News and Announcements
Discover Amiata
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Dear 2007-2008 Students,
you can find a link to your project work website here:
Discover Amiata :: our second year project work.
You should also have received a message from me with instructions to obtain a username and password.
Please check your email. Thanks.
Gloria C.
Books for the course
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007All the students are required to buy a copy of the coursebooks. Please, make sure you book your copy before September 28th. Thank you. Do not buy a used copy of the books in which other students have already written. Thank you.
2nd Year Students’ masterpieces online!
Thursday, February 1st, 2007Well done!
Things to check when you write
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Despite the fact that we comment on several common mistakes over and over again, most of you still make some of these mistakes. Here is a list of things which you must check before handing in your weekly assignment.
Please, remember that you will not be evaluated for the content alone, but also for the form of your final paper. You must be correct when you write. If you make too many grammar mistakes, you will fail the exam, even if the content is good.
Verb combinations
Sunday, November 19th, 2006Hi,
since I noticed that most of you are still having troubles with verb combinations, here is a document which can help you with this topic: Verb combinations
Please after you have downloaded and read it carefully, go to the page linked below, read the grammar page and then do the excercises clicking on the links -ing 1, -ing 2, etc.
Word Order
Monday, October 16th, 2006Dear students,
here you can find some useful exercises to help you improve your knowledge of English Word Order.
Like and Love + -ing
Monday, October 16th, 2006Dear students,
here are some exercises to help you improve your use of the verbs to like and to love when they are followed by another verb in the -ing form.
Ex. I like meeting people.
I love cooking.
Writing letters in English
Monday, October 16th, 2006Writing letters in English is not an easy task. Letters have a specific conventional structure which varies according to the type of letter and its function. Read the rest of this post »
Remember to send an email!
Monday, October 9th, 2006Dear Students,
I would like to remind you all that each and everyone of you is required to send me a message with your email address to cappelli@cli.unipi.it. I need your email address to activate your account on this blog.