B 1.3 Fridays

This is the link for the document about Intonation and Stress that we did in class.

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AND PABLO V.´s summary:  

SUMMARY

We made little stories about cheating exams, and did an auction with present perfect sentences.

We practiced intonation, wrote and read voice messages and a SMS with right intonation.

We did exercises 1,2,3,5 and 5 pages 12-13 (about evening classes)

See you at the next friday

Homework : 1 E pp.14-15 Reading, ?´s and Silent letters ( study)

Remember no class next Friday, the 7th!!

And these are the pages of  1 E, which is homework and which I've scanned for those students with old edition of book:

Andrea Notes for Con B2 Tues.

Tuesday class:

First of all, we started the class watching a video about a phone conversation between a mother and "her daughter". The daughter was really disastrous and the mother was really needy and overprotective. At the end of the video, we realised that the mother and the daughter weren't that they think: phones were wrong.
Following this, we talked about overprotective mothers and needy people; and we did some exercises and questiones.

Later, we listened to the history of a woman who had a terrible illness. The doctors had told her that it didn't have cure, but a friend recommended her alternative medicine. She travelled to a lost small village, and a witch-doctor did strange rituals. Few days later, she came back to the hospital, and the doctors discovered that, incredibly, the illness was cured.
After that, we discussed about conventional medicine vs. alternative medicine: some of us defended the first one, some of us the second one; but finally we thought the best way was mixing both.
At last, we were talking about acupuncture, karma, holy places, positive and negative energies... A really interesting and mysterious class. And... I think that's all.

Kind regards,
Andreaaaa :)

B1.3 Friday class

We "performed" the dialogs prepared the previous class. We discussed the reading and our own opinions about exams or alternate ways of grading and tested students' knowledge.

We reviewed the grammar on p. 11, did some conversation parctice of the gerund or infinitive with cards and practice of the other categories of verbs.

We learned new vocabulary and did the 2 listenings and talked about cheating.

Homework:  Prepare to talk about the questions 1 to 4 in # 8 ( or in writing for extra credit) or about an experience connected with cheating on an exam.
ALSO DO THE LANGUAGE SUMMARY REVIEW ON A SEPARATE PAPER. ( I didn't mention this in class.)

Finally this is a short exercise to practice verb + object + inf. with TO  to download print and complete.
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I still haven't found a way to give you a link to the Simpson episode with subtitles, but PLEASE CHECK TOMORROW.

Con B2

Steve Jobs Video Clip and exercise

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The War on Greed: Henry Kravis, Member of the Top 1%.



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Summaries of Con B1 made by Laura, Betsa and Noelia

  Thanks, Laura
Summary of Wednesday's class (November 21)

At the begining we talked about living in Madrid and if we like it or not. We discovered that Emilio, Kate and me are living in the same district: Hortaleza!
Kate told us the next wednesday at 5:00 PM it´s going to take place a party where we will could talk in english with another new people. 
The rest of the class we told (talked) about adjectives that we thought that could describe people in Spain and in other different countries. 

Greetings to my B1 Class!
Laura 


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1. B20 de noviembre de 2012 01:55
   Hi Kate!!!
   
   I'm here doing the exercise! the only way I found to post is here, in 'comments'.
   
   First of all: a summary of yesterday.
   
   We started the class talking about your theater goup who is called 'Madrid Palyers', we don't know about the play and have to find the information here, in the blog!
   Also said you wanted the blog to be an interactive space to exchange information and exercises. Then talked about a lot of things like cinema and music.
   Next we make the exercise about stereotypes with de photocopies and make a debate about different societys and their prejudices (UK, USA and Spain, reasons about stereotypes, how it works in Sapin...)
   To finish we did a 'listening' exercise: listen the discourse and relate it to the photo.
   Here are the answers: 1 speech-photo D;
   2 Sp-Ph A; 3 Sp-Ph C; 4 Sp-Ph E; 5 Sp-Ph B.

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2. 
   noelia ceballos20 de noviembre de 2012 13:51

   Hi Kate and classmates!
   
   I'll see you tomorrow but now I'm going to summarize our last English class or same points I keep in my mind.
   
   The main subject we were working on was "The stereotypes" that are present in our society and that can be harmful or harmless for us. In my opinion, it was an interesting topic in order to know our opinion and to learn useful vocabulary about describing people and cultures.
   
   On the other hand, I remember the beautiful song "Sitting on the dock of the bay" which expresses freedom and emotions.
   
   Greetings to everyone!;)
   
   Noe

For Con B2 Thurs.

Almost forgot!  Funny video clip connected with tomorrow's activity and to do if there is time.




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B1.3 Friday (last class)

Last class, we did an active review of the different tenses with mixer cards that contrasted tenses in a conversational context. We did p. 9 in bk. including preparing dialogs for next Fri.

Hmwk: Read p. 10, study #3 on p. 11 and Gerunds and Infinitives on this blog ( I think March).

