Sunday 20 December 2015

APLE HOMEWORK FOR CHRISTMAS. 5 AND 6/10. Deadline January 9th 2016

Dear students,
Here's your homework for Christmas. You have about 3 weeks to work on it, but try not to leave everything for the last moment as usual.

Homework 5. I think all of you were in the class the other way when we started watching the video. In fact we just watched one or two minutes. We will continue watching it in 2016, but in more than one and no more than three minutes, I want you to make up (invent) a story after that beginning and tell me  how you think the story ends.
Remember this is an ORAL activity, you must send me an audio file


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Homework 6

New Year's Resolutions. This homework has two parts.
Part 1. You must watch this small video about New Year Resolution and do the seven questions below. When you finish, print your screen with your result.



Part 2. You must record your voice telling me your New Year Resolutions and how you plan to put them in practice. You must talk between one and three minutes.

The last part is just for some of you.

If you haven't worked during the first term, January 1st is a good time to take the resolution to start working and doing your homework.


If you can...

Try to listen to at least 30 minutes of English every day. You can watch videos, films, series, student news, listen to music, watch TV, etc., but try to listen to as much as you can.
Javier

Saturday 12 December 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 4/10. Deadline Saturday December 19th

Interview with Eva Longoria (Gabriele Solis in Desperate Housewives) at the Jimmy Fallon show.

Hello students,
Since I think you really enjoy the TV series we are watching, I thought it might be a good idea for you to watch a recent interview to Eva Longoria.
You have to watch the video and then answer the 10 questions about it ORALLY. You can watch the interview as many times as you want. It only lasts 10 minutes.



1.- Why is Eva on Jimmy Fallon's show?
2.- Where does Eva come from?
3.- What did Eva's grandma give her as a present when she was younger?
4.- What does Eva's family eat at Christmas?
5.- What are the three fixed moments in a telenovela?
6.- What is the meaning of "feud"?
7.- What does each one of them reply to the question about the one word greeting?
8.- According to Eva, what is the most annoying Christmas song? Do you agree?
9.- When is Telenovela released (day, time and channel)?
10.- Which program is on NBC before Telenovela?

Javier

Sunday 29 November 2015

SECOND TERM. APLE HOMEWORK 3/10. Deadline Sunday 13 December.

Dear Students,
Here is your next assignment.
You have to do this listening test.



It is composed of 15 short listenings. Choose the right answer and then click on next.
When you finish, click on email results.



On name write your name and on email write mine: javier.arroyo.profe@gmail.com
Then click on submit.

Good luck

Javier

SECOND TERM. APLE HOMEWORK 2/10. Deadline. Sunday December 6th

Hello students,



Here you have an interview by Jimmy Fallon, a famous American presenter to David Beckham. They don't talk much about football. You must watch the video, as many times as you need and then answer these questions ORALLY.

1.- Why is David Beckham on Jimmy Fallon's Show? 

2.- Where is David's family at the moment?

3.- How old is David's daughter?

4.- What happened when David went to see his son's soccer game? 

5.- Why was Romeo crying at the end? 

6.-What does Jimmy say about David's underwear? 

7.- What is special about David's commercial at the Super Bowl?

8.- Are all the 12 eggs the same? 

9.- What does each contestant have to do? 

10.- Who wins the competition and why?

Good luck
Javier

Thursday 26 November 2015

SECOND TERM. APLE HOMEWORK 1/10. Deadline Tuesday December 1st.

NELSON MANDELA



You may not know, but December 5th is Nelson Mandela's death second anniversar died yesterday December 5th.

Here are some activities about him. They are your homework for this week, now that all your exams are over, sort of.

The first activity is a listening comprehension. You must listen to the audio, fill in the gaps and then send me the answers on a Word document.


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Nelson Mandela was one of the (1) ________________________ people in the world. For countless reasons he was and (2) _____________________. He was a person from whom we can all learn many lessons. He experienced almost everything in his nine decades, from being tortured to becoming president of the country he loved. After retiring, he continued to travel the world, helping (3) ________________________ of global issues.
Nelson was born in 1918 into a South Africa (4) ______________________ black and white racial lines. He said he had a wonderful childhood and was a keen runner and boxer. He learnt more (5) ________________________ when he studied to become a lawyer. This led to his campaigning for equal rights (6) ________________________ African National Congress (ANC), which he later became the leader of.
The South African government (7) ________________________ Mandela from spreading his message of equality for blacks and racial unity. It put him in prison for 27 years. He became famous around the world as an icon of the (8) ________________________ South Africa. Rock stars, actors, politicians and ordinary people campaigned to free him and end apartheid. He (9) ________________________ 1990 and the world rejoiced.

