Warm-up Write a short email (± 5 lines) to someone in class in which you recommend a film, book, CD, play, a product,

1. Warm-up • Write a short email (± 5 lines) to someone in class in which you recommend a film, book, CD, play, a product, a trip.... • What is it about? • Why do you recommend it?

2. Test Week • 18/3: Read a text or form • 20/3: Write a letter

3. Gerunds or infinitives? • What is an infinitive? • to run, to walk, to teach... • What is a gerund? • Running, walking, teaching... • Can be used as a noun: • I love running. • Teaching is fun.

4. Gerunds or infinitives? I love running or I love to run? Whether we need a gerund (running) or an infinitive (to run) depends on the main verb (love) There are verbs that are followed by a) a gerund b) an infinitive c) a gerund or an infinitive, but with a difference in meaning d) a gerund or an infinitive, but with a small difference in meaning

5. Gerunds or infinitives? • Verbs followed by gerunds • He denied committing the crime. • She suggested staying in the hotel. • http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_list.htm

6. Gerunds or infinitives? • b) Verbs followed by infinitives • Tom agreed to help me. • His health seems to be better. • http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/infinitive_list.htm

7. Gerunds or infinitives? • c) Verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives, but with a difference in meaning • He stopped smoking for health reasons. • = he no longer smokes • He stopped to smoke. • = he stopped doing something else in order to smoke

8. Gerunds or infinitives? • c) Verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives, but with a difference in meaning • She forgot reading the book when she was a kid. • = she read the book when she was a kid, but she has forgotten that fact. • She forgot to pay the rent this month. • = she forgot that she needed to pay the rent. • http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_different_list.htm

9. Gerunds or infinitives? • d) Verbs followed by gerunds and infinitives, but with a small difference in meaning • gerund  in general • infinitive  in this particular case • The British reporter likesliving in New York.  • The British reporter likesto live in New York whenever he works in the United States.  • I like speaking French because it's such a beautiful language.  • I like to speak French when I'm in France.  • http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_same_list.htm

10. Five Old Idioms He had nothing to do with the robbery - the cops are really barking up the wrong tree this time. to believe the wrong explanation for something Portable phones are marketed as the best thing since sliced bread, but to me they're just another expensive gadget. wonderful She doesn't look very intelligent, but you can't judge a book by its cover. you cannot judge the quality or character of someone or something just by looking at them As the trip's been cancelled I'll be able to go to the match this Saturday. Every cloud has a silver lining. there is something good even in an unpleasant situation I'm going to hit the sack - I'm exhausted. go to bed

11. Five New Idioms I'll hold the ladder while you climb up. Better safe than sorry. being careful is probably more desirable than risking a bad result The investigation was back to square one when Mrs. Earle proved she wasn't anywhere near the crime. back to the beginning. (As with a board game.) 'Is his name Howard?' 'Close, but no cigar. It's Harold.' used for telling someone that they have failed, although their attempt, guess etc was almost successful All the children ran away and left Billy high and dry to take the blame for the broken window. to leave someone helpless Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here. an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet

12. Five New Idioms I'll hold the ladder while you climb up. Better safe than sorry. being careful is probably more desirable than risking a bad result The investigation was back to square one when Mrs. Earle proved she wasn't anywhere near the crime. back to the beginning. (As with a board game.) 'Is his name Howard?' 'Close, but no cigar. It's Harold.' used for telling someone that they have failed, although their attempt, guess etc was almost successful All the children ran away and left Billy high and dry to take the blame for the broken window. to leave someone helpless Put a sock in it! Some of us are trying to work around here. an impolite way of telling someone to be quiet

13. Definite (the) and indefinite (a/an) articles http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/indefinite-article-and http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/definite-article

14. Writing: Unit 6 I thought it was great!

15. Suggestions Podcasts The Guardian Film Weekly Podcast (www.theguardian.com/film/series/filmweekly or on iTunes) Inside The New York Times Book Review Podcast (a lot of non-fiction) (www.nytimes.com/ref/books/books-podcast-archive.html or on iTunes) KCRW's Bookworm Podcast (fiction) (www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=4819487 or on iTunes)

16. Suggestions Library: English books and DVDs http://www.muntpunt.be/ (free books and DVDs!)

17. Get ready to write: Reviews BBC Breakfast on Tripadvisor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPdFjU10jU To experience something at first hand From the original source, directly Unbiased feedback Impartial, fair A damning review ([daming]) condemning To place power at the fingertips of travellers Immediately and easily available A blessing or a curse Something really good or bad

18. Get ready to write: Reviews Malicious comments harmful Hospitality industry hotels, restaurants, event planning, theme parks... To police something To check, regulate, keep in order Foul language Offensive, vulgar, obscene language To play up/down your own property to try to persuade people to believe that something is more/less important than it is

19. Get ready to write: Reviews The fact of the matter is... used for emphasizing what you think is the true situation or the most important point To wake up on the wrong side of the bed to be in a bad mood from the time you get up in the morning for no obvious reason A handful reviews a very small number of people or things BBC Breakfast on Tripadvisor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPdFjU10jU ..\Materiaal\Tripadvisor.mp4

20. Get ready to write: Reviews Discuss the following questions in groups: What’s your view on the clip? Do you side with Tripadvisor or with the owners that feel mistreated? Do you ever read reviews (books, films, hotels, products)? Do they influence you? Have you ever written a review? Where? (Tripadvisor, Amazon...)

