Saturday 27 February 2010

VOCABULARY FOR THE EXAM

Hi, students,

Here is the vocabulary I promised for the exam. Remember you also have to study the one at the end of the book about units 3-5.
And remember this quote from Thomas Jefferson: I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

Javier

WEEKEND HOMEWORK FEBRUARY 27-28TH

Hi students,
This is your homework for this weekend. The deadline is Friday 5th.
Have fun.

Thursday 25 February 2010

APLE LESSON OUTLINE FEBRUARY 25TH

Hi, students,
These are your tasks for this week.

15 minutes: watch episode 13 -16 of The Flatmates: and do the language point and the quiz (in theory you have already done the previous ones).

20 minutes: go to esl-lab and practise these three listenings. Remember to have to do at least the listening exercise and if possible something about vocabulary. DVD Movie Rentals, TV Guide, Movie review, and Where's the movie theatre.




10 minutes: go to this page, choose a trailer for a movie according to the number in your computer and watch it a couple of times. If you need more info, you can also go to http://www.imdb.com/ and look for it. In the last 10 minutes you will talk about your film for 1 minute.




A quote to finish today:
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Thursday 18 February 2010

WEEKEND HOMEWORK FEBRUARY 20TH

This is your homework for this weekend. The deadline is Friday 26th. You must go to this page from CNN and listen to the news for a particular day. Ana will start with February 1st, Eva with February 2nd and then Giulia 3, Maria 4, Inés 5, Sandra 6, Alvaro 7, Lara 8, Maxi 9, Gonzalo 10, Esther 11, Jaime 12, Andrés 13, Juan 14 and Jose February 15th. Try to watch the video twice and then, if you don't understand everything, listen to it again reading the transcript. After that, go to this voicethread and record in one or two minutes a summary of some of the pieces of news you have listened to.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

APLE LESSON OUTLINE FEBRUARY 18TH

Dear Students,
Since the other day we didn't have an Internet connection and we couldn't work on that, go to the lesson outline from February 4th and do the first two activities. Write the answers as comments in this entry.

15 last minutes:




Listen to the following piece of news and fill in the gaps below as a comment. You may have to listen more than once.





The world's tallest building __________________ Dubai on January the 4th. The height of the 828-metre Burj Khalifa was __________________ the opening ceremony. It is twice the height of New York’s Empire State Building. Another big surprise at the opening __________________ the tower. The building had always been called Burj Dubai. However, Dubai’s ruler announced it would now be called Burj Khalifa __________________ Abu Dhabi, Dubai’s neighbour. The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi helped save Dubai ____________________ collapse. The chairman of the company that built the Burj, Mohamed Alabbar, said the building gives "hope and optimism". He added: “The world has gone through …difficult times… this is the beginning __________________ forward.”


It is likely the Burj __________________ world’s tallest building for a while to come. Since the 2008 global financial crisis, there seems to be __________________ ambitious construction projects from property developers. The Burj’s owners, however, are confident the building will be a success. More than 90 per cent __________________ been sold. It cost $22 billion to build and has broken many records. The opening celebrations included the world’s highest fireworks, which __________________ the world’s tallest fountain. The building houses the world’s highest mosque and swimming pool, __________________ 158 and 76. Burj Khalifa has 1,044 luxury apartments, 49 __________________ and the 160-room Armani hotel. Around 12,000 people will live and work in the tower.

IF YOU HAVE A SPARE MINUTES AT THE END...

TALL BUILDINGS DISCUSSION. Ask your partner the following questions and make him/her speak as much as possible.
Student A's questions


Student B's questions