Vocabulary for Mónica and Carmen's presentation

               ACTIONS                                                                                              DESCRIPTION

to exexecute         execution  ??                                                                    contemporary (n, adj)

to exexhibit        exhibiton                                                                       temporary, permanent, current exhibition

to m     mount an exhibition

to pr preserve and promote the collection                                            performance art

to hohouse in: keep in a dwelling                                                           shading (sombreado)

                                                                                                                  perspective

                                                                                                                  aesthetic interest

                                                                                                                  relief relieves (pl)

                                                                                                                  the cover of the brushstroke (pincelada)

                                                                                                                  high-brow: intellectual, cultural person

                                                                                                

                                                                                                                  work of art     masterpiece

                                                 ART

                  RELATED TO MUSEUMS                                           IDIOMS AND EXPRESSIONS

prot  protective barrier                                                                          inside out: all over, thoroughly

                                                                                                          to drive someone up a wall: to make sb angry

exex   exhibition hall;: room                                                                  to have a ball: to have a good time

                                                                                                          It cost an arm and a leg

the a  avant-garde movements                                                       to catch someone red-handed:

                                                                                                          to find someone in the act of doing sth

                                                                                                          to fill someone in: to tell a person the details

openvisiting hours

bookbookshop/gift shop

catacatalogue of the exhibition on sale

book book office

audiaudio-guide available in different languages

priv   private guided tours

watcwatchman/woman of an exhibition

on dion display: in a place where people will see it and

and      where it will attract attention 

Puns (in case we have time!)

Good luck on the presentations. Here are the exercises on Puns if we have a little extra time.

REALLY GOOD summaries of the last 2 classes by Carmen and Gonzalo:
 Summary: class 16th July

We startED the class with the hotel game, but the whole class was dedicated to talkING about feminine and masculine stereotypes.

The first activity consisted in of talking in groups of four about games who that boys and girls usually play and also about our personal experience. We did this activity with the help of some drawings where boys and girls played games that are not fitting to their genre according to society and tradition.

After, we continueD in pairs talking about the differences between men's brain and women's brain, specially about the biological differences.

The first part of the class was a little short because Javi had to present his presentation, so we spent the last minutes in payING attention to Javi whose presentation was about "Breaking news" and true and false news.

In the second part, after the break, we worked with a video about "Difference between Men's Brains and Women's Brains" where a american comedian explained these differences in a funny way. Then, we did the activities and answered the questions.

Finally, to finish the class we did another exercise. As we were students of Spanish language, we had to guess reasons to justify if the word "computer" belongs to masculine or feminine genre... and the reasons were very funny!!

See you this afternoon

Sorry for my mistakes

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   Wednesday's class July 17
   Gonzalo Moreno17 de julio de 2013 14:46

   Hi guys! This is the summary of today, 17th July
   First, Kate started explaining us the particles of the phrasal verbs and itsTHEIR differents meanings, such as up, down, in, out...
   Then, we played hotel (people who haven't done their mime) and after that, we were talking about crime vocabulary (rob, burglar, swIndle, manslaughter, rape...), what crime we thought it was the most common currently and personal experiences related to robberies.
   After the break, we have been talking about if we thought that Madrid was a dangerous city or not and we have done a listening about different ways to protect from robbers
   Finally, we have played a game called "Alibi", which was very funny!
   I expect you forgive me my mistakes
   See you tomorrow!

For Wednesday's class

1. COULD SOMEBODY WRITE A SUMMARY FOR THE LAST CLASSES??

2. Exercise on English Stress and Intonation  (good for presentations)
Click here

We will be talking about crime. Please print up the vocabulary on the last post.

Here is a list of some famous crimes committed in the US. Research one to tell the others in your group about. Or you can talk about a famous Spanish crime, or any other one you can think of.

