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Thursday, 24 April 2014

NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT



















Reading_Jodie Foster marries her girlfriend:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWWZ1UlA1R05Qbkk/edit?usp=sharing
   
Listening_HOMOSEXUALITY: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q3c26



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Sunday, 13 April 2014

FOR DAYS ON END













Ebola virus
   video 1: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26703960
   video 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26716033
   video 3: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2014/04/01/ebola-crossing-borders-in-africa-could-land-in-u-s/







   video 4: 

video 5: 
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Friday, 4 April 2014

IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

















translation cards_8th lot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THM2paZzVyX3M0RUk/edit?usp=sharing

translation cards_7th lot_CORRECTED: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THbjhWaDNGaFZXUUE/edit?usp=sharing

Meet the dumbest job applicants: http://www.rd.com/slideshows/funny-interviews/#slideshow=slidead8


  
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Tuesday, 1 April 2014

APRIL'S FOOL DAY



A day in which merriment is supposed to reign and pranks, practical jokes, and hoaxes are socially sanctioned




















 http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26723188

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/april-fools-day

 http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/
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BOOK OF THE YEAR

In the school year 2019-20 we will use these coursebooks:

A1 Level: English File 4th Edition A1. Student's Book and Workbook with Key Pack



Curriculum A1

Curriculum C1

Curriculum C2

Modelos de Pruebas de Certificación C1

Modelos de Pruebas de Certificación C2





HOMEWORK

LEVEL A1-GROUP C


END OF FILE TESTS

– FILE 3: test – audio 1 – audio 2 – answer key – transcript

– FILE 4: test – audio 1 – audio 2 – answer key – transcript

– FILE 5: test – audio 1 – audio 2 – answer key – transcript

• REVISE!

• Do the activities on pages 62 & 63 (Practical English)

• Use the 'translation' cards to practice speaking!!!



LEVEL 1C1- GROUP A

• Revise

• Born a Crime, chapter 6 for Wednesday 18th March

• Writing task

• Listen again to the news bulletin from 9th March – (phocopies)

• Do the activity with words that end in -ET (page 4) + answer key

• Read the article about Woody Allen's memoirs (pages 5 & 6) + answer key

• Listen to a radio podcast either from my collection or one you choose yourself from npr, BBC, rnz, The Guardian, …

• Don't forget to sing! ♪ Seven Seconds by Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry & ♪ Let's Face The Music And Dance by Nat King Cole



You should also, at least once a week...

• Listen to the radio, for example from npr, BBC, rnz, The Guardian, ...

• Read an article from The Local or Expatica

• Read aloud

That's all, folks!



LEVEL 1C1- GROUP B



LEVEL 1C1- GROUP A

• Revise

• Born a Crime, chapter 6 for Wednesday 18th March

• Writing task

• Watch again the video with Trevor Noah and the Coronavirus

• Listen again to the news bulletin from 9th March – (phocopies)

• Do the activity with words that end in -ET (page 4) + answer key

• Read the article about Woody Allen's memoirs (pages 5 & 6) + answer key

• Listen to a radio podcast either from my collection or one you choose yourself from npr, BBC, rnz, The Guardian, …

• Don't forget to sing! ♪ Seven Seconds by Youssou N’Dour and Neneh Cherry & ♪ Let's Face The Music And Dance by Nat King Cole



You should also, at least once a week...

• Listen to the radio, for example from npr, BBC, rnz, The Guardian, ...

• Read an article from The Local or Expatica

• Read aloud

That's all, folks!



LEVEL 1C2- GROUP A

• REVISE

• Read the article about hiring ex-cons and fill in the gaps + answer key

• Read the article about Woody Allen's memoirs (pages 2 & 3) + answer key

• Listen again to the audio about Hachette's cancelling its deal with Woody Allen

• Don't forget to sing! ♫ Let's Face The Music And Dance by Nat King Cole & ♫ Dream It Possible by Jane Zhang

You should also

• Listen to the radio or podcasts, either from my collection or one you choose yourself from npr, BBC, rnz, The Guardian,...

• Read articles from different media

• Watch films, series, documentaries, talk shows, quizzes, etc in English

• Read aloud

That's all, folks!

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I WANT TO LISTEN TO ENGLISH!

Where can we find audios to listen to?

