Exam writing models

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These are some examples of good writing.

The Canterville Ghost

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This is the reader we are going to start working on next week: The Canterville Ghost + cd. Vicens Vives. Black Cat Reading and Training. B1.2 level.
ISBN 978-84-316-8887-5
Book + CD
pp. 112
Audio Book

Women that blazed a trail

Today I'd like to post a link to a Spanish map that shows schools with the name of women who blazed a trail and should be included in history books.

Would you like to write a composition about any of these pioneers?

What are the best cities in the world?

Do you agree with this article from Hot English Magazine?
You may also listen to it as well.

Different types of learners

When you are next in a classroom ask yourself these questions to think about how you learn:

• When I hear a new word do I need to see it written down to know how it’s spelt?
• Am I interested in grammar and how English tenses are put together?
• Are my notes kept neatly in a methodical way?
• Do I keep a personal dictionary of newly learnt words?
• Does my personal dictionary help me to remember the words?
• How easy do I find it to hear differences in sounds?
• Does drawing pictures of new words help me to remember them in English?
• Does touching an object help me to remember what it’s called?
• Do I enjoy listening to the teacher and taking notes?
• Do I prefer working on my own or with other people?
• Do I know why I’m learning English?

This list of questions is obviously limited but it’s a good start towards becoming a more effective learner. The more you are aware about your dominant intelligences in the learning process the more you can exploit them to make learning a more enjoyable and rewarding journey. - See more at: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/business-magazine/multiple-intelligences#sthash.ugBNZEa1.dpuf



Immersion Course

You may meet the criteria to participate in this intensive English course.

Becas para la participación en un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés:Extracto de la Resolución de 17 de febrero de 2016, de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades, por la que se convocan becas para la participación en un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés en España, destinadas a estudiantes de Bachillerato, de Grado Medio de Formación Profesional, de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, de Enseñanzas Deportivas, de Enseñanzas Profesionales de Música y Danza y de Idiomas de Nivel Intermedio y Avanzado, para el año 2016.

If you feel your smartphone is hurting your health or relationships, the answer may be yes

You check it in the bathroom. You check it at the movies. You check it when you’re having dinner with your friends. But you wouldn’t say you’re addicted—and most experts would agree with you.

“Only a small percentage of people qualify as addicted,” says Dr. David Greenfield, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut and founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. “But many people overuse their smartphones.”

The line between overuse and addiction is gray. But Greenfield says you’re moving into addiction territory when you can’t stop using your phone even when it’s harming your life. Whether you’re in a work meeting or behind the wheel, “if you can’t help being on it even when you know you shouldn’t be, that loss of control is the hallmark of an addiction,” he says.

Guided visit

As a reminder for those attending the exhibition, http://www.exposicioncleopatra.es/

 

February 29th

Some poetry for today by Jane Hirshfield

An extra day—   Like the painting’s fifth cow, who looks out directly, straight toward you, from inside her black and white spots.   An extra day— Accidental, surely: the made calendar stumbling over the real as a drunk trips over a threshold too low to see.   An extra day—   With a second cup of black coffee. A friendly but businesslike phone call. A mailed-back package. Some extra work, but not too much— just one day’s worth, exactly.   An extra day—   Not unlike the space between a door and its frame when one room is lit and another is not, and one changes into the other as a woman exchanges a scarf.   An extra day—   Extraordinarily like any other. And still there is some generosity to it, like a letter re-readable after its writer has died.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Garden of Earthly Delights is a story about moral and sin in a particular time. The painting however is timeless. The journey that the visitor sets out on in the interactive documentary is a personal one. Beneath the surface we aim to invite the visitor to reflect upon and question their sins and morals. Enjoy going on a guided tour or just roam at will.

 

Adverts

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Here we have very easy Jobs and nice holiday proposals. Write down your reply in the comment section, please.

