jueves, 26 de noviembre de 2020

Weekly Planning: 19th to 26th November 2020

 Weekly Planning: 19th to 26th November 2020

Today we have started learning a bit more about the weather and how to use certain expressions related to it:


We have also refreshed and practiced our vocabulary about the family. You can have a look at this video:


We also learnt some idioms about health:

On the book, we covered the contents of pages 10-13.

Regarding grammar, we reviewed the use of comparative and superlative adjectives, and the use of articles (a, an, the, no article)






And finally a piece of news to work on:


Finally, your homework for next week is to write about your plans when all this COVID crisis is finished (around 90 words)

jueves, 12 de noviembre de 2020

Weekly Planning: 12th November 2020

Weekly Planning: 12th November 2020

Today we have corrected our homework about the future and talked about our plans (for tonight, for tomorrow, for the weekend, for next summer, ...) using the differente forms of future we have learnt (present simple, present continuous, going to, will, ...)

GRAMMAR:

Present Perfect and its use with for / since


Here you can find a video explaining the use of the Present Perfect in conjunction with since/for:


And a very helpful summary:



MEDIATION:

We have started to train with mediation activities, since it is a new skill to be evaluated in our EOI exams.

Here you have a video explaining the importance of mediation:


And here you can find another video about mediation. This time it is a hands-on  example, including the production and correction:


So, now that you are a bit more familiar with mediation, you can try to do this mediation exercise:


And to conclude our lesson, a song to improve our listening skills and our vocabulary:


Song: 500 Miles by The Proclaimers

martes, 10 de noviembre de 2020

Weekly Planning: 10th November, 2020

Weekly Planning: 10th November, 2020

How to express the future in English

(Present Simple, present continuous, to be going to, will/shall)

You can find more about it in this video. I recommend you to watch it! It is really good!


Here you can find a brief summary on how to express the future in English:


We have been working on this worksheet as well (click on the image to download it):

You can read and correct the exercise (page 143) and also write a similar paragraph about yourself (use the one provided as a model)

On page 145 you have to do at home the exercise about future forms.

And finally, also as homework, answer the following questions about your plans:

"What are your plans for ...?"

- Tonight
- Tomorrow
- The weekend
- Next summer

Use the "present continuous" or "to be going to" to answer.

martes, 22 de septiembre de 2020

Prueba de Evaluación Inicial B1 & B2


In the following folder you can find the Initial Assessment Test for the B1 level:

And here the Initial Assessment Test for the B2 level:

Books & Resources for the Course

Here you can find some of the books and resources for the course.

GRAMMAR:

Cambridge Grammar In Use


COURSE BOOK LEVEL B1:

Oxford New English File Intermediate B1 (4th Edition)


Pocket Book for Spanish Students



COURSE BOOK LEVEL B2:

Pioneer Level B2

jueves, 17 de septiembre de 2020

In order to keep our schools as safe as possible and to avoid infection from Corona Virus, we must bear in mind all the safety, hygiene and prevention measures in regulation.

Here you are the most basic measures to avoid COVID-19. They are an infographic and a video, both in English, so you can practice your vocab as well:

martes, 15 de septiembre de 2020

New Course 2020 / 2021

 Welcome to this new course 2020/2021!

This course we are still under the COVID pandemic, so we will have to stand the different hygiene and prevention measures to avoid the infection.

Nevertheless, we can always carry on learning English and of course, having fun with it!

Let's go!