22 Y 24/06

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT KIND OF MARRIAGES. WE DISCUSSED THE ADVANTAGES /DISADVANTAGES , OUR PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT THEM.
THEN WE READ AND ANALISED AN ARTICLE ABOUT K.I.P.P.E.RS: YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LEAVE HOME UNTIL THEIR 20`S OR 30´S. WE READ 4 DIFFERENT OPINIONS. YOU EXPOSED YOUR OWN POINT OF VIEW ABOUT SUCH A SITUATION.WE PRACTISED SOME EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO MONEY:TO PAY  YOUR OWN DEBTS,TO BE STRAPPED FOR CASH,TO CONTRIBUTE TO PHONE BILLS,TO ACCUMULATE DEBTS,TO SPONGE( SBDY) OFF,TO CHARGE( SBDY) RENT.
THEN WE CONTINUED REVISING THE USE OF VERB GET.WE CHECKED THE EXPRESSION GET ON WELL,GET ON SOMEONE´S NERVES,GET OLD/ANGRY,GET IN TOUCH,ETC.
THEN YOU HAD TO REWRITE SOME SENTENCES WITHOUT USING GET: GET BETTER=RECOVER,GET ANGRY=GET ANNOYED,GET YOUR HAIR CUT=HAVE YOUR HAIR CUT,ETC.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN EXAMPLES USING DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR THE VERB TO GET.

15 Y 17-06

WE STARTED BY CHECKING HOMEWORK ABOUT THE USE OF PHRASAL VERBS TAKE AND PUT.
THEN WE CONTINUED REVISING THE USE OF MODALS OF POSSIBILITY, PERMISSION,ADVICE, OBLIGATION AND WILLINGNESS.
AFTER THAT WE   COMPARED THREE  PICTURES FOR THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WEDDINGS: PEOPLE GETTING MARRY IN  DRIVE-IN CHAPEL IN LAS VEGAS, IN INDIA  AND THE STANDARD MARRIAGE.
THEN WE LISTENED TO AN INDIAN PERSON,PATRINA, WHOSE MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY HIS FATHER. SHE TALKED  ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMS, HOW OLD SHE WAS WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED, WHO WAS HER HUSBAND, HER FAMILY LIFE AT PRESENT AND HER PLANS FOR HER CHILDREN. THEN WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE  ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES FOR THAT KIND OF MARRIAGE.
FINALLY WE PRACTISED DECLARATIVE QUESTIONS: QUESTIONS THAT ARE USED TO EXPRESS SURPRISE: HE SAW HAW MANY? HE HAD TO? AND YOU FATHER ARRAGED YOUR MARRIAGE?
. YOU WERE GIVEN SOME EXAMPLES   TO USE THAT KIND OF QUESTIONS.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO PRODUCE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES FOR THAT SORT OF QUESTIONS.

08-10/06

THIS WEEK WE HAD ONE TO ONE CLASSES.MAR WAS ILL AT HOME
WE STARTED A NEW UNIT REVISING THE USE OF DIFFERENT KIND OF MODALS. MODALS TO EXPRESS PERMISSION,ABILITY,ADVICE,OBLIGATION,PROBABILITY,(UN)WILLINGNESS.WE HAD AN EXERCISE TO USE: THE EXPRESIONS: BE ABLE TO,BE ALLOWED TO,BE BOUND TO,REFUSE TO,HAD BETTER,BE SUPPOSED TO, MANAGE TO.
THEN WE HAD THREE LISTENINGS ABOUT DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.YOU WERE SUPPOSED THEN TO REPHRASE THEM USING MODALS.  IT TOOK SOME TIME, BUT YOU DID IT.
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER SIMILAR EXERCISE FOR YOU TO USE  OTHER EXPRESSIONS:YOU ARE REQUIERD TO,IS IT OK IF....?iF i WERE YOU..., YOU AREN´T PERMITTED TO...

