Mind Your English!

And don't forget to hand in your last assignment or send it by e-mail as soon as possible, so I am able to correct it and give it back to you before the classes are finished.

Published by Mariluz en 3:18 PM Comments

Hello everyone!

Yesterday we finished unit 5 by reading about different kinds of holiday. Surfing on the net I found the Poseidon Undersea Resort website, a really different sea holiday experience!

We also learnt some verb patterns and practised speaking with a travel agent-clients role play.

Now, watch this video to learn more about verb patterns (people in this video are American, that's why they usually say "like to do" instead of "like doing") :

Exercises about the video
(Video transcript)

Finally, I asked you to write your next assignment: an e-mail to arrange a trip (exercise 6 only). Try to include the verb patterns studied in this unit and the language expressions used in any formal e-mail. Please, hand it in or send it as an attachment by e-mail (DOUBLE SPACE) before the end of Friday, March 26th (before Easter).

To revise this unit, download these files:
Unit 5 test
Unit 5 test (answer key)
You can also do the Revision test of unit 5 on page 152 of your Student's book and check your answers here.

Extra listening:
Great places (+multiple choice quiz)
Resort game
Vacation game
New York (+cloze exercise)
New York City Top 5 Things to Do (+cloze exercise)
California (+cloze exercise)
Adventure game (+multiple choice quiz)
Immigration and customs (+multiple choice exercise)

Extra vocabulary:
Holiday crossword game
Holiday wordsearch game
'Journey', 'travel' and 'trip' quiz

That's all for now, see you tomorrow and
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Published by Mariluz en 6:51 PM Comments

Hi, guys!

As I promised you, here is the exam that you did in February with the answer keys and transcripts of the audio files. You can download the files to your computer by right-clicking your mouse and choosing "Guardar destino como" on each one:

Comprensión lectora
Comprensión oral
Claves (CL y CO)
Audio 1, Transcript 1
Audio 2, Transcript 2
Audio 3, Transcript 3
Expresión escrita
Expresión oral

And remember that tomorrow we'll have an ordinary class, not the usual Friday oral practice, ok? See you then!

Published by Mariluz en 2:32 PM Comments

As you all know, next Sunday is Saint Valentine's Day, so here you have some links and activities related to the festivity of love. Enjoy!

Article: The language of Love
Listening: Valentine's Day around the World
Quiz activity
Valentine Cards

Now listen to one of the best love songs ever: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE, by the Beatles. Sing along!

Published by Mariluz en 9:29 AM Comments

Hey there!

Well, we've been busy this week training for the February exam on the 22nd and 24th. Here you have what we have done so far:

Reading tasks:
Lottery man multiple choice and text and headings matching (with key)
Facebook cloze (with key)
Billboard Dating multiple choice (with key)
Blind date cloze (with key)
Texts and headings matching (with key)


Listening tasks:

Oprah Winfrey gapfill (with key)
Oprah Winfrey transcript
Download the Oprah Winfrey audio file here (mp3) (Right-click (usa el botón derecho del ratón) and choose "Guardar destino como" if you are using Internet Explorer or "Guardar enlace como" for Mozilla Firefox.

If you keep practising with listenings, try Listen A Minute.com, a superb site where you can listen to recordings which are one minute long and also read the transcripts.

And finally, check the oral list for tomorrow's class. There is still room for more students, so find a time that is free and I'll practise the speaking with you! Remember to revise the invitations/suggestions vocabulary.

That's all for now.
Bye!

Published by Mariluz en 4:48 PM Comments

Happy new year everyone!

Well, today we were supposed to start classes after Christmas holidays but a new snowfall has made it impossible. Hopefully on Wednesday we'll have a regular class, but as I had prepared a special lesson for today, here are the worksheets for you to download, do the exercises and check with the keys provided:

Happy New Year (pdf)
Keeping New Year's Resolutions (pdf)

See you again on Wednesday!

Published by Mariluz en 1:16 PM Comments

Hi y'all!

Aprovechando que ya se acerca la Navidad, os propongo que pidáis a los Reyes Magos españoles o al famoso Santa Claus anglosajón alguna lectura que mejore vuestro vocabulario en inglés este año. Se aconseja que al menos leáis un libro por trimestre, así que ahí van mis recomendaciones (aún no están disponibles en la biblioteca del centro, sorry!). Pinchad en los enlaces para leer la sinopsis:

Published by Mariluz en 1:00 PM Comments