Nelson Mandela's call (10) ________________________ him the hearts of millions. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1993, and over 250 more awards. A year later, he became (11) ________________________ black president and served in office until 1999. In his retirement, he continued to tirelessly campaign for many global (12) ________________________ him down. He died on the 5th of December, 2013, aged 95.

Next, here you have another video about Nelson Mandela, with 12 online questions. Watch the video as many times as you want, do the 12 questions and then send me a screenshot of your results (you will get after the 12th question).

So, a Word document for the first listening and a screenshot for the video.

Enjoy your wild weekend after all your exams.
Javier

Saturday 14 November 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 9/9. Last assignment of the term. Deadline Friday November 20th.

Here is your last assignment for this term.



The term is over next week. I know this year is specially hard in many different ways, so I want you to tell me the best and the worst things about this term.You can talk about:

Family
Friends
Love
School
Health
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Record your voice. A couple of minutes should be enough.

Good luck
Javier

Friday 6 November 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 8/9. NEW DEADLINE (with a penalty) November 20th.

Hello Students,
To continue with Steve Jobs, here is his famous speech at Stanford University. Watch the video as many times as you need and answer the questions you have below ORALLY. You can write them down first and then tell them.







1.- In which college did Steve Jobs graduated?
2.- What is the first story about?
3.- How long was S.J. at Reed College?
4.- What do we know about Steve Jobs's biological mother?
5.- Who was going to adopt Steve Jobs at first?
6.- Why didn't they adopt him?
7.- What happened when Steve Jobs's biological mother find out about the parents' education?
8.- Why did S.J. quit college?
9.- Where did he sleep once he quit college?
10.- How did he manage to eat?
11.- Why was calligraphy important in his life?
12.- What reference does Steve Jobs do about Windows?
13.- What's his second story about?
14.- When and where did he start his business?
15.- What happened to Steve Jobs when he was 30?
16.- What two companies did he create after being fired from Aple?
17.- How did he go back to Aple?
18.- What is the only way to do great work?
19.- What is his third story about?
20.- Which quote did Steve Jobs read one day?
21.- What happened to Steve Jobs in 2004?
22.- How long was he supposed to live?
23.- What does "get your affairs in order" mean?
24.- Why did the doctor cry when he had a look at the microscope?
25.- Finish the sentence: "Your time is limited, so..."
26.- What is Steve Jobs's wish for the graduate students?
27.- What do you think the wish mean?

If you want to read the script later at home, you can click here.

Javier

VOCABULARY FOR THE FIRST TERM

Hi students,

In order to practise for your vocabulary exam, here you have some games with the summary of the vocabulary for Desperate Housewives 1-4.  I have reduced all the vocabulary to only 70 words to make it easier for you. To see the complete list, you can click on List:DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES 1-4.




Here is the vocabulary for episodes 5-7 (I couldn't make everything in just one list).
To see the complete list, you can click on List:DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES 5-7.

Sunday 1 November 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 7/9. Deadline November 8th.

Dear Students,



Last month it was Steve Jobs' death anniversary. Since I have seen in some of your messages that some people in the class have iphones and ipads, I thought you might like this very short spot.

Here is the first "Think Different" Apple commercial that never aired, narrated by Steve Jobs: "Here's to the Crazy Ones". What makes great people great?







I want you to do three things:

a)identify the 17 famous people who appear in the video. If you don't know all of them, mention the ones you do know. You can ask your parents for help for this task.

b)write the script of the commercial (you will have to watch it several times for this part).

c)choose your favourite character and make a speech saying why you think that person was crazy and thought in a different way. Speak between 1-3 minutes.

You have to send me a message to javier.arroyo.profe@gmail.com with three files: one with the people who apppear, another one with the script and a third one with an audio file about your favourite character (if it is easier for you, you can send me the audio file through "Send Voicemail" in this blog.
I hope you enjoy your weekend.
Do not forget to practise your oral English as much as you can.
Javier

Friday 23 October 2015

APLE Homework. 6/9. Deadline October 31st

Dear students,
Today, with Rebecca, I was asking you a little bit about your plans for the future regarding university. Now I want you to go a little bit further and talk about your life in ten years time.

I've come accross a New York Times Interactive where senior students from a high school in San Diego were asked about their plans for their future, their 10-year plans.



You must hear their answers, choose two students you feel identified with and send me an audio file with all the information you've understood about those two. Then, do the same, but talking about you and your future. Try to avoid the usual mistakes. Do not read. Try to sound as natural as possible and do not rush.

Don't forget to mention YOUR NAME and also the names of the two people you have talked about.

I still don't know about the place for the listening test next Monday. All the regular classrooms are busy, so I will tell you once we are in "Idiomas".

Have a gr8 weekend.

