Christmas HW

 

1. Christmas homework (exam practice):

 -  Reading practice (canarias 2014): 

a) . Tasks + exam paper b). Key

b). Cloze 1 "Teachers' salaries in Europe" - task and key.

      Cloze 2 "Chocolate" + task and key. 

      Thanks to teacher Miguel A. Meroño.

- Listening practice:  a) . Tasks + Audio b) . Key c). Tapescript

WELCOME and COURSE ORGANIZATION

First of all, I would like to welcome everybody  to this Advanced C1 Blog. This year I will try to help you in your learning process but remember: if you just come to school, sit down and listen, you won't make progress, so from now on don't be shy! When you are in class talk, give your opinion... (in English, of course). And outside class do your homework, watch TV programmes and films in English with or without subtitles, listen to the news, read newspapers, magazines and books adapted to your level, surf the Internet, if you know any native speaker talk to him/her in English... and of course, take advantage of this blog.

On the right-hand side bar you'll find the labels for the different posts, so you can choose the topic you're interested in (listening exercises, pronunciation, grammar...) or the unit you want to revise . You'll also find a long list of links to interesting websites.

Hope it's useful. Regards and see you in class!

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The Student's Book we will be using is Outcomes Advanced- Cengage Learning together with the content of this blog and the writing and vocabulary booklet.

It is not compulsory to buy the Workbook as we will have no time to ckeck it in class. If you wish to do it on your own, feel free!

Find here our first day presentation 

As for C1 level contents, objectives and evaluation, please check www.eoicartagena.org.

The level of competence and lexical  contents in the new C1 study plan includes

• 1.  Identificación personal. Dimensión física y anímica.
• 2. Vivienda, hogar y entorno.
• 3.  Trabajo, actividades profesionales y actividades de la vida cotidiana.
• 4. Tiempo libre, ocio, cultura y actividades artísticas.
• 5. Viajes, alojamiento y transporte.
• 6. Relaciones personales, sociales, académicas y profesionales.
• 7. Salud y cuidados físicos.
• 8. Educación.
• 9. Compras, actividades comerciales, economía e industria.
• 10. Alimentación y restauración.
• 11. Bienes y servicios. Gobierno, política y sociedad.
• 12. Lengua, información y medios de comunicación..
• 13. Geografía, naturaleza y medio  ambiente.
• 14. Ciencia y tecnología.

UNIT 1 CITIES

 1. Watch this video on how to travel cheaply (subtitles available and interesting vocabulary):

2. Grammar: The perfect aspect. - For a detailed explanation on the perfect aspect click  here and then do the exercise here.

3. Pronunciation: part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT 1 CITIES

1. Vocabulary: binomials.  Do this exercise on binomials

2. Reading: read the text, do the activity and self-correct.

UNIT 1 CITIES

 1. We have been revising the expression of emphasis and exaggeration in class . Watch the video again an do the vocabulary exercise on extreme adjectives here and :

2. Grammar: The perfect aspect. - For a detailed explanation on the perfect aspect click  here and then do the exercise here.

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT 16 LAW and ORDER

 

1. Crime and punishment: click on this link to consolidate and learn vocabulary and pronunciation. Complete the sentences and check your answers.

2. Watch this video and you will find the vocabulary we learnt in class:

Now enjoy the music:

Find the meaninng of the song here

UNIT 2 RELATIONSHIPS

 1. This  is the phrasal verbs activity (upper-intermediate) we did in class + answer key.

2. Past habits: activity 1, activity 2.

3. Reading: text + activity + answer key

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT2 Relationships

1.  Consejos útiles para la Mediación

2. Vocabulary on relationships.

3. Do this activity using phrasal verbs about relationships. 

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT 15 TRENDS

We revised how to write informal emails and letters (Writing booklet p. 19-20) 

1.Click here for more tips on how to write an informal mails.

Then we started unit 15. Here we'll deal with physical appearance and fashion. As for grammar we'll study prepositions.

2. Here is the presentation "would - used to" some of you wanted to revise. This is the list of stative verbs.

3. Pronunciation: an introduction to English vowels

UNIT 15 TRENDS

1. Listening: this is the video about beauty used in class:

 2. Vocabulary: click here in case you wish to see the video we watched in class again.

3. Pronunciation: an introduction to  English vowels:

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT 3 CULTURE AND IDENTITY

1. Vocabulary:countries and nationalities.

2. National stereotypes

Now enjoy this anthem in loving memory the the Queen: 

UNIT 3 CULTURE and IDENTITY. Men and women.

 WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!

1. Here is the listening activity we did in class (chore wars)

 
2. Men and women: watch the video and try to answer the questions

1) What's a man's brain made of?

2) What's the main rule in a man's brain?

3) What does a man do when he discusses a particular subject?

4) What's a woman's brain made of? Why is it different from a man's?

5) Why do women remember everything? Why doesn't it happen to men?

6) What's the "nothing box"? How often do men make use of it?

11) What's the thing that irritates women the most?

3. Writing: an article 

 Tips for writing an article

writing and vocabulary booklet, p. 13-15, from part 1 to 5.

CHRISTMAS - UNIT 3

 

1 Grammar: an introduction to cleft sentences

a) Watch the following video on cleft-sentences:

b) Grammar practice: activity 1, activity 2.

