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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...

 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.

  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 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!

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)

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"

 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)