MAC1 Life STUDENTS GUIDE PDF

MAC1
STUDENTS GUIDE
You have a good command of the English Language. You seek to perform more effectively in social,
academic and professional contexts. You want to develop your communication skills in an ever-changing,
globalized world.
Welcome to MAC the Mainstream Advanced Course at Cultura Inglesa, designed especially for YOU!
You will be exposed to authentic resources and materials, dealing with up-to-date topics which have worldwide impact. You will learn how to make use of more complex, persuasive language through appropriate
stylistic features so that you can really stand out from the crowd and make a difference. You will be able to
confidently and independently express your ideas and opinions!
The course book and resources have been chosen from the latest materials on the market. Besides
attractive visuals and a user-friendly layout, they bring sound reference and practice activities.
Contextualized through an array of current themes, they provide you with ample opportunities to voice
your ideas and take a stand on issues that really matter today.
In the classroom you will be exposed to films, documentaries, interviews and videos, as well as newspaper
articles from renowned English and American newspapers. At home you will have a choice of resources and
activities to plan and personalize your very own self-study schedule. Exclusive activities selected from
e-Campus allow for language skills and practice to extend into your home when convenient for you.
MAC 1
STUDENTS GUIDE
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Talk about the importance of English in a globalized world

SUGGESTED EXTENSIVE READING & VIEWING
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 01
Quantifiers to talk about your

group profile
Some of us; apart from ; most of
us; quite a few ; 25% of
Chunks to describe the evolution
of the English language
Global status; challenged the
boundaries; affects peoples
cultures; power of choice; nothing
/ all to do with; military /
technological / cultural power
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 02
HOMEWORK
The Guardian | How can minority languages survive in the

digital age?
e-Campus:
MLA001471 Language and Culture
Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

(2005) Fox, K.
Workbook p. 6, exs. 1, 2
The English: A Portrait of a People (2007) Paxman, J.

BBC Radio 4 | Word of Mouth: English As a Lingua Franca
Open University YouTube | History of English
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLA006529 Tips for effective
language learning
MLG003064 Learning a
language
MEPI004636 IELTS Academic
Reading Passage 3: Language
Myths (Task 1)
Myths (Task 2)
Myths (Task 3)
E000062 CAE Paper 1 Part 4
Exchanging experiences and lessons from the past
Time phrases
At the moment; at the time; before
that; ever; for some time; in the
coming years; nowadays; often;
over the last 25 years; 50 years
ago; in the long term; prior to the
1990s; in recent years; currently

The Telegraph | Nelson Mandela the orator: his most
powerful speeches
Biography.com | Nelson Mandela Biography
Long walk to freedom (1994) Mandela, M.
Zen Pencils | Nelson Mandela's favourite poem was Invictus
About.com | Profile of Confucius
IMDb | Invictus
HOMEWORK
Coursebook p. 19, exs. 4, 5, 6
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MNI131217-103 Article on
Mandela
GRU00151D
Connectors: time
MLG001419 - Choosing
time expressions
MVA005524 A
transatlantic pop star
MLG001390 A breakdown in
the desert
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Talking about past experiences that define who you are

LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 03
Irreversible word pairs

First and foremost; as and when;
bits and pieces; odds and ends; by
and large; law and order; peace
and quiet; ifs and buts; rough and
ready; heart and soul
The perfect aspect
Has visited; has been collecting;
will have been; had never even
owned; had been waiting
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 04
Be Beautiful, Be You (2012) Velasquez, L.

