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Category Archives: Materials & Resources
Handouts this week!
Improving your fluency and accuracy by using Communicative Strategies (Oral drilling) I’ve given all my groups (Quinto, Tercero) the doc here called: What’s the word for…? For Y3’s this is very interesting because you will consolidate your relative clauses. For … Continue reading
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Tagged communicative strategies, grammar, Quinto, speaking, Tercero
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8 de marzo – celebrando el feminismo
Posted in Activism, Materials & Resources, News & Announcements, Thoughts
Tagged feminism, March 8
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Your contributions! More writings by Avanzado 2 students!
I just published / I’ve just published three articles by Y5 students on Articles – Writing – Your Stuff at talkingpeople.net: The Mayan Riviera: Paradise!, by María José Malpica (Y5B, 2013-14) Paradise Near Málaga, by Carmen de Paz (Y5B, 2013-14) … Continue reading
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Tagged Quinto, reading, writing
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Your self-evaluation
Remember that on the Page here with Eval Worksheets you’ll find the link to the School’s website, where you’ll find a downloadable document so you can assess your work and learning. Remember I’m interested in getting a copy, for the … Continue reading
(edited) For my students: about the movie project and this blog
Couldn’t find the link, today in class, to the Movie Project explanation, and it was in your CLASS DIARIES!! Do you ever check them out? 😀 😀 😀 One thing I’m wondering is if I should put more time and … Continue reading
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Tagged blog updates, Quinto, Tercero
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Students’ evaluation of their learning
Last week you evaluated teachers. Thanks for your feedback! This week it’s your turn: you need to meditate on your own role in your learning. Due to cuts, we can’t give you all paper copies of this, but we have … Continue reading
Spain: Women’s Actions! An artist designing Direct Nonviolent Actions!
Yolanda Domínguez is an artist who has been designing amazing feminist Nonviolent Direct Actions (NVDA), the latest of which is this ironic feminist action, where we women are going (2014) to the Chamber of Commerce to register our bodies as … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, Spain
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Webpages at TP which we checked out briefly in class
Prepositions (because of the cloze test in the R. C.): I need to include AT + AGE. US/UK Englishes: if you check “Spelling” (mostly) out, don’t try to learn it all. Try to consolidate what you know first, and jot … Continue reading
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Tagged Quinto, US/UK English
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Because I don’t follow a textbook all the time…
(because at the Advanced level I try to teach grammar depending on your personal needs for you have spent years learning grammar in theory and in silence), because I don’t follow a textbook in all the work we do in … Continue reading
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Tagged Quinto, speaking, writing
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VERY IMPORTANT READ /riid/, CRUCIAL
Even if you are not involved in collecting signatures in support of this, or joining in with your own, you should read this, about Communications Surveillance! We need to be aware, and if possible, get involved in the defence of … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural info, human rights, teamwork, the world
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The Movie Project – Reminder and script!
Just a post to remind you that in our last February lesson in the third Feb week you should be talking about the movie you’ve been watching at home for the past months. You should be sharing your fav scenes, … Continue reading
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Tagged movies/films, Quinto
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We’re going to crush the Exam!
So don’t you worry! 😉 No exam on earth is going to destroy our enjoying learning English!! Have a lovely English-speaking weekend! ❤
EOI Exam Format: Multiple choice listening tests
EOIs Asturias. Multiple choice with 10 questions. It includes the key. Please, use the underlining technique, read the instructions and the questions before listening. Listen twice. Jot down your results and tell me how you did, if you like. Intermedio … Continue reading
Feb 6: Against FGM
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) growing in Spain International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation The dangers of FGM, by the Hunger Project Audio: BBC radio programme
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Are you listening to English every day?
Hiya there! Just a reminder. There is no way you can learn to speak a language well if you don’t listen to it as part of your everyday life. There’s an extra bonus: you won’t feel that kind of paralizing … Continue reading
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Tagged Quinto, Tercero
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For all my students (homework for the weekend)
Download the Guide to Certificate Exams (PUCs) and read it. Jot down your questions for me in class. Remember I only answer questions about exams in class, at Plenary. PUCs_guia_2012-13 (35 pdf pages) Tip: Don’t print it – it’s old and … Continue reading
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Tagged Quinto, Tercero
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Message for Raquel (Y5A)
Rachel, I sent you an email. I found a book you might want to borrow! 🙂
Your Projects. Y5B has a plan now! One Crazy Summer
As you can see in our schedule for January, we’re having the a lesson for projects at the end of this month. 5CAL has decided they will just do the Audiobook Project, consolidation stage, and then if time allows I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged 5A, 5B, 5CAL, audiobooks, books, Quinto, reading, speaking
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Plans & What We Did In Class 