DATES FOR THE EXAM (SEPTEMBER)

DATES FOR THE EXAM (SEPTEMBER)

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2
Written exam: Tuesday 7th - 16:00
Oral exam: Wednesday 8th - 16:00

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2
Written exam: Thursday 9th - 16:00
Oral exam: Thursday 9th - After the written exam

DATES FOR THE EXAMS

DATES FOR THE EXAMS:
-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2:
Oral exam: Thursday, 3th June (16:00 h.)
Written exam: Tuesday, 8th June (16:00 h.)


-ADVANCED LEVEL - 2:
Written exam: Friday, 11th June (16:00 h.)
Oral exam: Friday, 11th June (after the written exam)

GOOD LUCK!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

READY FOR THE EXAM?
-A mock exam!
http://www.educa.madrid.org/portal/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=3889.26&c=an
-Click on the "Intermediate" sections and do the exercises. They'll be a good practice for you:
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/index.shtml
-Reading comprehension texts:
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/intermediate.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/first+certificate+in+english.html
-Practise all the skills for the exam. Just click on each of them and select your level:
http://www.eoi2zaragoza.org/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

REVISION EXERCISES:
-Here you have some practice about some/any and other related things:
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier2.htm
-Click on each modal verb first to revise the theory and then do the exercises:
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html
MORE ABOUT BRITISH CULTURE:
-Do you want to know more about British culture? Try this link:
http://www.learnenglish.de/britishculture.htm

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

Listening:
1. Do you remember Busted? Watch the video again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPleTbA9RI

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

UNIT - 11
READING:
1. Read the article about the British soldier again and write a summary (if this wasn't the article you read in class):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/16/soldier-wounded-afghanistan-dies-uk
2. Read the article about the kidnapped boy again and write a summary (if this wasn't the article you read in class):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/16/kidnapped-british-boy-sahil-saeed-found-safe-pakistan
GRAMMAR:
1. Passives: Some theory and a lot of exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
Here you have more practice about the passive voice:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm
2. Reading comprehension: Read the text "The Chocking Dog" and do the exercises:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

1- GRAMMAR:
-Revise the English verbal tenses in the following link:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses
-Revise prepositions as well here and don't forget to do exercises that you find at the back of the page:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions
2-READING:
-Do you like siesta? Read the following article and try it:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/21/naps-improve-learning-ability

READING SESSIONS

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2:
THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
-Read chapters 6 & 7 for next Tuesday 22 and do the exercises you can find at the end of the book.
ADVANCED LEVEL - 2:
HIGH FIDELITY
- We'll comment till chapter 10 next Thursday.

ENJOY YOUR READING

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

St. VALENTINE:

1. Listening:
Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oy0nR1Nhw
Here you have the lyrics:
http://www.u2.com/discography/lyrics/lyric/song/81/
2. Reading:
What's love for you? Read the following famous quotes. Do you agree with them?
http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/wordsofwisdom/a/whatislovequote.htm
3. A Game:
A funny trivia just to have fun:
http://kidsturncentral.com/games/trivia/vtrivia.htm

EXAMS

JANUARY EXAMS:
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2:
ORAL EXAM: Tuesday 26th: If you haven't signed at any time, be there at 16:00.
Don't come after 17:00. Otherwise, you can't do the exam.

WRITTEN EXAM: Thursday 28th: Be there at 15:50. It'll take about 3 hours.

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2:
WRITTEN EXAM: Monday 25th: Be there at 15:50. It'll take about 4 hours.
ORAL EXAM: Tuesday 26th: Be there at 18:00.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

UNIT - 4:
Grammar:
1- Apart from the outline and exercises we did in class, here you have more practice (and some theory too!) about prepositions:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions
2- A very good summary of English VERBAL TENSES:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses
Listening:
-Do you like challenges? Try this link:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/daily-english

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY!
We'll be 3 weeks without class. That's too much!
That's why I've prepared a handout (the one I gave you in class) for you to revise and practise something these holidays.
Remember the book we've selected for this year:
-Intermediate: "The Eagle of the Ninth". Read the first three chapters this Christmas.
-Advanced: "High Fidelity". Nick Hornby. Penguin. You can start reading it.
Try to listen to and read something in English (radio, TV, newspapers).
 Click in any of these links and listen to short pieces of news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8419800.stm
http://www.cnn.com/video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_freevideo+%28RSS%3A+Video%29#/video/nitn/latest/nitn
Thank you very much to those who came to the special Christmas class. I hope you enjoyed it.
Here you have a website where you can learn many curiosities about this season:
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Seasonal/Christmas.html
-Don't forget to practise the listening here:
http://esl-lab.com/gift/giftrd1.htm
-Do you have time for cooking? Do you want to surprise your family with new recipes?
http://www.dltk-kids.com/recipesdb/viewbycourse.asp?cid=7
-The Christmas message I've selected for this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eih_ybKdVXU

