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