Easily confused adjectives

Osiris, Isis and Serapis

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This is Eloisa's magnificent presentation:

Osiris.isis from Majorick

Debod Temple

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This is Sheila's beautiful presentation on Debod Temple:

 

Debod Temple is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid. It is an authentic Egyptian temple built in the 2nd century BC, at the village of Devod.

The temple was built originally 15 Km south of Aswan (southern Egypt), very close to the first cataract of the Nile and to the great religious center dedicated to the goddess Isis, in Philae. In the early 2nd century BC, Adikhalamani (Tabriqo), the Kushite king of Meroë, started its construction by building a small single room chapel dedicated to the god Amun.
It was built and decorated on a similar design to the later Meroitic chapel on which the Temple of Dakka is based.

From the quay, a long processional way leads to the stone-built enclosure wall, through three stone pylon gateways and finally to the temple itself.
The pranaos, which had four columns with composite capitals collapsed in 1868, and is now lost. Behind it lay the original sanctuary of Amun, the offering table room and a later sanctuary with several side-rooms and stairs to the roof.

In 1960, due to the construction of the Great Dam of Aswan and the consequent threat posed to several monuments and archeological sites, UNESCO made an international call to save this rich historical legacy.  As a sign of gratitude for the help provided by Spain in saving the temples of Abu Simbel, the Egyptian state donated the temple of Debod to Spain in 1968.

How would you like to pay?

Are the days of paying by cash for a latte or a newspaper nearly gone? Alice and Neil discuss Neil's fondness for loose change...

Listen to this BBC Radio programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03j6pr0
What vocabulary did you learn?
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The benefits of reading in English

ELT Learning Journeys. Posted on November 17, 2015 by Daniel Vincent 

     

First and foremost, reading is one of the best ways to increase vocabulary and to consolidate your understanding of grammar. Not only will you come across many new words and phrases in context, you’ll also see grammatical structures laid out on the page that you may have heard in conversation but not quite yet worked out. With repeated exposure to the same vocabulary and language patterns, you’ll find they begin to make their way into your spoken English as well. In this way, reading helps speed up the normal language learning process that sees passive comprehension become active knowledge. In short, provided you’re also practicing conversation, the more you read, the more quickly your spoken English will improve.

Speaking pairs for February exam

Monday and Wednesday group

Monday, February 22nd
18:30 Carmen P - Belén M

Wednesday, February 24th
18h      Gabriel G - Petra P
18:30   Pilar S  - Esther R

Monday, February 29
16:30  Violeta P - Gema C
17h     Carlos A - Antonia M
17:30  Mariano V - Jara Q
18h     Sandra P - Aser V
18:30  Soraya G - Vicente P

Wednesday, March 2
16:30  Juan Carlos C - Jesús G
17h     Juan Carlos M - Carmen G
17:30  Yolanda R - Alejandra G
18h     Cristina R - Manuel R
18:30  Cristina G - Agustín S

Tuesday and Thurday Group

 Thursday, Feb 25
18h      Sonsoles A - Olivier S
 18:30  David C - Matías M

Tuesday, March 1
16h     Inés G  - Horacio G
16:30  Eloísa D - Sheila R
17h     Pablo E - Alfonso P
17:30  Jorge G - Carolina D
18h     Maite G - Zarko J
18:30  Eva M - Margarita R

Thursday, March 3
16:30  Irene V - Marta M
17h     Marta Mayo - M.ª Luisa R
17:30  Kelly A - Laura G
18h     Asier M - Asunción E
18:30  Ana B - Gloria C

Serapis, Osiris's judgement and Isis

This is Esther's wonderful presentation on Egypt.

Being bilingual changes the arquitecture of your brain

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Why not working on this  cloze text? We'll be talking about it when coming back to class after exams and it may give you extra trainning as well.

Being bilingual changes the architecture of your brain from Majorick

How to express likes

Learn how to say what you really like. Maybe it's Chinese food?!