Wednesday speaking lessons

Hello and Merry Christmas.

We will have our last lesson of the year on Wednesday 23rd December at 17.30 and the return again in the new year on Wednesday 13th January at 17.30.

Jeremy

Wednesday's Speaking class

This week's task is to see if you can manage to come to class... good luck ☺

Independence Day

As I am sure everyone knows, there will be no lessons on Wednesday 11th November due to a national holiday.

Wednesday's Speaking lesson

As agreed last lesson we will be starting at 5.30 from now on. Therefore our lessons will be 17.30-19.45 starting Wednesday 4th November.

Wednesday 21st Speaking Lesson

Here are the articles for the next lesson:

How successful people stay calm

How to handle difficult conversations at work

We Need to Talk—Ten Scenarios to Practice Handling Needed Conversations

Wednesday Speaking Lesson

Here are the videos from the lesson on Wednesday 14th:

Speaking Lesson on 14th October

Hi :)

Here is the article for the lesson on 14th:

Top 10 FBI Behavioral Unit Techniques for Building Rapport With Anyone

Building Rapport

Establishing Bonds

Presentation Topics

Here our the topics to be presented on Wednesday 28th October:

Renata = Romance and Travel books.
Agnieszka = Sport and keeping fit
Pawel = Rock Music

Film Excerpt from Speaking lesson on Annecdotes

Here is the clip from Reservoir Dogs:

Speaking lesson Wednesday 7th October

Jokes and anecdotes

Here are the articles for Wednesday's lesson:

How to tell a great story

The video from last Wednesdays lesson

Here is the video from the persuasion lesson:

Articles for Wednesday's B2 Speaking Class

Here are links to  the two articles

• 9 Habits of Persuasive BusinessLeaders

•       21 Principles of Persuasion

See you tomorrow

:)

Speaking Lesson 23rd September

Here are the two videos from today.

Keep up the good work

For those of you who want to continue with your English then I recommend buying this book:

Essential Grammar in Use with Answers and Interactive eBook, 4th Edition

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Listening Final Exam - Chapter Coverage

Listening Final Exam :-

 

Course 011 - Chapters 1 to 8 from Open Forum 1

Course 012 - Chapters 1 to 7 from Open Forum 2

Course 019 - Chapters 1 to 11 from Open Forum 1

Medicine Exam Practice Questions

Please do these questions at home to help you check and revise the units.

Section 601 Midterm1 & 2 Results

Here are the results for both midterms. Please check your results and tell me if there are any problems.

Section 597 Midterm 1 & 2 Results

Please check and tell me if there are any problems.

Availability for questions and help

I will be in university  everyday this week between  8 and 3pm. If I'm not in a classroom  I'll be in my office. Please come and ask me any last minute questions before the exam. Email me on converse.english.uniejow@gmail.com with a question or to arrange a specific time.

Final Exam Dates

 a.   011 Reading and Listening  :   9th May 2015  from 9-1 PM . 

b.    019 Reading and Listening  :  12th May 2015  from 10- 2 PM.

c.    012  Reading and Listening    14th May 2015  from 9-1 PM. 

d. 011 writing and Grammar  :  16 May 2015   from 1-3 PM .

e. 012 writing and Grammar  :20 May 2015    from 1-3 PM.

F. 019 writing and Grammar  : 23 mAY 2015 FROM 9-11 AM .

Section 597 Mid-Term2 Results

Here are the results for mid-term 2 Writing and Grammar.

Section 601 Results

Section 597 Grammar Results

Section 601 Results

Section 601

Section 601 Medicine 2 - Professional Development

Here are the words from Unit 1 Book 2:

Word	In-class definition
Reflect	Think about something
Guideline	Good idea/ Instruction
Seminar/conference	Meeting of professionals
Up to date	Newest information
Evolve	To gradually change
Draw up	Write
Amend	Change (document)
Edition	Version
To institute	To start/put in place
Valid	Correct/usable
Validation	Process of testing/checking
Inevitable	Will happen
Implement	Put in place/start
Based on	Used to make something new
Obligatory	Must do

Section 597 - Writing Practice

Section 601 Medicine 1 - Cultural Diversity

Here are the words from Unit 12 Book 1.

Word	In-Class Definition
Diversity	Difference
Ethnic/Ethnicity	Racial/cultural difference
Sensitive	Care/understand
Intimate	Personal
Confidential	Private/secret
Misinterpret	Cont understand
Hospice	Place for terminally ill
Cremated	Burn body
Gaze	Long look
Teetotal	Not drink alcohol
Tonic	Liquid medicine (alcohol based)
Buried	Body put in ground
Adhere	Follow

019 Second Midterm

The 2nd midterm exam will cover the following:

TOUCHSTONE- BOOK-1
Units:8,9,10,11,12

TOUCHSTONE- (Work Book-1)
Units:8,9,10,11,12

MEDICINE-    BOOK-1
Units: 8,9,10,11,12

New exam dates

Please look at the new exam dates.

019 make up exam

There is a make up exam tomorrow at 12. If you did not do any skill in midterm 1 please go to B/3/14 on Wednesday.

Section 601 - Medicine Official Exam Vocab

Here is the complete list of synonyms and antonyms for Medicine Reading Book 1

Medicine Book-1

Short listed Vocabulary (Chapter 2 to 12)

	Unit-2
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Deprivation	lack of , poverty
2	Pronounced	prominent
3	Trend	tendency
4	Evidence	proof
5	Adverse	unfavorable
	Words	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Effect	cause
2	Chronic	occasional
3	Disparity	similarity
4	Lack	plenty
5	Severe	mild
	Unit-3
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Provide	give
2	Feedback	assessment, information
3	Encounter	Interview, meeting
4	Demonstrate	exhibit
5	Relevant	related
	Words	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Trainee	trainer
2	Essential	nonessential
3	Undertake	abstain
4	Care	ignore
5	Observer	participant
	Unit-4
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Sedative	a medicine that makes you sleep
2	Medication	treatment with medicines or remedies
3	Gastroscopy	examination of the gullet, stomach and duodenum
4	Reliable	can be trusted
5	Gut	tube through which food passes
	Words	Opposites/Antonyms
1	empty	full
2	relaxed	tensed
3	resume	leave, go
4	detect	miss
5	damage	preserve
	Unit-5
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Concordance	cooperation between doctor and patient
2	Non-compliance	unable to follow rules or advice
3	Side effects	unwanted effect of a medicine
4	Life-threatening	something that may kill someone
5	Hypertension	high blood pressure
	Words	Opposites/Antonyms
1	compliance	Denial, refusal
2	convenient	inconvenient
3	immediately	later
4	threatened	Relive, safe
5	obvious	Unclear, obscure
	Unit-6
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Obesity	more than average fatness
2	epidemic	outbreak of an infectious disease
3	intake	eating and drinking
4	chronic	illness  that lasts for long time
5	cardiovascular	related to heart and blood vessels
	Words	Opposites/Antonyms
1	imbalance	balance
2	linked	disconnected
3	major	minor
4	reduction	increase
5	classify	disorganize
	Unit-7
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Recommendations	suggestions or advice
2	Immunization	act of making immune
3	Intervals	time between two events
4	Eligible	qualified or able to do something
5
	Word	Opposites/Antonyms
1	response	asking, question
2	·         interval	continuation
3	confer	argue, deny
4	protection	attack, hurt, harm
5	ignore	pay attention
	Unit-8
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Barrier	hurdle
2	Meta physics	the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of existence, truth and knowledge
3	Benefit	advantage
4	Devastating	very harmful
5	Immediately	instantly
	Word	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Annoyed	happy
2	Old fashion	modern
3	Habitual	irregular
4	Rejection	positive responsive
5	Wayward	obedient
	Unit-9
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Expectation	hope
2	Indicate	show
3	Comprehension	complete
4	Appetite	hunger
5	Anxiety	nervousness
	Word	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Reluctant	willing
2	Purpose	aimlessness
3	Deny	accept
4	Depression	happiness/ hopefulness
5	Exact	inaccurate
	Unit-10
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Fatal	deadly
2	Process	method
3	Explanation	details
4	Issue	problem
5	Plan	strategy
	Word	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Fixed	changing
2	Private	impersonal
3	Gently	unkindly
4	Summarize	go over the details
5	Fade	bright/  strong
	Unit-11
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Demonstrate	show
2	Perspectives	points of view
3	Appreciate	recognize the value of
4	Heed	pay attention to
5	Outcome	result
	Word	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Competence	incompetence
2	Necessary	unnecessary
3	Disability	ability
4	Encourages	discourages
5	Respect	neglect
	Unit-12
	Words	Meanings /Synonyms
1	Intimate	private
2	Restrictions	limitations
3	Mutual	shared equally/ reciprocal
4	Adhere	attach/ stick firmly to rules
5	Identification	recognition
	Words	Opposites/Antonyms
1	Confidential	well-known
2	Sacred	unholy
3	Refuse	accept
4	Liberal	conservative
5	Forbidden	allowed