10 minutes: Let's see if you have finally understood the difference between the past simple and the past continuous. Try this text. You need a score of at least 400 hundred to be sure you know this important grammar point.
20 minutes: Open Going Places 3 software. You must have an icon on your desktop. If you don't have it, use your CD and install it following the instructions. If you have problems, raise your hand and I will go and help you. One you are in the program, go to Module 2 and do:
Vocabulary 2
Grammar 1 & 4
Skills 1
Test 3
When you finish, raise your hand tell me how it went.
10 minutes: How are you doing with your Geography? Prove how good you are at locating places going to this place. You should try to get at least to level 6.
If you finish everything and still have time, revise irregular verbs. You can do it here, here choosinge menu>4º eso>intermediate>verb tree and here.
Javier
Monday 28 November 2011
Thursday 24 November 2011
APLE HOMEWORK 10/10. Deadline December 2nd.
Well, finally the last piece of homework for this term. I think in general you have enjoyed our lessons and the new subject, but I would like to hear your suggestions, so do it on this voicethread. Just a minute of your comments is enough. Don't be too hard on me and try to be positive!!!
Saturday 19 November 2011
APLE COMPUTER ROOM NOVEMBER 21st
First of all Carlos will do his oral presentation.
Then, since we didn't have time, we are going to make all the activities we couldn't do last Monday. You can find them in the entry called November 14th.
If after that, you still have some free time, you can check how good you are at geography. You can do it here. Tell me your score at the end of the class.
Then, since we didn't have time, we are going to make all the activities we couldn't do last Monday. You can find them in the entry called November 14th.
If after that, you still have some free time, you can check how good you are at geography. You can do it here. Tell me your score at the end of the class.
The Traveler IQ challenge ranks geographic knowledge of cities such as: Budapest, Montgomery or Palm/Eagle Beach by comparing results against 6,292,837 other travelers. Brought to you by TravelPod, a TripAdvisor Media Network member
APLE HOMEWORK 9/10. Deadline November 25th.
Jody McIntyre, a 20-year-old student with cerebral palsy, attended a demonstration in London against the recent increase in student tuition fees. Pictures appeared on TV showing police officers pulling him out of his wheelchair and dragging him across the road.
He was interviewed on the BBC. The interviewer received criticism for his line of questioning that suggested Jody was a threat to dozens of armed police officers.
Here are some of the questions the BBC interviewer asked Jody McIntrye. Watch the video below and write down the answers.
a. The police say you haven’t made any kind of complaint. So… why not?
b. There’s a suggestion that you were rolling towards the police in your wheelchair. Is that true?
c. In the Observer newspaper you were described as a cyber-radical and you were quoted as saying that you want to build a revolutionary movement and that can only happen through direct action on the streets. Do you classify yourself as a revolutionary?
d. Were you throwing anything at all at the police during that day?
e. Did you shout anything provocative or throw anything that would have induced the police to [attack] you?
Post-listening discussion:
What did you think of Jody’s answers?
What did you think of the interviewer’s questions?
What three adjectives best describe Jody? Why?
What three adjectives best describe the interviewer? Why
If Jody and the interviewer met again in private, what do you think they’d say to each other?
Send me the answers to the 10 questions on a Word document to my usual email address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com
Javier
He was interviewed on the BBC. The interviewer received criticism for his line of questioning that suggested Jody was a threat to dozens of armed police officers.
Here are some of the questions the BBC interviewer asked Jody McIntrye. Watch the video below and write down the answers.
a. The police say you haven’t made any kind of complaint. So… why not?
b. There’s a suggestion that you were rolling towards the police in your wheelchair. Is that true?
c. In the Observer newspaper you were described as a cyber-radical and you were quoted as saying that you want to build a revolutionary movement and that can only happen through direct action on the streets. Do you classify yourself as a revolutionary?
d. Were you throwing anything at all at the police during that day?
e. Did you shout anything provocative or throw anything that would have induced the police to [attack] you?
Post-listening discussion:
What did you think of Jody’s answers?
What did you think of the interviewer’s questions?
What three adjectives best describe Jody? Why?
What three adjectives best describe the interviewer? Why
If Jody and the interviewer met again in private, what do you think they’d say to each other?
Send me the answers to the 10 questions on a Word document to my usual email address javiprofeingles@hotmail.com
Javier
Saturday 12 November 2011
APLE HOMEWORK 8/10. Deadline November 18th.