Huffpost Good News | Bethany Hamilton Wins Pipeline
Women's Pro Surf Competition, Continues To Inspire The
World
HOMEWORK
e-Campus:
MLG001515 The perfect tenses
Buzz Feed Life | 11 Inspiring Stories Of People Who Left

Normal Life And Embarked On An Adventure
TEDx Talks | How do you define yourself?
YouTube | How Do You Define Yourself?
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MVA004221 A night at the
Oscars!
MVA004012 Dido-now a worldfamous singer
E000070 CAE Paper 3 Part 2
MLG002460 Past tenses
MLG002135 Same meaning or
different meaning?
GRU000215 Past simple and
present perfect in academic
English
MLG000082 Mr Microsoft
Talking about what defines people
Expressions to describe types of

people
A chatterbox; a control freak; a
doer; a dreamer; a drifter; a
fighter; a free spirit; a go-getter; a
joker; a planner; an outgoing type;
a worrier

The perks of being a wallflower (1999) Chbosky, S.
A Leadership Paradox: Influencing Others by Defining
Yourself: Revised Edition (2004) Robinson, G.
Looking for Alaska (2006) Green, J.
Brain Pickings | Fixed vs. Growth: The Two Basic Mindsets
That Shape Our Lives
New Internationalist blog | Your language makes you who
you are
TED | Who am I? Think again
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MVA005532 Big decisions
MLG004181 My teenage son
MVA004014 My aunt
MLG003976 My neighbour
MLG004143 My musical friend
MLG004141 My sister
MLG004076 My great-uncle
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Talking about Shakespeare and his influence on the English language and culture
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 05
The language of Shakespeare

A foregone conclusion; full circle;
at one fell swoop; wear my heart
upon my sleeve; seen better days;
a sorry sight; neither here nor
there; the world is my oyster
Expressions with life
Story of my life; larger than life; a
fact of life; all walks of life; having
the time of her life; a life-saver
The Wall Street Journal | Shakespeare in the Digital Age
HOMEWORK
Workbook p. 8, exs. 1, 2, 3
The Guardian | The best of Shakespeare's 450th birthday

celebrations
Blogging Shakespeare | Shakespeare Bites Back
PW.com | Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
CNN | Bloom dazzles with a collection of short stories
BBC Podcasts | My Own Shakespeare
IMDb | Shakespeare in Love
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 06
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MVA004444 Could Shakespeare
write?
MLA006325 London today
MEP005027 CAE Paper 4 Part 3
MEPI004593 IELTS Listening
Section 4: Origins of the theatre
(Task 1)
Section 4 : Origins of the theatre
(Task 2)
MWP006205 The Metropolitan
Opera House
Putting forward an argument in a debate
Lexis to express the views of other

commentators and to develop an
argument
But if you ask people; some will
say; they claim; is put forward by
; argues that; through the
mouths of such characters; take
these phrases from ; according to
; but as suggested;
generously called Shakespeare a

The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
(1990) Bryson, B.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998) Bloom, H.
Brush up your Shakespeare (1990) Macrone, M.
poets.org | Ben Jonson
The Guardian | A man for all ages
Founders Classical Academy | The Importance of Classical
Literature
TEDx Talks YouTube | Debating can change your life
IMDb | Henry V
HOMEWORK
e-Campus:
MSE006283 A theatre review:
presenting evidence
MVA006333 Agreeing to
disagree
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MSE006283 A theatre review:
presenting evidence
MVA006333 Agreeing to disagree
MLG000701 The greatest figures
of the last Millennium
MEP015192 TOEFL iBT Listening
015: lecture
MLA006321 Trade v aid
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LESSON 07
LANGUAGE ITEMS
HOMEWORK
Crush it! (2009) Vaynerchuk, G.
Phrases used when speaking to

keep going
Sorry, let me just look at my notes;
Excuse me, Ill just take a sip of
water; Sorry, I lost the thread;
Sorry, Ill begin that again; Now
where was I? Ah, yes ; So, as I
was saying
Pronouncing content words
LANGUAGE ITEMS
o
LESSON 08
Building your personal brand
The Guardian | Three steps to creating your personal brand

and why it matters
Forbes | The Definitive Guide To Building Your Personal
Brand
Harvard Business Review | The Perils of Self-promotion
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MVA005490 Boost your selfesteem
MLG003988 A job interview
MLA004169 Your first interview
MLA006319 Giving effective
presentations in seminars
MLA001496 Making a good
impression
MLGB004054 Appraisals
YouTube | William Arruda Personal Branding Guru
Writing a letter of application
Fixed expressions for writing a

letter of application
I am looking for; I am sending; a
good person to consider for the
job; I am free to come; the things
you say you need; I am writing to
apply for the post advertised;
please feel free to ; I was
interested in the job

