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UNIT 9 AND 10 TESTS

UNIT 9 TEST   UNIT 9 TEST KEY UNIT 9 AUDIO 1 UNIT 9 AUDIO 2   UNIT 10 TEST UNIT 10 TEST KEY UNIT 10 AUDIO 1 UNIT 10 AUDIO 2

C.T.O. AND WRITTEN MEDIATION + VIDEOS TO PRACTICE WRITTEN MEDIATION

You can watch these videos and do the written mediation task at home.  VIDEO 1   VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 VIDEO 4 CTO extraordinaria M.E. extraordinaria CTE extraordinaria mediation video audio 1 audio 2 audio 3

UNIT 8 TEST

Hope you can make the most of the local festivities in Almansa. UNIT 8 TEST   Listening 1 Listening 2 Key You can send me the writing task and also a recording of the spoken task.

Pruebas de Certificación 2021, 31st school anniversary , writing exams and unit 7 audios

Here you have all the information about the exam:  Orden pruebas certificación   and this is the  Guia del candidato And in the following link you can check out all the activies I told you about in class:  31 aniversario UNIT 7 TEST audio 1 UNIT 7 TEST audio 2 WRITING EXAMS FROM PAST YEARS: PCTE-OR-20 PCTE-EX-20 PCTE-SEP-19 EE-SEP-18 EE-JUN-17 EE-SEP-17 EE-SEP-16 You can do all the tasks to practice for the final exam this year.

Easter holidays

Today we´ve finished exercises 1-2 in unit 7B. We´ll keep on using the speaking topics photocopy when we return on April 6th. On April 5th  you can sign up for the  31 ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES Here Im going to post writing exams from different years that you can do at home to practice for the final exam. HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS!

Progess Test 1-5 and speaking exams to practice at home

Listening task 1   Listening task 2 Progress test 1-5 Key Script Speaking exam 1 Speaking exam 2 Speaking exam 3 Speaking exam 4 Speaking exam 5 Speaking exam 6

NEW ISSUES OF ENGLISH MATTERS MAGAZINE and some classic inspirational songs

HERE  you have the link to 5 issues os the online magazine English Matters. You can read different articles on many interesting topics and listen to the audios.  Hope you enjoy reading something different! I include some songs I´ve come across recently that  might be good for your English, as well as a few motivational songs: The Last resort (angry feelings) Waves (sad feelings) INSPIRATIONAL SONGS (joy and cheerfulness) Van Halen´s Jump Ain´t no mountain high enough The final countdown Eye of the Tiger U2´s Beautiful Day

MOCK EXAM RESULTS AND REMEDIAL WORK

We still have four months ahead of us to study and practice both in class and at home. You´re all capable of passing the final exam, it´s only a matter of working at home and practising. Feel free to send me recordings and extra compositions based on the speaking cards from last year. Rúbrica PCTO           Rúbrica PCTE          Rúbrica mediación Tarjetas Mediación oral-2        Tarjetas PTO-2        Tarjetas CPTO-2 Tarjetas PTO  (February exam) Tarjetas PCTO  (February exam) Tarjetas mediación oral  (February exam) REMEDIAL WORK: Intensive practice: worbook exercises ,   Online listening exercises   ,  Classbook extra activities website compositions and audio recordings. Extensive practice: Free audiobooks ,   Free graded readers ,  conversation class, school library (books, magazines and series and films), tv series with subtitles in English (net...

English magazine and useful advice on emotional intelligence.

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English Matters This is Susan David ´s latest newsletter: Hi B24 class, I’m a major advocate of validating one’s own emotions. How you feel is how you feel. You shouldn’t judge yourself for your feelings. They are neither good nor bad—they just are. ​ Your feelings reflect your emotional response to the world. However, it’s important not to confuse your feelings with reality itself, or to let them dictate your actions. ​ This is what I mean when I encourage people to see their emotions as data, not directives . Think of them as one data point among many to consider as you move forward. ​ Imagine that you’re in a staff meeting. You’re trying to make a point about an upcoming project, but a colleague cuts you off and moves on to another topic. You feel disrespected, and depending on your mood and personality, you might sulk or lash out. Voila: You’ve been hooked by your emotions . They’re running the show, pulling you along after them. ​ When your feelings threaten to take the w...

Last class before exam week

 We´ve finished most of the content of UNIT 4. You have to do the following activities at home, to be corrected in class at the beginning of February: -Grammar exercises on page 211 -Reading excercise on page 66 and vocabulary  activities on page 67 (the video listening too) -Revise and check tasks on pages 68-69 -COMPOSITION: Write a short story (page 188) See you next week! THE MOCK EXAM WILL BEGIN AT 16.00H AND WILL LAST ABOUT 3 HOURS.