 2 C1 EXAM PRACTICE: 

       a) Canarias 2014 -  Reading practice: a) . Tasks + exam paper b). Key

                                    - Listening practice:  a) . Tasks + Audio b) . Key c). Tapescript

       b) Murcia Exam samples: Murcia (ejemplos de pruebas de certificacion)

3 Christmas homework:

- Cloze reading + key. Many thanks to teacher Miguel Ángel Meroño.

- Oral Mediation: instructions and task

UNIT 4 POLITICS

1. A) Listening: Watch this video about the most important global problems of our  time:

B) This is the video we watched with Dane:

2. Vocabulary (voluntary activity...and difficult!): If you want to learn more about the election system in Britain and the House Of Commons, print these activities (you may need to use your dictionary) and correct yourselves.

UNIT 4 POLITICS

1. Grammar: explanation on mixed conditionals and practice on conditional sentences.

2. Reading practice: do these activities on political manifestos and self-correct

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT 6. CONFLICT and RESOLUTION

1. Grammar: I wish exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3.

2. Read the following article and watch the video to learn more on how to resolve conflicts at the workplace.

Now enjoy the song (some differences between British and American English):

UNIT 6. Conflict and resolution. War and peace

 1 . Learn new vocabulary and expressions on "war and peace" by watching this video: 

Now enjoy the music: 

UNIT 5. GOING OUT, STAYING IN

 1. Watch the following video on how to become more fluent when talking about hobbies:

2.Grammar  and vocabulary: How to count uncountable nouns. See explanation here:

UNIT 5. REVIEWS

1. REVIEWS:

• A) Writing tips: how to write reviews (books, films, restaurants)

• B) More useful tips

UNIT 11. PLAY

 1 Linking words: exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3

2 Watch this video on extreme sports:

MEDIATION

1.  Consejos útiles para la Mediación


2. Más sobre Mediación: tipos de actividades y  evaluación.

3. This is the written mediation task we did in class.

 

Now enjoy the music:

UNIT 7. SCIENCE and RESEARCH

 

1. PASSIVE VOICE (Advanced English): explanation, practice and answer key.

- Here is the key for self- correction (photocopy).

2. WRITING ESSAYS: for and against + opinion essays (Writing and vocabulary booklet + photocopy)

UNIT 7. Science and technology

1. Watch this really interesting video as an introduction to our unit;

2. This is the quiz we did in class with our language assistant: computer quiz.

MEDIATION: VISUAL DATA. UNIT 7.

When we mediate, we do something with the language for somebody else. Mediation (written and oral) can take many forms:

- transmiting specific information
- interpreting data
- taking notes
- translating texts
- analysing/commenting artistic texts ( photographs, literary texts...)

In this lesson we will focus on how to interpret visual data.

1. Here is the presentation we studied in class.

2. Watch this really interesting video on the description of visual data (line graghs and pie charts):

3 .Optional:  Do activities  3, 4 and 7 p. 150-151 - Here is the answer key.

Special thanks to teacher A. Mena for her help with this lesson.

UNIT 8. NATURE and NURTURE

1. Grammar: we started the week by talking about the importance of the use of auxiliary verbs in the English language. Explanation and extra practice, question tags 1, question tags 2, so and neither

2. The environment: here is an interesting text on 50 tips to help save the environment.

UNIT 8 NATURE and NURTURE

 

1. Grammar: we started the week by talking about the importance of the use of auxiliary verbs in the English language. Explanation and extra practice, question tags 1, question tags 2, so and neither

 2. Environment: we were discussing the problems affecting Mar Menor and the area.

This is the video we saw in class:

UNIT 9. WORK

This week we finished unit 8 and studied compound adjectives in English:

1. See this video and try to learn new vocabulary:

2. Reading: do this reading comprehension test and check answers here:

11. D, 12. C, 13. B, 14. A, 15. B, 16. D, 17. A, 18. A, 19. B, 20. C

UNIT 9 EDUCATION and WORK

1. Watch this interesting video on education:

2. Reading about exams: text and key

UNIT 9 WORK

Nowadays it is commonplace for those people looking for a job to write a cover letter and CV in English as well as having to face a job interview. This is why I thought it would be useful to devote some time to these issues.

1.     A) Common questions at the job interview: useful tips.

        B) The cover letter: tips and example. Now watch  this video:

        C) The CV / resume: there are different ways but it should always be brief and well- organized.                  Watch  this video:

HW: prepare a 1/2' presentation on your job : main tasks, the place, good and bad things, what the  people are like, any rules workers need to have, machines to operate, etc.

UNIT 10 HEALTH and ILLNESS

1 . Current issues : Coronavirus

• Listening: Listen twice and do the following tasks (gap filling / True- false) 
• - task
• - track
• - answer key

2. Writing: opinion essays

 Learn here about the secrets to writing an opinion essay

UNIT 10. HEALTH AND ILLNESS

1. Alternative medicine: the tracks of the activities we did in class

 a) mindfulness + b) away of it all

 2. Reading and listening. You may use a dictionary to do the reading part. Then, listen the recording twice and try to fill in the gaps

• Tasks
• Track
• Answer key

UNIT 13 NEWS and THE MEDIA

1 . Review vocabulary: The media quiz

2. Grammar: patterns after reporting verbs. This is something you need to learn and more importantly, activate by using the patterns.

- A) Watch this video as an introduction:

- B) Verb patterns practice
                     - exercise 1
                     - exercise 2
                     - exercise 3

UNIT 14. SHOPPING and BUSINESS. Complaint letters.

1. See the following video on writing complaint letters:

2. Complaint letters:  structure and sample