APLE HOMEWORK 8/10. Deadline January Saturday 23rd.

This is your assignment for this week.

This week I think your homework is much easier technically.
You have to go to this web, and do these listenings:

medium (nivel intermedio):

#02 - Trying to Understand Food Labels
#09 - Physical Education Aims for Active Lives, Fewer Painful Memories

difficult (nivel avanzado):

#05 - Apple's iPhone Makes Quiet Entry in India
#17 - Experts Divided Over Internet Changes to Language

Each listening is about 4-5 minutes long. You must click on "Listen!", listen to it as many times as you need and fill in the blanks in the text. Once you finish each listening, click on "corregir" and then make a screenshot of the screen where I can see your score.

You don't need to have them perfect, but make an effort to make the most out of the activity.

Regards

Javier

APLE HOMEWORK 7/10. Deadline January Friday 15th.

NEW WORDS IN 2015

According to `Anglophenia´, these words and phrases became the most popular ones in 2015. How many of them do you know? Think of a definition of those words before watching the video. You can also try to google them.

1. selfie stick
2. FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out
3. awesome sauce vs. weak sauce
4. hoverboard
5. manspreading
6. youtuber
7. pocket dial
8. phablet
9. lolz
10. emoji (Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year) 
11. binge-watch (Collins Dictionary Word of the Year) 

Now that you have watched the video, I want you to send me an AUDIO FILE with your own definitions of those words. Then, you MUST add at least TWO MORE to the list and define them as well.
Good luck
Javier

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

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

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

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

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
APLE

Record your voice. A couple of minutes should be enough.

Good luck
Javier

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.