I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

CHRISTMAS PARTY

It's the last day of class for this year (2009) and we are having a special class related with Christmas. Then we will celebrate the end of the year together.
Enjoy us this Friday, 18 from 16:00 to 18:00.

HUMAN RIGHTS WORLD DAY

1º- Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
2º-Here you have the videos we listened to in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_IvXFEyJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Qw9QFHrZc

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

UNIT - 6:
1- GRAMMAR:
-Read these curious future predictions:
http://www.zuzu.org/pre.html
-Try the following exercises:
http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/exercise/future_for_predictions_test
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html
http://www.past-simple.com/Future-Simple.htm
-Future with time clauses:
http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/grammar/beg/begfut2.htm
2. READING:
-Discover Ireland:
http://www.discoverireland.ie/
3. LISTENING:
-Do you want to live a concert in youtube.com? Listen to Alicia Keys' invitation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6D7xs1qMY&feature=featured
-World AIDS Day: Watch these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G2PpO7DwsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4GMYQx58OE
-What's the 'tree lightening ceremony'? Guess it with Shakira
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Lsz3_OU9U

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

UNIT - 2:
1º- LISTENING:
-Here you have the video about a Mexican special celebration we listened to in class:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=114042
-Try this challenge and be ready to practise it in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuv_3ubMabM&feature=related
2º - READING:
-Would you like to travel somewhere in Europe? Know more about the most interesting places:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/europe?openMap=true

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

IT'S HALLOWEEN:
1. Are you ready for Halloween? Read this article and check it:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/30/halloween-neednt-be-a-nightmare
2. The history of Halloween:
http://www.scottishradiance.com/halstory.htm
http://www.holidays.net/halloween/story.htm
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/halloween/halloween.html
and another curious story. Listen to it:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/01/fashion/2008112-street-feature/index.html#
3. Typical meals you can try:
http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=18470
http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-recipes/
4. Have some fun with these games:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/halloween_pumpkins.htm
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/halloween-cc.htm
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/halloween-cw.htm
5. DO YOU WANT TO READ MORE?
Some short stories written by classic authors related with Halloween:
http://www.halloween.com/halloween-stories.php

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

UNIT 1:
1. WRITING:
-Here you have some tips to write an informal letter:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/letters.htm
http://www.xtec.cat/~vfeliu/writing/infl.htm
http://www.ang.pl/fce_informal_letter.html
http://www.beautiful-american-living.com/writing-informal-letters.html
2. LISTENING:
-Here you have the interview with Mika we listened to in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJmavXY7Zs
-and his latest hit "We are Golden":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Gh1U14RZA
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HFEwg6G810
3.GRAMMAR:
-Stative and dynamic verbs:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm
-Present simple & continuous:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1I.html
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/present_simple_continuous_quiz_1.shtml
-Questions:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/fragen.htm
-Describing people in English:
http://www.english-at-home.com/vocabulary/describing-people-in-english/
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii152/esl-test.php
http://free-english-study.com/speaking/describing-people.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/describing.html
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL-2

UNIT - 6:
More practice:
1. Do you know this travel vocabulary?
http://iesitaza.educa.aragon.es/DAPARTAM/ingles/cursos/2_bach/Temas/HOLIDAY%20&%20TRAVEL/Vocabulary%20travel_holiday.pdf
2. Revise future tenses:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html
3. Time clauses:
-Here you have some theory:
http://khoaanh.hcmup.edu.vn/projects/grammar1_2007/1C07/Thuy.Nhien_Thu.Hang_Kieu.Loan/the%20future%20in%20time%20clause.htm
-And here some practice:
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii142/esl-test.php
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/time1.htm
http://www.quia.com/quiz/400709.html
-Time clauses: Revise the theory and then do the practice at the bottom of the page:
http://tillyer.net/GLOW/fsi101.htm
4-Book a flight:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/5flights.shtmlhttp://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-8087.php
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1- Are you travelling to London? Check this site:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/