Javier

Sunday 18 October 2015

Homework. 5/10. Listening practice. Deadline October 25th

In two weeks we will have our first listening exam, and then the second one, so I have thought that you could do some practice in this homework.
You have to go to this page www.esl-lab.com


Here you must do part II of 6 listening activities (2 easy, 2 medium and 2 difficult).
Easy:
Apartment for Rent / Bookstore Shopping
Medium:
A healthy Lifestyle / A story to remember
Difficult:
A free cell phone / Alcoholics Anonymous.

When you finish doing the activity print the screen (use the key Print Screen o Imp Pant on your keyboard) or use the "recortes" app from Windows, paste the image on a Word document and send it to me with the 6 screenshots.
If you have any problems, ask me.
This is what your screenshot should look like:


Friday 9 October 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 4/10. Deadline October 17th

Dear students,



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 to the one you have in your class, read and listen to the text as many times as you need and then read the text aloud recording it. You can try as many times as you want before sending it to me. When you are satisfied with the result, save it. If you do not remember your number in my list, choose any number from 30 to 50.
Enjoy your long weekend.

Friday 2 October 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 3/10. Deadline October 10th.

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,  record in one or two minutes a summary of the pieces of news you have listened to. Don't forget to say which day you are referring to and who you are. You can also do it with the "Send voicemail" option.
If you listen to this piece of news every day (it may take you about 10 minutes) your oral English will improve a lot and you will be informed at the same time. So, add it to your favorites. This is a good way to improve in your future listenng exams.


Wednesday 30 September 2015

NGO PRESENTATION DATES

These are the dates for your oral presentations about NGO:



October 5th: Alberto, Jose Miguel and María Amado
October 7th: Ignacio Buesa, Natalia and Álvaro
October 14th: Begoña, Sofía and Marta
October 19th: María Hartusch, Javier and Victor
October 21th: Jorge, María Rastrero and Roberto
October 26th: Ignacio Rodríguez, Sergio and Nacho Sánchez
October 28th: Alfonso, Victoria and Paula

Good luck
Javier

Saturday 26 September 2015

APLE HOMEWORK 2/10. Desperate Housewives. Deadline October 3rd

Hi students,
This is your homework for this week

Say your opinions and your first feelings about the new series we started watching yesterday (Desperate Housewives). Here are some questions that can  help you speak? They are just suggestions, so you can talk about whatever you want.
Say why you think Mary Alice killed herself.
Give your opinion about the other characters. Which one is your favourite?
Will Carlos find out that Gabriele is having an affair with the gardener? What will happen?
Will Susan finally manage to date Mike Delfino or will Eddie do it first?
Will Lynette find a solution to her problems with her four children?
Will Bree finally divorce her husband? Will he die because of his allergy to onión?


Remember this is an oral activity, so you must send an audio file (as last week) and not text. Don't forget to say who you are.
2 or 3 minutes is more than enough. Good luck.
I hope you don't have too many technical problems.
Javier

Saturday 19 September 2015

YEAR 15/16. APLE HOMEWORK 1/10. Deadline September 26th.

Hello APLE students,




Here is your first piece of homework for this term. I think the only problem here could be technology until you get used to that.
You have to send me (javier.arroyo.profe@gmail.com) an audio file between 2-5 minutes long. How can you do it? There are different possibilities:
-You can use your PC with a microphone (you can use the ones from PlayStation or Wii Games as well). In that case you can use "Grabadora de Sonido de Windows", "Audacity" or any other recording program.
-If you have a laptop or a tablet (like an ipad for instance), they have built-in microphones, so it is even easier.
-You can also try doing it with your mobile phone. There are lots of apps to do it.
-You can also use the "send voicemail" tab on the right on the screen in the blog.
-Maybe you can even think of another possibility. If you can't do it at home, you can always do it at school (from 14.15 to 15.00 hours).
In the recording you have to introduce yourselves (talk a little bit about you, your hobbies, your family, what you like, what you hate and your relationship with English (school, academies, trips abroad, camps, what you do to improve your English: listen to songs, watch videos on youtube, watch films or TV shows in original version, etc.)
If you tell me where the quote "it's easy if you try" is from, you will have an extra point in this assignment.
Good luck.
Javier
P.D. If you have technical problems, talk to me after the class.

Thursday 17 September 2015

WELCOME TO THE BLOG

Dear students,




Here in this glog you will find videos, listenings, activities and most important of all, your homework every week, with a deadline. Please, bookmark this webpage so that it will be easier for you to get here next time. Sometimes you will have to send me your homework by email. My email address is javier.arroyo.profe@gmail.com.
If you are an APLE student, remember you will need a microphone or any other way to record your voice for this lesson.
I hope you enjoy the subject and work hard, especially if your English is not that good.
Javier