Monday 17th December

In today's class we looked briefly at the progress tests - in general you all did well although some of you need to review vocabulary.  There were also some problems with "wishes"  so we are going to look again at this next lesson.

We also looked at entertainment adjectives and we talked about films to practice this vocabulary.  Finally we looked at some grammar: so, such, as, like and such as.
The homework for today is:

• Read Student's book page 144 G8.1 and review wishes - especially if you having problems with this.

Wednesday 12th December

Hi,

In today's class we did a progress test - reviewing the material we covered in unit 8 - I will mark the tests and give them back to you on Monday.

We also looked at some vocabulary:  verbs which are easily confused and adverbs which are easily confused. 

Great to see you all using these words correctly - I will be listening out for mistakes over the coming weeks.

Don't forget that your homework is to check you know the meaning of the adjectives at the top of page 80 in student's book and to think of a film, T.V programme, or T.V series for each adjective.  On Monday, we will be looking at these adjectives in more detail.

Have a nice weekend!  Keep warm!

Durga

Monday 10th December

Hi All,

In today's class we revised the passive:  We did some grammar exercises using the passive in various forms; we did some speaking activities using the passive in pairs and in groups, we played a passive domino game and we did some writing in pairs.

Your newspaper articles were great - very funny!  Overall you used the passive well

The homework is: 
9A in the workbook
Revise unit 8  - on Wednesday we are going to do a test on the material covered in unit 8.

Monday 3rd November

In today's class we reviewed unit 8 - we looked at some of the exercises on page 77 student's book.
We also looked at the workbook at portfolio 10 - a discursive essay pages 88, 89.  We looked at some useful connecting words which I hope will be useful for you when you do your written project.  If you need any help with your projects, please ask me.

Durga

Wednesday 28th November

Hello!

In today's class we looked at apologising in English- we did some listening, vocabulary and writing all on the theme of apologising.   We also looked at improving fluency by looking at linking  (See Student's book pages 76,77).

Homework is:

1. 8D in the workbook (page 48)
2. Writing porfolio 8 on page 84.  Just do exercises 1- 6 - you don't have to write the report but do the exercises as these will be very useful for you when you are writing your writing project.
3. Bring your workbook to class on Monday - VERY IMPORTANT -  as I want to do some writing exercises from this in class.

Have a nice weekend!

Obama's victory speech

I was speaking to some of you a few weeks ago about Obama's victory speech. Take a look at it here on You Tube:

If you are interested at looking at the speech more carefully, you can also print out the transcript:   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/07/us/politics/transcript-of-president-obamas-election-night-speech.html?pagewanted=all

Post your opinions about Obama's speech and respond to your classmates comments:
Some things to think about:

Did you find it easy to understand or were there lots of words you didn't understand?
Did you like the speech?
Is it very different to a political speech here in Spain?
Can you imagine a Spanish politician talking about his family and his dog!?
Do you like Obama?....

Monday 26th November

In today's class we revised synonyms; we looked at the difference between American and British Accents and we looked at some differences in vocabulary between the two countries.
(See student's book page 75.)

Homework is the workbook 8C (if you haven't already done it) and also to complete the preparation sheet for the written project (if you haven't already done it).


If you are interested in looking at more vocabulary differences between British and American English, the following website lists many of the common differences:

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/usukenglish/  (very useful for watching American films  or should I say movies...)

See you all on Wednesday.