21. Get ready to write Thoroughly Very much Sheer Used to emphasise the amount or degree of something Outstanding Extremely good To check something out To look at something, try something to see if you like it

22. Review Resounding Used to emphasise how successful or unsuccessful someone or something is a resounding success/victory/defeat Biopic A film based on the events of someone’s life Lifts the story above the average biopic Makes it better than the average biopic Moving Making you feel emotional To capture To express what someone or something is really like (in a way that people can clearly recognise)

23. Review Comprehensive Including many details or aspects of something All the same Despite what has been mentioned (“and yet”)

24. Review Utterly completely: often used for emphasizing how bad someone or something is Young children are utterly dependent on their parents. You're being utterly unreasonable. How utterly ridiculous! Fairly to some degree, but not completely or extremely His statement explains the situation fairly well. We went to the theatre fairly often. in a fair way I do my best to treat all my children fairly.

25. Review Though Although, but informal (can also be used at the end of a sentence) Even so Despite what has just been said (usually begins a sentence) Even more An expression used to emphasise a comparison Moreover Formal word to add information (“also and more importantly”) All the same Informal expression, meaning “despite what has just been said” What’s more Informal expression for “in addition”

26. Films • Discuss in groups of three or four • Do you often watch films? Where? • Do you have a favourite film genre / director / actor / film? • Do you prefer watching films in your own language or in English? What are the best films in your own language? • What kind of films did you prefer when you were a child?

27. Film Vocabulary What kind of movie is it? It’s a comedy. It’s a sci-fi. It’s a horror. It’s an action movie. It’s a romantic comedy. (a rom com) http://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/feb/11/rom-coms-end-of-affair Who is in it?Who’s starring in it? Orlando Bloom is in it/is starring in it.

28. Film Vocabulary Where does it take place? It’s set in New York in the 60s. It takes place on the moon in the future. It takes place in a prison. What’s it about? What happens in it? It’s about two young people who fall in love on a sinking ship. It’s about a meteor that is going to destroy the Earth.

29. Film Vocabulary How does it end? What happens in the end? In the end, the ring is destroyed. In the end, Harry decides he really loves Sally. What did the critics say? What kind of reviews did it get? The critics said it was good. The critics panned it. (to criticize someone or something very strongly) The critics raved about it. (to speak or write in a very enthusiastic way about someone or something) It got great reviews. It got rave reviews. It got poor reviews.

30. Films • Discuss in groups • Do you often watch films? Where? • Do you have a favourite film genre / director / actor / film? • Do you prefer to watch films in your own language or in English? What are the best films in your own language? • What kind of films did you prefer when you were a child?

31. Short Film: Curfew Curfew is a 2012 short film directed by Shawn Christensen. At the lowest point in his life, he gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his nine-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours. The film won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 85th Academy Awards in 2013.

32. Short Film: Curfew Curfew the time by which someone, especially a child, must be home in the evening To get hold of someone To manage to talk to someone (on the phone or directly) There will be hell to pay Used for saying that someone will be in a lot of trouble Home at 10.30 on the dot at exactly the time that you mention To get something out of the way To finish doing something, especially something difficult or unpleasant

33. Short Film: Curfew Passive aggressive the indirect expression of hostility, such as through sarcasm, hostile jokes, stubbornness or deliberate or repeated failure to accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often explicitly) responsible. http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/

34. Short Film: Curfew Write a short review of the film: First paragraph What is it about? Who’s in it? Where is it set? Who directed it? Second paragraph Did you like it or not? Why (not)? Give reasons, refer to the performance of the actors, the story (plot), the music, the photography, the mood of the film, the message Compare it to another film? Third paragraph Repeat the important points. Do you recommend this film or not?

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37. Short Film: Curfew Write a short review of the film: First paragraph What is it about? Who’s in it? Where is it set? Who directed it? Second paragraph Did you like it or not? Why (not)? Give reasons, refer to the performance of the acting, the story (plot), the music, the photography, the mood of the film, the message Compare it to another film? Third paragraph Repeat the important points. Do you recommend this film or not?