Back to class with 50-word short stories

  Happy new year everybody!  I hope you´re all doing fine. Ill see you in class next Thursday. As I told you before Xmas this Tuesday we dont have class, the lesson plan is in the previous post. 2020 in pictures Here Im going to post your mini sagas so that we can all enjoy them. These are the first ones: “THE LIE” In an unknown location, there was an enormous pandemic. Actually, it killed a lot of people. For many months, the population struggled to save their lives. Basically, the majority of people didn’t go out to have fun. In the end, this horrible pandemic was a chapter in a horror book published in 2020. Andrea INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE   My heart beat quickly. I’d never sweated so much that day. Everything around me went round in circles. I was sick and dizzy. I felt absolutely anxious. I almost couldn’t speak. I was afraid because I noticed that I was short of breath. I’ll never get on a rollercoaster again! Teresa NEVER AGAIN! When she fell into the ...

LAST CLASS BEFORE XMAS

 Last Thursday we finished UNIT 3B (we skipped pages 48 to 51) and we started UNIT 4A We did the Adverbs and adverbial phrases vocabulary on page 227, the weather vocabulary on page 228 and the listening task on page 63. In January I have to attend an online course on Tuesdays from 4 to 6, so there won´t be class on the 12th, 19th and 26th of January. On the 19th and 26th some of you will come to do the oral test from 18.30 to 20.300. On the first class after the holidays, Thursday 14th, I´ll give you the schedule for you to book the day and time for the oral exam in pairs. The work plan for Tuesday 12th is this:  Grammar exercise on page 61 and grammar sections 3B and 4A (pages 209 and 210), the reading exercise on pages 62-63 and the video listening excercise on page 67 (its on the online classbook) I hope you make the most of the holidays and come back motivated and energized.  MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

UNIT 3

The deadline for  the  Xmas message contest  is this week!  10TH DECEMBER: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS   Universal declaration of human rights AEROPLANE (Best scenes)

Unit 2

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HOMEWORK : Informal email on page 187 and description of someone you know very well, grammar on page 207 NHS OFFICIAL WEBSITE You can try online shopping for clothes at: HARRODS HUIT JEANS TESCO (the most popular hypermarket in the UK) THURSDAY 26TH CLASS: page 31 page 207 Debate on age-related topics Mediation activity  (write in 15 minutes a 120 words summary of the flyer) Bruce Springsteen´s new song EXTRA PHOTOCOPIES: GRAMMAR 2A COMMUNICATIVE 2A FILE TEST 1 EXTRA ACTIVITIES: Doctor, doctor jokes WHICH SENTENCE IS CORRECT? He cans fish-CORRECT ("can" means "enlatar in this sentence) They don´t know nothing-INCORRECT (vulgar English) They don´t know anything He ain´t done it-INCORRECT (vulgar English) He hasn´t done anything ("ain´t" means "hasnt, isn´t, haven´t, aren´t") I´d have bought it if I´d had the money-CORRECT Elvis Presley´s "Aint´nothing but a hound dog"

UNIT 1

 EXTRA PHOTOCOPIES:   Grammar Introduction, 1A, 1B Communicative: 1A , 1B Star signs and personality Entre chequer KEY POCKET BOOK Jokes in levels with audio Supertramp´s The Logical Song HOMEWORK:  "My life as a language learner" (free composition and audio)  Questions photocopy (audio recording) Describe someone you know very well (writing)

Halloween special

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  In case you want to something a little different this coming weekend here you have some ideas: Ara Malikian´s Covid Requiem concert Compilation of horror stories and urban legends: Some songs by Nick Cave, the best singer song writer of Gothic rock: And his latest album morning the death of his son: and if you feel like binging on some good horror flicks: The Bababadook Midsommer  (quite disturbing) The ritual Ready or not

WECOME TO YOUR NEW B2 BLOG

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  Remember to register online for the digital version of the classbook and to start doing the review exercises in your Entry Checker booklet. HOMEWORK:  1A grammar section on page 204 and the listening-reading practice on breakingnewsenglish.com Have a nice weekend!

Virtual tours of the world

To celebrate the chance to venture out for a stroll here you have a few links in case you don´t live near the countryside: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/national-park-service Best virtual travel experiences Google earth virtual tours of 31 national parks Virtual tours of museums and national parks in the UK 10 Best virtual tours of wolrd´s natural wonders National parks in US More National Parks in US Make the post of the spring weather these days and stretch your legs!