tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73635562929688160472024-02-21T07:12:37.588+01:00Ana Bueno's English CornerIf you want to keep your English alive and continue learning outside the classroom, this is the place for you!Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-63796426141672951142019-11-18T20:40:00.000+01:002019-11-18T20:40:12.579+01:00Health and illness - Wheeldecide<iframe frameborder="0" height="500" scrolling="no" src="https://wheeldecide.com/e.php?id=375882" width="500"></iframe>Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-50577327622023276712015-10-14T08:00:00.000+02:002016-11-07T13:02:21.923+01:00The power of adjectives in descriptions: cities<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These days we've been talking about cities and we've learnt some very useful vocabulary to describe them. Below I include some of these words (remember to check their <a href="http://www.wordreference.com/">pronunciation</a>!). Can you add any other?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, today I didn't want to focus solely on these adjectives, but rather highlight the effect and crucial importance that adjectives have in our writing and speech: being able to be <u>specific</u> and <u>choose the right word</u> adds value to our language, and colour to our descriptions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have a look at the following text about Mexico:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mexico City is Mexico's capital city and one of the most important political, cultural, educational and financial centres in North America. With a GDP of $411 billion US dollars in 2012, it is ranked as the eighth richest city in the world. Settling on an altitude of more than 2,000 metres, tourists are instantly enamoured by the city's glamour, cultural heritage and contemporary development. Every corner of the city is sprinkled with stories to tell of famous personalities and ancient tribes. While the Aztecs discovered and gave the city its culture and heritage, the Spanish revamped and added their touch. Today, the cultural amalgamation is mirrored in every landmark of Mexico City, be it the Templo Mayor, El Zócalo square, Catedral Metropolitana or Frida Kahlo museum.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now compare it with the text below, about the English city of Middlesbrough:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(<b>Note</b>: No offence intended to the people in Middlesbrough. It is deliberately wildly exaggerated to show the power of negative adjectives in an English text.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The text is evidently extremely negative, something which is mainly achieved via the adjectives used. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, do the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This exercise would be a very good opportunity to start using an <b>antonyms dictionary</b>.<b> </b>Check the entry "<a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/2015/10/back-with-dictionaries-again-enrich.html">Back with dictionaries again! Enrich your vocabulary fast and easy</a>" to learn how to do it!</span></div>
Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-44728003906375826702015-10-02T12:35:00.000+02:002015-10-14T10:41:49.472+02:00Back with dictionaries again! Enrich your vocabulary fast and easy<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several posts have already been published in this blog about dictionaries ("<a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/there-is-life-outside-wordreference.html">There is life outside word reference!</a>"; "<a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/2011/11/using-monolingual-and-collocations.html">Using monolingual and collocations dictionaries</a>"). Today we're going to focus on yet a different type of dictionaries: dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms. Have you ever used them??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start with, a synonym is a word that has a similar or the same meaning as another one in the language, whereas an antonym is a word that has an opposite meaning. I include some examples below:</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some more <span style="color: #cc0000;">advanced</span> examples include:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Beautiful: Attractive, Pretty, Lovely, Stunning</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Fair: Just, Objective, Impartial, Unbiased</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Funny: Humorous, Comical, Hilarious, Hysterical</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Happy: Content, Joyful, Mirthful, Upbeat</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Hardworking: Diligent, Determined, </span>Industrious<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">, Enterprising</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Honest: Honorable, Fair, Sincere, Trustworthy</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Intelligent: Smart, Bright, Brilliant, Sharp</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Introverted: Shy, Bashful, Quiet, Withdrawn</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;">Kind:Thoughtful, Considerate, Amiable, Gracious</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working on our synonyms and antonyms will incredibly help us to enrich our vocabulary. (I also talked about this in an earlier post: "<a href="http://anabuenoeoi.blogspot.com.es/2014/11/learn-how-to-be-more-descriptive.html">learn how to be more descriptive!</a>"). </span>But how can you do that? Well, there are many ways, from writing lists in your notebook, to designing flashcards or categorizing your vocabulary. But today we're only going to focus on one: dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two main dictionaries of this sort online:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I personally prefer the second one, and here I'm going to show you an example of how it works. Extremely useful, and dead easy, you'll see!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The homepage looks like this: (make sure it says "synonyms" on the left)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an example I have introduced the word "sad". To start with, something very useful is that the words are coloured according to their relevance/frequency, as you can see below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More than that, you can also activate the options "common" or "informal" on the right, so that the corresponding words are highlighted. This is extremely important, since when you learn a new word, you should also know if you should use it in formal or informal contexts. <b>These differences of register are essential for advanced students</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, now you just have to start using it!</span></span></div>
Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-74620546634091545122014-11-24T07:00:00.000+01:002014-11-24T10:54:20.954+01:00Learn how to be more descriptive!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sure you've all heard your teachers asking you to use more complex vocabulary, and avoid using words like <i>nice</i>, <i>good</i>, <i>say, ask, </i>etc. Indeed, as we advance in our language learning, we have to be more specific and avoid 'empty words' like the ones I mentioned before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How can we do that? A very good idea is to compile a list of synonym words and include some linguistic variation when we talk/write. Here I post an example: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My suggestion is that, for every word, you choose two or three synonyms that you've never used before. Circle/underline them and make an effort to use them in the next few weeks. That way you'll enrich your vocabulary little by little!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me know how it goes! :)</span></div>
Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-5304025648493881112014-11-17T07:00:00.001+01:002014-11-17T17:21:24.374+01:00"Bed and breakfast", "fish and chips" and other binomial expressions<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <strong>binomial</strong> is a combination of two words, normally linked by a conjunction (<i>and </i>or <i>or</i>). Their order is almost always fixed, that is, they are irreversible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English is extremely fond of binomials, and when I say "extremely", I do mean "extremely"! If you want to check for yourselves, have a look at</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this</span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.isabelperez.com/pdf/binomials.pdf">list of binomials</a></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, with their corresponding meanings. You'll be surprised!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do these ones ring a bell??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to know a few more, check the video below: "<strong>10 common binomial expressions in English"</strong>. She speaks rather slowly, but her explanations and examples are very accurate!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, for more <b>advanced learners</b>, here I post a handout with some more complex ones. See if you can complete the exercises! </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(The answers are at the end, as usual!)</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, the best way to remember binomials, as every other item of vocabulary, is to place them in context. Choose your favourite ones and post a few examples in the comments below!</span></div>
Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-1318081419878620152014-11-10T07:00:00.001+01:002014-11-10T07:00:02.392+01:00Learn your A B C !<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the first things you learn in a new language is the <strong>alphabet</strong>! Many words are new, and your teacher will <a href="http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=spell">spell</a> them to you. You will also have to spell you name, and many more things!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The best way to learn the alphabet is to find a <a href="http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=catchy">catchy</a> song and learn it! Here you have a very good video with famous people singing the alphabet! I hope it helps you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday we worked with <strong>phrasal verbs</strong>. You </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">always complain that they are very difficult to memorize and to remember, and... it's true...! However, there are some tips that can help you to learn them better and more efficiently!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below I post a mind-map that can improve your learning of phrasal verbs, especially if you have visual/photographic memory. Also, you can revise a lot of phrasal verbs with just one look!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know these phrasal verbs are rather easy, but what I want you to see is a possible organisation for the new phrasal verbs you learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Remember that the way you organise your vocabulary is as important as the time you spend studying it!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we talk about jobs and professions you always have the same doubt... is it <i>job</i> or <i>work</i>??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I hope this explanation helps you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish">BBC Learning English</a> there is a section called "Ask about English". There an Italian student called Giuliana asks the same question: <i>what's the difference between work and job</i>? Click to listen to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/askaboutenglish/2009/03/090331_aae_work_page.shtml">Gareth Rees answer</a>; you have the transcription at the bottom of the page!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I post the entry about food! Here you have some vocabulary with some basic food, drinks, vegetables and fruit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to practise the pronunciation of different fruits, watch this video. Listen and repeat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check this website for some <a href="http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/food-lower-intermediate-exercises.html"><b>exercises on food</b></a>. There are many! Finally, you can also do a <a href="http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/182.html">dictation exercise</a> about food!</span></div>
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Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-10778749576653134072014-10-22T07:00:00.000+02:002014-10-22T12:02:28.086+02:00Love at first sight!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you're having a nice day! :) Today we're going to talk about <strong>love</strong> and <strong>relationships</strong>! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you know any expressions? Below you have many! (</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remember that "sb" means someone/somebody).</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the expressions and check a dictionary (for example, <a href="http://www.wordreference.com/">www.wordreference.com</a>) if there is any word you don't know. Be very careful with the pronunciation of <i>engaged</i>; listen to it in the dictionary and repeat :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, imagine a "normal" relationship. In what order would things happen?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You <u><b>meet someone for the first time</b></u>. It was <u><b>love at first sight</b></u>! Then you <u><b>go on a date</b></u>. You like each other a lot and so you start <u><b>going out together</b></u>. After some time, you <u><b>fall in love</b></u>, but then you can <u><b>have arguments</b></u> and you finally <u><b>break up</b></u>... :( However, you <u><b>get back together again</b></u>, and you <u><b>get engaged</b></u>! You <u><b>get married</b></u> and you are happy ever after!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is your story similar to mine? Please, share it with us in a comment below! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, here you have a <strong>listening</strong> about a girl going on her <b>first date</b>. Click here <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/dating/datingrd1.htm">www.esl-lab.com</a> and listen to it twice; try to answer the questions and then check the <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/dating/datingsc1.htm">transcription</a>. You also have the explanation of some new vocabulary!</span></div>
<br />Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-10909088377038750682014-10-08T14:45:00.000+02:002014-10-26T11:17:59.802+01:00Vocabulary "in town"; giving directions<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week we talked about monuments and we learnt some vocabulary related with places in a town. Here you have some of them:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we worked with a map and we learnt how to <strong>give directions</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you remember other expressions? Revise them and their <u>pronunciation</u> with this <a href="http://www.edu365.cat/primaria/muds/angles/spy/imatges/spy_a.swf"><b>exercise about</b> <strong>giving directions</strong></a>. I'm sure you'll like it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then do your own dialogue <a href="http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/directions/exercises?02">here</a>!</span></div>
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Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-37512078499227989352013-10-10T12:22:00.000+02:002014-01-22T23:23:16.160+01:00Revision of tenses; personality adjectives; relationshipsHi everyone!<br />
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Here you have the first entry of the year! I'll regularly post a summary of what we've done in class but, most importantly, I'll also post extra material to consolidate and to expand what we do in the lessons.<br />
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We've already advanced quite a lot and are almost finishing Unit 1! These days we've been revising tenses, question formation and auxiliaries. As for vocabulary, we've talked about relationships and also personality.<br />
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If you want to continue revising <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">English tenses</span></b>, try the following exercises online:<br />
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<li><a href="https://elt.oup.com/student/headway/advanced/a_grammar/unit02/hwy_adv_unit02_1?cc=global&selLanguage=en">Revision of tenses 2</a>: here you have a gapped text which combines all tenses.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3636">Revision of tenses 3</a>: here you have gapped sentences which combine all tenses.</li>
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Below you have some other useful <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>personality</b></span> adjectives!</div>
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Finally, here I post two <b>listenings </b>about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>relationships</b></span>, and also a <b>video</b> about "how to prepare your relationship for a baby":<br />
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For next Wednesday remember you have to write a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>composition</b></span>:<br />
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<i>How has my life changed in the last 10 years? Include aspects related to:</i><br />
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Have a nice weekend and see you on Monday!<br />
Ana.Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-30284511870234504242013-02-11T11:32:00.000+01:002014-10-26T12:05:13.651+01:00Negative prefixes; why men & women can't be friends<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday we worked with <strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">negative prefixes</span></strong> (prefixes to form opposite words). These prefixes can be a bit difficult because there is no rule that tells us which prefix we have to use. For example, is it <i>inexpensive</i> or <i>inexpensive</i>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you have the most common negative prefixes, with some examples:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Dis- </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Un-</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>In-</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Il-</i></b> (always used with words that begin with <l>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Im-</i></b> (always used with words that begin with <p>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Ir-</i></b> (always used with words that begin with <r>)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can revise this a little bit more on this link from <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv45.shtml">BBC World Service</a>. If what you want is practise, here you have a <a href="http://www.expandyourvocabulary.com/personality2/exercise4.html">matching exercise</a> and a <a href="http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/negprefix.html">multiple choice exercise</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Note that the adjective "satisfied" can have to opposites: "unsatisfied" and "di</span><u style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ss</u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">atisfied").