2 Nivel Básico EOI Alcalá de Guadaíra

Hi there y'all,

Just wanted to welcome you all to the new course we're starting this afternoon, September 16th.

I hope this year will be as productive and fulfilling as last year, and hope we all can achieve the goals to be set out this afternoon in our first meeting session.

Just like last course, this blog alongside the school's website should work as a means of communication among students and the teacher, as well as a place to find useful information which you can use further on in the classroom.

Some assignments will also be set out so as to be fulfilled here. It is advisable to visit this blog once a week at least for that matter, especially if you won't be attending the classes for some time.

Cheers!

Hola a todos,

Para que no quede duda, escribo esta vez en castellano.

A nivel informativo, aquí tenéis el listado de alumnos según la destreza a la que deban presentarse en septiembre y por curso.

Escribidme si tenéis alguna duda, o poneos en contacto conmigo en la escuela antes del 30 de junio.

Un saludo!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/lcp/eoialcalacal/myfiles/EXAMENES-DE-SEPTIEMBRE.pdf

Wow, it's been a long time since we last met here, but so far, so good... here we are again!

And here're the solutions for the exercises on pages 62 and 63 in your Student's Book:

Grammar

1b, 2 a, 3c, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7b, 8c, 9a, 10 c

Vocabulary

mind, forget, dream of, need, decide, learn, hate, hope, try, start

into, over, to, round, through

play, went, does, goes, doing

Reading

a. 3

b. 1T, 2DS, 3T, 4F, 5T, 6T, 7DS

And here's a beautiful tune for you to listen to while correcting the exercises:

Lyrics:

C ya!

Which one do you prefer?

This band is Radiohead

And this gentleman here playing the trumpet is Miles Davis

Write a short comment about which one you prefer and why, or in case you don't like either, comment about the artist or the type of music that you prefer.

As promised, here're the solutions for the grammar, vocabulary and reading exercises on pages 35, 38, 39 and 131 in the student's book:

Tense Review. Page 35:

Present continous: I'm meeting her. Use C

Past simple: I saw an owl. Use B

Past continuous: I was drinking champagne. Use F

going to + infinitive: you're going to meet... Use A

will/won't+ infinitive: you'll have a meeting ... Use E

Page 38. Grammar:

1a, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5a, 6b, 7c, 8c, 9b, 10a

Vocabulary:

1 about, 2 after, 3 forward, 4 for, 5 with

1d, 2c, 3a, 4e, 5b

1 win, 2 forget, 3 sell, 4 teach, 5 send

Page 39. Reading:

1 T, 2 T, 3 DS, 4 F, 5 F, 6 F, 7 F

Page 131

A: 1i, 2h, 3a, 4b, 5c, 6d, 7f B: 1 shall I help, 2 won't tell, 3 I'll call, 4 I'll pay, 5 I won't forget, 6 shall I take

And here's the link to the long awaited CD1!!!

This week we started explaining how we can speak about our future plans and arrangements in English, or how we can make predictions based on present evidence about the future, as covered in Unit 3 A.

We did exercises 1 and 2 on page 28, and then we read the rules for 'going to' and 'present continuous' on page 130.

The solutions for 1 b are: 2 H, 3 A, 4 F, 5 G, 6 B, 7 I, 8 D and 9 E, and for 1 c are 2 R, 3 J, 4 M, 5 J, 6 R.

On Wednesday, I handed out a worksheet and we reviewed the issue. Then we practiced some listening (pages 27 - unit 2 revision - and 29). We explained how some verbs can have different meanings according to the 'particle' (mainly a preposition) following them (phrasal verbs). We practiced 'look for': try to find something, 'look forward to': wait with pleasure for something which is going to happen, and 'look after': be responsible for or take care of somebody or something.

For the last 30 minutes students wrote their first reading comprehension test this year. I hope to be able to give you the results on Monday.

Right click here and choose 'abrir enlace en una nueva ventana' to listen to the text above as you read along.

This week we finished unit 2. Homework for the weekend was pages 26 and 27 from the student's book. Here's the solutions key:

Grammar
1b, 2c, 3c, 4a, 5b, 6b, 7c, 8b, 9b, 10b

Vocabulary
a. Holiday verbs: 1 take, 2 go, 3 stay, 4 spend, 5 have
b. Prepositions: 1 at, 2 on, 3 in, 4 on, 5 at
c. Question words: 1 when, 2 who, 3 how many, 4 what, 5 which

Pronunciation
a. 1 wrote, 2 found, 3 choose, 4 when, 5 argue
b. information, horrible, photographer, suddenly, although

Reading
1 F, 2 T, 3 T, 4 F, 5 DS, 6 T, 7 F, 8 F

Pronunciation

Question words: /w/ and /h/ sounds

/w/ --> what, which, when, why, where
/h/ --> who, how, whose

Click here for more practice.

Students practiced intonation in questions to sound polite and/or interested in English.

Grammar and Speaking: Students were handed out a worksheet to practice questions with or without auxiliaries.

Homework: Reading, page 22, exercise 1 a&b