So long Eman and Nicolas, Quiz Study Sheet

Eman and Nicolas left for their vacations today, but for me it's my last class with them--and tomorrow's my last class in Proficiency!  (Today I didn't forget to take pictures!)  

As I mentioned, I just found out yesterday that I'm going to be moved to the TOEFL class.  I can't tell everyone how much I've enjoyed teaching Proficiency and what amazing students I've had the opportunity to teach and make friends with.   I'm looking forward to a new challenge, but very sad that I won't be able to continue with my dear, dear students that will be continuing.  

I guess tomorrow will be the last blog for this class--another sad thing for me, but it will be on the internet for anybody who feels nostalgic--including me!

Today we went over the topic of rhetorical questions a bit more, looking at Exercise 12 and last night's homework, exercise 13.

We also checked the reading homework and identified the type of organization.

No homework tonight--and no essay due!  Enjoy your holiday!

Finally, here is the study sheet.  We'll have a short quiz that should take only 30 minutes or so.  Then we can enjoy the rest of the movie and discuss it.

Also, I'm going to bring some snacks.  If you'd like to bring anything, please do, but you don't have to.

Proficiency Week 11 Vocabulary for Friday Quiz

Grammar Dimensions Unit 14

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 260-1

illiteracy

to address (a problem, issue, etc)

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 262

 a drawback

juvenile

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 264-5

an expenditure

an adversary

a stand (on an issue)

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 268

an aspect

a principle

a stage

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 271

all in all

overall

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 273

fatigue

dumb

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 274

committed to/ to commit/commitment

Grammar Dimensions U14 p 277

suppose/let’s suppose

demographic/demography

per annum

to colonize

solar system

Academic Connections

Academic Connections p28

to divulge

founding

“fall victim to its own success”

mediocrity/mediocre

profound

to haul/a haul

virtually

at every turn

to turn s.t. around/a turnaround

to revitalize

a defect/defective

“whopping”

enviable (to envy)

to implement/ an implement/implementation

“period” (that's it, I'm very serious and won't change anything!)

implicit

to advocate for

diverse

to differentiate

to orchestrate

prominent

to occupy ( a role)

dominant

to diagnose

crucial