FEEDBACK AFTER session 27/11/2014

VOCABULARY

• lenient
• trade union
• businessman/entrepreneur
• shameful
•  cut back/down (on)

• to put an end to/to bring something to an end

PRONUNCIATION

• debt
• control STRESS
• measure /ˈmeʒə(r)/
• poor /pɔː(r)//pʊə(r)/
• low /ləʊ/
• combat  /ˈkɒmbæt/ STRESS

 STRUCTURES

• Use THEY/THEIR to refer back to the government
•  When talking in general:
• countable (no article + plural): Social policies are non-existant
• uncountable (no article - singular) Information is essential

BEFORE session 2/12/2014

OFFLINE

• SPEAKING Prepare to talk about SB p.26  Exercise C
• Grammar Reference SB p.141
• Reading SB p.30
• Grammar SB p.31 A, B
• VOCABULARY Revise AV1 topics:
• Crime & Punishment
• Business & Advertising

ONLINE

• THE NEWS - TRANSCRIPTION
• 1st item- Fausto/Eva
• 2nd item- Leonor/Maribel
• 3rd item- Mª Angeles/Mercedes
• 4th item- Santiago/Luisa
• 5th item- MªJesús/Carmen
• 6th item- Patricia/Andrés

Email the texts to me BEFORE Tuesday

Driving over Lemons - Update on deadlines

Driving over Lemons

Jan 13th, chapters 8-20

FEEDBACK AFTER session 25/11/2014

• PRONUNCIATION
• receipt
• STRESS on refund (n) versus refund (v)
• VOCABULARY
• DIY store/hardware store/ironmonger's
• racks
• ripped versus ripe
• tag versus label
• complaints book

DECEMBER EXAMS

• Dec 9,  Tuesday

• IN CLASS (because it's not an exam date), we'll be doing the MONOLOGUE (Speaking). Before and after your monologue, you'll be doing Reading Exam Practice.

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT HERE Write in your name Use up all the times in order

• Dec 11, Thursday

• READING EXAM
• We'll be doing Writing practice in the other half of the session (Opinion essay)

• Dec 16, Tuesday

• SPEAKING: INTERACTION EXAM 

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT HERE Write in your name and your partner's name Use up all the times in order and Be at the room 15 minutes before the time of your appointment

• Dec 18, Thursday

• EXAM REVISION

REVISION UNIT 3 Before session 27/11/2014

REVISION UNIT 3

• Organize your REVISION OF UNIT 3: to that end, there is a powerpoint presentation in the shared folder in BOX. Download the ppt onto your PC and fill in the slides with the vocabulary items and structures that you learnt to fulfil the different functions. Some have already been done in the course of the class.

• Do all the exercises in the WORKBOOK for Unit 3.

• Do all the exercises in the Outcomes VOCABULARY BUILDER for Unit 3.

• Revise the VOCABULARY of the unit.

• Make sure you practise SPEAKING about the topics of the unit. For interactions, do the role-plays on REFUNDS.

O4 SOCIETY Unit Overview

The main aim of this unit is to enable you:

• To talk about the government and their policies and how the economy is doing
• To discuss social issues
• To respond to complaints
• To use so and such and the..., the... + comparatives
• To use expressions to describe economics, society and the government

Mercedes Valverde says...

I'm writing in order to send you the web sites I used to interchange not only writings but also conversation with British people. The main webs that I used to use were:

• www.verbling.com
• www.italki.com
• www.livemocha.com

On the other hand, I used to work on vocabulary using this web sites of thematic podcast: 

• www.eslpod.com

That's all for now. I hope it could be HELPFUL for the rest of the class.

Mercedes

Vocabulary Unit 3 Things you need

Speaking Unit 3 Things you need ROLE-PLAYS REFUNDS

SPEAKING UNIT 3 Things you need

FEEDBACK AFTER 20/11/2014

• PRONUNCIATION 
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation
• VOCABULARY
• drowsy
• LEARNING STRATEGIES
• Exchange websites
• http://www.openlanguageexchange.com/
• http://www.tusclasesparticulares.com/intercambio-idiomas/
•  Steps to learn new words
• Look up the word in a monolingual dictionary
• Then in a bilingual dictionary
• Finally, google image it
•  USE FLASHCARDS They're good for vocabulary revision
• Cram
• Examtime
• Quizlet
• Kitzkikz

Here are some sets Fausto created last year:

• http://quizlet.com/37000879/flashcards
• http://www.cram.com/flashcards/clothes-and-fashion-4634419
• http://www.cram.com/flashcards/about-hair-4629810
• http://www.cram.com/flashcards/crime-4610841
• http://quizlet.com/39027064/infinitivesgerunds-flash-cards/
• http://www.cram.com/flashcards/about-music-4625078

He forgot to mention that if you select English Language, when you type in the word, the programme converts it from text to speech. Really useful tool!