This is your homework for this week. You must go to this page from CNN and listen to the news for a particular day this week or last week. Try to watch the video at least 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. Don't forget to say which day you are referring to.
If you listen to this piece of news every day (it may take you about 5 minutes) your oral English will improve a lot and you will be informed at the same time. So, add it to your favoritos.
If you listen to this piece of news every day (it may take you about 5 minutes) your oral English will improve a lot and you will be informed at the same time. So, add it to your favoritos.
APLE COMPUTER ROOM LESSON NOVEMBER 14TH
Hello students,We have a really interesting class ahead of us.
15 minutes: We will visit esl-lab and you are going to listen and do the activities from: "Baking Cookies", and "Breakfast recipes" (medium) and "Car accident" (difficult).
15 minutes: What do you know about phonetics? Can you read those strange symbols that appear on the dictionary next to the word? Today we are going to start having a look at them. We will learn the phonetic symbols and their sound to help you improve your pronunciation in English.
Have you ever wondered what those strange symbols are that appear next to words in the dictionary?
They are a guide to pronounciation called Phonetics. Those symbols represent sounds, of which there are roughly 44 in the English language. Since there are only 26 letters in the alphabet, 44 characters are used to represent them all. Phonics should be a part of every student's tools for learning a language.
There is no end to our study of grammar and vocabulary but phonemic symbols are limited, visual and physical. They may seem challenging at first but it is like learning to swim or ride a bicycle. Once you can do it, it is easy and you never forget.
Why should you learn the different English sounds? Why should you learn the symbols? Watch the next video to find out:
We will be using to practice phonetics, BBC Learning English, to know the hows and whys of what we are going to learn about. Start by clicking on the sound /i/ and doing the activities in Unit 1. Then write a comment about the different exercises you have done.
15 minutes: To finish today, it is time to sing. I know it is going to be chaotic, but let's see if the Internet connection lets you all sing. It's karaoke time. Don't worry it you are not an expert singer, just have a good time. Go to this page, choose a free song (the ones with no padlock), wait for it to download, read the lyrics and sing at the same time. When you have finished, tell me your score. If you want to sing a song which has a padlock you will have to register first by clicking on "register" at the top right hand corner of the screen. Good luck.
Javier
15 minutes: We will visit esl-lab and you are going to listen and do the activities from: "Baking Cookies", and "Breakfast recipes" (medium) and "Car accident" (difficult).
15 minutes: What do you know about phonetics? Can you read those strange symbols that appear on the dictionary next to the word? Today we are going to start having a look at them. We will learn the phonetic symbols and their sound to help you improve your pronunciation in English.
Have you ever wondered what those strange symbols are that appear next to words in the dictionary?
They are a guide to pronounciation called Phonetics. Those symbols represent sounds, of which there are roughly 44 in the English language. Since there are only 26 letters in the alphabet, 44 characters are used to represent them all. Phonics should be a part of every student's tools for learning a language.
There is no end to our study of grammar and vocabulary but phonemic symbols are limited, visual and physical. They may seem challenging at first but it is like learning to swim or ride a bicycle. Once you can do it, it is easy and you never forget.
Why should you learn the different English sounds? Why should you learn the symbols? Watch the next video to find out:
We will be using to practice phonetics, BBC Learning English, to know the hows and whys of what we are going to learn about. Start by clicking on the sound /i/ and doing the activities in Unit 1. Then write a comment about the different exercises you have done.
15 minutes: To finish today, it is time to sing. I know it is going to be chaotic, but let's see if the Internet connection lets you all sing. It's karaoke time. Don't worry it you are not an expert singer, just have a good time. Go to this page, choose a free song (the ones with no padlock), wait for it to download, read the lyrics and sing at the same time. When you have finished, tell me your score. If you want to sing a song which has a padlock you will have to register first by clicking on "register" at the top right hand corner of the screen. Good luck.
Javier
Friday 4 November 2011
APLE HOMEWORK 7/10 Deadline November 10th
This week, the idea is to prove how well you can read. You have to go to this site, choose the story whose number corresponds the one you have in my list, read and listen to the text as many times as you need and then read the text aloud recording it on this voicethread. You can try as many times as you want. When you are satisfied with the result, save it. If you do not remember your number in my list, choose any number from 20 to 40.
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