I'd Rather Dance with You: 2020

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Mediación escrita: prueba final mayo 2020

Para realizar esta prueba, descargaos el documento pdf llamado Tarea de mediación escrita (ver abajo) donde están las instrucciones, leedlas y abrid un documento de Word en vuestro ordenador. Tenéis 45 minutos para realizar la tarea en ese documento Word (máximo de 170 palabras). Recordad que no podéis usar diccionario ni recursos en línea (es muy fácil de detectar).

Tarea de mediación escrita

Producción escrita: prueba final mayo 2020

Para realizar esta prueba, descargaos el documento pdf llamado Tarea de producción escrita (ver abajo) donde están las instrucciones, leedlas y abrid un documento de Word en vuestro ordenador. Tenéis 50 minutos para realizar la tarea en ese documento Word (máximo de 180 palabras). Recordad que no podéis usar diccionario ni recursos en línea (es muy fácil de detectar).

Tarea de producción escrita

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Comprensión auditiva: prueba final mayo 2020

LISTENING Student's answer sheet

Listening 1: Adverts

Audio Listening 1: Adverts

Listening 2: Wildlife parks

Audio Listening 2: Wildlife parks

LISTENING ANSWER KEY

Comprensión lectora: prueba final mayo 2020

Tenéis que descargaros los tres archivos que veis aquí. El primero es vuestra hoja de respuestas. Escribís vuestro nombre donde corresponde, y ponéis las respuestas de las tareas 1 y 2 en el espacio que tenéis para ello. A las 19:45 tendré que tener en mi buzón de correo electrónico vuestras hojas de respuestas, con el nombre y las respuestas rellenadas.

mandar a: mzubi33@hotmail.com

READING Student's answer sheet

Reading 1: The Love Test

Reading 2: The effects of climate and weather on personality

ANSWER KEY

Monday, May 4, 2020

CONVOCATORIA DE MAYO POR ACTIVIDADES DE LENGUA

INFORMACIÓN IMPORTANTE PARA PROMOCIONAR DE NIVEL:

Aquellos alumnos pendientes de aprobar una o varias actividades de lengua (ver post de RESULTADOS un poco más abajo en el blog), tienen que seguir las instrucciones por destreza que se listan a continuación:

READING: 2 ejercicios (multiple choice questions + fill in the gaps: 40 minutos
Fecha: 7 mayo Hora: 19:00
¿Dónde? A lass 18:55 en el blog pondré el enlace para acceder a la sesión de 8x8 donde daré las instrucciones verbalmente a los conectados.

LISTENING: 2 ejercicios (multiple choice questions + fill in the gaps: 20 minutos
Fecha: 7 mayo Hora: 20:00
¿Dónde? A lass 19:55 en el blog pondré el enlace para acceder a la sesión de 8x8 donde daré las instrucciones verbalmente a los conectados.

SPEAKING: 1 monólogo de 3 minutos, con 3 minutos de preparación. Se puede tomar notas.
Daré dos opciones a elegir una de la lista de orales colgada en el blog.
Fecha: B2.1. de lunes/miércoles --> 11 de mayo a partir de las 19:30 por Whereby
¿Dónde? En el enlace: https://whereby.com/speaking-practice-on-line
B2.1. de martes/jueves--> 12 de mayo a partir de las 17:30 por Whereby
¿Dónde? En el enlace: https://whereby.com/speaking-practice-on-line

WRITING: 1 tarea de producción escrita. Número de palabras: 180. Duración: 50 minutos.

Fecha: 13 de mayo Hora: a partir de las 17:00.
¿Dónde? La tarea aparecerá en el blog a las 17:00h. La última hora para recibir un correo electrónico con la tarea en un archivo Word adjunto son las 20:00h.
Mandar a mzubi33@hotmail.com

Importante: No se puede usar diccionario ni recursos de internet. Estas prácticas son muy fáciles de detectar.

MEDIATION: 1 tarea de mediación escrita. Número de palabras: 170. Duración: 45 minutos.
Fecha: 13 de mayo Hora: a partir de las 17:00.
¿Dónde? La tarea aparecerá en el blog a las 17:00h. La última hora para recibir un correo electrónico con la tarea en un archivo Word adjunto son las 20:00h.
Mandar a mzubi33@hotmail.com
Importante: No se puede usar diccionario ni recursos de internet. Estas prácticas son muy fáciles de detectar.

Monday, April 27, 2020

Continue Practicing your English with FutureLearn

British Council MOOC: Exploring English Language and Culture

British Council MOOC: English for the Workplace

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam MOOC: English Pronunciation

Revising Prepositions

Dependent Prepositions

Prepositions exercises and quizzes - Intermediate Level

Prepositions exercises and quizzes - Advanced Level

RESULTADOS EVALUACIÓN Y CONVOCATORIA DE MAYO

Como sabéis, esta semana se acaban las clases, y dedicaremos el mes de mayo a realizar las últimas pruebas de evaluación de progreso que os permitan promocionar si obtenéis un 6,5 sobre 10 de media en la suma de todas las actividades de lengua (y ninguna baja del 5 sobre 10).
En los archivos siguientes tenéis vuestros resultados y las convocatorias y canales para presentaros a aquello que necesitéis aprobar en mayo. Enhorabuena a los APTOS, promocionan directamente a B2.2. Mucho ánimo a todas y todos.

