Idioms related to «home»

Check out these idioms on an online dictionary- click on the links below
An Englishman's home is his castle.
at home
be home and dry
be nothing much to write home about
bring home the bacon
hearth and home
a home away from home
Charity begins at home.
until the cows come home
Home is where the heart is.
make yourself at home
keep the home fires burning
chickens come home to roost

wikipedia contributions

i posted my article in wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangguru


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final marks

Everyone

Your marks have been posted with the 'virtual secretary' with FCSH and with ILNOVA.

It seems that FCSH does not have all of you regsitered. I suggest you check your enrolment status with FCSH. You need to ensure you have been registered with FCSH/Licenciatura courses.

In the meantime, below are your results for the 1st semester of B2.1.

Please consider the following:

1. If you have not submitted course work, as outlined in the course objectives, your overall average mark will reflect this.

2. PLEASE NOTE: If your mark is BETWEEN 8-9, there are exames de recurso on 15th February at 10.00 in room 0.03

It is your responsibility to ensure you abide by the course requirements.
If your mark is below 10, there are exames de recurso on 15th February at 10.00 in room 0.03

It is your responsibility to ensure you abide by the course requirements.
oral
final mark

Ana Claudia Pinho
13
14

Artur Andres
13.5
14

Milton Rocha
13
13

Joao Paulo Rebento


Catia Sofia Ildefonso
12.5
13

Maria Joao Carvalhas
12.5
12

Ana Mafalda Veiga
15
14

Ana Filipa Carvalho
-
Sandra Lourenço
13.5
13

Maria Joao Oliveria
11.5
13

DISCUSSION TOPICS

In your group blogs, you will be posting your opinions on some discussion topics, over the next few lessons. This is an opportunity to discuss your opinions within your group.

Read each other's comments and reply.

INFORMATION UPDATE - ASSESSMENT TASKS

8th January
1st draft wikipedia entry - Post in small group blogs
Add my email address to your small group blog so I can post.
allyson.roberts@mail.telepac.pt

15th January
Final draft wikipedia – post in Wikipedia

22nd January
Class written task
discursive writing

29th January
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Make an individual oral presentation on a topic of your interest.

Short story, book, film, passion, interesting person, etc etc

10 mins max.

5th February

Paired orals
Schedule to be arranged

Wikipedia contributions

Post your contributions to Wikipedia in this blog by the 8th January. I will then correct using the code. Make sure your groups know who is doing what.

Preparation for READING ALOUD

READING ALOUD

To prepare for your oral exam on Monday 5th February you will need to read a short extract aloud.

You can practise at home by reading news extracts and listening. Choose from topics which are of interest to you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/index.shtml

Preparation for reading aloud:

A. Understanding content

Identify the genre: – review, news bulletin, poem etc.
Consider cultural context and cultural references
Understand the overall message/ content of the extract
Identify voices: narrator, speakers, tone, mood, emotion

B. Reproducing Message
1. Aim to convey the message – be dramatic, but within the genre.
2. Identify key words in a sentence and the corresponding sentence stress.
3. Accentuate the meaning of words, identify intonation, look for word linking.

C. Record yourself
1. Compare how you sound with the online model.
2. Identify the differences.
3. Listen again – us you MP3, ipod….. listen as much as you can.

Happy New Year to you all!

The Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland

Please bring the short stories on Wednesday 3rd. Remember the Wikipeadia work!

Allyson