ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
We´ve worked on music reviews today. Remember to write your album review or concert review for homework.
Nice weekend to you all!!!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,
We´ve finished our unit on the family and we´ve started a sheet about discourse markers. Remember to write a comment on the two paintings of modern art using the adjetives and the discourse markers that you have on the sheet.
Those people who had to leave early can ask their classmates for this sheet because they have one for you.
Have a nice weekend!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
We´ve continued with our lesson on "holidays" and we´ve revised the use of the past simple. Remember to do the grammar exercises and I will upload the answers as soon as possible...
Homework: write a composition about what your bank holiday, that is, the long weekend.
See you in 2 weeks!!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi!
Yesterday we talked about the advantages and disadvantages that living in a big city has for a jazz musician. We also listened to some jazz musicians and what they thought about jazz.
We also talked about how to write a good music paper ( read the info carefully at home) and did some work on discourse markers. Don´t forget to use them appropriately!!!
Homework: find expressions of contrast, emphasis and similarity on the text about music.
See you next week!!!

PS. This is the link to the listening we did in class.
http://pbskids.org/jazz/meet_a_musician_flash.html

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we continued our lesson on the family and learnt some useful vocabulary to describe personality.
Homework: revise this vocabulary!!
Have a nice week!!

BASIC LEVEL

Yesterday we finished our role play " At the tourist information office". Remember to have a look at the expressions for giving direction that you can find in a post below.
We started a new unit in which we are going to talk about holidays and revise the past tense.
Homework: think of a couple of places in Salamanca and write the directions to get there. You can start from the Main Square or the school.
See you next Tuesday!!

BASIC & INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,

These are the additional expressions to give directions I told you I would upload...Have a look at them!!!

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS TO LEARN --------------------

ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS

Excuse me...
Where is ...?
How do I get to ...?
What's the way to ...?
Can you tell me the way to... ?

GIVING DIRECTIONS

movement:
Go straight on (until you come to ...).
Turn left/right (into ...-street).
Take the 1st turning on the left/right
Take the first/second road on the left/right
Go along/down [a street]
Go on for 3 blocks and then...
Cross [a street]
Go straight on/ahead
Go past the traffic lights
You can't miss it.

location:
It's on the left/right.
It's opposite X
It's near X
It's next to X
It's between X and X
It's at the end of [a street]
It's on/at the corner of X
It's behind X
It's in front of X
It's (just) around the corner
careful!: it's right here/there = it's exactly here/there (different from: it's here on the right)

EXAMPLE

- Excuse me, can you tell me the way to the station?
- Sure. Go straight ahead and take the second turning on the right. Then go down the street until you see a church. Turn left at the church and the station is on the right, next to the post office and opposite a big bank. You can't miss it.
- Thanks a lot. Bye.

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
We continued with our lesson on jazz music. We read a text about it, discussed important facts and impressions ffrom it and learned some vocabulary.
For homework remember to find expressions of contrast, emphasis and similarity on the text.
See you!!
Happy weekend to you as well!!! ;)

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
We started the lesson revising future forms doing a "find someone who..." activity. Then we did the "At the tourist information office" role play. For homework remember to think of a place in Salamanca and write the directions to it.
See you on Tuesday.
Enjoy your weekend!!1

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Just a quick note to remind you what we did on Tuesday. We were playing a board game to practise the simple present and the adverbs of frequency. I hope you had fun and enjoyed practising English!! We also introduced the tourist information office role play. We will continue with it next week.
Happy weekend!!!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi guys,
Yesterday we finish our unit about gender roles and we used some agreement and disagreement expressions to talk about it. We also mentioned useful expressions to give personal opinions and also to express contrast. ( Use them in your compositions and when you speak).
We also started a new unit on Jazz music. We only started by commenting on some phrases about this type of music and listend to and watched some audioslides related to the Jazz Age. We´ll listen to it again on tuesday. I hope you enjoy this new unit.
See you next week!!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we continued with our unit on the family. We revised the use and form of the present simple. REMEMBER TO ADD A FINAL -S TO THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR!!!
Revise the grammar and do the exercises.
Here you have the answers:
a)
1. Does Ann like music?
2. She has a lot of hobbies.
3. I don´t get on very well with my sister.
4. My brother doesn´t know me very well.
5. Do they have any children?
6. Does the film finish late?
7. He goes out twice a week.
8. We don´t often talk about politics.

b)
1. Do...open
2. doesn´t have
3. listen
4. doesn´t talk
5. Does ... get on
6. doesn´t work

Have a nice week. See you on Tuesday!!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL ( PROFESSIONAL & SUPERIOR)

Hi there,
We started working on future forms yesterday. I hope you revised what we saw in class using the grammar sheet I gave you. Remember to do the exercises, then check with the answers and ask me if you have any doubt.
Here you have the answers to both exercises.
a) 1. I´m going to study
2. Shall we
3. We´re going
4. OK
5. OK
6. I´ll help
7. I´m meeting
8. I won´t do
9. OK
b)
1. I´ll get
2. I´m going (to go)
3. we´re having/ we´re going to have
4. I´ll answer
5. She´s having/ She´s going to have

See you on Tuesday!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi guys,
We finished the unit about the Beatles suing their company yesterday and started working about gender roles. Remember to read the text and match the headings and the paragraphs.
See you on Tuesday.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
We finished the Beatles unit yesterday and started working on a new unit about the family. Remember to re-read the text ( the 7 predictions) and think about what you can say about them in exercise d. We did the previous exercises in class.
Have a nice week!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
We started working on some adjectives and family vocabulary yesterday. We will continue next Tuesday.
As homework remember to write your invitation e-mail or letter. You can use some of the phrases we saw in class. Important: don´t write contractions!!!
See you next week.