ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,

Yesterday we continued with our unit on deafness and music: vaocabulary connected with music + semantic map and collocations. We also started a new unit on Music and Films.

See you next Tuesday!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,

Yesterday we finished our unit on the cinema: listening, vocabulary, speaking and film review. We also started our new and last unit.

Homework: Write a film review. Deadline: Friday May 27 2pm

See you next week!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,

Yesterday we continued with our unit on family conficts: we revised the use and form of the comparatives, some work on sentence stress and time for writitng about "Living in Salamanca".

Homework: Read the article, look up the words you don´t understand in a dictionary and be prepared to talk about in our last day of class.

See you next week!

EXÁMENES ORALES DÍA 18 DE MAYO

Las presentaciones orales tendrán lugar el día 18 de mayo en el Departamento de Tecla.

"DISAXTER" IN THE SCHOOL

This post is just to promote the spectacle of one of your classmates.

Disaxter will be playing at the school this Friday May 13th at 8.30pm

You can´t miss this oppotunity!!!

WRITTEN EXAM // EXAMEN ESCRITO - ALL LEVELS

I remind you that the written exam (reading, writing and listening) will be June 7th at your usual time of class, that is:

 - BASIC LEVEL: fonoteca 4pm - 5.30pm
 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: Coro A 5.30 pm - 7 pm
 - ADVANCED LEVEL: fonoteca 7pm -8.30pm

Os recuerdo que el examen escrito ( comprensión lectora, comprensión auditiva y expresión escrita) será el día 7 de junio en vuestra hora habitual de clase:

- NIVEL BÁSICO: fonoteca 16:00 - 17:30h
- NIVEL INTERMEDIO: Coro A 17:30 - 19:00h
- NIVEL AVANZADO: fonoteca 19:00 -20:30h

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,

Today we´ve started a new unit on deafness and music. We´ve watched a video which you can see on the blog, read an article about another deaf person and his relation to music and I´ve also given you some time to think and write about your oral presentations.

Practise, practise and practise for them!!! ;)

See you next Tuesday!!!!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,

Today we´ve continued with our unit on the cinema and we hace read the three articles, revised the use of the passive voice and learnt the importance of sentence stress in English. I have also given you some time to think and write about your oral presentations.

We have NOT done the Vocabulary Bank!!

Practise, practise and practise for your oral presentations!!! ;)

See you on Tuesday!!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,

Today we´ve continued our unit on family conflicts. We´ve learned the use of yet, just and alrady with the present perfect, done quite a lot of exercises on it ( I hope you already know how to use them!) and I have given you some time to think and write about your oral presentations.

We will continue with the pronunciation part next Tuesday!!!

Practise and practise and practise for your oral presentations!!! ;)

See you next week!!!

D-PAN's Sean Forbes :: Deaf Musician Follows His Dream

This is an inspiring video about a deaf musician who follows his dream. His love for music is so powerful that he is able to overcome his hearing impairment. Hope you enjoy it!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,

On Tuesday we continued doing exercises on prepositions, we also did a reading activity about "Mozart effect: fact or fiction?" and learn the difference in pronunciation between "control" as a noun and as a verb ( + other similar words).

Homework: Write an article to a music magazine where you discuss the following issue: How do these kinds of music affect people? Classical, hip-hop, rock, pop, opera, jazz, techno and country.

See you!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,

On Tuesday e finished our unit on transport and travel and started with a new one: cinema.

Start preparing your oral exams as soon as possible!

See you next week!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,

On Tuesday we finished our unit on clothes and started a new one in which we will talk about family conflicts.

Start preparing your oral exams as soon as possible!!

See you!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi guys,

On Tuesday we revised the clothes vocabulary that we studied before Easter, revised the use of the present perfect and also listened to a song.


Homework: Listening: "Sighteseeing around Town"

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,

On Tuesday we continued with our unit on transport and travel. We revised the use of comparatives and superlatives in English as well as some vocabulary related to the topic.

Homework: Listening: "Traffic Ticket"

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,

On Tuesday we finished our unit on Beethoven and started the new one: "Music & the Mozart Effect".

Homework: Watch this video and write a letter to Beethoven where you explain your feelings about the song, the impact of the images shown and the importance (or not) of including classical music in cartoons.
Listening: "A University Degree"

Bored or Boring?

TEMAS PRESENTACIONES ORALES - AVANZADO

 

-          The influence of music on your personality

-          Mozart effect

-          Beethoven´s quotes

-          What is jazz music?

-          Music from the Inside Out – quotes

-          Bagpipes and Scotland

-          The family that plays together….

o   advantages and disadvantages of working with other members of your family

o   should parents of talented children push them to be successful?

-          A band/ artist/ musician/ composer that changed my life.