What colour is your parachute? (2013) Bolles, R.
Bloomsbury News Blog | How to write a CV (rsum) in
English
Inc.com | The Only Interview Question That Matters
The Guardian | How to make a great video CV
YouTube | 25 Most Common Job Interview Questions And
How To Answer Them
HOMEWORK
Communicative writing 1:
letter of application
(reference: CB p. 17)
e-Campus:
MSE006402 CAE Paper 2 Part 2
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLGB004091 Personal details
MVA004013 A letter of complaint
MPR005129 Job candidates
MLAB004195 Job interviews
MEP004488 BEC Vantage
Listening Part 3
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Describing hazardous jobs

LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 09
Present and perfect participles

Landing near the fire, they quickly
assessed the situation; Not
thinking of his own safety, he
rushed into the house; Having
fought forest fires for 15 years, she
is now an expert; Not having ever
been near a forest fire, I cant
imagine the heat
Dangerous Jobs: The Adventurer's Guide to High-Risk

Careers (2009) Gehring, A.
HOMEWORK
BBC News | Lightning causes wildfires in soaring Australian

heat
The New York Times | Wildfires and Climate Change
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLA004209 This office is killing
me!
MLG004142 Horrible boss
MLG003158 Participle clauses
GRU000213 Participle clauses in
academic English
GRU00086C Participles : clauses
CNN YouTube | 'Smokejumpers': Firefighting's elite

BBC News | Smokejumpers: Into fire with California's elite
firefighters
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 10
Presenting and suggesting safety procedures in a meeting & Discussing current affairs
Health and safety idioms

Everything is done by the book;
cutting corners; fraught with
danger; second nature; a safety
net; take every precaution; to be
on the safe side

HSE UK | Health and safety statistics - Key figures for Great
Britain (2013/14)
BBC News | Avoiding the pitfalls of texting and walking
The New York Times | Should You Care About the Health
and Safety of Those Making Your Clothing?
TEDx Talks YouTube | Health and Safety on an Olympic

Scale
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MVA004016 PC games
MVA004224 Feeling off-colour
MVA006339 Health effects of
banning smoking
MLA004253 Dealing with stress
MPR005126 Stress in the
workplace
MLG002665 Peoples jobs
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Discussing alternative ways of life and their chances of survival in todays world
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 11
The continuous aspect

The number of sea gypsies is
slowly declining; Ten years ago,
2500 Moken were leading this
traditional seafaring way of life;
Outsiders have been exploiting the
Moken, who have a unique
understanding of the sea, for
years; I had been researching their
way of life for many years before
this; I hope they will still be living
here in their kabangs in ten years
time
Survival International | The most isolated tribe in the

world?
HOMEWORK
Workbook p. 12, ex. 1
Project Moken
Masai of Kenya
The Guardian | Uncontacted tribe found deep in Amazon
rainforest
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLA001405 A different lifestyle
MLA003227 A professional
storyteller
MLA004062 Cultural differences
GRU00017D Past continuous: use
GRU00008D Present continuous:
use
GRU00039D Future continuous:
use
Before They Pass Away

Vanishing Cultures Project
YouTube | National Geographic Live! - The Unconquered:
Brazil's People of the Arrow
YouTube | Amish - A Secret Life (BBC 2012)
LESSON 12
LANGUAGE ITEMS
o
Discussing and evaluating offbeat lifestyle choices and decisions
Images VS facts to express

extraordinary accomplishments or
ordinary information
An edge of rock as thin as a coin;
the glass-slick slab in front of him;
freed of the prison; dangling like a
spider;
Phrasal verbs with get
Get by; get ahead; get through; get
on with; get down to; get at

