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

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

Hi, there!

Yesterday we practised Task 2 of the oral exam and I could see that you have a lot of problems when you try to make questions. This is a difficult point, even for intermediate students, so the best thing you can do is more drilling (machacar). Download these question-making exercises in pdf and do them at home. (answer key)

To see more examples of the exam tasks that are used in the EOIs of Madrid, check the following site:

Oral task 1

Oral task 2

Writing task 1

Writing task 2

Finally, try practising conversations with robots. To use the site, study the conversations first by reading and listening to them several times, type in your question, and then click the SAY button or hit the ENTER key on your keyboard, and the robot will reply with its computer voice. If your computer has speech recognition software installed, such as Dragon Naturally Speaking, you can speak into your microphone instead of typing your questions. Have fun!

Published by Mariluz en 12:41 PM Comments

Hi!

This is the final list of students that will do the speaking practice tomorrow. Please, note that these times are estimated and subject to change.

Yesterday, in group A we introduced the used to structure to talk about past situations and repeated actions which no longer happen in the present time. I told you to do exercises 2 and 3, p 19 of the Grammar section for homework. For more practice:
used to 1
used to 2

Finally, I want to thank those students who attended the World March activities and even went on to the stage to sing. YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY GREAT!

Published by Mariluz en 8:20 PM Comments