Well, there are so many sites that we would need a thousand lives to listen to everything!From the so well-known YouTube, where you can find practically everything,to radio and television webpages, podcasts, trailers, etc. Plus all the webpages designed for English learners.
Here are some examples:

NEWS

News about Spain... in English

http://www.expatica.com/es/news/country-news/?page=1

http://www.thelocal.es/

http://www.thinkspain.com/news_index.asp

http://spanishnewstoday.com/

http://www.newsinlevels.com/

http://www.npr.org/

http://www.bbc.com/news

http://www.theguardian.com/audio

http://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-audio-long-read

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_world_service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

http://abcnews.go.com/

http://www.nbcnews.com/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/

http://www.radionz.co.nz/



RADIO PROGRAMMES & PODCASTS

The infinite monkey cage (science)

Woman's Hour: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb

Front Row (literature, cinema, etc): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5

Word of Mouth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qtnz

The Why Factor: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xtky9

Five Minutes With...: http://www.bbc.com/news/20066560

Pod Academy: http://podacademy.org/podcasts/



ENGLISH LEARNING WEB PAGES

https://www.allearsenglish.com/welcome/

https://www.eltbase.com/

The English We Speak:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

http://www.betteratenglish.com/

http://www.betteratenglish.com/be-episode-archives/

http://www.cdlponline.org/

http://acupofenglish.libsyn.com/

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html

http://www.listen-to-english.com/

http://www.elllo.org/

http://reallifeglobal.com/datinginenglish/

http://www.uefap.com/index.htm

http://www.english-the-international-language.com/index.php

http://www.engvid.com/level/advanced/

http://www.engvid.com/english-idioms-all/

https://www.edx.org

http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/default4.htm

http://www.english-for-students.com/



VIDEOS

http://www.ted.com/talks

http://youtube.com



BLOGS that may interest you

C1_EOI Gandía

http://www.vocabulary.com



PRONUNCIATION

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation




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LET'S WRITE

Here are some web pages that can help you improve your writing:

● http://www.dailywritingtips.com

● http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/writing/english-writing.htm

● http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=2735

● http://www.engvid.com/

● http://www.engvid.com/12-common-errors-in-academic-english/

● http://www.engvid.com/5-tips-to-improve-your-writing/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-letters-formal-informal-english/

● http://www.engvid.com/ielts-writing-letters-how-to-start-and-finish/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-english-starting-letters/

● http://www.engvid.com/etc-so-on-ellipsis/

● http://www.engvid.com/english-writing-how-to-write-numbers/

● http://www.engvid.com/how-to-structure-your-toefl-essay/

● http://www.engvid.com/how-to-write-an-effective-essay/

● http://www.engvid.com/ielts-writing-effective-paragraphs/

● http://www.engvid.com/effective-essay-introduction/

● http://www.engvid.com/ielts-toefl-writing-task-2-introduction/

● http://www.engvid.com/how-to-write-ielts-essay-introductions/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-skills-paragraph/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-transitions-therefore-thus-consequently/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-transitions/

● http://www.engvid.com/5-types-of-toefl-essays-patterns/

● http://www.engvid.com/learn-punctuation-period-exclamation-mark-question-mark/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-misplaced-modifiers/

● http://www.engvid.com/writing-how-to-summarize/

● http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/book-reviews/


Letters of complaint:

● http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/letters-of-complaint

● http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Complaint-Letter-to-a-Company

● http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eiw/complaint_letter_constructor.htm



cover letters:

● http://susanireland.com/job-lounge/sample-cover-letter-to-recruiter-for-audit-associate/

● http://www.quintcareers.com/cover-letter-mistakes/

● http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/law/career/pdfs/handouts/How_to_Write_a_Cover_Letter_2009.pdf

● http://www.lls.edu/media/loyolalawschool/careerservices/pdfs-resources/Cover%20Letter%20Dos%20and%20Donts%20Current%20Students.pdf



reports:

● http://www.slideshare.net/sergeiG/how-to-write-a-report

● http://www.slideshare.net/himanshu879/report-writting?related=2

● http://www.usingenglish.com/files/pdf/business-english-reports-phrases.pdf

● http://fce-writing-nadeen.blogspot.com.es/2011/11/writing-report-3.html

● http://www.autoenglish.org/writing/report.pdf

● http://www.uefap.com/writing/genre/report.htm



On style:

● http://grammarist.com/wordiness/

● http://www.isu.edu/success/writing/handouts/wordiness.pdf

● http://study.com/articles/10_Universities_Offering_Free_Writing_Courses_Online.html

● http://study.com/academy/course/college-composition-writing-course.html#information




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Interesting!


http://www.english-the-international-language.com/index.php

http://www.uefap.com/index.htm

http://www.phrases.org.uk

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-kno1.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/

http://www.babbel.com/magazine/10-tips-from-an-expert?slc=engmag-a1-vid-bv1-tipsandtricks-ob


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