ON THE SECOND CLASS, YOU WERE GIVEN AN EXERCISE  IN WHICH YOU HAD THREE MODALS TO COMPLETE A BLANK WITH, BUT ONE WAS NOT POSIBLE. YOU DIDI IT OK!!!
AFTER THAT IT WAS YOUR TURN TO REPHRASE SOME SENTENCES USING DIFFERENT MODALS. I THINK YOU ARE CONSOLIDATING YOUR KNOWLEDGE   ABOUT MODALS.
FINALLY WE HAD A LISTENING IN WHICH WE JUST LISTENED TO ONE OF THE CHARACTERS. FIRST YOU HAD TO INFERE WHAT  THE DIALOGUE WAS ABOUT, WHAT THE OTHER CHARACTER WAS RESPONDING  THEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FILL IN THE OTHER PERSON´S PART WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS. FINALLY WE LISTENED TO THE WHOLE DIALOGUE AND YOU WERE ALMOST  NEARLY RIGHT!! THAT WAS FUNNY!!!!
FOR HOMEWORK YOU  STILL OWE ME THE EXERCISES USING PHRASAL VERBS WIT  THE VERBS TAKE AND PUT.

01/03-06

THIS WEEK WE  REVISED THE USE OF PASSIVE VOICE.
WE READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT  HOW PATAGONIA COMPANY TRANSFORMS SODA BOTTLES INTO SYNCHILLA FLEECE. THEN THE STUDENTS GAVE THEIR OWN EXAMPLES  FOR PROCESSES IN THEIR AEREA OF WORK.
THEN WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT  A BEATY- PRODUCT-COMPANY: THE BODY SHOP.
WE COMMENTED ABOUT OUR IDEAS FOR THAT COMPANY. AFTER THAT WE LISTENED TO 8 CUSTOMERS TALKING ABOUT THE REASONS THEY GIVE FOR BUYING BODY SHOP PRODUCTS. SOME OF THEN WERE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND, BUT IN GENERAL TERMS THEY MENTIONED THE QUALITIES OF THE PRODUCTS, THE FACT THAT  PRODUCTS ARE NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS, THE PACKAGING,PRODUCT PRESENTATION, ETC.
FINALLY WE PONDERED DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO GET AN SPONSOR.  MAR CHOSE THE PROJECT TO GET REGULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO DELIVER A HOT -MEAL SERVICE FOR  OLD AND DISABLED PEOPLE. KATIA PREFERRED THE IDEA OF GETTING A SPONSOR TO PAY FOR THE PLANTING AND UPKEEP OF TREES.
WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE PLACES, REAL POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PROJECTS.
THEN WE CONSIDERED SOME ARGUMENTS TO PERSUADE A SPONSOR. WE ALSO ANALISED SOME  QUESTIONS THE COMPANIES MAY ASK THEMSELF ABOUT THE BENEFITS/RESULTS FOR SPONSORING PROJECTS.
FINALLY , FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSSED TO WRITE  A LETTER TO A COMPANY ASKING THEM TO CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST FOR SPONSORSHIP.

25 y 27-05

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT ABOUT PATAGONIA COMPAÑY.

WE MADE A SUMMARY OF THE TEXT AND ANALIZED THE VOCABULARY: EMPOWER,COMMITMENT, ORGANIC,CATALOGUES, PRODUCT DESCRIPTION,SUSTAINABILITY WE USED THAT TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE. YOU DID IT VERY WELL!.

THEN YOU WERE GIVEN SOME WORDS  SUCH AS INNOVATIVE ,LOCALLY, FAILURES,UNCALCULATED FOR YOU TO FIND THE OPPOSITE.YOU FOUND: CONVENTIONAL,NATIONWIDE,SUCCESSES,STRATEGIC.

NEXT. YOU MATCHED NOUNS AND  VERBS TO FORM SOME OTHER EXPRESSIONS:ADDRESS THE ISSUE,CONDUCT BUSINESS,PUBLISH RESULTS,RAISE AWARENESS,DOUBT CLAIMS. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO USE THOSE PHRASES AS SINONYMS FOR: TALK ABOUT DIFFICULTIES,RUN AFFAIRS, MAKE PUBLIC THE CONCLUSIONS,TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE, BELIEVE STATEMENTS.

FINALLY WE ANALISED THE USE OF EXPRESSIONS OF CONTRAST: IN SPITE OF,DESPITE,ALTHOUGH,DESPITE THE FACT THAT,EVEN THOUGH.

THERE WAS AN EXERCISE FOR YOU TO USE THEM ACCORDING TO THE SENTENCES. 

