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!!