51 Alternatives to a real job (2013) Alba, J.
The Muse | The Road Less Traveled: Navigating a NonTraditional Career Path
Forbes | What Common Dream Jobs Actually Pay
TED | What will future jobs look like?
Discovery | Dirty Jobs
YouTube | National Geographic Live! - Photographer Jimmy
Chin: Climbing Yosemite
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLA004170 Teenage BMX
champion
MLA004250 Arctic expedition
MLG004140 The tourist explosion
MLG002329 Contrasting ideas
MVA004139 A pain in the neck
MLA004165 The long-distance
runner
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Giving a talk to share your experience with newcomers
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 13
Phrases used to stress the main

message, tell stories from
personal experience and using
rhetorical questions
Id just like to say one thing ;
Thats the key thing; I remember
when I first ; Just the other day I
was ; So, why should that be
important? Well ; How many of
you actually ; So what does that
tell us?
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 14

Forbes | 10 Tips For Giving A Great Speech
Toastmasters International | 10 Tips for Public Speaking
HOMEWORK
Coursebook p. 31, exs. 5, 6
Jimmy Chin's Blog

YouTube | How to Give an Awesome Presentation
YouTube | Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement
Address
YouTube | The Speech that Made Obama President
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLAB004201 Presentation
training
MLAB004241 Advice about taking
part in meetings
MVA006332 How to be affective
in seminars
MLG006328 A picture tells a
thousand words
MEP003859 BEC Higher Reading
Part 3
MLAB004243 Advice about giving
presentations
Developing note-taking skills to produce a summary report
Abbreviations used to take notes

Reg; uni; i.e.; docs; incl.; approx.;
hrs; p.w.; e.g.; sthg; NB; etc.; UK;
EU

Business Insider | 19 Things You Should Do On Your First
Day Of Work
Forbes | 1 Thing Every New Hire Should Get On Their First
Day
The Guardian | How to take great notes and then find
them again
The Guardian | Students: how to take notes in lectures
http://www.verbaltovisual.com/
Core 77 | The Basics of Visual Note-taking
TED YouTube | Drawing in class
YouTube | Visual Note Taking: White Board Animation
HOMEWORK
Communicative writing 2:
A sketchnote summary
(reference: CB p. 29)
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MEP003861 BEC Higher Writing
Part 2
MSE006279 Describing visual
information
MSE006281 Genre: using
paraphrase
MEP004651 IELTS Academic
Writing Task 2
MEP004649 IELTS Academic
Writing Task 1
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LESSON 15
Catch-up lesson & Communicative Review
LANGUAGE ITEMS
HOMEWORK
According to teachers choice
According to teachers choice of

materials
e-Campus:
E000069 CAE Paper 3 Paper 2
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
CA1 (Midterm Test)
LESSON 16
It is important that you take note of the date of the Midterm Test and get better prepared for it. The Midterm Test focuses on communicative and functional aspects and the
exercises are based on the objectives of lessons 1 to 15.
The estimated time of the test is 100 minutes and it is divided into three parts:
Listening = 10 marks
Reading = 10 marks
Language in use (grammar and vocabulary) = 10 marks / Total = 30 marks*
*In the Progress Report (Relatrio de Aproveitamento) the total of 30 marks is converted to 20 marks.
MAC 1
STUDENTS GUIDE
LESSON 17
LANGUAGE ITEMS
HOMEWORK
The Guardian | Japan's disposable home culture is an

environmental and financial headache
Humble Homes | The Micro Compact Home by Richard

Horden
e-Campus:
MLA004207 Home makeover
show
Intensifying adverbs
Extremely; incredibly; utterly;
absolutely; really; completely;
entirely; totally; quite; so
Adverb and adjective collocations
Deadly serious; hopelessly wrong;
painfully slow; perfectly
reasonable; vaguely familiar;
wildly optimistic; mildly amused;
patently obvious; desperately
unlucky; simply unacceptable
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 18
Feedback on CA1 & Describing and comparing alternative living spaces
TED | Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

