Paulo 29th April (listening)

Resources
        ✓        Introduction Listening p.9
        ✓        Listening Tutorial p.150
        ✓        Lesson 14: Charts p.126
-Say No if there is any element of doubt or untruth in an answer
        ✓        Lesson 13: Ordering / Matching p.108
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        ✓        Lesson 12: Replay p.87
        ❑        Lesson 11: Purpose / Attitude p.73

Vocabulary

spik and span = clean and tidy



Note-Taking

Big ideas

                                                                -details
                                                                        -example

info.[power symbol with the last letter of the suffix]
info[n]

Notetaking excersize 1

1. Biz Org[n]
2. sole prp[p]
3. partner[p]
4. corp.
5. LLC
6. Advg.
7. Corp. Tax.
8. Sole agnt
9. Resp.[y]
10. Legal docs
11. DLE
12. art. pers.
13. Stock[r]
14. profit
15. invest.[t]
16. x2 tax
17. exec.
18. BoD
19. pop.
20. hyb.

Notetaking Excersize 5

Section 1
Today most com. biz orgn[n]
few yrs ago =3 Biz org[n]
sole prop.
partnship
Corp

now +LLC = more pop.

Section 2
SP.
mst com. form
simple[t]
1 owner =boss
++emps.[e]

how?
P. Samualson eg. toothpaste =mment of deci.n.

advg.
no extra tax
uses pers inc. rates > corp tax rate

disavag.
owner leg. liable
eg. gets sued = owner pers. assests

Lesson 14

Case?
=real biz. sit.n
20 pp. desc. prob.
5-10 pp. exh,=docs. reports, sheets

center = prob to be solved
analyse
collect more
solve probs

sol prob usually roleplay

biz. meeting RP.
eg. cash shortage //sell div.

grps 4/5

teaches team.k.

assess
-oral pres.
-report

S: only way to study?
No - many others

comp. sims.

14.1

big shops, malls, ffood, car lots=sprawl

nice res.l.
no sidewalks

=CSD

Today NUC challenges CSD

looks to past
-central buiz.+down.tn.
-autos
-downtown>slums

today 500 NU
-walkability
-modified grid, +diagnls
-wider streets
-sme car free
-parking OO sight
-com

-mixed use
shops, res. together
=diverse pop.

-inc. density
closer together.
=ease of walk, keep open space “pocket park”
+village grn

-smart trans
no car but train

enc. walk+bike
=healthier

houses?
emph. comfort
attractive
carrage behind
front porch
=inviting

sometime theme
like colonial
bright colours

500NUC
some in every state
-greenfield =new
-greyfield = redevelop.
-GF malls = 2000 malls 8% / 11 % closed / closing

slides


Magna Carta

king Rch
3rd crusade
kidnapped
died

next -> John but arthur was next in line

tend.y

Rch good, John bad

Rch. wasn’t good
bank.d cntry
John was evil

John no time in England

England controlled Normansdy, Britany, Anjou

1204 Bouvine John dfeted

John intro. tax -> scuttage to avoid service
Barons angry->civil war

1215 - Barrons won. --->magna carta

Myth
=constitution
no way

it was fdl doc
majority gained lt

=parliment
did make council
but no parliament for 100 yrs

= no imediate inf.
but was imp.

Even king had to obey law=revolu.y

Later some articles were applied to all people
=no tax w/o parliament consent
=no prison till trial by peers

CIT 7th May 2009

Resources

        ❑        English for Business Studies Unit 5
        ❑        Academic Writing: Conjunctions
        ❑        Grammarcasts [itunes podcast] Conjunctions
        

Paulo 28th April (Reading)

Lesson Resources        

        ✓        Introduction Reading p.2
        ✓        Lesson 1: Factual & Negative Factual p.27
        ❑        Lesson 2: Vocabulary p.48
        ✓        Lesson 3: Inference p.65
        -Go for the short strech, the rephrase when possible,
        ❑        Lesson 4: Purpose / Method / Opinion p.83
        ✓        Lesson 5: Restatement p.104
        -If there is an absolute or alternatively a phrase like “sometimes” (adverbs of frequency, look to see that this is also repeated in the correct choice.
        ❑        Lesson 6: Reference p.117
        ✓        Lesson 7: Sentence Addition p.133
        ✓        Lesson 8: Summary / Chart p.149
        
Vocabulary

Blessing -noun

laborious




Lesson Notes

TOEFL lesson notes 25th April (Listening)

Resources

Bruce Rodgers, ibt2007

        ✓        Listening Tutorial p.150

Cambridge

        ✓        Listening to Natural Speech p.288 07 track 7 1
        ✓        Identifying topics p. 298 16 track 16
        ❑        Mini test 1 p.269

Bruce Rodgers, ibt2007
        
        ✓        Lesson 11: Purpose / Attitude p.73

        ✓        Lesson 12: Replay p.87 Ex 12.3 questions 10->15

        ✓        Lesson 13: Ordering / Matching p.108

        ✓        Lesson 14: Charts p.126

Attendees
Badr, Sebastian, Yann, Swapnil

Vocabulary

Hybrid = mix of two things.

widgets = widget |ˈwijit|
noun informal
a small gadget or mechanical device, esp. one whose name is unknown or unspecified.
• Computing a component of a user interface that operates in a particular way.
proxy |ˈpräksē|
noun ( pl. proxies)
1 the authority to represent someone else, esp. in voting : they may register to vote by proxy.
• a person authorized to act on behalf of another.
• a document authorizing a person to vote on another's behalf.

pseudo = imaginary / false

you betcha = affirmative

linen |ˈlinin|
noun
cloth woven from flax.
• garments or other household articles such as sheets made, or originally made, of linen.
carve |kärv|
verb [ trans. ]
1 (often be carved) cut (a hard material) in order to produce an aesthetically pleasing object or design : the wood was carved with runes | [as adj. ] ( carved) bookcases of carved oak.

struggle = • a very difficult task : it was a struggle to make herself understood.
Notes

Notetaking

Major points

                                                        -minor details
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Lars & Berit Do well!

Despite encountering delays with the start of the TOEFL test at their center, Lars and Berit score really well.

Here’s a break down of their results:

Berit:     Reading: 25, Listening: 26, Speaking 26, Writing 25  total: 102
Lars:      Reading: 27, Listening: 30, Speaking 29, Writing 25  total: 111

congrats!

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We experienced a professional team in a nice atmosphere who helped us to achieve the high scores, we needed.“

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