Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Aug 15th

Grammar test
Writing : big event in 20th century

Aug 14th

Participle  clauses
present participle : stopping / preferring / lying / travelling / arguing / occurring
past participle : bitten / fought / proven / woken
Reading : history
Funny newspaper headings

Monday, 13 August 2012

Aug 13th

Com lab: what makes you happy??
Expressions with right and left : Too right / be right back / by rights / left, right and centre / right away / get on the right side of sb / be in the right / be taken in by sb / come up with / get hold of  / no point
The diffrence between spoken and written English
Trace of the past : Prehistory / Ancient Egypt / Ancient Greek / Ancient Rome / Medieval times (Middle Ages) / the Renaissance

Brand Loyalty / Brand Awareness / Brand stretching / Own Label Products / Me-Tooism / Subliminal Advertising / Lookalike Products / Market Saturation

Friday, 10 August 2012

Aug 10th

Vocab review : gesture game!
Reading : the left-handed burger
computer lab and interview

Meeting!!

Thursday, 9 August 2012

Aug 9th

Modal verbs : can / could/ be able to / couldn't / was able to / can't / must
                     must have / might have / could have / couldn't have / should have
                     need to / don't need to / needn't / needn't have / didn't need to
All idiom : All in all / all over / It's all the same / by all means / all in / all done / all at once / all but / all being well / all right / overall / in all / first of all / above all

meeting skill : can we get started? / As I'm sure you're all aware / I'd just like to say that / I think I speak for everyone when I say / That's an issue to be dealt with at another time / All in favor of / I'm sorry but I have to disagree / The first order of business is / Sorry, I just wanted to say that / Just a second, please / I'm sorry,I'm not sure I follow / Going back to what Paul said about / I have some thoughts on that, actually / Sorry to interrupt, but  

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Aug 8th

moving and looking : glance / gaze / glimpse / glare / peep
                               creep / stumble / hobble / totter / limp / plod / stagger / trip / crawl

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Aug 7th

true and false : come true / give a false impression / obtain money under false pretenses / ring true / not strictly true / a false economy / a dream come true / a false sense of security

meeting skills : agenda / interdepartmental / vital / one-on-one / on a daily basis