15 Y17-12

DEAR STUDENTS,
THIS WEEK WAS THE LAST BEFORE OUR WINTER HOLIDAYS!
ON MONDAY WE CHECKED HOMEWORK.:THE READING ABOUT FRANK ABIGNALE.YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE QUESTIONS BASED ON  ANSWERS. THEN WE CONTINUED WITH AN EXERCISE ABOUT A QUIZ IN WHICH YOU HAD TO ANSWER QUESTION OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.YOU HAD TO USE QUESTIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS. AFTER THE QUESTIONS ,YOU HAD TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THEM USING EXPRESSIONS  SUCH  AS WE WEREN´T SURE..,WE HAD NO IDEA.., WE DIDN´T HAVE A CLUE.... . SOME OF THE SENTENCES WERE INDIRECT QUESTIONS.

ON WEDNESDAY I HAD A BIG SURPRISE: MAR AND LAURA MADE A PRESENTATION ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND. THEY EVEN BROUGHT SOME DECORATIONS TO CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE: CHRISTMAS CARDS, CHOCOLATES, ETC. THE CLASS HAD DIFFERENT SECTIONS: WE LISTENED TO A SPEECH ABOUT CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION IN ENGLAND, CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS; AN EXERCISE TO CHECK OUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE SPEECH. WE ALSO FILLED IN THE LYRICS OF A SONG ABOUT CHRISTMAS ( BUT WE DIDN´T DARE TO SING IT!!).THEN WE ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT  OUR OWN TRADITIONS FOR CHRISTMAS.WE WERE GIVEN THE INSTRUCCIONS TO MAKE A SNOWFLAKE  FOR OUR CHRITSMAS TREES( KATYA SAID  SHE WOULD MAKE ONE!.) FINALLY WE HAD A QUIZ PROGRAMM ON A WEBPAGE.WE NEARLY MANAGED ALL THE QUESTIONS!!!
IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF WORK ON PART OF THE TWO GIRLS.  CONGRATULATIONS!!
I WAS VERY MUCH SURPRISED. MAR TOOK A PHOTO TO UPLOAD IT ON THIS BLOG.IAM LOOKING FOWARD TO SEEING IT!

 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, YOU DESERVE IT!

10-12-14

 ANOTHER SHORT WEEK AGAIN!!!

THIS WEEK WE  REVISED DIFFERENT KIND OF QUESTIONS: NEGATIVE QUESTIONS, QUESTION WITH AND WITHOUT AUXILIARS,NEGATIVE AND  INDIRECT QUESTIONS, ETC. WE ALSO PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS: WHO ....WITH?,WHAT ..FOR?,WHAT........ABOUT? WHO ......FROM?.
FIRST, WE PRACTICED THE SHORT VERSION FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN THE EXTENDED ONE.
AS FOR THE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS, WE  ANALIZED THE TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS FOR NEGATIVE QUESTIONS: THE ONE IN WHICH THE SPEAKER SHOWS SURPRISE AND THE ONE  IN WHICH THE SPEAKER ASKS FOR CONFIRMATION.YOU GAVE YOUR EXAMPLES.

FOR HOMEWORK, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO A READING-COMPREHENSION EXERCISE. REMEMBER THAT NEXT WEEK IS THE WEEK FOR OUR SPECIAL CLASS! WE WILL SEE WHAT YOU HABE BEEN WORKING FOR!

01-03/12

THIS WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO USE THE NEGATIVE: NO, NOT,N´T OR NONE. WE REVISED THE HOMEWORK TO USE THIS NEGATIVE.
WE DID A LISTENING ABOUT PEOPLE TELLING LIES AND THE REASON FOR THAT: A CHILD TO HER PARENTS,A HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE,A POLITICIAN, A STUDENT TO THE TEACHER, ETC.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH LIES.
YOU COMMENTED ABOUT THE IDEAS FOR THE  SPECIAL CLASS, IF YOU HAD COLLECTED THE INFORMATION, THE POSSIBILITY TO USE VIDEOS,PICTURES.
TIME IS RUNNING FOR THE SPECIAL CLASS BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

WEEK 24- 26/11

THIS WEEK  IN OUR CLASS WE TALKED ABOUT LIES: THE KIND OF LIES, THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE LIE, ETC-
WE STARTED BY FILLING IN AN EXERCISE TO SHOW THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE A SENTENCE NEGATIVE.
WE PLAYED A GAME : THE STUDENT IS ASKED DIFFERENT QUESTIONS BUT CAN´T ANSWER USING YES OR  NO.  KATIA WAS THE WINNER!!
 YOU ALSO HAD A TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES RELATED TO WORK. WE MADE SOME CORRECTIONS,  REVISED VOCABULARY, PREPOSITIONS, ETC.
FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED 3 EXERCISES TO USE DIFFERENT KIDS OF NEGATIVES-
I ALSO REMINDED YOU THAT YOU SHOULD START COLLECTING THE INFORMATION FOR THE PROJECT WORK ABOUT CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.

12-11-14

THIS WEEK WAS MUCH SHORTER SINCE I DID NOT  SEE YOU ON MONDAY.

ON THE FIRST PLACE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROJECT WORK. SINCE THERE WERE JUST TWO OF YOU, WE PUT OFF THE DISCUSSION FOR NEXT CLASS WHEN THE WHOLE GROUP IS IN CLASS.
WE REVIEWED THE USE OF MAKE AND DO. WE PRACTICED SOME EXPRESSIONS BY COMPLETING AN EXERCISE TO FILL IN THE GAP..
WE ALSO REVISED THE USE OF SOME PREPOSITION: AT THE FRONT, AT THE BOTTON,AT THE TOP,ABOVE, BELOW,ON THE RIGHT OF.
FINALLY WE DID A  LISTENING ABOUT THE  LAYOUT OF A SUPERMARKET AND THE REASON FOR THAT., IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.!
FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COMPLETE DIFFERENT EXERCISES ABOUT THE TOPICS OF THE UNIT.

WEEK 03/05-11

YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB READING AND ANALYSING THE TEXT ABOUT RICHARD SOUNDS YOU HAD IT ASIGNED FOR HOMEWORK. WE CHECKED THE USE OF  WORDS WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS LIKE NOUNS, ADJECTIVES OR VERBS SUCH AS  SECURE, MARKET, ORDER, MODEL,ETC. WE USED SOME OF THAT VOCABULARY TO COMPLETE A TEXT ABOUT SEPHORA COMPANY.THEN WE CONTINUED REVISING THE VOCABULARY FROM THE READING BY  USING THEM TROUGH  SINONYMS: PROFIT: POSITIVE FINANTIAL RESULTS, SUPPLIER: COMPANY THAT PROVIDES FOOD, DISCOUNT: PRICE REDUCTION; ETC. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO MEMORIZE VOCABULARY!
NOUN PHRASES SUCH AS MASS MARKET, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM,SPECIAL OFFER, LEADING NAME.... ARE  SOME OF THE EXPRESSIONS THAT MIGHT BE VERY USEFUL WHEN  REPORTING ABOUT A COMPANY.YOU ALSO ADDED SOME OTHERS: DUTY FREE,SALES FIGURES, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ETC-
IN OUR TALKING  TIME, YOU EXCHANGED OPINIONS ABOUT RICHER SOUND`S IDEAS TO REWARD HIS EMPLOYEES: LETTING THEM AN EXPENSIVE CAR FOR A MONTH , GOLD AEROPLANES BADGES AND SO ON. WE COMPAREDTHAT WITH BONUS  TO EMPLOYEES IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAD A QUICK REVIEW ABOUT THE USE OF  THE VERBS MAKE AND DO: MAKE A COMPLAINT/ A TRIP/ A SPEECH/ A DECISION OR DO RESEARCH/ YOUR BEST/ AN EXAM. YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF EXPRESSIONS TO CONSOLIDATE WITH THOSE VERBS !
FOR HOMEWORK , YOU HAVE TO DOA READING AND COMPREHENSION EXERCISE AND ANOTHER ONE INCLUDING THE VERBS MAKE AND DO!

HALLOWEEN TIME! WEEK 27-29/ 10

ON THE FIRST CLASS WE CONTINUED OUR EVERYDAY ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS. WE  REVISED SOME PHRASES TO SHOW INTEREST AND SURPRISE: WE USED THE ECO QUESTIONS AND REPLY QUESTIONS:.... A  BOYFRIEND?,..... SLOVENIA? .....CAN´T HE?. WE ALSO PRACTISED THE RISING  INTONATION FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. YOU WERE VERY SHY!!
THEN WE STARTED A NEW LESSON TO TALK ABOUT RETAILING ( THE BUSINESS OF SELLING PRODUCTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC)-WE COMPARED THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO SHOPPING NOWADAYS : ON THE INTERNET, AT SHOPPING CENTRES, ETC.

ON THE SECOND CLASS, WE CONTINUED TALKING ABOUT RETAILING. THIS TIME WE LISTENED TO A SALES PERSON TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES FOR SOME BRTISH COMPANIES TO ENTER THE AMERICAN MARKET. WE ANALISED THE VOCABULARY RELATED TO THE TOPIC.FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED TO DO A READING COMPREHENSION  ABOUT A SUCCESFULL RETAILER AND A CROSSWORD FOR HALLOWEEN!!

WEEK 20-22/ 10

IT WAS PATRICIA`S PRESENTATION TIME!
SHE DID A GREAT JOB! WE LISTENED TO HER SPEECH AND HER PARTNERS ASKED HER SOME QUESTIONS.WE ALSO CHECKED SOME COMMON PRONUNCIATION MISTAKES.SHE WILL SUCCEED IN TOLOUSE! (SHE WAS EXCITED ABOUT REPRESENTING HER COMPANY IN AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT!)
WE COMMENTED ABOUT THE STORY OF THE TWO GIRLS WHO HAD FOUND THE TORN BANK NOTES FOR 1200&.WE WERE SPECULATING ABOUT THE REASONS FOR THAT. WE ALSO CHECHED THE USE OF LIKE IN DIFFERENT  EXPRESSIONS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE.
FILLING IN THE GAPS WITH PAST TENSES WAS KIND OF DARING TO YOU:YOU HAD ALL PAST TENSES IN THE SAME TEXT.YOU DID IT WELL AT HOME.
YOU WERE ASIGNED TO PRODUCE SOME SENTENCES USING EXPRESSIONS TO SHOW SURPRISE  AND REACTIONS TO NEWS.

WEEK 13-15/10

 

 

ON THIS CLASS, YOU PREPARED 2 ARTICLES ABOUT AMAZING FACTS FOR THE CLASS TO USE THE  EXPRESIONS TO GIVE NEWS,ASK FOR INFORMATION AND REACTING TO THOSE NEWS: DID YOU READ THAT STORY ABOUT.....? APPARENTLY....,YOU ARE KIDDING!, THAT IS AMAZING...,I DO NOT GET IT!, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM...? ETC. AT THE BEGINNING YOU FELT RATHER SHY, BUT THENYOU GOT USED TO THAT-WE ALSO DID  2 LISTENINGS ABOUT ANOTHER TWO AMAZING STORIES.

THEN YOU HAD TWO MAKE UP AN STORY ACORDING TO THE PROMPTS GIVEN EN CLASS, YOU DID A GOOD JOB.THE STORY ABOUT THE TWO GIRLS STICKING THE TORN BANK NOTES WAS UNPREDICTABLE!

 FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED AN ARTICLE TO COMPLETE USING ALL PAST TENSES. GOOD LUCK!!!

WEEK 05-07 /10

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR REPORTS ABOUT DESIGUAL, PROCTER&GAMBLE AND APPLE COMPANIES WERE SUPERB!!YOU DID AN EXCELLENT RESEARCH WORK AN BY THIS, WE GOT TO KNOW MANY IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT THOSE BIG COMPANIES!

WE REVISED THE MEANING OF SIMPLE PAST / PAST CONTINUOS AND WE ADDED THE USE OF PAST PERFECT.REWRITING SENTENCES USING THAT TENSE WAS NOT EASY FOR YOU AT THE BEGINNING. FOR THAT REASON YOU WERE ASIGNED FOR HOMEWORK THE PRODUCTION OF 5 MORE SENTENCES USING THAT TENSE, BASED ON THE 3 LISTENINGS IN CLASS.

 

WEEK 29- 09-14 - 01-10/14

29/09/14

 

BY DISCRIBING A COMPANY,WE ANALISED SOME TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS FOR DESCRIBING THE EVOLUTION OF SALES, TEMPERATURE, PRICES, ETC. THERE WAS AN EXERCISE TO COMPLETE USING THOSE VERBS:INCREASE, DECREASE, RISE, FALL, DROP..(NOUNS OF THESE VERBS WERE ALSO INCLUDED).

IN ORDER TO PUT THE UNIT INTO  PRACTISE ,YOU MADE AN ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AND DIVISION. IT WAS TIME FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR ENTERPRISE AND YOU DID IT QUITE WELL!

THERE WAS A LISTENING ABOUT THE MANAGER OF GUINNESS COMPANY: HE TALKED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS CAREER IN THAT COMPANY.

 

 

01/10/14

 

THE FAMILY GREW BIGGER! MAR AND LAURA FINALLY JOINED THE GROUP!

AS A REVISION FROM THE PREVIOUS LESSON,YOU EXCHANGED INFORMATION ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT: MOTOROLA AND VIRGIN. WE ORGANIZED TWO GROUPS. EACH ONE WOULD ASK QUIESTIONS TO THE OTHER TO FILL IN THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OTHER COMPANY.

AFTER THAT,WE REVISED SIMPLE PAST , PAST CONTINUOUS AND PAST PERFECT  BY SPECULATING ABOUT DIFFERENT/FUNNY NEWS SUCHA AS  A MAN PLUNGING OVER THE NIAGARA FALLS, A NERD WHO HACKED THE US DEFENSE SISTEM, A CLIMBER WHO MANAGED TO SURVIVE BY SENDIND TEXT MESSAGES.

 

WEEK 22- 24/09

 

 22-10-14

DURING THE CLASS WE FOCUSED ON EVERYDAY ENGLISH VOCABULARY: MOANS AND GROANS, SHOWING DISSATISFACTION: WE CHECKED SOME EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS: IT IS NOT FAIR!, WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!,I COULD KICK MYSELF !,WHAT A AWASTE OF TIME! WHAT A PAIN!!. PRACTICE WAS DONE BY PUTTING THOSE SENTENCES IN CONTEXT THROUGH SENTENCES QUOTING SITUATIONS FROM REAL LIFE.YOUR EXAMPLES WERE VERY IMAGINATIVE!

 

24/10/14

 

THE TOPIC WAS: COMPANY STRUCTURES .WE READ ABOUT VERY BIG COMPANIES SUCH AS PHILIPS; COLGATE-PALMOLIVE.WE DISCOVERED THAT PHILIPS HEADQUARTERS ARE IN THE NETHERLANDS .THE DESCRIPTION ALSO INCLUDED THE COMPANY STRUCTURE,EMPLOYEES,DIVISIONS,ETC AND THE SECRET OF THEIR EXPANSION:DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS PRODUCTS.AS USUAL, WE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC VOCABULARY WHEN DESCRIBING YOUR COMPANY: LOCATION,POLICY,STRATEGY, PATENT, INNOVATION.THE ARTICLE ALSO

INTRODUCED SOME FIXED PHRASES: VERB + PREPOSITION: APPLY TO,REFER TO,SUCCEED IN, REPORT TO, REPORT ON, ETC.

FOR HOMEWORK YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP YOUR OWN EXAMPLES USING THOSE VERBS.

BY ANALISYING THE ARTICLE ABOUT COLGATE, WE REVISED THE USE OF SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT. WE DID NOT KNOW THAT THE COMPANY HAD A DVISION FOR  PET NUTRITION!!

 

 

WEEK 15- 17/09

 

ON THAT DAY WE PRACTISED WHAT THE TEACHER CALLS " A MEMORY GAME": IT CONSISTS IN TRYING TO REMENBER AS MUCH AS POSIBLE ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID  THE PREVIOUS CLASS.WE ALSO WORKED ON SOME EXPRESSIONS TO SHOW OR REACTIONS TO NEWS:WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS...., I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT....I HAD NO IDEA THAT, ETC. YOU WERE ASIGNED TO PRACTISE THOSE EXPRESSIONS THROUGH EXAMPLES DONE FOR HOMEWORK.

 

17/10/14

 

REVISION TIME: WE CONSOLIDATED THE BUSSINESS VOCABULARY PRACTISED IN THE PREVIOS TERM BY FILLING IN A WRITTEN MOCK TEST. THE UNITS ABOUT FRANCHISING, AND ADVERTISING WERE THUS REVISED .YOU WERE ASIGNED A LETTER WRITTING ANALISYS FOR HOMEWORK.

 

 

OUR FIRST CLASS

10/09/2014

 

ON OUR FIRST CLASS, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS (KATIA AND PATRICIA WERE THE SPEAKERS).AFTER THAT, WE TRIED TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO SOME PARTICULAR QUESTIONS:WHY DO WE DREAM?, WHAT ARE FALLING STARS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS NO GRAVITY,WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF ....? AND SO ON.WE TRIED SOME POSIBILITIES, SOME OF THEM WORKED, SOME OTHERS DID NOT.WE GOT TO KNOW SOME CURIOUS THINGS ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS.

I WAS HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN!!