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.

06-05-2015

THIS WEEK WE HAD ONLY ONE CLASS.

WE REVISED THE USE OF EXPRESSIONS WITH TAKE AND PUT. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP SOME SENTENCES FOR THOSE VERBS BUT UNFORTUNATELY YOU DIDN´T MANAGE THE TIME. REMEMBER NEXT CLASS!!

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 ,WHAT COULD GO WRONG, ETC. 

BASED ON THE COVERSATION 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 TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE.

28-04-15

THIS WEEK  WE HAD  ONE TO ONE CLASSES.

 ON THE FIRST CLASS WE CHECKED SOME EXERCISES ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE´S OPINION ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE´S PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE. WE TALKED  ABOUT FRUSTRATIONS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THE YOUTH EN SPAIN AND ABOUT OUR PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS.

THEN WE  FILLED IN AN EXERCISE ABOUT ADJECTIVES  AND NOUNS. 

 WE INTRODUCED THE  USE OF THE THE WORD THING IN DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONS SUCH AS  HOW ARE THINGS AT THE MOMENT..?,WHAT´S THE THING YOU LIKE MOST?DO YOU LIKE DOING YOUR OWN THING?DO YOU HAVE A THING ABOUT...?

 ON THE SECOND CLASS WE HAD  AN EXERCISE  TO USE DIFFRENT EXPRESSIONS  WITH THE VERB TAKE AND PUT.YOU USED THE EXPRESSIONS TAKE OFFENCE, TAKE PLACE,TAKE FOR GRANTED, TAKE PART, ETC-PUT A STOP,PUT A PLAN INTO PRACTICE,PUT PRESURE ON, ETC.

THEN WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT THOSE EXPRESSIONS AND FILLED IN ANOTHER EXERCISE TO MATCH WITH  OTHER EXPRESSIONS  WITH THE VERB TAKE AND PUT. 

FOR HOMEWORK YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WRITE YOUR OWN EXAMPLES WITH THE VERBS TAKE AND PUT WE HAD STUDIED IN CLASS

20-04-15

THIS WEEK WE HAD JUST ONE CLASS.

ON   MONDAY WE REVISED SOME EXERCISES ABOUT PARAPRHASING.

THEN IT WAS YOUR TURN TO COMMENT ABOUT THE WEEKEND AND  THE FAREWELL PARTY YOU HAD PREPARED FOR A FRIEND OF YOURS.

 YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITIESYOU CARRIED OUT.

 FINALLY WE SAW YOUR VIDEO PRESENTATION YOU HAD BEEN WORKING ON AS A PRESENT FOR THE BRIDE. IT WAS FANTASTIC!

11 y 13/04

ON THE FIRST PART OF THE CLASS,YOU FELT LIKE COMMENTING ABOUT YOUR SECRET-PARTY FOR YOUR FRIEND WHO WAS GOING TO GET MARRIED. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DETAILS ABOUT LODGING, TRANSPORT, ACTIVITIES, PRESENTS, ETC. SOME ACTIVITIES YOU STILL HAS TO ARRANGE FOR THE WEEKEND.
THEN WE FILLED ON AN EXCERCISE  ABOUT PARAPHRASING.

ON THE SECOND CLASS, WE FINISHED WATCHING THE FILM "DRAGONFLY". FIRST, WE MADE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY AND CHECKED VOCABULARY. THEN YOU SPECULATED ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT ENDINGS FOR THE STORY AND GAVE YOUR OPINION. FINALLY YOU DISCOVERED THAT NONE OF YOUR POSSIBILITIES WERE RIGHT . ANYWAY YOU LIKED THE UNEXPECTED END OF THE FILM. FOR HOMEWORK YOU HAD TO FINISH COMPLETING THE EXERCISE ABOUR PARAPHRASING AND FILL IN A CHART ABOUT ADJECTIVES AND NOUNS.

06 y 08/04

WE STARTED THE WEEK BY REVISING THE DIFFERENCE  IN MEANING BETWEEN FUTURE CONTINUOS AND FUTURE PERFECT.YOU FILLED IN AN EXERCISE ABOUT THOSE  TENSES. WELL DONE!.. WE CONTINUED ANALYSING THE ARTICLE "WE WORK, WE CARE, WE VOTE...".WE READ ABOUT YOUNG BRITISH PEOPLE´S OPINION AND WE COMPARED THEIR OPINIONS WITH THEIR SPANISH COUNTEPARTS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLES´S LIST OF PRIORITIES: SHOULDERING HEAVY DEBTS, NOT TRUSTING POLITICIANS,ETC. 

