Class # 28 Wednesday 23/2/11

Part 1: Check HW (Phrasal Verbs, page 45)

Part 2: More info on Phrasal Verbs (page 43 + worksheet)

Part 3: Useful Phrases (page 44)

Part 4: Unit 4 Writing Assignment:Report (due Monday 7/3/11)

Class # 27 Monday 21/2/11

Part 1: Students' presentations. "Smoking" (page 42)

Part 2: Phrasal Verbs (page 43)

Part 3: Listening Test

Part 4: Useful Phrases: Common ailments/Recommendations-Advice (page 44)

HW: Phrasal verbs (page 45, exercises 2,3,4 and 5)

Question from students: The verb ADVICE

Advise: to give your opinion to someone about the best thing to do in a particular situation

I’m afraid I’m not able to advise you.

advise someone to do something:

Her doctor advised her to rest.

Students are advised to read all the questions carefully.

advise someone against something:

Police are advising the public against travelling in the fog.

advise someone that:

The bank advised us that we should increase our insurance cover.

advise that:

Experts advise that sunscreen should be reapplied on an hourly basis.

Class # 26 Friday 11/2/11

Part 1: Checking HW
Part 2: Speaking- "Annoying Habits"
Part 3: Listening- "How I met your mother"
Part 4: Discussions about the annoying habits presented in the episode + Do you watch TV shows in English?
Part 5: HW- Page 42: Read the text and prepare exercise 1 as a presentation for the class (2 min aprox). Some students will be recorded and will receive their speech via email so that they can listen closely to themselves and reflect on their strengths and weaknesses when speaking English.

Class # 25 Wednesday 9/2/11

(8C A time, 9C emotional, 10C talked, 11C shook, 12C met, 13C time, 14C fog, 15C offered)

Part 1: Checking HW.

Part 2: Practicing Phrasal Verbs by learning dialogues

Part 3: Self-evaluation (end-of-unit Test + "Recipe")/ Transformations Mark + Reading Mark

Part 4: For A1I17- Attending conference by James Dunne about English as an International Language

           For A1I19- Game to practice Verb Patterns (Verb + "to" infinitive, Verb + -ing)

Part 5: HW: Rephrasing+Cloze

See u tomorrow...

Conference on Wednesday @ 18:00: The importance of English as an International Language

Just a quick note to let you know that tomorrow we'll be attending a conference at 18:00 by an English Teacher Trainer. You know how important it is to listen to real English, specially for your level...
See u in class
Teresa

Class # 24 Monday 7/2/11

Part 1: Check HW
Part 2: Looking at Clozes from a different point of view + practice
Part 3: Reading Test
Part 4: Reading "Personal Challenges: Moonwalk" (Page 40)
Part 5: Speaking Interaction: Sports
Part 6: HW: Phrasal Verb Crossword

Question from students: What's the difference between IN FRONT OF - OPPOSITE

They are both PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE.

Compare:

• There's a bus stop in front of the school. (The bus stop is on the same side of the road as the school)-in front of is often the opposite of behind
• There's a bus stop opposite the school. (The bus stop is on the other side of the road)

Class # 23 Wednesday 2/2/11

Part 1: Checking HW
Pat 2: Speaking (page 39)
Part 3: Real English Listening http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4566124
Part 4: HW cloze (It will be part of your final Reading exam in May)

Reminder 1: Next Monday- Reading Test
Reminder 2: We have class next Friday  11/2/11

Class # 22 Monday 31/1/11

Part 1: Understanding Transformations (What types or grammatical/lexical structures are most frequently tested through Transformations?)

Part 2: Transformations exam (Writing Test # 3)

Part3: Listening and Vocabulary (page 38)

Part 4: Grammar Past Simple/Past Continuous/Past Perfect Simple/Past Perfect Continuous (page 39)

Part 5: HW Grammar Extra, page 134 (part 1) and page 135 (part 2)

PS: Learning a difficult grammatical structure ( WOULD RATHER + infinitive without "to" + THAN + infinitive withou "to") through art!

Roy Lichtenstein. (American, 1923-1997). Drowning Girl. 1963.

MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art)

The structure WOULD RATHER + infinitive without "to" + THAN + infinitive without "to" is equivalent to PREFER + -ING + TO + -ING

(I'd rather sink that call Brad for help/I prefer sinking to calling Brad for help)