</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, changing topic...! The day we saw negative prefixes in class we also discussed some issues about family and friends, and someone asked if you believed that boys and girls could be friends, and just friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I've found</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> a video recorded at Utah State University about this topic ("</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Why men and women cannot be friends</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"). It's in English with subtitles in Spanish, so check it out! I'm sure you'll find it very funny :)</span></div>
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Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-33795535962524120492012-11-03T12:49:00.000+01:002014-01-23T12:32:02.199+01:00Subject questions; jobs; free timeHi again!<br />
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In this entry I'm going to post some information to revise Unit 1, and then I'll do the same with Unit 2.<br />
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At the beginning of the course we did several activities to know each other (some of you met for the first time!), and in the third week you did your first oral presentations. In groups of 3, you talked about someone important from an English speaking country. Thank you once again for your truly great effort :)<br />
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Below (<i>abajo</i>) you have a brief summary of the main grammar and vocabulary we have seen in the unit, so that you can revise at home and do some activities on-line:<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">SUBJECT QUESTIONS</span></b><br />
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In Unit 1 we revised how to form normal questions. Remember the word <b><i>QUASI</i></b> (<b>QU</b>estion word + <b>A</b>uxiliary + <b>S</b>ubject + <b>I</b>nfinitive).<br />
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<li>Josh met <u>my sister</u> <u>last night</u>.</li>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">meet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">last night?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">My sister.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">When<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">did<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Josh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">meet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">her?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Last night<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">What<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">did<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Rich<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">buy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">in the supermarket?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">A new laptop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Where <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">did<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Rich<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">buy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">the laptop?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">In the supermarket<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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But we saw that we can also ask about the subject of each sentence (<i>Josh</i> or <i>Richard</i>). In this case, the structure of the sentence changes:</div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: white;">QU<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: white;">A<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: white;">S<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: white;">I<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: white;">...?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: white;">Answer<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Who</span></div>
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<b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: red;">ø</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">met</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">my sister last night?</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Josh</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Who</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">bought</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">a new laptop?</span></div>
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<span lang="ES-TRAD">Rich</span></div>
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These are called "subject questions". Below I post a powerpoint presentation I found on the Internet. Maybe it helps you! And click <a href="http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/subject-object-questions.html">here</a> for an online exercise when you can practise.</div>
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<strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/f2teacher/sl401-presentation" target="_blank" title="Subject and object questions">Subject and object questions</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/f2teacher" target="_blank">f2teacher</a></strong> <br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">FINDING THINGS IN COMMON</span></b><br />
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We have also learnt how to express that we have things in common:<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">So + aux + I</span></b> (when we have something positive in common)</div>
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A: <i>I am Spanish.</i></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">Neither + aux + I</span></b> (when we have something negative in common)</div>
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A: <i>I don't like baked beans.</i></div>