THE ARTICLE ALSO MADE REFERENCE TO THOSE PEOPLE´S HABITS  FOR THEIR FREE TIME: BUYING CLOTHES, PURCHASING, LSTENING TO CDS, GOING TO CLUBS, ETC. LIKEWISE,YOU GAVE YOUR VIEWS ON  HABITS FOR SPANISH PEOPLE. 

ON THE SECOND PART, WE MADE A SUMMARY  ABOUT THE STORY FOR THE FILM "DRAGONFLY". WE CHECKED SOME VOCABULARY-

FOR HOMEWORK YOUR WERE ASIGNED AN EXERCISE TO PRACTISE PARAPHRASINGAND ANOTHER EXERCISE TO FILL IN USING NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES.

23-25/03/2015

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED REVISING DIFFERENT WAYS TO EXPRESS THE FUTURE.
FIRST YOU HAD TO FILL IN AN EXERCISE WHICH YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN 2 TYPES OF FUTURE: SIMPLE PRESENT/PRESENT CONTINUOUS, INMEDIATE FUTURE OR SIMPLE FUTURE. THEN WE HAD A TEXT TO FILL IN WITH THE APPRECIATE FUTURE TENSE. WE CHECKED THOSE TENSES BY DOING A LISTENING. YOU DID IT VERY WELL.
WE ALSO PRACTISED EXPRESSIONS WITH THE VERBS= GO- MAKE- READ.
ON THE SECOND CLASS, WE CHECKED AND PRACTISED THE EXPRESSIONS: I HOPE NOT/ I DON'T THINK SO, I MIGHT, I WILL, I HOPE SO.
ANSWERED  QUESTIONS SUCH AS DO YOU THINK YOU WILLL EVER ...? USING THE EXPRESSIONS MENTIONED BEFORE.
THEN WE STARTED READING AN ARTICLE  ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ABOUT, HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, OLD PEOPLE,ENVIROMENT, ETC.
WE ANALIZED VOCABULARY AND COMMENTED YOUR OWN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE FOR TOPICS SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, HEALTH SERVICE, STANDARS IN SCHOOL.
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU ARE TO FILL IN SOME EXERCISES ABOUT PARAPHRASING.

16-03-15

THIS WEEK WE HAD JUST ONE CLASS.
WE REVISED  TENSES WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE:ARRANGEMENTS, DECISIONS IN THE MOMENT, INTENTIONS,A SUGGESTION,A FUTURE BASED ON A TIME TABLE.WE WERE DOING A LISTENING ABOUT DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.THIS TIME IT WAS NOT THAT EASY FOR YOU TO GET USED TO DIFFERENT ACCENTS!.

THEN YOU PREPARED  ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO ANALISED SOME PAIRS OF SENTENCES ABOUT THE FUTURE  TO SPOT THE DIFFERENCE IN MEANING BETWEEN THEM.
ON THE LAST PART OF THE CLASS WE CONTINUED WATCHING THE FILM DRAGONFLY. YOU MADE A SUMMARY OF THE STORY AND COMMENTED THE VOCABULARY.

09-03

THIS WEEK WE HAD ONLY ONE CLASS.

WE CHECKED AN EXERCISE  ABOUT PARAPHRASING: YOU WERE TOLD A SENTENCE AND THEN YOU WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CONVEY THE SAME MENING BUT USING A CERTAIN STRUCTURE  PREVIOSLY GIVEN.IT TOOK YOU SOME TIME TO GET USED TO THAT.
THEN WE DID AN SPEAKING ACTIVITY IN WHICH YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ROLEPLAY THE SITUATION BEWTEEN TWO PEOPLE. ONE STUDENT WAS A  CROSS- CULTURAL CONSULTANT HIRED TO TRAIN A PERSON WHO WAS GOING TO DO BUSINESS ABROAD, AND THE OTHER STUDENT WAS THE PERSON GOING TO NEGOTIATE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
BOTH STUDENTS  WERE TO PREPARE TO GIVE ADVICE ABOUT BUSINESS PRACTICES ABROAD AND THE OTHER STUDENT HAD TO MAKE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ASK.
MAR AND KATIA DID A GREAT JOB!