- OJ Simpson /Nicole Brown Simpson

- Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman

- The Aurora Colorado Shooting

- Columbine High School

- Bernie Maddox

- Congresswoman Gabbie Gifford

- The Menéndez Brothers

- Casey Anthony / Caylee Anthony

-Scott Peteson /Lacy Peterson

- Charles Manson

- The Enron Scandal

- The Assassination of John Lennon

- The Assassination of John or Robert Kennedy

- The Assassination of Martin Luther King

- Bradley Manning

- Edward Snowden

12th Class: for Tues. the 16 July

For Tues.

Men and Women:  Survey and questions     Click here:

Video clip and exercises: Men and Women's Brains

Click here

SOMEBODY PLEASE WRITE A SUMMARY OF TODAY'S CLASS!

Wonderful Summary of Thursday's class by Ester

Hi Kate! I am Ester and I have tried to publish the comment on the blog but I have not been able so I send it to you.  Thanks and sorry for the mistakes that I have made!

This is the  summary:

Hi guys! I'm Ester and this is the summary of last Thursday's class.

At the first time we played the familiar game Taboo, in which one person had to define a word without naming the "taboo words" and the rest of the class had to try to guess the word, a very entertaining game that helped us to review the vocabulary of "Love Stories" and "Travel and Tourism".

After that, we heard a listening about a radio programme where people called to tell their problems and asked for an advice to fix this (THESE) problems.

For example, one of the callers told that while his father was away on a business trip, he brought out his father's car and had an accident with the car so he had lied to his father saying that someone had stolen the car, a rather curious and funny story!

After this listening, we did a role play in pairs in which one was the psychologist and the other one was the patient who went to the psychologist to tell his problems. It was a game quite useful because all of these problems were familiar,so it made it easier to be able to speak of them.

After the break, we heard another listening about "Marijuana" and its effects, then in pairs we answered the questions that Kate had put on her blog.

Using the vocabulary learned about marijuana, we divided the class into 3 groups of 6 people and played "The Marijuana Party", so we have to played a role and we have to try to defend our opinion about the effects and damage that such drugs may cause  (may cause(v) such drugs- subj) to our health. A very funny game in which we laughed a lot!.

Finally, we discussed the ideas that we have to present the project and we talked a little about them.

I hope that my summary has served the people who could not come on Thursday.

See you on Monday! Have a great weekend everyone!

Ester

11th Class (OMG)

I really hope you enjoyed the museum visit. I went back and stayed till 9 pm.

This is the material and possible material for Monday:

The Relationship between money and happiness:
click here

Henry Kravis and the War on Greed ( videoclip and exercise)

Click here:

Survey about the news:

Click here

Crime and crime-related vocabulary
Click here

10th class:Reina Sofía Museum Visit

Please remember to meet at the new door or gate at 3.45pm because we should start the tour at 4 pm.

Betsy and her class saw 2 other 15-min. video clips about Dalí. Frankly, I thought that the interview and the quiz plus tomorrow was enough but she said they are very good and pedagogical and her class liked them, so if you can see them tomorrow before the tour, it's probably a good idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOoFCV4gAP0&list=PLF2BD75FD5D638BB5&index=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTn1hdmrb9E&list=PLF2BD75FD5D638BB5
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I just saw them. They have a lot of answers to the quiz, so we should have seen them 1st, but they'll help the answers stick in your minds.  These videoclips are really made for children,( in fact,the presenters are kids), which may make them easier for you to understand or you may find them a little childish and boring. In any case, there is a brief vrsion if you are pressed for time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ST52WsmUIM&list=PLF2BD75FD5D638BB5

BTW, I just saw a very interesting film playing now in VO in English at the Verdi, UGc Manoteras and I'm sure other places. It's callled Before Midnight (in Spanish Antes del Anochecer). It's the 3rd of a sequel with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, but the 2nd ovie was 10 years ago. It's pertinent to the videoclip and debate about men and women, which we will do on Monday or Tuesday.

Conv. 3 July 13 9th class

In the first 2 hours, we will be doing "everything you ever wanted to know about job interviews but were afraid to ask"

1. Motivating factors in choosing a job
Click here:

2. Talking about your personal skills       click here:

3. Tricky questions for job interviews

Click here:

In the second half, we will be preparing for the museum visit with the interview with Dali, a quiz about him and some sheets to take to the museum on Friday. You have the interviewtranscript and I think Betsy has made enough copies of the rest.

