Well, this is all, folks! It's time for me to say goodbye and I just want to thank you all. It's been a real pleasure!

Thanks to all,
Mariluz

Published by Mariluz en 2:42 PM Comments

Hi, there!

Just a quick post to tell you about the grants that the Ministry of Education is offering to study English abroad.  Don't miss this opportunity and apply for the ones you like, some are really interesting. And be quick, the deadlines are near!

Published by Mariluz en 12:30 PM Comments

Hi, folks!

I just wanted to remind you that on Monday we'll have the last class before Christmas holidays, so we'll have a lot of fun playing games and singing Christmas carols. Remember that on Tuesday, 22nd you are invited to come to the CHRISTMAS PARTY 2009 in the "Salón de Actos". Here is the list of activities (don't be shy and take part in any of them, you can win fantastic prizes!):

17:00 Entrega de los platos para el concurso gastronómico.

18:00 Presentación del acto.

18:15 Presentación y degustación de productos típicos franceses a cargo de representantes del Centro comercial E.Leclerc (Idioma Francés con traducción al Castellano).

19:15 Entrega de premios:

· mi expresión favorita
· concurso gastronómico

19:45

· Actuaciones de los alumnos de la E.O.I. con canciones de Navidad.

· Karaoke en Inglés

· Sorteo de un regalo entre los participantes en las actividades musicales.

By the way, I really enjoyed reading about your embarrassing situations, some of them were really funny!
Please, write them down on the "comments" section of this post so that your classmates can also read them, ok?

See you on Monday, cheers!

Published by Mariluz en 11:54 AM Comments

Hiya!

This is a song for you to practise the past tense. See if you can complete the lyrics of the song:


Remember that tomorrow, at 6.00 pm, the EOI of Aranjuez will hold a series of speeches about The World March for Peace and Nonviolence. Check the programme of activities.

The event will come to a final close when a group of students sing John Lennon's Imagine. Practise singing the song using your own computer's microphone or just listen to the song:

See you all tomorrow!

Published by Mariluz en 6:43 PM Comments

Hi, there!

Yesterday it was Election Day for CR (no, this doesn't mean "Cristiano Ronaldo", but "Class Representative"!) in the class. It was hard to find candidates (some of you did an anti-campaign not to be elected!) but finally you voted for Julia to be the class rep and Mª Belén to be her deputy (subdelegada) for group A, and Rubén to be the class rep and José to be his deputy for group B. Their job is basically to be the link between the students and the teacher for this course, but please feel free to speak to me personally whenever you want.

Then we did a brainstorming of vocabulary about school. Study the mind maps about Subjects, People, Verb collocations, in class, and Adjective collocations. Mind-mapping is one of the best ways of learning new vocabulary!

We also studied the past simple and I told you to do exercise 3, p.16, of the grammar section for homework. For more practice, do the following exercises:

Past simple (regular and irregular)
Past simple (regular and irregular 2)
Pronunciation of -ed exercise (Choose the mininal pair /d/ or /id/)


Now watch this video:

19 exercises about the video

Sing the Irregular Verbs song to learn them!



Last, but not least, a bit of British culture. Read about Guy Fawkes and learn how Bonfire Night is celebrated across the UK doing the multiple choice exercise.

Happy bonfire night!

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See you all in class!

Published by Mariluz en 12:00 AM Comments

Desde la Dirección de la Escuela me indican que difunda esta carta de interés para los alumnos.

Published by Mariluz en 8:06 PM Comments

Welcome!

Hi there y'all,

I just wanted to welcome you all to the new course that we have just started.
I hope this year will be productive and fulfilling for you, and I hope we all can achieve the goals that we set out in our first meeting session. 

Hola a todos,
Solo quería daros a todos la bienvenida al nuevo curso que acabamos de comenzar.
Espero que este año sea productivo y satisfactorio para vosotros, y espero que todos logremos los objetivos que nos propusimos el primer día de clase.
 

My intention with this class blog is to encourage you to use the resources available on the web to practise and improve your English. 
Although it requires a lot of time and effort from you, I believe it can be a very useful tool for students like you. 
So, check it out and if you like it, I hope you join me in the blogging work and eventually become bloggers yourselves.

Mi intención con este blog de aula es animaros a utilizar los recursos disponibles en la web para practicar y mejorar vuestro inglés. 
Aunque requiere mucho tiempo y esfuerzo de vuestra parte, estoy convencida de que puede ser una herramienta muy útil para estudiantes como vosotros. 
Por lo tanto, echadle un vistazo y si os gusta, espero que os unáis a mi en la creación del blog y vosotros mismos acabéis siendo "blogueros".
 
Straightforward Pre-Intermediate student's book, by Macmillan Publishers, is the coursebook that we will use this year. Also, I recommend that you get the corresponding workbook to do at home. If you have problems with your English grammar, you will find Essential Grammar in Use by Cambridge very helpful, with a Spanish edition of the book available in the school's library.

That's all for now, but remember: English is a journey, enjoy the ride!

Published by Mariluz en 5:09 PM Comments