FINALLY, WE CONTINUED WATCHING THE FILM DRAGON FLY: WE MADE A SUMMARY OF THE PREVIOS SESSION, REVISE  SOME VOCABULARY, AND CONTINUED THE STORY

02 / 04 march

02/04- 03- 

THIS WEEK WE CONTINUED ANALIZYNG THE CULTURAL CLASHES WHEN DOING BUSINESS ABROAD. TO DO THAT WE REVISED THE USE OF IMPERATIVES.. WE ADDED MORE CLUES WHEN NEGOCIATING: BE FLEXIBLE, ASSUME, JUDGE, EXPECT, INVEST.

WE REVISED THE NAME AND NATIONALITES OF BIG COMPANIES SUCH AS IBM, IKE, CARLSBERG, NOKIA, MATEUS ROSE, ETC

ON THE SECOND PART, WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT A COACH WHO TRAINS PEOPLE WHEN WORKING ABROAD. SHE TALKED ABOUT JAPANESE MANAGERS. SHE EXPLAINED ABOUT THE GROUP-ORIENTATION METHOD, THE GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE, LIFE-TIME EMPLOYMENT, THE IDEA OF BEING GENERALISTS MORE THAN SPECIALISTS.

FOR HOMEWORK, YOU ARE SUPOSSED TO FILL-IN AN ACTIVITY TO ROLE PLAY BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE. ONE STUDENT WILL GIVE SOME ADVICE TO A CUSTOMER ABOUT BUSINESS PRACTICES. THE OTHER STUDENT WILL MEET THE CONSULTANT. FINALLY WE STARTED WATCHING THE FILM “DRAGON FLY”. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

23/25- 02- 2015

AFTER A WEEK WITHOUT CLASSES.... BACK TO WORK!

TO START WITH, WE ANALISED THE ARTICLE ABOUT HOW TO COPE WITH CULTURAL CLASHES. WE DISCUSSED THE DO AND DON'TS WHEN DOING BUSINESS ABROAD. THEN WE DID AN EXERCISE TO REVISE THE VOCABULARY OF THE ARTICLE AND FILLING IN THE GAPS.

THEN WE HAD ANOTHER SPEAKING ACTIVITY. WE WENT THROUGH A TEXT IN WHICH WE READ 2 DESCRIPTIONS OF PROBLEMS SOME MANAGERS HAD WHEN DOING BUSSINES ABROAD. WE SPECULATED ABOUT THE CAUSES FOR THE MISUNDERSTANDING.

FINALLY, WE HAD AN EXCERSISE TO RELATE THE NAMES OF COMPANIES, THEIR NATIONALIITES AND PRODUCT. FOR HOMEWORK, YOU HAD TO CHECK SOME NAMES TO MATCH THE DETAILS.

09 y 11/02

THIS WEEK WE FINISHED CHECKING POLITE EXPRESSIONS TO MAKE REQUEST OR  OFFERS  AND REFUSING THEM. YOU PROVIDED  YOUR OWN EXAMPLES.
THEN WE LISTENEDTO A SONG AND ANALISED THE MEANING OF THE LYRICS AND VOCABULARY.WE DISCUSSED IDEAS ABOUT WHY PEOPLE BREAK UP.THAT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

ON THE SECOND CLASS, WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT INTERNATIONAL STYLES FOR DOING BUSSINESS.WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT STEREOTYPES  FOR MANAGERS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES; THEIR ACADEMIC TRAINING, PROFILE AS A MANAGER, SENSE OF AUTHORITY,ATTITUDES TO WORK, ETC.
WE CONSIDERED DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PROFILES  ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. YOU USED THOSE IDEAS TO TALK ABOUT THE FEATURES FOR SPANISH MANAGERS.YOU ALSO GAVE YOUR VIEWS ABOUT ADVANTAGES/DISAVANTAGES OF EACH APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT.
FOR NEXT CLASS YOU WERE ASIGNED AN EXERCISE TO RELATE DE NAME OF A PRODUCT, ITS NATIONALITY AND THE PRODUCT ITSELF.

