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Group B

February 12

• Syllabus and course information
• Exchanging contact details: See resource at Onestopenglish
• Language learning preferences interview

February 14

• Progress test: Market Leader Units 9-11

February 19

• Test correction and discussion
• Learning styles and preferences pairwork
• Zippy song: Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (YouTube video from Song of the South)

February 21

• Introduction and discussion: Leadership
• Homework: Work with a dictionary on the boxed words from page 101

February 26

• Vocabulary: Characteristics of leaders and their antonyms
• Listening to an interview about leadership qualities (p. 101, exercises A, B, & C)
• Homework: Read "The Bolt that Holds the Ikea Empire Together" (p. 102) and do exercise E (p. 103)

February 28

• Mind Maps: Words related to furniture
• Reading (p. 102)
  • Ikea website
• Homework: Pre-read about relative pronouns and clauses (p. 103) and do Exercise A

March 4

• Relative clauses (p. 103-104)
• Vocabulary review (p. 101)
• Movie Clip: WordPlay (2006)
• Crossword fun!

March 6

• Discussion: Decision-making
• Skills (p. 105)
• Homework: Review the information on emails (p. 133)
• Homework: Extra text and key "Tough Lessons on Leadership"

March 11

• Discussion: The secrets of being Estonian
• Email etiquette
• Homework: Respond to formal email sent by Jennifer

March 13

• Innovation introduction (pp. 108-109)
• Homework: Reading (p. 110)

March 18

• No class

March 20

• Email English Refinement: Examples from your writing
• Innovation at Proctor and Gamble (pp. 110-111) Key to exercises B, C, & D

March 25

• Passives (pp. 111-112)

March 27

• Giving a short presentation (pp. 112-113)
• See Public Speaking and Presentation Resources

April 1-14 No class

April 15 Class resumes

• Update from Jennifer
• Presentation planning

April 17

• Class presentations:
  • Aivi Russia
  • Urve Ikebana

April 22

• Class presentations
  • Inta Greece
  • Merilin Lapland
  • Katri Norway

April 24

• Class presentations
  • Vilve Library
  • Terje Museum Exhibition
  • Kadi Accounting
  • Aivi TBA

April 29

• Class presentations
  • Madis South Germany
  • Hille Ireland
  • Lagle TBA
  • Kristel TBA