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B: <i>Neither do I!</i></div>
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If you want to practise a bit more, click <a href="http://www.better-english.com/grammar/sodoi.htm">here</a> for an exercise online.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">PARAPHRASING</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span">We also learnt what we can do when in the middle of a conversation we don't know a word that we need. Make sure you revise those expressions!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It's someone who...</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It's a place where...</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It's a type of...</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It's the opposite of...</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It's similar to...</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>It's how you feel when...</i></span><br />
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We also learnt how to talk about jobs and the world of work. Be careful with the following expressions because they are different in Spanish.</div>
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A: <i>How long <u>does it take you</u> to get to work?</i></div>
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B: <u><i>It takes me</i></u><i> around/about 20 minutes.</i></div>
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If you want to practise the vocabulary a bit more, below you have a listening activity with some jobs (the answers are at the end). Click <a href="http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/jobhunting-2.htm">here</a> for the audio.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">FREE TIME</span></b></div>
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We also talked about what the Spanish and the English do in their free time, and we revised vocabulary related to sports and also adverbs of frequency. If you want to revise the position of frequency adverbs in the sentence, click <a href="http://mansioningles.com/gram31_ej1.htm">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/115.html">Here</a> you have a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">listening</span></b> about students going to the USA to travel and/or work. Try to complete the gaps in the conversation.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">WRITING</span></b><br />
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In Unit 1 you wrote two compositions: your profile (page 7) and an informal letter (Porfolio 1). Please, learn the structure of an informal letter and the useful expressions you can use.<br />
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So there you have the basics of Unit 1! I hope the links help you to revise a little bit and to practise your listening!</div>
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<br />Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-78589446748979335942012-05-05T12:47:00.000+02:002014-01-22T23:24:31.329+01:00Conditionals; crime; Jack the RipperHi everyone!<br />
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I hope your weekend is off to a good start (<i>nice expression to learn!</i>), although the weather is absolutely miserable!! Let's hope this howling wind goes away soon!<br />
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Last week we corrected the unit about "<b>The Natural World</b>". It's a lot of vocabulary, I know, but, remember, take things calmly: sit down, select the words you don't know, copy them in your notebook and check them regularly.<br />
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Last week we also started to talk about <b>crime</b> and we learnt some words such as:<br />
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On Tuesday we didn't have class because it was a bank holiday, and when we came back on Thursday I gave you back your <b>compositions</b>. I'm very glad to say that I can see a big, big improvement in comparison with the first compositions you sent me. Well done, and keep up the good work, guys. Keep up the good work :)<br />
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With Leah you talked about <b>World Book Day</b> and in my hour we corrected the unit about the <b>Conditionals</b> and some exercises which were lagging behind (<i>que se nos habían quedado atrás</i>). If you want to practise a bit more, try doing the following:<br />
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This week we also had class on <b>Friday</b>. <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Thanks</span></b> once again for all the people that came. I truly, truly appreciate your effort :)<br />
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We talked about famous criminals and serial killers, and we focused on <b>Jack the Ripper</b>, who really existed! Below I post some of the newspaper articles that were published after his murders (1888). Really interesting!<br />
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We then watched some fragments from the film "From Hell" and with Advanced Level 1 A we also had time to play a game called "Ullaby"... All the suspects were found guilty!! If you're interested in this case, check this <a href="http://www.jack-the-ripper.org/">website</a>, where you have plenty of information and videos about the mysterious Jack the Ripper.<br />
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Ana.Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-12033644319207735912012-02-17T12:27:00.000+01:002014-01-22T23:17:28.511+01:00Ways to look; "Falling slowly" (song)Hello everyone!<br />
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Last week we did an interesting photocopy with <b>idioms of comparison </b>(<i>e.g. as fresh as a daisy; as deaf as a post; as blind as a bat, as hard as nails</i>, etc.). Make sure you revise this vocabulary!<br />
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We also did a little game in pairs to revise some of the <b>phrasal verbs</b> we have seen so far. As a word of advice, have a separate section for phrasal verbs in your notebook. Apart from the translation (if you use translations), try to think of another synonym verb (<i>e.g. give in - surrender</i>) and always, always include a example to see the phrasal verb in context.<br />
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On Thursday Leah talked about alternative ways to travel: <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">WWOOFing</span></b> and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Couchsurfing</span></b>. What do you think of them? Would you consider practising them?<br />
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This week we celebrated Valentine's Day watching the film entitled "Once". It has received numerous awards, specially because of its original soundtrack. Below I leave two of the more famous songs, one of them called "when your mind's made up"<br />
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On Thursday you worked with Leah on some sayings and proverbs about love. In my hour, we revised modal verbs in the past and corrected the exercises on pages 70 and 71. And today... I can't wait for your oral presentations! :)<br />
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For <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">homework</span></b>, please complete the photocopy about inversion and question tags.<br />
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Ana.Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-15730974840584000022012-01-30T10:06:00.000+01:002014-01-23T12:39:10.311+01:00Planets; "Imagine", by John LennonGood morning everyone!<br />
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Last Monday we started with an activity called: "Are you telling the truth'?" You worked in pairs and we learnt interesting vocabulary like: <i>Oh, you're lying! You're not telling the truth, are you? </i> Some of your stories were really good, and we discovered we had some celebrities in class!<br />
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After that, we corrected the photocopy about <i>will</i> and <i>be going to</i> and we learnt the pronunciation of the contracted form <i>'ll</i>. Also, remember the difference between <i><b>want</b></i> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">ᴅ</span>) and <i><b>won't</b></i> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">əʊ</span>)<br />
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Finally, we listened to the song "Imagine", by John Lennon. Here you have the original version:<br />
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On Wednesday you talked about space and the planets with Leah.<br />
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Afterwards, we continued with your oral presentations. Again, they were very enjoyable, and I truly appreciate your hard work :) However, please, be careful with the timing. If your presentations are too long, we won't have time for everybody. Remember, 10 minutes maximum.<br />
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For homework, remember to do activities 2, 3, and 4 on pages 46 and 47.<br />
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See you later today!Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-83721585999354299932012-01-30T09:39:00.000+01:002014-01-22T23:26:01.204+01:00"Invictus"; Events and celebrationsGood morning everyone!<br />
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Last week we continued with your oral presentations, which were incredibly well-prepared and enjoyable to listen to. Thank you once again for your hard work.<br />
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In Avanzado 1 A Luisa talked about South Africa, and I couldn't help but think about the 2009 film <a href="http://www.cuevana.tv/#!/peliculas/688/invictus">Invictus</a>, which relates South Africa's story in the last days of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid">Apartheid</a>, with Nelson Mandela becoming its president after gaining freedom from prison. Soon afterwards, the 1995 Rugby World Cup took place, and South Africa won, erecting itself as a new and strong nation where blacks and whites could life together.<br />
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It was just a sports competition, but it became a symbol meaning that South Africa was once again back in the world, and that difficulties, obstacles and injustice can be surmounted.<br />
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I watched the film not long ago, and I looked for information on the Internet to see how much of it was true. I was amazed to see how faithful it was to reality. I post a video below, which is 100% represented in the film. It might not mean much to you now, but if you watch the film, it will certainly send shivers down your spine:<br />
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Apart from your oral presentations, on Tuesday we also corrected some homework that were lagging behind and I asked you to write a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">complaint letter</span></b>. Please, make sure you revise the expressions on pages 52 and 53.<br />
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After that we continued talking about events, celebrations and festivals, and we learnt about <b>extreme/strong adjectives</b>. I post the copy below, in case you don't have it:<br />
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Ana.Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-73836059193987659152011-11-06T12:14:00.000+01:002014-01-22T23:35:46.812+01:00Halloween; language learning strategies; vocabulary for filmsGood afternoon everyone!<br />
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Here you have a summary of last week. Due to the bank holiday we didn't have class on Tuesday, but we still had two sessions: Thursday and Friday - thanks to all the people that came on Friday; I truly appreciate your effort.<br />
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On Thursday we had an hour with Leah and we watched the Halloween video form National Geographic (this time it worked!!). I post it here in case you want to watch it again.<br />
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Here you also have the activities with the answer key. If you didn't come to class, make sure you do them at home.<br />
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Then we discussed the concept of "being healthy" and we saw that different people have different interpretations of what it means to be healthy. Finally, 4º CAL did a listening about safe drinking water in Africa (4ºA will do it on Tuesday), and with 4ºA we did an activity about the differences between <i>make</i> and <i>do</i> and vocabulary related to health (4ºCAL will do in on Tuesday).<br />