COULD SOMEBODY MAKE A SUMMARY OF THE LAST CLASS, PLEASE?

Excellent summary of Monday's class by Almudena and expressions for expressing opinions

Hi team!
This is the summary of last Monday class. I hope it´s useful for students couldn´t attend.
First of all, we corrected the exercises of vocabulary called “The cinema” attached to Friday class. We can add other pun to our vocabulary because “plot” is not only the events which form the story of a novel, film, etc., but a small piece of land where nothing is built. Otherwise, “Chickflick”, sounds as an amusing word and there is a different between spectators (for sports) and audience (for films). Afterwards, in groups of two, we tried to answer the questions below trying to learn the new vocabulary.
The next topic was “Travels and tourism”:
- We worked a listening with questions called “Travelling tales”.
- We made a rolE-play in pairs: we had to make questions and answers for a survey about what kind of tourism we enjoy and we prefer. Besides, we shared the answers with the whole group.
- We discussed about “Questions for debate”, a written sheet you can find in this blog: advantages and disadvantages of tourism in Spain (environmental effects, employments, corruption and other collateral aspects), the kind of tourism we have got in Spain and we´d like, the polemic “Euro-Vegas project” in Madrid and the globalization of world tourism: “Despite obvious differences, European countries are similar”. Kate asked us a good question: Do you have any friends of others nationalities?
- The last exercise we did was the listening and translation of the famous song “Englishman in N.Y” by Sting. “Alien” is not only a latin or marxist word but an English one!
Homework: At the end of the class, Kate recommended us to work out the vocabulary of “Travel and tourism” for next class (You can find the sheet in this blog). BTW, we hope to use the video player if technical problems don´t prevent us.

See you this afternoon and excuse me my writing mistakes.
Almudena.
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Another document.
This is useful for debates, like conventional vs. alternative medicine or Is marijuana harmful?

Click here

Conv. 3 8th Class

As I explained, we will start off the class playing TABOO with the LOVE and TOURISM vocabulary. I have some cards but it would be nice if you made some more. The idea is to write the word you want defined, and then write a minimum of 5 words would normally be used in the definition but are "taboo", making the definition more difficult. The example I gave in class was>

                                  HONEYMOON

(taboo words)             bride        groom      wedding      married      couple     trip

Then we are going to do another activity and finally I have decided to do 2 listenings and debates, one on alternative vs. conventional medicine ( since it came up in class) and the other on marijuana, with a listening
and a roleplay.

We will also discuss the oral projects and start to plan them.

Here are the links to the marijuana listening and roleplay: the other things doen't need links.

Marijuana listening   Click here

The Marijuana Party  Click here

Conv. 3 July '13 7th class

For the trip to the Reina Sofía this Friday, we have several sheets and documents whihc I will post tomorrow. But as an "extra" for advanced students, Betsy has found this very funny interview with Dalí from the 60's and this way you have more time to see it. There is a transcript too. It even fits well into our conversation tomorrow because he is definitely someone who remained himself in New York--- and he even has a walking cane, like the Englishman in the song. It's only 6 minutes: I hope you can watch it and you enjoy it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT6N2fFTWGo

Transcript:      Click here

This is Víctor's very complete commentary about Thursday's class:

1 comentario:

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   Victor Aguado7 de julio de 2013 07:59

   Hi everyone! Víctor here.
   Hope you’re having a lovely weekend.
   
   I’m going to summarize what we did last Thursday in class.
   Firstly, we made a role-play in pairs in which one person was the psychologist and the other person explained a problem given in relation to her partner who is becoming addicted to social networks.
   
   Secondly we saw a very funny YouTube clip regarding Facebook, but the video is set in the 50’s instead of today. After that, we did some exercises in regards to the vocabulary commonly used in that time and in relation to general post-viewing questions.
   Besides, we reviewed some colloquial acronyms. For instance: TMI or SUV which means “Too much information” and “Sport utility vehicle” respectively.
   