As for "The Simpsons" I have realized there are no subtitles in English as there are on my DVD - which is a problem. I will try to look for a link with subtitles or solve this another way.  :)

B1.3 and all classes

Error Correction Code

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Con B1

We are going to do Stereotypes, as this topic came up spontaneously in the first Con B1 class and the following exercises are interesting for Conversation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1MSOfY2xcE6PoPY_FkZSAlbXyIJKSMuypBsA9xTN64/edit

Talking about stereotypes

Image of Your Culture

For Con. B2

Though we probably won't have time to do it today, if you read this , please do and download "Facebook and You" dated July 4th. It's very enjoyable.  :)

Friday B1.3 Fun audiovisual assignment The Simpsons episode

Dear Class,

Since we will be shortening the class by a bit because of my play, I am assigning a  viewing of a Simpson episode we can relate to the theme of Unit 1 for you to do at home and write answers to the discussion questions, which we will quickly do in class on Friday the 23rd.

The Simpsons’ : Milhaus Falls in Love

Previewing questions:

Pre-viewing questions  (Discuss in small groups.)

Have you ever watched an episode of The Simpsons?

Do you frequently watch it?

Do you remember the name of the town where they live?

Can you describe the members of the Simpson family?

What do they look like?  What are they like?

Study vocab., read questions watch video and answer questions

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For Conversation B.2

For Tuesday: Do the exercises connected with the song. Listen to the lyrics of "At Last" and then write the words to your favorite song and be prepared to talk about why you like it. To exchange songs, post your choice with link and your explanation of why you like it. Download and print "Talking About Music",
and "Layla" on blog both posted on May 7th and "Ironic" posted on May 8.

Also download, print and prepare "Love Story Vocabulary" posted on July 7th.

For Conversation B1

For Monday: Look at the first post entered in blog - the only one for January. Read and listen to song. (Nuria, Betsa and others, I think you will like this).

Look at the photo and using google or YouTube find out the connection between the photo and the song. Answer the questions about the photo. Post your favorite love song and lyrics.

As a follow-up, download and print the posts "Talking About Music" and "Sitting on the Dock of a Bay"
Both on block with date May 7th.

For all CLasses

A youtube clip with an optomistic vision of Spain  :)... and subtitles in Spanish.

Watch to talk about in class. Make a note of anything you DON'T understand and write some questions for discussion.  For next week.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUFMxmIoFRc&feature=share

Conversation B2

Read and answer the questions for B1 and look at the first post from last January.

Also answer these questions:

How do you feel about Obama's victory?

What were the 5 constituencies ( groups of voters) that voted predominately for Obama and why?

What 4 constituencies did Romney pick up the majority of the vote with? Why do you think they voted for him?

Do you think that hurricane Sandy had an impact on the election results? Why or why not?

What were the main differences between the 2 candidates in domestic policy in terms of.
1. the economy and taxes
2.social issues

What do you think the Obama victory shows about the US population and electorate?

Now find out the meaning of the following words or expressions and their relevance to the election:

- the electoral college

- swing states / battleground states

- voter registration

- ballots / provisional ballots

-grassroots movements

- gap (in percentage of votes)

- gaffe / open mic (microphone)

- the auto bailout

- a nailbiter / the Florida recount of 2000 (punch-card ballots)

- a landslide / a mandate

- "coat-tails"

-Citizens United / Superpacs

Conversation B1 for Wednesday

Look at the posts ( entradas) about vowel sounds with audio, as we will do a little of this in class. They are from the month of March.

Also come prepared to talk about the following questions connected with the election:

-What do think of Barack Obama?

- Were you excited about or impressed by his election 4 years ago?

- Has he disappointed you since then? Why or why not?

- Do you think his presidency has changed the image of the US in Europe? Why or why not and how?

-What is your impression of Mitt Romney?

What are some similarities and differences between the Spanish and US political systems and governments?

Between the  political elections and campaigns here and in the US.

If you have time, look at the first (oldest) post from January 25th, especially the photo.

For both conversation classes

Con B1s 
There is no new material to upload or print. We will finish things we have half done and I will bring in anything new. 
15.30 to 17.30 A lot of you have been absent this past week. Please bring a few family photos  ( can be on your mobile phone.)

18.30 to 20.30 Bring in sheet from Ghost and the Astrology Listening.
  Con B2 
Download and print the Bank Scene From GHOST and study the vocabulary.  Click on"entradas antiguas"  on the bottom right until you find it. The date is May 8.
We will finally do the video clip about Romney, time permitting.


For all 3 groups
I received this letter from a friend in the US. It sums up very well some of the things we discussed about Halloween.:

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Happy Halloween from Gene Krackehl, LLC Dear Kate, Halloween has always been a special time for me. It gives some the opportunity to dress up and have parties, a time when Seances are done and Quija Boards are taken out of the closet. Through the ages it has been a very sacred time when we honor our ancestors -- a time when the veils between the worlds are thinner so that we can see "the other side" of life, a time when our ancestors come to visit. This is also thought to be a time when your potential for "magical creation" is at its highest. Whatever your beliefs and practices may be, I wish you a time of deep introspection, celebration and connection -- an opportunity for you to truly look at your life, celebrate what you've achieved, clearly see where it's headed and realize what its true purpose really is. Happy Halloween!!!  With warmest regards, Gene

For B1.3 Friday class

Since we are not having class either this Friday ( "bridge") or next Friday (holiday), I assigned more homework than usual.
 - From the Workbook, pages 5, 6 (crossword only) and 7.
Do the following exercise about the present perfect or simple past.

Finally, write a minimum of 100 words about your first week at the university.
You can keep it to give me in class or email to.
kate@kseley.jazztel.es (preferred) or kateseley@gmail.com
FINALLY PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE ARE GOING TO START THE CLASS AT 15.30 INSTEAD OF 16.00 BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY.