TOPICS REVIEW

FIRST TERM TOPICS.
SECOND TERM TOPICS.

TO ALL OUR STUDENTS AT THE EOI CT

GRAMMAR FOCUS 9A KEY

RELATIVE CLAUSES:

a. 1.who    2. -   3. whose   4. where  5. when  6. who/that  7. which                     8. that/which  9. where  10. whose

b. 1. This is the book
I was telling you about.
    2. There's the machine at the gym I think you would really like.
    3. We're travelling to Dubai, which I've always wanted to visit.
    4. I was worrying about my luggage, which I'd forgotten to weigh before we   left.
   5. Chris, whose father owns the company, always works really hard.
   6. I've finally had to replace my old car, which I've had since I passed my test.

c. 1.The band, who were supposed to start at eight-thirty, didn't come on stage until nine o'clock.
   2. The rail company refunds passengers whose trains are delayed.
   3. I looked in all places where I thought I might have left my phone.
   4. The idea that we came up with together worked wonderfully well.
  5. Morocco, where we spent our honeymoon, is my favourite place for a holiday.
 6. The neighbours, whose cat I'm looking after, get back from holiday tomorrow.

FLEXITARIANS

 Do you know what a FLEXITARIAN is? Click on the links below to find out.

Flexitarians.
The Flexitarian Diet.

FOOD IDIOMS

food for thought

Fig. something for someone to think about; issues to be considered. Your essay has provided me with some interesting food for thought. My adviser gave me some food for thought about job opportunities.

Have a look at some other idioms connected to FOOD.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative Clauses from Deepak

 You can also click here and here to get some pdf docs. with information and examples related to relative sentences. 

To finish, here you have some links for you to revise and practice relative clauses:

* link 1

* link 2

* -EVER pronouns (whoever, whatever, wherever, however, whichever, whenever):
    - Activity 1
    - Activity 2


One of the "new" things included in this powerpoint is the use of Reduced Relative Sentences, in other words, using participle clauses:

*A present participle clause (-ing) can repleace:
  
a) a relative clause in the present or past continuous.

      "The woman singing that song is a famous actress"  
      (The woman who is singing ....)

      "The car going round the corner was the new BMW" 
       (the car which was going round ...)

  b) a relative clause describing a permanent state.

      "The people living in that house work in the theatre" 
       (the people who      live ..)

      "The flat belonging to my brother was the nicest" 
       (the flat which belongs to ...)

* A past participle clause (-ed) can replace a passive relative clause:

      "All TVs sold in this shop have a one-year guarantee"
       (All TVs which are sold ....)

      "The video released last week has sold a million" 
       (The video which was released ...)

Now try these online activities:

Activity 1

Activity 2

HEALTH

Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional (mainstream) medical treatments.

Complementary medicine describes alternative medicine used in conjunction with conventional medicine.
The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an umbrella term for both branches.
Integrative Medicine involves bringing conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way, addressing the whole person-mind, body and spirit-in order to achieve optimal health and wellness.


 

Click here to ckeck the pronunciation of some alternative therapies.
Click here to get a definition of those words.

And this is the video you watched in class today about INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, which goes with the activity above.


You can check you answers here.

 Look at some useful language to use when talking about CAM:

Why people turn to alternative medicine:

·        It doesn’t have nasty side effects.

·        It works for them./ It has a placebo effect.

·        Interaction between alternative practitioners and patients is more positive.

·        The media promotes alternative medicines.

·        Their friends recommend it.

·        They don’t realise that is has no scientific basis.

·        People are prone to magical thinking.

·        Alternative medicines may be cheaper.

In favour ...

·          My mum swears by homeopathic remedies.

·      There are things that science can’t explain like love or spirituality, psychics, auras, the afterlife, and the power of prayer.

·        There’s something to be said for Reiki.

·        I’m a great believer in alternative medicine.

·        I highly recommend it. / I can’t recommend it enough.

Against ...

·          By definition, alternative medicine, has either not been proved to work, or been proved, not to work.

·          If you ask me it’s absolute nonsense/ vacuous rubbish/ bunkum/ quackery/ poppycock/ dumb.

·          They’re snake oil salesmen.

·          A fool and his money are easily parted.

·          I find the very idea of it absolutely ridiculous.

·          It’s based on theories which are highly questionable.

·          There’s no such thing as chakra.

No clear opinion ...

·           I try to keep an open mind.

·           I’m on the fence.

·           I haven’t decided one way or the other.

·           It’s hard to know.

·           No-one knows for sure.

·           I’m in two minds about it.

Differences between alternative and conventional medicine:

ALTERNATIVEMEDICINE	CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
Based on anecdotal evidence, belief or magical thinking. Administered by practitioners. Not recognised by the medical profession . Not scientifically proven. Many date back longer than conventional medicine.	Based on scientific knowledge and evidence. Administered by doctors and nurses. Recognised by the medical profession and taught in medical school. Scientifically proven to work.

In this link you can get more information about Integrative Medicine.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND YOU

These are the speaking cards you worked on in class today.

MODERN TIMES ADDICTIONS

At present, there seems to be a wider variety of addictions brought about by new technologies. One of them is the so-called NOMOPHOBIA ( No Mobile  Phobia), which is the fear of being without your mobile phone. Here you are the video you watched in class.


Today you also learnt about PHUBBING ("Phone" and "Snubbing"), which is the act of ignoring people in a social setting by looking at  your phone or other digital devices instead of paying attention to people around you.

Click here  to download the listening activity about Phubbing we did in class, and here to listen to the recording again.

Another technology-related illness or disorder is what is called  FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), which is how "screenagers" feel when they can`t check on social networking sites.


Have a look at the following article to learn about these problems.
NOMOPHOBIA.
TECHNOLOGICAL DISEASES.
BAD TECH HABITS AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM.

THE DIGITAL WORLD

Technology-related Vocabulary.
What would your life be like without a mobile phone?
The stress of social media.
The pros and cons of online shopping.
Robots for human environments.

JOB HUNTING

When it comes to looking for a job, there are people who take an unconventional approach. Listen to the song you and do the exercises on the wiorksheet. Later read a newspaper article about a determined job-seeker.

 

Song Worksheet.

"Please Give me a Job" Unemployed Man.

The most Common Job Interview Questions.

WRITING A COVER LETTER

Cover Letter Layout.

Have a look at these exercises to practise the layout and typical vocabulary used in covering letters:
Exercise 1.
Exercises 2.

And you can use this Cover Letter Template to write your own  cover letter.

READING PRACTICE

WORK-LIFE BALANCE READING TASK.

THOUGHT GROUPS: GROUPING WORDS IN SENTENCES

Grouping Words Exercises.

Audio 1.
Audio 2.

PRONUNCIATION: THOUGHT GROUPS.

GROUPING WORDS PRACTICE.

Audio 1.
Audio 2.
Audio 3.

WORK VOCABULARY

Job or Work?
Work Vocabulary.
Phrasal verbs related to Work.
Business Phrasal Verbs.
Work Collocations.

THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD

Watch this video advertising what was considered one of the best jobs in the world and answer the questions below.


Which job is offered and where?
What's the salary?
How long is it for?
What are the responsibilities of the job?
What perks are there?
How can you apply for the position?
How is the best candidate going to be selected?
How many video applications did they get?
Check the right answers here.

Now watch some of the video applications some people sent. Can you guess the winner?
  

AND THE CANDIDATE SELECTED WAS.....

Read here what the best job in the world was really like for the winner.

JOBS

Here you are the video you watched in class today.

EXAM PRACTICE

CTE SAMPLE 1.
CTO SAMPLE1.
AUDIO SAMPLE 1.
SAMPLE 1 ANSWERS.
CTE SAMPLE 2.
CTO SAMPLE 2.
AUDIO SAMPLE 2.
SAMPLE 2 ANSWERS.