YouTube | The rise of compact living in Tokyo
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLG005477 The home of the
future
MLG000993 Terrific tours
Reading Passage 2: Houses of the
future
TED | Architecture for the people by the people

YouTube | Extreme transformer home in Hong Kong: Gary
Chang's 24 rooms in 1
Discussing how the architecture of public spaces may impact on peoples behaviour
Differentiating facts and opinions
BBC News Magazine | Niemeyer's Brasilia: Does it work as a

city?
Expressions with wall

Off the wall; bang your head
against a brick wall; driving me up
the wall; the hole in the wall; went
to the wall; the writing is on the
wall; a fly on the wall; Ive hit a
wall
The Guardian | Flatpack or flexible? Oscar Niemeyer's

schools could have lessons for the UK
Project for Public Spaces
YouTube | RIBA Stirling Prize 2011 winner - Evelyn Grace
Academy, Brixton by Zaha Hadid Architects
TED | Architecture that senses and responds
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MEP015213 TOEFL iBT Listening
036: lecture
MEP015185 TOEFL iBT Reading
014
MEP013092 TOEFL Listening 021:
conversation
conversation
MEP013255 TOEIC Part III
Listening: Conversations 002
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Expressing and emphasizing opinions on diverging cultural differences
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 19
Emphatic structures
What strikes you is the design of
the building; Rarely do you see so
much thought put into design;
Admittedly, they did employ a
British architect to help them
Collocations to describe towns
Housing estate; historic town;
vibrant city; dormitory town;
sleepy village; leafy suburb;
sprawling estate
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 20
HOMEWORK
BBC News Magazine | Why China loves to build copycat

towns

The Guardian | Counterfeit goods crackdown sees 2,500

websites shut down
e-Campus:
MLG003139 Not a good move
MLG005479 Travel log
Huffington Post | Fake Venices In China, Korea Prove That

Venice Is One Of Everyone's Favorite Cities
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLG004182 Holiday around
Venice
MWP005570 Three cities
MLG003113 Inversion
MLG003202 Inversion
The Independent | Fake Britain: The rise of the imitation

industry
YouTube | China's Incredible Ghost Cities Will Make Your
Jaw Drop
Making recommendations for a public project in your city (part 1)
Chunks to make a case

I have to say; First of all, it seems
; Also, the fact that will give it
popular appeal; Thirdly, and I dont
think we should underestimate
this, ; I think this is important,
given ; And the idea that also
really appeals to me; What I mean
is
Linking sounds
HOMEWORK
Huffington Post | 9 Public Art Projects That Brought Beauty

And Design To The Streets
City Projects.org | Top 5 City Revitalization Projects
e-Campus:
MPR005128 Celebrations
RIL | 10 urban infrastructure regeneration projects

Bloomberg | New York City Mayor Cites Rebirth and
Revitalization of Lower Manhattan
YouTube | JR: One year of turning the world inside out
TED | How public spaces make cities work
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
Section 2: Dorset Arts Week
MPR002812 Assimilation
MPR002804 Liaison features in
connected speech
MPR003752 Word linking in
connected speech
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Writing an opinion essay on social and urban issues

LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 21
Linking devices
Admittedly; although; but; even
though; however; indeed; so; thus
The Guardian | Sustainable cities must be compact and

high-density
Forbes | Can Tech Startups Solve Serious Urban
Problems? These Companies Think So
TED | The walkable city
TED | The shareable future of cities
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
Communicative Writing 3: Opinion MLG006271 Bottled water: a
Essay (reference: CB p. 41 ex. 6)
critical review
MLGB005419 Corporate social
responsibility and NGT
MLA005480 Urban adventures
e-Campus:
MEP004489 BEC Vantage Writing
MLG000799 Linkers
Part 2
MLGB004055 Progress
report
TED | A new vision for rebuilding Detroit