FOR HOME WORK YOU WERE ASIGNED TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN SENTENCES USING PHRASAL VERBS  WITH TAKE AND PUT.

LAURA CAME TO CLAS TO TELL US  SHE WON´T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT IN JUNE SINCE SHE IS VERY BUSY STUDYING. GOOD LUCK!!

18 y 20-05-15

ON THE FIRST CLASS WE CHECKED HOMEWORK..YOU  WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES USING EXPRESSION WITH THE VERBS TAKE AND PUT. YOU DID IT VERY WELL!!.
THEN WE CONTINUED PRACTISING TELEPHONING. WE LISTENED TO A BUSINESS CONVERSATION BETWEEN 2 FRIENDS. WE ANALISED SOME EXPRESSION TO FINISH A CONVERSATION LIKE IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. DON´T WANT TO KEEP YOU. I MUST FLY, ANYWAY,SAME TO YOU.
THEN WE PRACTISED 2 TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS IN TWO DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. THE FIRST CONVERSATION WAS BETWEEN 2 FRIENDS FROM UNIVERSITY AND THE SECOND WAS BETWEEN TWO BUSINESSMEN. . WE REVISED ALL VOCABULARY.
ON THE SECOND CLASS WE  HAD AN EXERCISE TO MATCH EXPRESSIONS FOR TELEPHONING AND THEIR REPONSES. THEN YOU WERE GIVEN GUIDELINES   TO ROLE PLAY TWO TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS.
THEN WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT ENVIROMENTALLY- FRIENDLY COMPANIES.YOU READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT PATAGONIA COMPANY AND THEIR IDEA OF COMMITMENT WITH ENVIROMMENT AS WELL AS THEIR CUSTOMERS´.WE ANALIZED SOME VOCABULARY IN THE ARTICLE.
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU HAVE TO WRITE  EXAMPLES  FOR OTHER PHRASAL VERBS WITH TAKE AND PUT.

11 y13-05

ON THE FIRST CLASS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE ACTUAL IMPORTANCE COMPANIES GIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. SOME INDUSTRIES PUT INTO PRACTICE SOME METHODS TO PROTECT NATURE AS WELL AS THE BENEFITS THEY GET DOING THAT.

SOME VOCABULARY WAS ANALISED: CONSUMER SOCIETY,PACKAGING, RECYCLING AND POLLUTION.YOU WERE SHOWN SOME CARTOONS FOR YOU TO POINT OUT WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT THEY WERE REFERING TO,WHICH, IN YOUR OPINION, WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE CARTOON AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ENVIROMMENTAL CAUSE.

VOCABULABULARY SUCH AS OZONE LAYER,CHEMICAL WASTE, GLOBAL WARMING,OIL SPILLS WERE VERY HELPFUL.

FINALLY WE  TALKED ABOUT ENVIROMENTALLY-FRIENDLY POLICIES SOME COMPANIES CARRY OUT :THE BODY SHOP,MACDONALDS, ETC

 ON THE SECOND CLASS,WE REVISED THE USE OF EXPRESSIONS WITH TAKE AND PUT

WE  WORKED ON A LISTENING ABOUT  A FRIEND´S REUNION.IT WAS A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION AMONG 3 FRIENDS. YOU HAD TO COMPLETE A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THE PLACE, TIME FOR REUNION, MEETING POINT, BOARDING,ETC. IT WAS HARD WORK SINCE THE THREE OF THEM GAVE DIFFERENT INFORMATION .THEN YOU GAVE YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENTS ,

BASED ON THE CONVERSATION IN THE LISTENING. WE  ANALISED SOME  INFORMAL EXPRESSIONS ON THE PHONE SUCH AS.....THIS IS.....,,IS THAT...?WHO´S CALLING?WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU...ETC.

THEN WE ANALISED THREE DIFFERENT PHONE CALLS,COMMENTED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES AMONG THEM: WHEN THEY HAVE A SMALL TALK,WHY  ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RECORDED MENUS,WHY PEOPLE FIND THEM FRUSTRATING, ETC.

FOR HOMEWWORK YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES USING VERBS MAKE AND PUT AND MAKE SOME RESEARCH ON OTHER PHRASAL VERBS WITH THOSE VERBS TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE.