Mes: octubre 2020

General

Halloween Treats (without the Tricks)

ANA CARMEN SANCHEZ PENA

Today’s Halloween is going to be different and weird, no doubt.
Here are a couple of ‘treats’ for you to have a look at, so that nobody can say that we have not done any Halloween-related activities this 2020 October 😉

  • You surely have read about all this before but, if you feel like brushing up your knowledge, see this interesting post about  The Origins of Halloween
  • This lovely Halloween song for kids can help you revise and learn some ‘spooky’ vocabulary
  • And… This 31st October is special for one reason: tonight here will be a Blue Moon. A blue moon only happens on Halloween approximately every 19 years! So don’t forget to have a look at the sky at night and check if the colour of the moon is a little bit more bluish than usual. And remember the English idiom «once in a blue moon«: a blue moon Samhain certainly only happens ‘once in a blue moon’.
  • Here is the wonderful song Blue Moon’ you must have heard a lot of times before. This is the original version by Al Bowlly, from 1936.

These are the lyrics:
Blue moon you saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper «Please adore me»
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold!
Blue moon!
Now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Enjoy a quiet Samhain night!

Classes A, B & E

Week 26-29 October

ANA CARMEN SANCHEZ PENA

Hi guys! Here is this week’s work to do at home.

◊  From OPEN WORLD:

–  FIGHTING FIT. Getting Started. p.14. Do the LISTENING exercise (ex.2 & 3). How would you briefly answer the three questions in ex.4? No need to do ex.5 on page 15 (we’ll have a look at it in class).

–  VOCABULARY Health and fitness p.15. exerc.1 to 3. Have a look at ex.4 too, and think about possible ideas for a conversation based on the ideas suggested -see Key on page 288 for some sample questions.

◊ All about Reported Speech from Perfect English Grammar.

Read the explanations attentively and do the exercises on the site. There is everything you need to know to use Reported Speech correctly!

◊ More online practice on the use of Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous:

Present perfect simple and present perfect continuous

◊   LISTENING ‘ABBA’ : listening comprehension activity + exercise on question formation.   (Files also on Teams/Archivos)

exercise             audio 1             audio 2


HOMEWORK GROUP E (Monday class) ???

(not for the rest of groups if you plan to attend our lesson next week)

–  Open World: READING and USE of ENGLISH  No age, no limit pp.16-17. Do the proper reading exercises 2 and 3. Think about what you might answer to the questions posed in 1, 4 and 5 (just your ideas, no need to research online)

–  KEY to the photocopy ‘A Short Story‘:

a) He wrote an email which had a negative comment about his boss’s wife in it and he accidentally sent it to his boss. He was sacked.

b) 2 quite/ 3 well/ 4 aggressive/ 5 frequently/ 6 new/ 7 fond/ 8 quick/ 9 immediately/ 10 An hour later

d) At that moment/ As soon as/ Ten minutes later/ One morning in September/ just in time

…………………………..

Take care of yourselves and others! CU in a few days!

Classes A, B & E

Week 19-22 October

ANA CARMEN SANCHEZ PENA

Hi again!  By now most of you will have been in class and had some time to become familiar with the coursebook, the ‘technological’ issues and everything else. Those I have not met yet, please try to get updated on the book exercises and activities we have done in these past two weeks.

I expect you already have

1.  Your Open World Student’s book + class audios, answer key and scripts (Workbook optional)

2.  Your Educastur user name and password + your 365 account

and that you can access Teams without problems and join our «equipo» AnaCarmen B2.1. I will be periodically uploading the FILES you will need to study at home and do your homework to the section Archivos. From there you can easily download the files onto your personal device.

And… here are this week’s Self-study tasks. Try to do your best and complete them before next week’s lesson.

