WEEK 18 21ST - 27TH APRIL 2014

Hi,

Did you enjoy your holidays? I hope so.

We had a class to improve vocabulary through video.

We looked at a lot of vocabulary related to going to the dentist. We watched Mr. Bean at the dentist, we checked vocabulary related to everyday life too.

There were different questions after the videos. We talked about going to the dentist: how often do you go? Do you like going to the dentist?

We also reviewed pronunciation of third person singular in present and also regular past verbs. We described the scenes in English using the vocabulary we have just learned.

All our classes were aimed at improving your conversational and communicative skills.

During the lessons:

• We have used the video to learn more vocabulary and use it when describing the video clips.
• We have worked a lot on vocabulary and structures. 
• We have focused on improving our pronunciation.
• We have discussed topics as "travelling" and "learning a language".
• We have had listenings related to the topics in the syllabus.
• We have learnt vocabulary related to those areas.
• We have used conversation as a means of improving your speaking abilities.
• We have worked collaboratively as a way of learning from peers.

Sonia

WEEK 17 7TH - 13TH ABRIL 2014

Hello students,

How are you doing?

On Monday we had our last session about learning a foreign language. As we had a lesson on learning online the previous class, we continued creating more ideas on the topic. You wrote questions about learning online and you had to interview all your classmates and write their answers, then we checked them on the board. After that, we had a multiple choice quiz which everybody answered quickly.

Sergio had to describe a picture and the rest drew the picture according to Sergio’s directions. It was fun and the best part was to see what everybody had drawn!!!

Then we moved on to our next topic: health and fitness. We started a mind map with the following tags:

• ·      Doctors
• ·      Illnesses
• ·      Parts of the body
• ·      Administration
• ·      Places

We started with parts of the body, we saw more vocabulary related to body parts. We also had a look at vocabulary for symptoms.

HOMEWORK

Read and complete the handout about symptoms for next class.

We will continue working on the topic next class after Easter. Class starts on 21^st. Since then have a great time, enjoy yourselves, relax and review please.

Have a great holiday!!!

Sonia

WEEK 16 31st March - 6th April 2014

Hello students,

How are you doing?

On Monday we had a look at several ideas about learning online. We had a bit of talking about online learning. All of you preferred face-to-face classes, where you have teacher-centred environments.

We talked about different websites that can help you in your day-to-day learning like: KHANACADEMY where you can learn maths, science, etc.

Then we had a lesson plan centered on learning online and we listened to some teachers explaining their ideas about it. We had a jumbled-sentence exercise, a listening-gap exercise and we also had a role-play discussion in which you realised the difficulty to hold and defend positions.

This is the link to the lesson we saw on Monday: learning with technology 

HOMEWORK

There are a lot of documents but if you scroll down the page:

you will get to number 10: multiple choice quiz, please do it and we will correct it next Monday.

number 13: online learning discussion, please complete A and B and we can try to have a discussion about it on Monday.

Just to finish, please have a look at this dictionary:

visual.merriam-webster

If you have any problem, please contact me at my email address.

Have a nice week.

See you on Monday

Sonia

WEEK 15 24TH - 30TH MARCH 2014

Hello students,

How are you this week?

First, I want to welcome Jessi to our class. It was great to meet her!!!

We started with a game: silly sentence. It was fun, wasn´t it?

Then we moved to finish our handout about comparatives and superlatives: the more you study, the more you learn or the one we saw in class: the sooner, the better. To practise more please click on the following link:   

the more the more

Then we learned more vocabulary about learning and high school: to cram: are you cramming for the exam? and also verbs with exam: to pass, to fail, to sit for, to take an exam. We also learned

new phrasal verbs: get through, hand in, get on, get down to. 

education idioms: a piece of cake, as easy as ABC

idiomatic expressions: play hooky, learn by heart, teacher's pet and my favourite: you are the apple of my eyes!!!

vocabulary referring to people: cheater, eager beaver, bookworm, copycat.

Then we watched a video about high school rules and we answered true/false statements.

Then we talked more about learning a language through a game: snake and ladders.

OK, students, I hope you revise and take the exam I mentioned in the previous class!!

Have a nice week.

See you on Monday

Sonia