2NA: 22nd March 2016

Happy Easter and sorry for my absence these days!!!

last week we had a look at Unit 8B (we checked the vocabulary banl on p.169, did a couple of extra activities to revise this vocabulary), we also did the readig on p. 79 and the listening on p. 80.

Homework:
Write a Letter of Complaint (have a look at the example on p. 124). I copy here the instructions for the task:

You bought tickets for a day-trip to a beautiful town nearby from a travel agency. The price included the coach to and from the town, lunch and a ticket (you decide what for). However, the lunch could be described as a snack, the coach was late when it picked you up and any other problem you decide. You have decided to write an email to the travel agency outlining how the trip failed to meet your expectations and asking for a refund.

 Write 180-200 words

Grammar Bank p. 155. I will explain the grammar next class in case you have any doubt.
Grammar Worksheets (on Zona de Usuarios)

Hope you're having such nice holidays.
See you next Tuesday!

C1: 21st March 2016

Good morning!

Last night we saw some verbs/nouns related to sounds (worksheet uploaded on Zona de Usuarios). We had a discussion about TV and the changes that may have happened over the last few decades on the way we watch it. At the end of the class we did a listening on the same topic (p. 97).

Homework:
Write a Letter of Complaint (you can see the task on the Zona de Usuarios. Sorry I can't upload the samples but you can see them clicking on the site I added to the task).
Reading p.95 ex.5
Infinitives p.97 ex.2
Grammar and Vocabulary p.99

Have a nice holiday and see you on Monday 4th!

2NA: 17th March 2016

Good morning!

On Thursday we shad a look at other types of -ing forms and infinitives (grammar on p.154). We also went to listen to a talk about Art.

Homework:
Grammar Bank p.154 ex.a
Reading p.79 ex. 2b, c, d
Vocabulary Bank p.169

Sorry for my delay and see you later!

C1: 16th March 2016

Good morning,

last night we had a quite complete class. We revised the vocabulary concerning human sounds, did a Listening exercise (you can find the link on the doc I sent you yesterday via Zona de Usuarios) and talked about the origins of oral communication. (listening and reading p. 88-89). Towards the end of the class, we revised the Passive Voice (grammar p.170) and we did a speaking game based on "passive situations".

Homework:
p. 90 ex. 2 and 3 / p. 91 ex. 6 and 8

Remember, next Monday we will have our last class before Easter break. Classes will be resumed on Monday 4th April.

Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday :)

2NA: 15th March 2016

Good morning!

yesterday we revised the body parts and we saw some collocations that we can make with the parts of the body. We revised the verbs that can follow the pattern -ing / to+inf with change in meaning (remember, forget, regret, try, go on, mean). We finally saw the rules to use the infinitve with TO in English.

Homework:
Listening "Gareth Gates". Please, watch the video here and the task on the Zona de Usuarios. If you can't find the way to watch the video, please email me and I'll let you know how to do it.

Grammar Bank p. 154 ex. b 

That's all for now. See you all tomorrow!

C1: 14th March 2016

Good morning and sorry for my delay,

last Monday we just introduced a Litening activity that we're going to do this evening as we went to a talk that the School  organized. There we listened to stories belonging to the National Irish Heritage.

Homework:
Worksheet Vocabulary ex. B (on Zona de Usuarios)
Reading p. 89 ex. 1

That's all for now. See you later!

2NA: 10th March 2016

Good evening!

On Thursday we extended our vocabulary related to the topic of Healt with a speaking exercise. We did a couple of listenings (p.75 and 77). And we talked about alternative medicine in contrast with conventional one.

Homework:
Lexis (make/do)  p. 77
Smiles p. 77 ex. 6a
Grammar p. 76 ex. 4a+4b 

I hope you're having a lovely weekend. See you all on Tuesday!

C1: 9th March 2016

Good morning everybody,

last night we revised the order of adjectives and the different Past tenses in English (you can chek its grammar on p. 169). We watched a TED talk about a kind of deficiency called "Achromatopsia" and had a little debate it.

Homework:
p. 91 Vocabulary ex. 1
Reading Comprehension: "Are you reading me?" (on Zona de Usuarios)

Have a nice weekend and see you on Monday!

2NA: 8th March 2016

Good morning,

on Tuesday we revised the use of -ing forms in English and we started talking about health (unit 8A), seeing some vocabulary about the topic. From the book, we did the vocabulary quiz on p. 74. Today we will continue talking about the topic, doing some listenings.

Homework:
Reading p. 75 and do ex. 2c p. 74

See you later!!

C1: 7th March 2016

Good morning!

yesterday we talked about colours. This is one of the topics we first encounter when we start learning English but colours are much more than that. English is full of idioms related to them -if you google "colour idioms" you'll see what I mean!-; cultures have lots of colour symbols... In class, we talked a bit about all this. We did a listening -book p. 82- about that.

Homework:
Reading text p. 83
Do p. 84 ex. 1, 2, 3
Study vocabulary!

See you all tomorrow :)

C1: 2nd March 2016

Hello everybody and sorry for my delay. My computer has decided to stop working properly and it only works when it's up to. Sorry about that.

On Wednesday, we did the Listening Comprehension on p. 78. We refreshed the different uses of the -ing form (you can check the grammar on pages 168-169) doing a controlled practice pairwork. At the end of the class, we did an extra listening (to find the link, go to Zona de Usuarios, as usual).

Homework:
Verbs followed by -ing or to+infinitive worksheet (on Zona de Usuarios)
Writing (so far, only 3 people have sent it to me... Deadline to be met tomorrow...)

See you tomorrow!

2NA: 1st-3rd March 2016

Hello everybody and sorry for my delay. My computer has decided to stop working properly and it only works when it's up to. Sorry about that.

This week, we've been working the Unit 6A (from p. 54 to p. 57). About grammar, we've seen the structure: verb+object+infinitve (with or without TO) or -ing form (you can check the grammar on p. 150).

Homework:
Grammar Bank p. 150
Grammar worksheet (on Zona de Usuarios)

Again, my apologies for my delay and see you on Tuesday!

C1: 29th February 2016

Sorry for my delay!

On Monday we started talking about decision-making (unit 12). We did a laboratory session on the topic, practising both a monologue and an interaction.

Homework:
Reading p. 77: Vocabulary 1 and 2 p. 78
Grammar p. 79 ex. 1 and 2 (-ing forms)
(deadline Monday 7th March) Writing a blog entry answering the following question: 
“Do the clothes we wear respond to the criteria for ethical fashion?” (you may want to find out more about the criteria for ethical fashion here)

That's all for now. See you later!