◊ ‘Open World’

  • Grammar reference p.204, Present perfect simple and continous: grammar rules and exercises
  • Listening A breakdown in comunication p.12. Listen to it thrice, then check your answers and read the script in detail to find out where you had problems. Listen one more time while reading the text.
  • Read the stories on pages 12 and 13 (Alice’s experience of taking the train and The lost suitcase (plus spelling exercise). Pay attention to the key facts and vocabulary in the stories. Would you be able to tell the stories in your own words in next class?

◊  Revision of Question formation and basic Indirect Questions

◊  Online practice on the use of Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous

◊  Extra Listening from your Open World Workbook, Starter Unit, audio 02. If you don’t have a Workbook, download the files from Teams. If your group is Thursday B2.1 A or B and you have been in class on Thursday 16th, you have already done this listening exercise in the lesson -you can always listen to it once more if you wish  😉   (Files also on Teams/Archivos)
exercise            audio              key            script

Classes A, B & E, General

Información importante sobre Prueba de Promoción

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Probablemente en este nivel no sea vuestro caso, pero os informo igualmente. Si alguno/a de vosotro/as es alumno/a de NUEVO INGRESO en el sistema (primera vez que os matriculáis en una EOI regional o nacional; si habéis entrado con la prueba de Certificación ya no es nuevo ingreso), existe la posibilidad de realizar una prueba de promoción para acceder a un curso superior a este en el que estáis matriculado/as.

En los grupos B2.1 A, B y E, esta prueba se llevará a cabo la semana del 19 al 22 de octubre, cada subgrupo en su hora y día de clase. Si alguna persona estuviera interesada en presentarse a la prueba, siempre y cuando cumpla el requisito de ser alumno/a de nuevo ingreso, deberá asistir a clase sin falta la semana del 19-22 de octubre para realizarla.

Si hubiera cualquier problema, por favor ponéos en contacto conmigo en mi correo electrónico.

Classes A, B & E, General

WELCOME!

ANA CARMEN SANCHEZ PENA

You are all very welcome to this brand-new blog!

I hope that, in these difficult and uncertain times, this blog will help us to keep in touch. 

This is the textbook we’ll be using:

Open World B2  First. Self-study pack (with answers, workbook and audio files). Cambridge University Press.

There is a pack whose book includes the section English for Spanish Speakers. This is its ISBN: ISBN 978-8-490-36910-4  Student’s Book with answers (English for Spanish Speakers)

There is another pack without this section, but which still includes the rest of components (answers, audio files and workbook). That one is fine too.

I expect to meet you regularly in the weekly lesson,  especially now that the number of hours of class per week at the school has been substantially reduced. The «new norm» contemplates more homework and self-study in order to meet B2.1 requirements, and part of it will involve working on online resources or on activities uploaded to certain online educational sites that our EOI will be using. 

In order to GET STARTED, please read the information below attentively, visit the links, and make sure that, as soon as possible, you get both EDUCASTUR ACCOUNT and OFFICE 365 ACCOUNT details. You’ll need them in order to use some educational online tools and applications that our EOI will be offering throughout the school year, so it is compulsory for each and every one of the students to have their own accounts.

> Credenciales Educastur y Office 365: qué son (pdf)

> Información en la web de Educastur

  • If you need to change your Educastur password because it has expired or is about to (they are only valid for one year), go to: Cambio de contraseña Educastur
  • To change your 365 password the first time it is generated by the system or whenever you need to: Cambio de contraseña 365

> Videotutorial sobre ambas cuentas, Educastur y Microsoft 365, qué son y cómo activarlas. Muy claro y fácil de seguir https://youtu.be/F0ZCRomLxb8

> Videotutorial elaborado Juan A. Fondón (EOI Langreo) sobre cómo conseguir las credenciales para acceder a Microsoft Office 365 y así poder acceder al correo Outlook, Teams, etc.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCowmFF1rI8

> Once you have got your 365 account, click on this link if you want to download Microsoft Office 365 and you need help: Obtener licencia Microsoft Office (pdf)

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That’s all for now. Once all of this is ready, we will be prepared to move a step further. And cross your fingers if, like myself, you are not a «techie»!