UNIT 3. CITIES

My dear students!
I haven't updated my blog for quite a while now; I'm terribly sorry!

Well, here I'm back again (like the turrón at Christmas time) ready to post all the things we've done in unit 3. The most important ones appear below.

Mistake spotting activity for Av2M

Answers to Mistake spotting activity for Av2M

Mistake spotting activity for Av2X

Answers to Mistake spotting activity for Av2X


If you follow this link you'll be able to do a listening activity on mortgages and loans that we never had time to do in class.

http://www.esl-lab.com/loan/loanrd1.htm

And if you feel like doing some more listening, this is an easy but interesting recording, this time on the subject of estate agents:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/11/101118_6min_estate_agents_page.shtml

AN ARTICLE ON LAUREL STREET (published in The Guardian)

Here is a reading activity; below you have the full text to check your answers.


WRITING TASK

As we have finished the unit, there is a new writing task on the horizon; here you have the handout I've given out in class. Note that the hand-in deadline isn't the 19th but the 26th of November.

UNIT 2. SUPERSIZE ME

This is the video clip we saw in class, if you've got the questions, you can do the listening exercise

UNIT 2. FOOD. THE ORIGIN OF OM NOM NOM NOM

Here is a listening activity to do while watching the video

Essay writing

And to finish the unit, we've done some work on the basic steps of essay writing. I've also set the first composition of the year:

Are men and women genetically different or are the differences determined by upbringing?

The hand-in deadline is next week and your essay should be 200 words long.
Here is the class worksheet on essay writing.

the solution to adverbs exercise

Here is the key to the adverbs exercise we've done on class

Check out this funny song. This is the way English children learnt about adverbs quite a few years ago">

Here you have the lyrics

Adverbs

Today we dealt with adverbs in class.

This is the power point presentation with the grammar we've seen.


This is an interesting page with a good grammar explanation and several exercises if you need further practice

listening exercise

Dr. Cheryl: How Men and Women Communicate on Howcast

the male vs the female brain

WATCH IT AND HAVE A LAUGH

READING EXERCISE

Here is a reading exercise for unit one: ADVICE ON HOW TO HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION.

The art of conversation

WEEK ONE

During this first week we'll be spending some time meeting one another and findind out information about other classmates. You'll be giving a one-minute presentation on one of your newly met classmates.
We'll be talking about the level B2 and what it entails.Below are the links to all the material.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11978477/Introducing%20Us%20to%20Your%20Partner.doc
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11978477/type%20of%20student.doc
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11978477/All%20scales%20CEFR.doc