Week 18 Monday 19th - Saturday 24 th January 2009

After our initial recap we talked about the overall effect of the cartoons and came to the conclusion that the idea one had of America was rather paradoxical ! The stereotye is a land of freedom and justice in which we can all start from rags to riches , climb the social ladder and through hard work and free choice become somebody ! However in the cartoons we can see a different picture , things are not so rosy ! Despite this fact people from all over the world still want to emigrate to the U.S.A. to try their luck .

After that we started going over the background sheets . These you had to finish off for Thursday .
During this lesson we also touched upon the film , The Visitor , which some of you had been to see with me earlier that day .

In Friday's group seesion we worked on the basics of the language in various exercises .
You have to complete all the exercises at home and be ready for a little surprise test soon !