Monday 20th Wednesday 22nd April

Hi class, how are you? I'm sure ok enjoying some free time...  maybe you're also having fun doing your homework, as at last I asked you to record yourselves while reading... I hope you find this activity useful and funny. Although at first you may think it's ridiculous, believe me, it isn't at all... you'll see.


These days we have finished lesson 3 and we have started working with some phrasal verbs, I know  this can be a bit frustrating since they are a lot, but little by little you will learn how to use them. Also we have worked with pronounciation, focusing this week on silent letters; it was very funny.


On Monday we started working with a new audio-book as well. As last course we did and you liked we will do again. This time we are listening a Sherlock Holmes' case... let's see how the story goes on next Monday.

I hope you enjoy this activity.

Be good, have fun, see you in class!

Monday 13th Wednesday 15th April

Hi ladies, how are you? I hope you're fine afer these days of our "strange"week... Well from this moment on everything will be as usual. Thanks for your cooperation.



These days we have worked a lot with comparative and superlative adjectives. All your activities were right, very well done, so I think we don't need to stop to complete  mote activities or to give more explanation... don't you think? This is just a note for you to remember:

Also we have done many listening and speaking practice, related to clothes and so on. Your role-play activities were also very well. I'm very happy with your improvement in pronounciation, it makes me very happy to see that you take this very serious.


Talking about listening you will have to listen again to complete the activity. Although it can be done without listening I prefer you to ttry again as we did in class, I mean, first without looking at the trasnscrip and then... if needed you can have a look. You then answer the questions on page 34, ok?


http://www.elllo.org/english/1051/1091-Alex-Clothes.htm





To go on with your homework, please, complete activities on pages 31 and 32 as well.


That's all girls.


Be good, have fun, see you in class!

Bye!

Monday 6th Wednesday8th April

Hello girls! How are you after these days of holiday? I hope you have rested and you have had lots of fun; now it's time to work a bit hard to get good results in the last term, ok? Are you ready?


Well, these days we have worked with comparative and superlative adjectives; by the end of the second term we had seen comparative and now we have finished and introduced the superlative. As you could see it has no difficulty at all. We will finish next week.


We have paid lots of attention to pronounciation as well. I know that sometimes it seems a bit difficult but it isn't! Working with phonetics is very useful and the more you practice the sooner you enjoy speaking, believe me.


Remember you have to finish the activities on page 179 and the text on page 30 (class book) If you have any question or doubt don't hesitate and ask me, ok? I will be pleased to help you.


That's all today.


Be good,have fun, see you in class!

Bye

Monday 23rd Wednesday 25th March

Hello girls! How are you? We are on holiday!! I hope you enjoy these days and the time we have to rest and relax to come back with lots of energy to face the last term. These months you have worked very hard, so you deserve some days to disconnect for a while.


These days we have continued with our lesson, focusing on comparative adjectives, I think you're doing very well since you remember many things we studied last course. Also we have practised pronounciation and intonation, improving this area.


The last day we were watching a very interesting video about a different way to celebrate Easter. We discovered that the origin of this celebration, once again, is not Christian but pagan... very interesting!! So from now on we can celebrate the coming of spring, don't you think?? Well, as we said... it's up to you.


Remember I asked you to write a composition about Easter. I don't mind if you prefer writing about Easter itself or about your plans, or what you have done, ok? Just organize your writing in different and well separated paragraphs and use the appropiate verbal tense: GOING TO to talk about plans, PAST SIMPLE if you tell about what you have done or PRESENT SIMPLE if you want to talk about general ideas about this festivity.


That's all, ladies.


I really hope you have a great time.


Be good, have fun, see you in class (6th April)

Monday 16th Wednesday 18th March

Hello ladies, how's it going? I guess you're waiting for some holidays, aren't you? Me too, now all of us are tired and we need a little rest. But Easter is coming and we'll rest for a week very very soon.


Well, these days we have been working with lots of voc and listening activities. Also with many conversations to improve your pronunciation... that makes very very happy since you're doing a great effort.


We have revised phonetics, too; as you know the more you practise the better results you'll get. Don't forget that we are learning a different language and we have to take into account all the differences with our mother tongue. But you're doing better and better, although I must admit I'm always insisting on your practice.


Last 17th March we learnt many interesting facts about Saint Patrick's Day, legends, traditions, celebrations.... we read about his life and some poems related to his religious work. It was very good, wasn't it?


Remember you have to complete page 18 for homework. And don't forget you can ask me all the questions or doubts you may have, ok?

That's all.


Be good, have fun, see you in class!

Monday 9th Wednesday 11th March

Hi ladies!! How are you? Maybe thinking about your weekend... it seems spring so it feels like going out all the time... I hope you enjoy a lot!!


These days we have been busy revising many things. Phonetics, lots of voc related to clothes, more voc related to food... It seems it doesn't have a lot to do with the main topic... but when revising countable and uncountable nouns it's useful. Here you have some tips:

We practised many listening activities and also speaking. To be honest, I'm very happy with your job. You're working very hard these weeks, but that's what you are coming for, aren't you? Ok. You did a very good job and I'm really satisfied.

We continued with the first lesson of our new books, completing activities and playing games... I think this week  was more relaxed, as you asked and I promised.

Just one second to remind you what's your homework. I'd like you to complete the dialogue you can find on pages 9 and 10. You have to separate the three jumbled shopping conversations into dialogue 1, dialogue 2 and dialogue 3. Take your time in order to do your best; the activity is easy but it can take you more time than you expect because you have to write 3 conversations, ok?

All right my dear ladies, that's all today. I really wish you a happy happy weekend.

Be good, have fun, see you in class!

Monday 2nd Wednesday 4th March

Hello dear ladies! How are you? Tired... I know. I promised to have a "light" class last day but we haven't... I'm very sorry, especially because these days you're working very very hard. Next week we'll have lighter classes, ok?

These days we finished the revision of simple present and present continuous. You did very good homework and I think you don't have any probem with the use of these tenses. As I said, now it's time to improve pronounciation, ok? We were practising listening activities in which we had to join the sounds. I always tell you the importance of this because in order to get a natural accent is very important not to stop after every single word. And I know I repeat this a lot. But, please: try harder.

And also we started using our new books. I hope you like it and find it useful since you can go on practising the listening activities we do in class. You'll tell me next day if you did better at home, ok?
To start the lesson we first introduced some voc related to clothes. And to make things more interesting we revised phonectics. I'm happy with your job.

Remember that you have homework to do. Translate the article we were working with by the end of the class, ok? We saw lots of voc so it's not difficult.


That's all. I hope you enjoy the weekend and rest a while. You deserve!

Be good, have fun, see  you in class!

Bye!!