WORKBOOKS!!

Hello Everyone,

Please give me your workbooks, Units 5 & 6, on these dates:

MONDAY & WEDNESDAY GROUP--15.05

TUESDAY & THURSDAY GROUP--16.05

You must give them to me on those days so that I can return them to you the following week, which is the last full week of classes.  DO UNITS 5 & 6, AND REMEMBER T0 CHECK YOUR ANSWERS BEFORE GIVING ME THE WORKBOOKS!!  Thanks.

Chuck

CAMBIO DE FECHA DE PRUEBA ORAL!!!

Hola a Todo/as,

Puesto que hay confusión en cuanto a si hay huelga el 09.05 o no, HE CAMBIADO LA FECHA DEL 09.05 AL 14.05.  Anotadlo por favor.  Gracias.

Chuck

AdA class and Oral Exam Simulation

Hi Everyone,

We will be in the Aula Informática on the following days:

M & W 12-14h group--May 8th
T & TH 12-15h group--May 9th

In the AdA we will do specific grammar and vocabulary work.  The Oral Exam simulation will be identical to the final exam oral.  Choose a partner who will also be your partner in the final exam, if that is possible.  The simulation will be on the same day as the AdA class.  Thanks.

WORKBOOK UNITS 3 & 4!!! START NOW!!

Hi Everyone, I´ve told you the last few classes about doing the workbook, Units 3 & 4. Please take note: I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME THE WORKBOOKS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20TH (Monday and Wednesday group) AND THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST (Tuesday and Thursday group). This means that you must give me Units 3 & 4 in TWO WEEKS! START NOW!!! Chuck

NPR L/C: Railroad-Crossing Deaths in the U.S.

Hi Everyone, Please listen to the report on railroad-crossing deaths in the U.S. for Monday, 25.02 (for my Monday & Wednesday group) and for Tuesday, 26.02 (for my Tuesday & Thursday group). I´ll give you photocopies with the questions to be answered on 20.02 and 21.02. We´ll discuss the topic in class also on the 25th and 26th. Thanks. See you in class.

Paper and Unit 3 review

Hi Everybody, For my Tuesday&Thursday 1 p.m.-3 p.m. class, remember that you must give me the composition of page 49 on 21.02 and the Unit 3 grammar, etc., review of pages 50&51 on 19.02. For my Monday&Wednesday 12 p.m.-2 p.m. class, please give me the Unit 3 grammar, etc., review on 20.02, and the composition of page 49 on 25.02. LISTENING EXERCISE: Listen to the report on RAILROAD CROSSING DEATHS IN THE U.S. I will give you a photocopy with questions, which you must answer. For the Monday class, we will go over the answers on 25.02; for the Tuesday class, we will go over the answers on 26.02. I shall give you the photocopy this week, on Wednesday and Thursday. Thanks. :)

U.S. Railroad-crossing deaths

Listen to this report on railroad-crossing deaths in the U.S. You will be told what to do. 074.US RAILROAD-CROSSINGS ACCIDENTS(12.07.04. L3) by ChuckSimmons

U.S. Census Figures

Listen to the report on U.S. census figures. You will be told what to do. 069.2003 U.S. CENSUS FIGURES(26.08.04. L3) by ChuckSimmons

Volcanoes

 Listen to this report on a volcano in the Caribbean.  You will be told what you must do.







030.VOLCANOES(25.08.97. L3) by ChuckSimmons

Financing small businesses (U2 A)

Watch this video and explain how the money given to the small businessmen and businesswomen is used to start the business and how their lives changed with this small amount of money.  Make a list of all vocabulary related to money and business for class discussion.

How has the recession in Spain affected business opportunities in Spain today?  Would a program like the one in the video help the situation of small businesses in Spain?

 

Babies around the world (U1 C)

Watch this video and take notes of each of the lives of the 4 babies for discussing in class.  Which baby has the easiest life and which has the most difficult life?  Which baby would you like to be and why?

Narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect

The Brainstormer is a generator of random elements to tell stories. You can use it to practice narrative tenses. Just spin the wheel. The generator indicates what characters, setting and general plot you must use. Enjoy!

Are you a foodie?

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Do you enjoy food? Do you like cooking? Are you interested in experimenting with new flavors? Is wine your thing? If your answers are affirmative, you are a foodie. 

Not sure? Take this test and find out!

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Bingo

Your bingo cards have ten words that are mentioned in the song. Find them to win.



Download the cards here and read lyrics here.

Critical review

Thursday is the deadline to hand in a critical review of the book you have been reading. I found a page that has nice, simple instructions on how to do it. If you need help with your writing or have questions about the instructions, don't hesitate to contact me.

Coldplay's Talk: Lyrics game (Unit 3A)

Solve the crossword puzzle to find the words you need to complete the lyrics of the song.

Crossword puzzle: Coldplay\s Talk puzzle game » crossword maker

Listen to the song and use the words to fill in the blanks.




Talk
Coldplay

Oh brother I can't, I can't get through
I've been trying ___________ to reach you,
‘Cause I don't know what to do
Oh brother I can't ___________ it's true
I'm so ___________ about the future
And I wanna talk to you
Oh I wanna talk to you
You can take a ___________ of something you see
In the future where will I be?
You can ___________ a ladder up to the sun
Or write a song nobody has sung
Or do something that's never been done

Are you lost or ___________?
Do you feel like a ___________,
You can't find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
Well I feel like they're talking
In a ___________ I don't speak
And they're talking it to me

Repeat
So you take a…

So you don't know were you're going,
And you wanna talk
And you feel like you're going
Where you've been ___________
You tell anyone who'll listen
But you feel ___________
Nothing's really making any ___________ at all
Let's talk, let's talk
Let's talk, let's talk

Homework July 19th, 2010

Your assignment for tomorrow is section 3A, exercises a and b on page 135 (book).

Cell phone etiquette

How different do you think cell phone etiquette is different in different countries?
How do you feel when people have loud private conversations on the cell phone in your presence? How do you react?
In what particular places do you think cell phone calls should be kept to a minimum? Why?

Here’s a video on the subject.

Answer the following questions:

1. What was the goal of the experiment?
2. How did people react?
3. How does the psychologist explain their attitudes?
4. How do people justify their reactions?
5. Are people's reactions different when the caller is a woman?
6. How does the psychologist explain people's first reactions?
7. What reactions follow when the woman admits she lied to her boss?
8. How do people explain their own reactions?
9. What explanations are offered by the journalist to explain the differences in behaviors when the caller is a man and when it is a woman? 
10. How does the psychologist justify the differences?

Useful adjectives

Useful verbs and verbal phrases

disrupt
warn
threaten
disrobe
do what(ever) it takes
send someone in
make a difference
to be on the line
to freak out
to be unaccounted for
to cling on every word
to take something somewhere
to have enough (of something)
to back down

Anti-abortion protest in Spain (U. 1C) US Eng.

Watch this video and take notes on what you listen to for class discussion.  Who do you agree/disagree with and why?

Love has a price: 110 cows (U. 1C) US Eng.

Watch this video and be prepared to discuss the different ways to date and marry in class.  Identify new vocabulary and bring this list to class.

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