RESULTADOS B2.1. LUNES/MIÉRCOLES

RESULTADOS B2.1. MARTES/JUEVES

Friday, April 17, 2020

Speaking Practice Timetable

SPEAKING PRACTICE TIMETABLE: B2.1. Mo/Wed

SPEAKING PRACTICE TIMETABLE. B2.1. Tue/Thu

Monologue Cards

For your Reading Pleasure: The Citadel by A. J. Croning (Graded Reader)

The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later. In the United States, it won the National Award for 1937 novels, voted by members of the American Bookshellers Association.

For his fifth book, Dr. Cronin drew on his experiences practising medicine in the coal mining communities of the South Wales Valleys. Specifically, he had researched and reported on the correlation between coal dust inhalation and lung disease in the town of Tredegar. He had also worked as a doctor for the Tredegar Aid Society at the Cottage Hospital, which served as the model for the National Health Service.

Croning once stated in an interview, "I have written in The Citadel all I feel about the medical profession, its injustices, its hide-bound unscientific stubbornness, its humbug... The horrors and inequities detailed in the story I have personally witnessed. This is not and attack against individuals, but against a system."

The Citadel Graded Reader

Listen to the full story here

Cloze Test B2.1. A Delicious Cup of Tea

Cloze Test B2.1.: A Delicious Cup of Tea

CLOZE TEST: A Delicious Cup of Tea KEY

And Yet Another Mediation Task

Mediation Task B2.1.

Mediation Guidelines

Tabla de Evaluación Mediación

Monday, April 13, 2020

LESSON PLAN APRIL 14-23

KEY to 5 Mini Grammar p. 67 (a)

KEY to Verbs Often Confused p. 67 (c)

KEY to Grammar Bank 7B p. 145

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Pronunciation for Easter

This is my proposal for you to practice and improve your pronunciation in these days of confinement. Join the following free course online and learn more about speaking English in today's globalised world.

English Pronunciation Free Course with Futurelearn

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Telescope Cloze

Cloze: Telescope

KEY to the Telescope Cloze

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

A Cloze for the Road

Cloze Intermediate Level

KEY to this cloze

More Mediation to Practice at Home

Mediation Task B2.1.

Mediation Guidelines

Tabla de Evaluación Mediación

Monday, March 30, 2020

Writing Task: An Email to a Friend

This week you will also have to complete this writing task below. Write to your English friend James, and tell him your news about the current situation here in Spain with the coronavirus, and your own personal experience.

Writing Practice B2.1.

Speaking Task: Record your Monologue

Dear all,

This week I would like you to do and record your own monologue. Choose from the list of topics below the one you feel most comfortable with, and remember you have three minutes to take notes before you start.

Monologue Cards

You will have to send your audio file to my email address before Thursday. To do this, you simply have to share the file (compartir on your mobile phones) and choose the option correo electrónico.
IMPORTANT: Before sending the audio file to your teacher, please share it with a partner and check each other's monologues. Then you will be able to correct avoidable errors, and improve the final version. (Remember to use the hoja de superación de errores).

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Especificaciones pruebas examen final

Dear all,

As things stand right now, we don't know yet whether we're going to have the May exams as scheduled or they will be postponed. As soon as we teachers get some information on this matter, I will post it on the blog.
Let me refresh the specifications and contents of the May-June test. Just click on the link below:

Especificaciones y contenidos prueba final del curso B2.1.

Monday, March 23, 2020

Grammar Practice on Past Modals

Past Modals Extra Practice

Key to Past Modals Extra Practice

Mediation Task

Those who are interested in improving their mediation skills are welcome to complete the following task and send it back to me via email.

Mediation Task

Mediation Guidelines

Tabla de Evaluación Mediación

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Five Short Stories by Roald Dahl

Most of you may already be acquainted with this famous Welsh author; there is actually quite a few books by him in our library. He's written very many different things (novels, poetry, scripts for films...), but he's best known for his children's books, and short stories. Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, and often darkly comic mood. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.

During this uncertain period of home confinement, I suggest reading five of his best-known short stories: The Umbrella Man, The Landlady, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Hitchhiker, and The Way Up to Heaven. Here they are, on this free link below for you to download. We will be holding a class discussion once we're back to class. Hopefully soon!

Enjoy the read!

Roald Dahl's five short stories

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Future in the Past

Here follows a googleslide presentation of the future of the past in English my colleague Raúl was so kind to share with me and my students. Get ready to learn new vocabulary and practice your reading and listening skills as you revise this grammar point. Enjoy the show!

Future in the Past

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

One More Cloze for the Road...

Now that you've all proved to have an artistic streak after your GREAT theater performance... let's keep up the artistic spirit! This time singing is your next challenge: For the time being, just complete the cloze below to get you into the singing mood... Enjoy!

Cloze: You can Be a Singer