being saw a huge improvement. ''

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Advanced (C1) Vocabulary Activities - Work and Study

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Advanced (C1) Vocabulary Activities - Work and Study

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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced 3rd Edition (1)

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skim scan and run - games for teaching reading comprehension

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Market Leader Advanced Idioms for Giving Examples

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It's an easy way to look good

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We start with two tests - one is done online and the results are supplied to the teacher.

1. Un test de positionnement évolutif et analyse de besoins sur notre site http://oscar-cel.com/ permet d’identifier le niveau initial de l’apprenant selon le CECRL ainsi que des objectifs opérationnels en langue générale ou professionnelle.

2. Ce niveau initial est complété par une évaluation orale avec le formateur lors du premier cours.

Testing is used as a teaching method during the course

Pendant la formation le formateur évalue en continu et valide la progression, soit en termes de niveau (selon le CECRL) soit en termes d’acquis. L’apprenant est évalué par le biais de mises en situation, d’exercices pratiques et d’échanges.

Le formateur complete une grill de participation en classe pour chaque étudiant.

At the end of the course the student's level is measured again. You dill in the questions and Oscar generates the Attestation des Acquis.

En fin de formation le formateur complète pour chaque stagiaire une attestation des acquis et le degré d’atteint des objectifs du programme (sur Oscar).

En fin de formation le formateur fera un test de niveau écrite ainsi qu'un test de niveau orale, basé sur les themes du cours

And each student is invited to give feedback. Don't forget to insist.

Afin de mesurer l’indice de satisfaction de l’apprenant, l’atteinte des objectifs, la qualité de l’animation et la satisfaction globale de la prestation, un questionnaire de satisfaction est remis à chaque participant.

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Rubric for JJ , adjusted after feedback 

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Modals of deduction - what happened here (possibly, probably, certainly) 

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Modals of deduction - what happened here (possibly, probably, certainly) 

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Marco Melgrati  pour encourager la parole en toutes langues 

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Marco Melgrati  pour encourager la parole en toutes langues 

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On peut chercher cet artiste sur Google et trouver plein des commentaires sociales dans ses images. En toutes langues, ou sans langue. Le lien ici est facultative.

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In the realm of illustration, there are artists who go beyond merely depicting scenes; they are storytellers who wield their pencils and brushes to convey powerful messages that resonate deeply with audiences. Among them stands Marco Melgrati, an Italian artist whose work transcends mere aesthetics to delve into the heart of contemporary societal issues.

With his captivating illustrations, Melgrati tackles some of the most pressing concerns of our time, ranging from social injustices to political dilemmas and everything in between. Through his art, he not only captures the essence of these complex issues but also prompts viewers to reflect and engage in meaningful discourse. Check out some of his stunning works in the gallery below.

More info: Instagram | marcomelgrati.com | Facebook | society6.com

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30 Illustrations By Marco Melgrati That Portray Complicated Societal Themes | DeMilked

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This artist knows how to depict modern issues cleverly through illustrations.

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n Day 1, you will give each student a written test (10 mins) and an oral test (you can do the oral test on the fly, or set aside 5 minutes for each, or whatever you decide). Here is my written test - my group are level A1-B1; I have chosen a work theme because it will give me more information

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Written level test Jean Jaures November 24

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Wow your audience with
interactive word clouds

Capture people's thoughts and ideas in a beautiful word collage. Loved by presenters and
participants alike, the most popular answers grow dynamically as people submit them.

Looking for more word cloud ideas?

Get inspired by these 52 word cloud examples for your meetings or events.

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Create live word clouds for free - Slido | Slido - Audience Interaction Made Easy

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Display your audience's thoughts in a beautiful word cloud. The words appear in real time as people submit them. Create word cloud polls for free.

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Production cycle activity - up to 1 hr. 

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Production cycle activity - up to 1 hr. 