The New York Times | Your Stories of Life in High-Rises
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 22
Making recommendations for a public project in your city (part 2)
Positive and emphatic phrases to

convince your interlocutor

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/apr/14/p
ublic-art-serpentine-henry-moore-institute
http://www.dallasculture.org/publicArt.asp
Demilked | 100 Artists Transform 100 Phone Booths Into
Works of Art in So Paulo
YouTube | Public Art and How It Enhances Our Community

YouTube | ArtPrize, Grand Rapids | Under the Radar
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MPR003100 Stress for emphasis
MLG003995 The Sony Ericsson
e-Campus:
Empire Awards
MSE006404 CAE Paper 2 Part 2: A MPR005125 Good or bad idea?
proposal
MPR005119 A trip abroad
MPR005124 Does he believe it?
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Debating on potential solutions for urban logistics

LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 23
Collocations and vocabulary

regarding transportation logistics
A frustrating barrier; unleash an
economic miracle; one big
metropolis; form a consortium;
obstruct air traffic; the beautiful
solution; to build one from scratch
COHA.org | Brazil's chaotic transportation systems at

stake: The role of private sector
e-Campus:
MLA001474 The building of the
Channel Tunnel
YouTube | London: Ten years on: Has London's

congestion charge worked?
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLA001474 The building of the
Channel Tunnel
MLA004162 Across Australia by
train
MLA004060 Travel comments
MLG000059 Travelling light
TED Talks YouTube | Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla,

SpaceX, SolarCity
LANGUAGE ITEMS
o
LESSON 24
Pinterest | Construction Engineering: World's Mega

Structures
HOMEWORK
Exam practice & Catch-up lesson

materials
HOMEWORK
Check with your teacher
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
Section 1: Visiting Australia (Task 1)
Section 1: Visiting Australia (Task 2)
Section 3: City studies (Task 1)
Section 3: City studies (Task 2)
MEP013040 TOEFL Reading 014
MEP013175 Listening 074: minilecture
MAC 1
STUDENTS GUIDE
Talking about the impact of innovative ideas on your daily life
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 25
Modals in the past

Had to; needed to have; neednt
have made; must have; may /
might / could have; cant / couldnt
have; should have; ought to have
Phrasal verbs with come
Come about; come up with; comes
down to; come across; come off;
come up against
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2009) Drucker, P.
HOMEWORK
Workbook p. 28, exs. 3, 4, 5, 6
Forbes | The 10 Traits Of Great Innovators

The Startup Guide | The 12 Greatest Innovators of All Time
TED | Everyday inventions
TED | You don't need an app for that
TED | India's Invisible Innovation
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MLG006511 A world of Scottish
invention
MWP006492 Entrepreneurs
MLA006314 Innovations in
sustainable energy
MLA002910 Inventions
MLA006272 The technological
revolution in education
YouTube | Where good ideas come from by Steven Johnson
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 26
Evaluating innovations and speculating on their chances of success
Expressing probability
Perhaps; maybe; probably; almost
certainly; (un)likely that; the
likelihood is; the chances are; there
is a good chance; may well be
Partitives
A sheet of paper; a scrap of paper;
a drop of water; a stroke of luck; a
shred of evidence; a glimmer of
hope; a flash of inspiration; a hint
of disappointment

Robert J. Land Origami
Designboom | Make Architects folds prefabricated
origami kiosks in London
The Guardian | LSE's new students' union: a lesson in
architectural origami
TED | The math and magic of origami

YouTube | Understanding and evaluating technology
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
E000089 BEC Vantage Listening
Part 2
MEP004983 CAE Paper1 Part 4
MVA004015 Feed the birds
GRU000212 Modal verbs for
general possibility in academic
English
mini-lecture
MAC 1
STUDENTS GUIDE
Discussing the pros and cons of social entrepreneurship
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 27
Chunks used to express counter

arguments
TOMS.com | Blake Mycoskie

http://www.startsomethingthatmatters.com/
Forbes | Social entrepreneurs
Expressions with give