26-01-15

ON THIS WEEK WE HAD ONLY ONE CLASS.
WE WORKED ON SOME ADJECTIVESVERBS,AND ITS OPPOSITES: FAKE, LIKE, TINY, HAPPINES,GUILTY,SAFE, ETC THEN WE USED THOSE WORDS IN CONTEXT BY FILLING IN AN EXERCISE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE USE OF ANTONYMS IN  AN IRONICAL WAY, HOW WE CAN SAY SOMETHIG MEANING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE.AS AN EXAMPLE, WE LISTENED TO SOME PEOPLE  GIVING SOME EXAMPLES
 A)JENNY IS THICK
 B)SHE IS NOT THE BRIGHTEST!.
WE ALSO ANALISED ADJECTIVES WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS ACCORDING TO THE NOUN:FAIR DECISION /HAIR,CLEAR SKY/ CONSCIENCE,HARD MATRESS/ EXAM.
BASED ON THOSE ADJECTIVES, WE WORKED ON THE OPPOSITE ADJECTIVES
FOR HOMEWWORK YOU WERE ASIGNED  TO WRITE SOME EXAMPLES  FOR THAT KIND OF USE OF ADJECTIVES

02-04/02

ON MONDAY WE HAD A DIFFERENT CLASS: IT WAS A FREE TOPIC-CLASS. YOU SAID YOU WERE VERY TIRED FROM  WORK AND DIDNT FEEL LIKE "WORKING" IN CLASS. MAR COMMENTED ABOUT A MAGICIAN SHOW SHE ATTENDED WITH HER MOM.  SHE DESCRIBED THE PLACE, KIND OF PEOPLE ATTENDING, WHO THE SHOWMAN WAS AND SOME TRICKS. WE GAVE OUR OPINIONS ABOUT TRICKS, MAGICIANS.
THAT WAS A NICE KIND OF CONVERSATION.
AFTER THAT WE LISTENED TO A SONG AND REVISED SOME ADJECTIVES. FIRST WE HAD TO FILL IN THE LYRICS AND THE WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE REAL FEELING OF THE SINGER.
WE ALSO REVISED  POLITE EXPRESSIONS FOR MAKING REQUESTS AND OFFERS.WE ALNALIZED SOME PHRASES  TO REFUSE POLITELY: I´D LOVE TO BUT..I´M TERRIBLY SORRY,BELIEVE, I WOULD IF I COULD....ETC.
YOU HAD TO IMPROVISE YOUR  OWN OFFERS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO REFUSE POLITELY.
YOU WERE ASIGNED TO PREPARE SOME MORE PHRASES FOR OTHERS TO ANSWER USING WHAT WE  LEARNT IN CLASS!

19 y 21- 01- 15

This week we introduced the expression, how come...? with the meaning of why? but showing surprise . To put that expression into practice, we had a listening about a person called Norman, and you were supposed to use that expression to comment on some illogical situations in his life.

After that, we had a listening about 5 people talking about some memorable lies. We discussed about differences about a white lie and a bad lie.

Once that, we continued with a listening to show politeness through intonation. We also revised some expressions such as Could you possibly...? Do you think you could...? I wonder if...? We could use when being polite. To put into practice those phrases, we had a listening in which you were given two possibilities to answer a question, and you had to choose the most polite. For homework you are supposed to fill in some exercises about the use of how come...?

14-01-15

OUR FIRST CLASS AFTER HOLIDAYS!

ON MONDAY YOU COULDN´T ATTEND CLASSES, SO ON WEDNESDAY WE MET AFTER THE WINTER BREAK
YOU COMMENTED ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES ON THOSE DAYS AND THEN WE HAD TO COME BACK TO OUR ROUTINE.
WE HAD AN EXERCISE  TO DEFINE A WORD BY USING THE NEGATIVE: EX: A VEGAN IS A PERSON WHO DOESN´T EAT MEAT, AN INSOMNIAC IS A PERSON WHO CAN NOT SLEEP, AN ATHEIST IS A PERSON WHO DOESN´T BELIEVE IN GODS, ETC. THEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WRITE SOME DEFINITIONS ABOUT YOURSELF USING ALSO THE NEGATIVE.
AFTER THAT, WE LEARNT THE EXPRESSION: HOW COME .......? TO SHOW SURPRISE.WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT A MAN, NORMAN  AND YOU HAD TO USE THAT EXPRESSION TO DESCRIBE HIM AND HIS LIFETIME.
FINALLY WE HAD A LISTENING ABOUT 5 PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR LIES WHEN THEY WERE KIDS. THEY WERE VERY FUNNY!
FOR THE WEEKEND YOU WERE ASSIGNED SOME EXERCISES TO APPLY WHAT WE DID EN CLASS.