EN EL CORCHO DE LA ENTRADA OS PODÉIS APUNTAR PARA HACER EL EXAMEN - MIÉRCOLES 18 DE MAYO:

- 9:00-11:OOH

- 11:30-13:30H

-16:30-19:20H

TEMAS PRESENTACIONES ORALES - INTERMEDIO

-          Transport and travel

o   Dangerous things when driving a car

o   Your last journey

o   Compare travelling by car, train and plane in Spain

-          Money

o   Different things you can do with money

o   Is money important? Could you live without it?

-          Cinema

o   A film you like and why

-          A holiday which changed your life

-          How do you think families will change in the future?

-          What kind of music would you like to take with you to a desert island?

EN EL CORCHO DE LA ENTRADA OS PODÉIS APUNTAR PARA HACER EL EXAMEN - MIÉRCOLES 18 DE MAYO:

- 9:00-11:OOH

- 11:30-13:30H

-16:30-19:20H

TEMAS PRESENTACIONES ORALES - BÁSICO

-          Talk about a person in your family:

o   Physical appearance

o   Personality

o   Likes and dislikes

-          Talk about your last holiday

-          Talk about your plans for next year

-          Clothes

 EN EL CORCHO DE LA ENTRADA OS PODÉIS APUNTAR PARA HACER EL EXAMEN - MIÉRCOLES 18 DE MAYO:

- 9:00 - 11:00H

- 11:30 - 13:30H

- 16:30 - 19:20H

Can Classical Music Make you Smarter???

This is a video for all of you to watch and think about. For the students in the advanced group it is a good warm-up for a forthcoming unit on "The Mozart Effect" 

 

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,

Yesterday we continued with our unit on "Music & ... Beethoven". We read a short story, difficult vocabulary but moving, right?? We also studied the structure "It + is/was + element to be emphasised + that..." and did some exercises to practise it. I´ll try to convert the listening task to another format and if I don´t work out how to do it I´ll tell you to do it at home.


Homework: Listening "The Ideal Woman"

See you next week!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,

Yesterday we did a communicative activity to revise the use of the present perfect continuous. We also started our new unit about travelling: reading + structure "How long does it take?"

Homework: 1) Listening "New York Travel". 2) Look for words and expressions connected with travelling on the text.

See you on Tuesday!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we finally played taboo to practise how to give definitions in English. We also studies how to write a formal e-mail in English and the differences with informal writing. Besides, we started our new unit on clothes.

Homework: 1) Listening "Clothing Styles". 2) Formal e-mail asking for information about a course you are interested in.

See you!!

ADVANCED LEVEL

hi there,
Yesterday we finished our unit on music & personality and worked a bit more on writing and how to link your ideas. Besides, we also started a new unit on "Music &... " ... ;
This is the video we saw as a warm-up:

Homework: Write a biography of someone that interests you using the guidelines seen in class.

Have a nice week!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi,
Yesterday we did a listening activity, some vocabulary, a lot of speaking practising how to paraphrase and give definitions, and a brief note on pronunciation and dictionaries.

See you next week!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we revised the strong adjectives and finished the unit. We also worked on a new writing task: "Describing a person"

Homework: Write an email in which you describe a  friend of yours.

See you on Tuesday!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,

Yesterday we continued with our unit on "Music & Personality" reading an article on the influence that your musical tastes have on your personality and discussed if the findings were true for you or not. We also learnt some vocabulary on personality and listened to an expert talking about how your position in the family influences your personality.


Homework: listening "Job hunting"

See you!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,

Yesterday we revised the use of the present perfect continuous using the grammar exercises but also a communicative activity. We also read an article on how a holiday can change your life and learnt some strong adjectives.

Homework: listening English language center.

IMPORTANT: WE WILL MEET IN THE FONOTECA INSTEAD OF CORO A FROM NOW ON.

See you on Tuesday!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,

We did a brief written exercise on "Why do you like music?" in order to put into practice the use of the connectors we studied last week. Then, we moved on to the next unit in which we were having fun with some funny definitions and revised the use fo relative clauses.

Homework: listening "College Life"

Have a nice week!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday we finished our unit 2D: we did somework on pronunciation, some listening practice, speaking and writing.

See you!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,
On Tuesday we finished the writing section on CVs and covering letters and started a new unit. We worked on a listening and speaking activity as well as on the grammar part: present perfect continuous.

Homework: Grammar exercises 2B.

See you next week!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday we continued working on some quotations from "Music from the Inside Out" and started a new topic: Music & Personality.

Next week we will correct the relative clauses exercises and the listening "movie review"

See you!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,
WE´ve continued with our unit and we´ve done the vocabulary and pronunciation sections, the listening part and writing (except for the CV).
Homework:
1. exercise d) of this writing part.
2. WRITE A COVERING LETTER (deadline: 15 March. I WON´T COLLECT ANY LETTER AFTER THIS DATE!!)
3. Listening: ESL-LAB: medium level: "WEEKLY ACTIVITIES"
See you next Tuesday.