Give it a break; give it some
thought; give it a go; give you the
go ahead; give it your best
News.com.au | One Night Stands Jamie Greens journey

from homelessness to social entrepreneur
HOMEWORK
e-Campus:
MLA006315 Corporate social
responsibility
MLA006534 What is social
responsibility?
YouTube | Blake Mycoskie - The Global Leadership Summit,

2010
Ethical Consumerism
TED | The case for collaborative consumption
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 28
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
Listening Part 3
MLA006315 Corporate social
responsibility
MLA006531 Eating green
MSEB005445 Put your money
where your heart is
MLA006534 What is social
responsibility?
Presenting a business idea to a potential investor (part 1)
Descriptive lexis
An easy-to-use tool; set up quickly;
consists of two main components;
a brief description; type of activity;
special conditions; to fill slots for
volunteers; alerted / sent
automatically; confirm an offer;
eligible to work for
Punctuation
Colon; semi-colon; dash

http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Scientific American | How Things Work
The Guardian | What's next after WhatsApp: a guide to the
future of messaging apps
MIT Technology Review | Why Mobile Apps Will Soon be
Dead
YouTube | The future of Apps and Search
YouTube | Wearable technology
HOMEWORK
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
GRU00185 Punctuation in
academic writing
GRU00089B Punctuation 2
GRU00089C Punctuation 3
MLA006503 How vacuum
cleaners work
MLG006335 Understanding the
internet
MAC 1
STUDENTS GUIDE
Presenting a business idea to a potential investor (part 2)
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 29
Using rhetorical questions

What is it?; How does it work?;
Why is it necessary?; What does it
do exactly?; Isnt it going to be
expensive?; So what? I hear you
say; So, how do we achieve this?;
Whats our ambition for?
Pronouncing long and short
vowels
LANGUAGE ITEMS
LESSON 30
HOMEWORK
Forbes | The perfect elevator pitch to land a job
Harvard Business Review | How to pitch a brilliant idea
e-Campus:
MLA006532 The Four Ps of
marketing
MSEB005444 Marketing
techniques
YouTube | Message Map: How to Pitch Anything in 15

seconds
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
MVAB004102 Advertising and
marketing methods
E000102 BEC Higher Reading Part
5
Listening Part 3
YouTube | 6 Elevator Pitches for the 21st Century
Communicative review & Catch-up lesson

materials
HOMEWORK
Check with your teacher
FURTHER PRACTICE
e-Campus:
Reading Passage 1: Fit offices
(Task 1)
Reading Passage 1: Fit offices
(Task 2)
MEP005065 BEC Vantage Reading
Part 4
MEP013011 TOEFL Reading 004
MAC 1
STUDENTS GUIDE
LESSON 31
CA2 Writing & Communicative Activity
The Communicative Activity is another moment for your oral performance to be assessed. You will have the opportunity to discuss and talk about themes and topics which
have been studied and analysed throughout the course. During this activity you will be evaluated on such features as register, appropriacy, pronunciation, interaction,
grammatical resources and discourse management.
The estimated time for this oral assessment is 40 minutes. It is worth 10 marks and contributes to your final Oral Production mark.
CA2 (Final Test)
LESSON 32
The format of this assessment is similar to the CA1 (Midterm Test), which you took in the middle of the course. However, in this Final Test there is one more part which focuses
on written production, so you will be required to write a text, in the appropriate style with no reference to dictionaries or other materials, in Lesson 31. The choices for the
written production are based on the topics and language structures practised during the course through the Communicative Writing tasks.
The estimated time for this Final Test is 100 minutes and it is divided in four parts:
Listening = 10 marks
Reading = 10 marks
Language in use (grammar and vocabulary) = 10 marks
Communicative writing = 10 marks Total = 40 marks*
*In the Progress Report (Relatrio de Aproveitamento) the total of 40 marks is converted to 30 marks
MAC 1
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