Session 10

Friday at last!!! Today we have had a special guest: Ernesto, our language assistant. He'll be coming every 15 days to make us talk A LOT!!! After his nice introduction, we have continued learning about verbs of senses. We have practised them and I have sent you a great handout with plenty of vocabulary to describe what we see, taste, feel and smell.

Don't forget the opinion essay!!!

Session 9

On Monday, we saw the difference between giving our opinion orally and in a written essays (handout given in class). We also focused on some pronunciation exercises to see vowel and consonant distinctions. Later, we started unit 4C that talks about body language (importance of facial gesture and expressions when we don't know how to explain things with words).
Homework:
- Opinion essay (130-180 words). Deadline: 31 Oct. Topic: For those who didn't come to class write about ONE the following statement:
"Should sports be compulsory in schools?"
"Is it OK for newspapers to revel a celebrity's secret?"
LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE STRUCTURE OF AN OPINION ESSAY (HANDOUT SENT BY EMAIL)

- Grammar Bank exercise 4C. (verbs of senses)

Session 8

Last Friday, we learnt other ways of giving our opinion apart from our "so-lovely" expression "I think..." :-) We watched a video of an episode of Friends (sent by mail) to check how different are women from men. Then, we listened to some people giving opinion about controversial topics such as Cosmetic Surgery, Downloading music for free and Banning cars from city centre. We learnt some new expressions to express: agreement, disagreement and partial agreement. These will have to be used on classroom debates next Monday!!!

Homework:

Do the grammatical exercises on past deductions (handout sent by email)

Internet

Could you live without the internet? Read this article about Britons!!

Session 7

On Monday, we talked about why people might have reacted in certain ways (from given situations). We corrected the exercises on verbs that may be confused (handout) Click here to expand your knowledge. Later, we did some spontaneous writing after listening to some noises. With respect to "would rather", we played "Find someone who" and learnt how to structure questions.
Running out of time (like everyday), I gave you the second part of the reading which you can complete at home.

Session 6

On Friday, we did the following tasks:

- Used all new grammar structures on photo descriptions.

- We listened to a journalist talking about training techniques (sent via email)

- We saw a powerpoint presentation on verbs that may be confused (idem)

- We talked about "would rather" and "had better". Do the following exercises:

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

- Finally, we did a brief writing exercise using Mafalda cartoons.

Session 5

Last Monday, we continued making deductions about the past (looking at photos, exercise on spontaneous reactions and domino). Then, we talked about arguments and focused on money conflicts and how couples should come up with solutions by talking about this issue more often. After sharing our opinions, we watched a video and listened to an expert. Lastly, we did exercise 6 on page 59 and looked at false friends.

Homework for October 15th:

- Have a look at "would rather" and "had better" on page 59.

Session 4

On Friday, we practised unreal conditionals (3rd conditional) and deducting in the past (modals+have+pp) by describing some photos. We completed the grammar exercise in the Grammar Bank section. Then, we were talking about the text on page 57 and we discussed about how we deal with annoying behaviour (ignoring?, telling off?, having an argument?). What's the difference between "discussion" and "argument"? After listening to a peculiar phone message from a school in Australia, we listened to a psychologists talking about how to deal with conflicts (p.58).

Homework for Monday:

- Do exercise 6 VOCABULARY (A). PAGE 59

Session 3

Yesterday, we finished revising 3rd conditional (If you had met Lady Di, what would you have done. I you had known English was going to become so important, what would you have done?).
We did a listening comprehension exercise about "What's the best way of learning English?".
Finally, we started with the book (p.56). We practised modal verbs expressing deduction in the present. Later, we focused on modal verbs expressing deduction in the past. You became Sherlock Holmes for a while!!
Click here to practise!!