   Thirdly we watched a short episode of the sitcom “I love Lucy”. In this episode Lucy is pregnant and is worried about the way of speakING of her husband, and how it could affect the baby in the future. Her husband is Cuban and doesn’t pronounce well some words e.g.: bough, through, rough and cough. At the end of the episode, he realizes that in spite of ( the fact) THAT thESE words have the same vowel, their pronunciation is completely different. The pronunciation of these word is: /baʊ/, /θruː/, / rʌf/and /kɒf/
   
   This video introduced the last topic in class: common vowel sounds. For example we learnt that “When 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking”.
   
   See you on Monday. Best regards,

Conv. 5th Class: Monday July 8

First, I have a short exercise about movie that we have given other summers before the film. This year we only received the paper we did in pairs, but in the writing assignment, they ask you to use some of this vocabulary, so I am including it to go over quickly.

Now here's the material for Monday and Tuesday.

1. Tourism Vocabulary

click here:

2. Debate questions about Tourism

Click here

3. Image of Your Culture

Click here

4. Englishman in New York

5. Steve Jobs ( for Tuesday afternoon after break: with video clip)
click here

Conv. 3 5th class

We will talk about movies in general and then see the film.

Can somebody do a summary of this past afternoon's class---please??   Kate

Conv. 3 July '13 for 4th class

Summary of yesterday's class by Mónica.

Hi everybody,

I´m going to summarise what we did yesterday so that the people who couldn´t attend class can catch up on the spot.

Firstly, we did some exercises related to Love stories and, in order to work out that vocabulary, we explain to our classmate a real experience, an invented one or a famous love storY Afterwards, we shared our stories with the other classmates.

After the coffee break, we talked about E. James and her song At last. Previously, we tried to listen to it but we couldn´t due to a technical problem. Then, in groups, we described the photo of Barack Obama and Michelle, the thoughts that we had about that and so on.

Finally, we discussed about politicians in Spain and America, the E. Snowden´s case (if he had made a treason, etc.), and if we feel "safe and sound" being under the close surveillance.

See you later

Mónica

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NOW THE MATERIAL
Facebook and You
See at home if possible: short and funny    Click here for "Facebook and You"

Pronunciation exercises
 1. Click here and click here to listen  You have to download sound part.

2.

To listen  to pronunciation of vowel sounds  click here

3.  Correspondence between written and spoken vowel signs

I Love Lucy: English Pronunciation :   Click here:

Conv. 3 July 3rd class

Documents 4 2morrow ( Later dinner than I'd thought would be)

Love stories vocabulary:

Click here

Layla:   click here

At Last: Etta James

Etta James, a a famous American R+B singer just died. Listen and write as much of the song as you can understand WITHOUT looking at lyrics.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDigK8LwyE


Now listen to the version by Beyoncé. Which do you find easier to understand?  Find the connection between Beyoncé's version and Barack Obama.  What is it?


Look at this photo. What is the connection between it and  Etta James' song, "At Last"? When and where was it taken? ( If you don't know the answer, search for it.)

   What adjectives or other words would you use to describe this photo?   How does it make you feel? What thoughts do you have about it? Write 100 words.

Now post your favorite song and write about why you like it.

2nd day Conv. 3 July

Hi Group, Nice to have met you and I hope your first day was satifactory for you!!

I want to remind you to bring in a story to TELL involving either an encounter with the police or animal. You can write it and hand it in to me for extra practice but I don't want you to read it.

BTW, I must apologize for letting you out 20 minutes too early. Since it's been a year since the last intensive course, I suddenly thought that it was supposed to finish at 8 pm instead of 8.30, so I stopped and let you go. I was honestly wondering why no one was making impatient faces!!

If it's okay with you, we can make the breaks only 20 or 25 minutes, which I think is enough time, and that way, we can make up the 20 minutes lost today.  Sorry :(.

These are the links to the 2 songs we will do tomorrow. The other material related to music I already have.

Ironic (Alanis Morrisette) click here

Satisfaction (Rolling Stones) Click here