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
We´ve continued working on the use of will for promises, offers and decisions thorugh a communicative activity. We´ve started another unit: reading, connectors and some verb phrases.
Homework: ESL-LAB: easy level: "FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS"
See you on Tuesday!!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
This is something we´ve been working on today. We´ve watched this trailer, read a review, some vocabulary....

This is the listening for next week: ESL-LAB: difficult level: "MOVIE REVIEWS"
See you next week!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi guys,
On Tuesday we ontinued with our unit on Scotland and did a shot quiz, a listening activity ( funny accents, by the way.. ;) We also did a reading activiy and worked a bit on the use of passive structures in English.
Have a nice weekend!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday we played a game to revise the vocabulary of our lesson, and also did the speaking and reading parts. We also did  part a) of the vocabulary and pronunciation section.
See you!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday we finished the unit but we will revise it next week with a communicative activity.
Homework: grammar exercises and a composition describing yourselves.
See you!

EXÁMENES ( TODOS LOS ALUMNOS)

Los alumnos que no hayan visto su examen y quieran hacerlo pueden ir el martes 1 de Marzo a las 20:30h a la fonoteca

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi guys,
Today we´ve finished the music notation sheet and we´ve been working on a new unit about Scotland: listening and speaking practice.
Homework: covering letter (your last chance to hand it in). For March 15th write a composition about how your city has changed in the last 10 years.
Go to this link, listen to it twice and do the exercise. you can read the scriot afterwards, if you want. We´ll comment on it briefly next Tuesday: http://www.esl-lab.com/review/review.htm
Have a nice week!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
Today we´ve corrected the  homework, finished the vocabulary bank and started with the grammar section: we have explained it and we´ve done exercise a ( in the grammar bank).
Homework: remember to write your cause and effect composition and do exercise b of the grammar bank.
Go to this link, listen to it two or three times and do the exercise. Read the script if you haven´t understood anything: http://www.esl-lab.com/credit/creditcardrd1.htm
Have a nice week!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Today we´ve revised some of the vocabulary from the previous unit and we´ve practised the use of will for predictions in a speaking activity. We´ve also started the next unit and we´ve done the reading and the pronunciation parts.
Homework:  go to this link and do the listening exercise called "Apartments for rent". Listen to it two or threee times and answer the questions. Then you can read the script. Be prepared to comment on it next Tuesday.     http://www.esl-lab.com/live/liverd1.htm

See you!

THE POWER OF MUSIC

INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED AND PROFESSIONAL

Writing CVs and Covering Letters
Follow this link if you want to find additional info about how to write CVs and covering letters.
I hope it´s useful!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we did a listening activity as well as some  exercises on prepositions and tenses. We are going to start with the reading next week. We also continued with our music notation sheet ( until exercise 10).
Homework: Remember to bring your CV and covering letter.
See you on Tuesday!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi!
Yesterday we started a new unit and we worked on the first section: vocabulary and listening.
Homework: first section of the vocabulary bank that you have at the end of this new unit as well as the vocabulary section which appears in your sheet on cause and effect ( you have to classify all the words there into employment, poverty and pollution). Remember that you have to write and essay dealing with the causes and effects of one of these problems for March 1st.
See you next week!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we revised the use of "will" for predictions as well as the vocabulary we studied 2 weeks ago. We also worked on the pronunciation, listening and speaking sections of our unit.
Homework: Write a short composition where you use the vocabulary and structures we´ve seen in this unit.
See you on Tuesday!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,

These are the answers to the grammar exercises:
a)
1. They won´t win.
2. Will the meeting be long?
3. He won´t get the job.
4. Will you see him at the party?
5. It´ll be impossible to park.
6. You won´t like the film.
7. She´ll love the chocolates we bought her.
8. There won´t be a lot of traffic at 6.00.
9. You´ll be able to find a job.

b)
1. ´ll .... do
2. will .... make
3. won´t last
4. will be

CONSERVATORIO PROFESIONAL

Hi there,
These are the answers for the grammar exercises:

a)
1. he hasn´t arrived yet.
2. We haven´t seen each other
3. Have you ever written
4. She´s never been to
5. I lent him €50
6. I´ve known them for ten years
7. What year did you leave
8. We have already been
9. she hasn´t replied yet
10. They´ve lived in that house
b)
1. have you been, started, lived, moved, ´ve lived
2. Has your brother found, ´s just started
3.Have you ever been, went, was, cost

See you on Monday!!

CONSERVATORIO PROFESIONAL - EXAM

Hi there,

The exam of the second term will be on March 14th.