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On Friday we did an interesting activity about the strategies you use to learn English. For <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>homework</b></span>, I asked you to prepare a document listing all the tips you would give to a person who wants to improve his/her English. I'll put all your ideas together and send them to you in one single document. I'm sure you can learn a lot from it! :)<br />
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Then we saw some useful adjectives you can use when describing a film (or a book!). Make sure you use some of them in your composition!<br />
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With 4ºA we had time to correct exercises 6 and 7 on page 17. We'll correct that on Tuesday with 4º CAL.<br />
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For <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>homework</b></span>, apart from the document with your strategies, please also complete exercises 2 and 6 on pages 34 and 35. <b>AND</b>, if you have a <b>collocations dictionary</b> at home, please bring it to class on Tuesday. We're going to do an activity with it to learn how to use it :)<br />
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See you in two days!Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-64132144258868408142010-11-06T11:28:00.000+01:002014-01-23T12:11:36.506+01:00Vocabulary related to jobs; possessive 's (Saxon genitive)Good morning everybody!<br />
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As usual, here you have a summary (<i>un resumen</i>) of what we did during the week :)<br />
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With <b>Basic Level D</b>, we finished the unit about Natasha and Darren. Was their date (<i>cita</i>) a disaster or a success??<br />
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We also corrected some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>exercises</b></span> to form questions in the present simple. Then we started the topic about <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">jobs</span></b>. We learnt vocabulary about jobs (please, see Vocabulary Bank page 144) and we <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>read</b></span> Annabel's interview: she's an artist and a musician, but she thinks her job is <u>stressful</u> and sometimes <u>lonely</u>...<br />
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Then we <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>listened</b></span> to an interview where three people guess a person's job. Can you remember his job? ... That's it: a footballer! With the questions in the interview, we played a game where we had to guess our job: <i>do I work in an office?, do I earn a lot of money?, do I wear a uniform?, am I a politician?</i> etc.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/interlex/hotpot/matching/jobs1.htm">here</a> for an activity where you can practise the vocabulary about jobs. Some jobs are new, for example <i>mechanic, photographer, vet, farmer and shopkeeper</i>.<br />
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Finally, we started the unit about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>family</b></span>: "relatively famous". We talked about some famous people and discovered some of their relatives: JK Rowling's husband, Hugh Grant's brother, Will Smith's father, Kate Winslet's sister, Naomi Campbell's mother and Antonio Banderas's ex-wife.<br />
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We also learnt the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>possessive </b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>'s</b></span></i>: remember, we use it with relatives (family) and possessions:<br />
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Also remember that we always use <i>'s</i> <b>except</b> with regular plurals (<i>el plural regular se forma añadiendo una -s</i>), where we only use ' (apostrophe): e.g. <i>my parents' house</i>. (For a complete explanation, please see the Grammar Bank on page 124).<br />
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With <b>Basic Level E</b> we also learnt vocabulary related to the family (Vocabulary Bank page 145).<br />
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Finally, here you can see the video of our Halloween Party!!<br />
Do you recognise some of your classmates? :)<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/16494709">eoi granada halloween</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5136824">maribel alvarez</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>
Ana Buenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08401439195588360652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7363556292968816047.post-61540424869557108322010-10-26T09:35:00.000+02:002014-10-18T18:32:44.250+02:00Sports idioms<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this entry I leave you with two videos about idioms related to sports (you can play them with or without subtitles). Remember that <i>idioms</i> are expressions whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words put together, <i>e.g.</i> "to smell a rat" doesn't mean that you're smelling a rat (!!!), but rather that you're suspicious about something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the first <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2009/08/090924_teacher_sport_athletics.shtml">video</a> you have idioms related to athletics ("a false start"; "to jump the gun"; "the front runner");</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the second <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2009/08/091008_teacher_sport_balls.shtml">video</a> the idioms are related to balls ("keep your eye on the ball"; "it's a whole new ball game"; on the ball").</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Idioms might be difficult to learn in the sense that they have to be learnt by heart (you cannot guess the meaning). However, if you manage to use them in everyday conversation, you'll sound a lot more natural in English!! The best thing to learn them is to use them in sentences and remember the examples. Here you have one by a student from Nigeria:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The girl of my dreams is a front runner in terms of beauty; when I asked her out I thought I jumped the gun... I just hope we don't have a false start!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Do you think you could build a similar sentence? Go ahead and post it as a comment!</span></div>
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