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Distribute a copy of  the wordcloud to groups of 2-4 students. Write the following headings on the board -  Idea generation, Research, Planning, Prototyping, Building a market strategy, Developing the product, Testing the market. In groups, Ss decide AND WRITE DOWN which terms from the wordcloud above go under which headings. Then they add any more terms they can think of. Next, combine 2 groups to compare their results and explain to each other why they chose that heading for the term. If moved to do so, you can add more vocab to Quizlet set with above vocab - https://quizlet.com/_ai1ig4?x=1jqt&i=86szk and play Quizlet live or set Ss playing games with vocab on Quizlet.

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Day 3 - Negotiating and interculturality 

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Day 3 - Negotiating and interculturality 

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As my group for this first week would appear to have quite a high level, I'm planning on using an episode from Dragons' Den as the basis for my day's lesson - from oral comprehension through to product presentation, proposing, negotiating etc.

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There is a video which with this. Maybe a bit dated but still useful for higher level groups. (Tracy)

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Intro to DD & role play & typical DD questions

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Self-assessment CEFR rubric,  speaking (facultatif) 

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Self-assessment CEFR rubric,  speaking (facultatif) 

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Self-assessment speaking, simplified grid JJ 2024 

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Day 4 - looking at technical writing (and final test) 

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Day 4 - looking at technical writing (and final test) 

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Speaking is part of communication and is something everyone does, every day. In this video we look at some of the ways we can assess speaking skills.

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2024-10-03 11_17_15-proposition-48641- Université.pdf et 3 pages de plus - École – Microsoft​ Edge

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Day 3 is based all on negotiations, refusals, acceptance. I will continue with Day 2 meetings  and do this time meetings based on negotiations, helping them with conditionals , creating conflicting scenarios, role plays and case studies.

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Day 3 is based all on negotiations, refusals, acceptance. I will continue with Day 2 meetings  and do this time meetings based on negotiations, helping them with conditionals , creating conflicting scenarios, role plays and case studies.

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(Adeela)

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Useful exercises and videos on EFLEX in the Business English section

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Day 2 main focus is on Meetings, presentations, online meetings etc for which I am thinking to do role-plays where they can arrange meetings etc, help them with business vocabulary. For meetings I will again assist them with future tense.(Adeela)

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Day 2 main focus is on Meetings, presentations, online meetings etc for which I am thinking to do role-plays where they can arrange meetings etc, help them with business vocabulary. For meetings I will again assist them with future tense.(Adeela)

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Day 1 - introducing you and your business 

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Day 1 - introducing you and your business 

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2024-10-03 11_16_35-proposition-48641- Université.pdf et 3 pages de plus - École – Microsoft​ Edge

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Here is their plaquette from Jean Jaures. The 25 hours they spend with us each year is 50 per cent of their English learning.

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One for you, and one for your students

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Grill for Self-marking Strategy Game (see below) 

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Grill for Self-marking Strategy Game (see below) 

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Did they learn yesterday's vocab? Alva's self-marking strategy. Good for mixed-level groups. See above for an assessment document. 

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Did they learn yesterday's vocab? Alva's self-marking strategy. Good for mixed-level groups. See above for an assessment document. 

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You can do this as a daily challenge across the whole course. For teachers working half a week, first teacher can pass the competition to the second teacher. Note: the objective is that all Ss get 20:20. You can decide if Ss should have the list in front of them or not. Maybe weaker Ss yes, stronger ss no?  Storyteller could be a C1 student, for example.

Step 1.

During the class, each group makes a list of vocabulary from the day and submits it to the teacher. I use Quizlet for this because it will combine lists easily. Teacher combines the lists and culls for quality and quantity - quality being what you want them to learn, quantity being about 5 words per hour of class.

Step 2.

For homework, ask the class to learn  everything on your list.

Step 3.

Next day, if possible, teacher circles the vocab (keep using it) to reinforce learning.

Step 4.

20 mins. At the end of the class, storytelling activity. Each group chooses a speaker. In five minutest, the speaker invents an off-the-cuff story which must use 20 of the terms on the list. The listeners have to spot the terms as they are used.  Their score is how many of the 20 they tap for. False taps may be penalised.

Marking: Speaker gets an automatic 10 plus half of the score of the group. Group scores by recognising the terms in the story and tapping the table - everyone in the group gets the one score. Someone from another group monitors the correct taps and tells the teacher the score. Teacher may also do marking.