BEFORE session 25/11/2014

• ONLINE
• Watch the video below

• Then do the listening comprehension exercises here. 
• OFFLINE
•  Grammar Reference p.140 Indirect questions
• SB p.25 Vocabulary Problems with things

FEEDBACK AFTER session 18/11/2014

• VOCABULARY
• Homographs and Homophones
• to sow
• to saw
• to sew
• Words in the new
• called on
• slavery, slaves
• smuggle out
• shipping office
• rally
• cared for
• drowning (drown your sorrows)
• public health threat
• set alight
• held hostage
• revoke(revocation)
• Pins
• drawing pin
• sewing pin
• safety pin

• edible mushrooms
• springy
• carabiner
• corkscrew

 

• STRUCTURES 
• Explaining and checking
• Asking for different things and solving different problems

BEFORE session 20/11/2014

OFFLINE 

• SPEAKING 

•  Revise Asking for things and Solving problems so as to prepare for the role-play

• Prepare to speak about A & BSB p.22

• READING  A, B & C SB pp.22-23

• VOCABULARY  A, B, C & D SB p.22

FEEDBACK AFTER 13/11/2014

• Vocabulary
• Words in the News
• spacecraft
• mothership
• unprecedented landing/unprecedented attempt
• curbs
• undergo voluntary sterilization/undergo the same operation
• government-run camps
• foreign exchange (forex) market
• cabals
• tomb /tuːm/
•  DRIVING OVER LEMONS
• http://drivingoverlemons.co.uk/
• Next deadline: Dec 11th, chapters 8-14

BEFORE session 18/11/2014

OFFLINE

• Grammar Reference SB p.140
• Remember that we'll be writing an informal email in the last 30 minutes of the class. The task will be that of the Workbook (Unit 2, pp.14-15). You have an outline of the ppt in the shared folder.

ONLINE
Watch the video below and make a list of:

• 2 myths to dispel
• 5 principles
• 7 actions

CONCURSO PORTADA BLA BLA BLA

FEEDBACK AFTER session 11/11/2014

• VOCABULARY
• THE NEWS
• gathered
• claim of responsibility
• called upon/on
• brought down
• memorial service held
• held talks
• stabbed
• broke out
• launching attacks
• Difference between expect and hope
• Difference between dread and be afraid
• expect to, hope to, plan to, think of, dread, look forward to (you should find examples of these verbs in the Macmillam dictionary online).
• STRUCTURES
• Function: suggesting plans
• suggest +-ing
• Shall we...?
• Why don't we...?
• What about...?
• Function: asking someone to repeat
• Excuse me?
• Sorry?
• Say that again?
• Find others here

BEFORE session 13/11/2014 END OF UNIT 2

REVISION UNIT 2

• Organize your REVISION OF UNIT 2: to that end, there is a powerpoint presentation in the shared folder in BOX. Download the ppt onto your PC and fill in the slides with the vocabulary items and structures that you learnt to fulfil the different functions. 
• Do all the exercises in the WORKBOOK for Unit 2.
• Do all the exercises in the Outcomes VOCABULARY BUILDER for Unit 2.
• Revise the VOCABULARY of the unit.
• Make sure you practise SPEAKING about the topics of the unit.

VOCABULARY UNIT 2 SIGHTSEEING

03 THINGS YOU NEED

The main aim of this unit is to enable you to:

• Talk about a wide range of objects
• Describe what things are for
• Explain what went wrong
• Describe purpose using so, if and to
• Use indirect questions
• Practising expressing useful things, problems with things and word families

SPEAKING Unit 2 SIGHTSEEING

FEEDBACK AFTER Session 6/11/2014

Listen and Repeat what you hear
SB p.19 Exercise Pronunciation B

BEFORE session 11/11/2014

Things to do before the session:

• ONLINE
• Watch this video
• Do the exercises in this worksheet
• OFFLINE
•  Revise the vocabulary of Unit 1

FEEDBACK AFTER session 04/11/2014

• Ten days at the Venice Carnival
• PRONUNCIATION
• The pronunciation of ED posters In red, the verb ending. In black, the pronunciation of -ED
• high/height
• STRUCTURES:
• It isn't a problem = It's no problem
• VOCABULARY
• Mind you: They provide a good service. Mind you, they charge enough for it. 
• Get on/Get off a ride
• plunge
• spin round
• set your pulse racing
• height restrictions
• stop moaning
• spoil things
• steeply
• loops
• twists and turns
• go upside down
• put a further strain (Remember to strain a muscle)
• dreading
• armour
• knock off (Remember knock down)

And my gift today...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL86DFB681262D75CA&v=eOb9Bs86dMU

Driving over Lemons

Nov 13th, chapters 1-7

SIGHTSEEING Voicethread