See you!

A HISTORY OF MOZART IN A DOZEN OBJECTS: MOZART´S WATCH

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio3/mozart/mozart_20110102-1430c.mp3

CAUSE & EFFECT ( Intermediate and Advanced)

As we will be working on how to express cause & effect, you can try and do these exercises. You will find the anwers explained, so you can correct yourselves
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/cause_and_effect.pdf

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
The presentations are over, except for two people. So, remember to do the 1st 4 exercises on the CV sheet because we will work with it next Tuesday, at last... ;)
See you next week!!!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,
Just one day left and the presentations will be over!!!
We started a new lesson on cause and effect but we will work on it next Tuesday again.
Have a nice weekend!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
We finished the oral presentations!!
We also finished the music notation sheet, corrected the grammar exercises, did the listening activity and the speaking part of the vocabulary section.
We will start with the speaking next Tuesdaym, so remember to write down your plans.
See you!!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday our lesson was devoted to your presentations but we had some time to watch this video. If you haven´t watched it yet, have a look at it. I´m sure you´ll find it interesting:

HOMEWORK: 1st 4 exercises of the CV sheet.
Have a nice week!!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday we continued working with the text on Mozart. For homework, write a summary of the two texts you didn´t read in class and do the exercise where you have to put the different events in chronological order.When you´ve finished check the answers:
1. The game of billiards was invented.
2. Mozart was born.
3. A funeral was held for Mozart´s pet starling.
4. Mozart´s overture "Don Giovanni" was written in full score at one sitting in Prague.
5. Mozart reputedly wrote the symphonic masterpieces ( ...) in 42 days.
6. Mozart wrote his opera "La Clemenza di Tito" in 18 days.
7. Mozart died.
8. The "Mozartkugel" was created by the Salzburg confectionaer Paul F.
9. REsearchers at University College, Cardiff, announced an important discovery concerning the formation of musical taste in rats.
10. Mozart´s "Organ Piece for a Clock" was finally performed in the manner intended.
11. 180 compact discs containing the complete set of authenticated works by Mozart were produced by Philips Classics.
We also started our next unit in which we´ll focus on how to express cause and effect.
See you on Tuesday!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
On Tuesday we continued our unit on travel stories. We finished the reading activity, explained the grammar part and also finished the vocabulary section.
For homework, remember that you have to finish the music notation sheet (exercises 17-22) and do the grammar exercises.
See you next week!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi there,
Here you have the answers to the exercise on music notation I gave you last Tuesday.
FIRST EXERCISE
1. Staff
2. Flat
3. Pitch
4. Eighth
5. Tie
6. Dotted half
7. Sharp
8. Rest
9. Treble
10. Whole
11. Measure
SECOND EXERCISE
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. D
11. A

ALL LEVELS

Hi there,
Could you please bring me a passport photo next day?
Thank you in advance!!

TO ALL OF YOU WHO MADE THE ORAL PRESENTATION TODAY

I would like to tell you that I really appreaciate the effort that all of you have done in your presentations. I know that it is not easy to talk in a foreign language in front of other people but you managed to do it perfectly well. Even those students in the basic level have been able to talk in English for a few minutes so I can only say: WELL DONE!!!

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi guys,
We´ve devoted the whole class to the oral presentations. It was not intended to be like this but you´ve worked so hard on them that I think it was worth it. I´ve given you a sheet about how to write a CV and a covering letter and I would like you to do exercised 1 - 4 at home.
See you on Tuesday!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

hi there,
We´ve started with the oral presentations and we´ve finished the "Music Notation" sheet. We´ve also been working on a readig text about Mozart. For those of you who had to leave earlier I would suggest reading the texts ( withou doing the exercise) so that you have an idea of what it is about. For homework I´ve given you a sheet to practise some music vocabulary but I´ll give it to those of you who left early next week.
Have a nice week!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Today we started our lesson with the oral presentations and then we continued with some exercises from the "Music Notation" sheet ( until exercise number 15) . We´ve also started the next unit in which we will deal with going to and the present continuous ( the topic will be airport stories).
See you ext week!!

Coldplay - Christmas Lights

U2 - New Years Day

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
Here you have the answers for the exercise on linking ideas and arguments ( the one with picture of Mozart). Sorry for the delay.
2. While/whereas
3. What is more
4. Therefore/For this reason
5. Although
6. However/Nevertheless
7. Therefore/For this reason
8. What is more/Moreover
9. Despite/In spite of
10. Therefore

Wish you the best for the New Year!!!

EXPOSICIONES ORALES ( TODOS LOS NIVELES)

Os dejo hasta el jueves día 6 por si alguien me quiere enviar su presentación y no le había dado tiempo a hacerla.
¡¡Feliz 2011!!