UNIT 1 DO YOU MIND?

READING- IDEAS FOCUS (BEHAVIOUR)

CRASHCOURSE (YOUTUBE CHANNEL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGtkDzELAI

VOC-PERSONALITY 

Why can't the world greatest minds solve the mystery of consciousness?

audio version https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2015/jan/30/podcast-consciousness-burkeman-audio

text version https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/21/-sp-why-cant-worlds-greatest-minds-solve-mystery-consciousness

Yale Open University Courses (mins 13:53 to 19:46) 

https://oyc.yale.edu/psychology/psyc-110/lecture-13

VIDEO.-FROM THE SAME FAMILY

MARY TRUMP ON HER FAMILY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oibk-NH3q-A

UNIT 2 BRIGHT IDEAS

VOC-TECHNOLOGY- 

THE TECH COLD WAR

BBC 4 SERIOUSLY...(PODCAST)

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08hd1h4

BBC CLICK (YOUTUBE CHANNEL)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk0rDsoz8mc&t=155s

WRITING- a review (by and large, reviews tend to be written in a rather colloquial style. However,  a more engaged subject matter and prospective audience calls for quite a formal style (9:44-13:25) 

https://www.c-span.org/video/?303592-1/qa-michael-hastings

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/formal-vs-informal-writing/

VIDEO_NEON SEAS

Ocean acidification

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m1X26Auw6Q

UNIT 3- RIGHT ON!

Ideas focus. page 37. Activism and helping others.

SPEAKING-ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/renewable-energy-dirty-mining?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

 https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/aug/21/the-evolution-of-extinction-rebellion-podcast

Thunberg & Attenborough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwpLnqyrQGM

NASA s last CO2 measurement

Antarctica’s Thwaites glacier may be calving too fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRUxTFWWWdY

SPEAKING- INEQUALITY

James Baldwin’s letter to his nephew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=140toA5JJ0k

George Yancy telling it like it is

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/dear-white-america/

Intersectionality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o

Aboriginal doctor in philosophy calling out whiteness 

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/the-white-way-to-think/11658458

Do billionaire donations reinforce plutocracy?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/sep/28/how-philanthropy-benefits-the-super-rich-podcast

UNIT 4. EXPRESS YOURSELF.

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNCATION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cgpfw4z8cw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l7q1/episodes/downloads

What’s the function of language?

Dialogue between Chomsky and Krause on

thought or communication? (mins16:00 to 20:15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml1G919Bts0

The effects of new technologies in English- David  Crystal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h79V_qUp91M

Ideas focus (page 62) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI11hHOya34

IDEAS FOCUS. PAGE 51. JARON LANIER BBC 4 NEWS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_Jq42Og7Q

EXAM TASK. Third culture kids.

https://www.ted.com/talks/taiye_selasi_don_t_ask_where_i_m_from_ask_where_i_m_a_local?language=en

UNIT 5. IF IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED

GANGS.

OSCAR MARTINEZ (consecutive interpreting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk6YeyElSqA

Why I as a black man attend KKK rallies?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORp3q1Oaezw

CLIMBING/PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJvNu49kjbw

UNIT 6. MADE OF MONEY.

DEBT.

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/the-signal/meet-the-economists-denying-

debt/12284948

YANIS VAROUFAKIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqQMT4Uuh0s

Money and Finance: Crash Course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dugn51K_6WA

THe 2008 financial crisis: Crash Course

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPOv72Awo68

Anand Giridharadas- 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axN8ppre-mU

UNIT 7. DISTANT SHORES.

funny approach to this is your captain speaking skits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5gClkEchnk

how to protect a national parks from tourists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HLQf47yrSw

the future of managed tourism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxQFSwXKgw

UNIT 8. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

Ideas focus. Page 122. How they made us doubt everything

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08lxv3n

C-Span Q&A with Michael Hastings (14:45-21:58)

https://www.c-span.org/video/?303592-1/qa-michael-hastings

C1.2

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/dear-white-america/

A2 week 12

Next Thursday, we won’t talk on Skype.  As you probably know it’s a local holiday here. On Tuesday, we’ll keep working on oral interactions 1-18.

C1.2 Week 11 and 12

We’re keeping our sessions on Skype going for a couple more weeks. Although from  Monday 8th,  I’m changing the format slightly so that those who wish to prepare for their oral interaction too can do so. We’ll be focusing on ‘dialogos’ 1-7 from the September 2018 exam. We’ll still be working on a one-on-one basis so I’ll play your partner’s role. It goes without saying that if someone prefers to keep working on their ’monologos’ or some other aspect they can just let me know on Skype this week and we’ll figure something out.

A2 week 11 and 12

We’re keeping our Tuesday and Thursday sessions going for two more weeks. Keep preparing oral interactions 1-18.

For-and-against essay

Will we find a way to make Spain a socially fairer, more environmentally sustainable country in the aftermath of this pandemic?

A2 week 10

Textbook. Pages 118 and 119.

We're having our usual Skype sessions on Tuesday and Thursday. Remember that you had to prepare oral interaction tasks 1-18. (dialogos del uno al dieciocho).

C1.2 Week 10

Textbook. Pages 100 and 101.

Those of you who are interested in writing our last piece of the year can do so on Wednesday. You’ll have one hour to write a 250 for and against essay whose subject matter I’ll let you know about on Wednesday at 19:00 sharp. I’ll be expecting your pieces emailed to me by 20:00. Those of you who have already passed their writing won’t have to take this test and can have their Skype sessions at the costumary time on Wednesday. If you have any questions about this we can discuss them during today on Skype.

C1.2 assessment news

This information was taken from today’s BOJA.

Las pruebas específicas de certificación de los niveles Intermedio B1, Intermedio B2 y Avanzado C1 en los idiomas alemán, árabe, español como lengua extranjera, francés, inglés, italiano y portugués correspondientes a la convocatoria ordinaria se realizarán en la primera quincena del mes de septiembre de 2020 y las correspondientes a la convocatoria extraordinaria en la segunda quincena del mes de octubre de 2020, conforme al calendario que establezca el órgano competente de la Consejería de Educación y Deporte.

A2 listening and reading

Most of the students who hadn’t yet passed their reading and/or listening comprehension tests either sent me screenshots or told me about their results yesterday on Skype. There are only a few who still have to do this. Here are some more tasks for those who want to practise and those who still haven’t done the ones I sent last week.

Listening comprehension
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/restaurant-order/
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/hotel-room-service/
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/hotel-reservations/
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/introductions/

Reading comprehension
https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_1/matching_3.php
https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_4/three_option_multiple_choice_questions_3.php
https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_5/multiple_choice_cloze_3.php
https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_7/open_cloze_3.php

C1.2 week 9

Textbook. Unit 8.3. Pages 98 and 99. (The function section in this unit may quite helpful to prepare your oral interactions in the coming weeks and in the run up to your certification test.

Skype session. Oral expression tasks 1 to 9. September 2018.

A2 week 9

Textbook. Unit 8B. Pages 116 and 117.

We're having our usual Skype sessions on Tuesday.  Remember that you had to prepare oral interaction tasks 1-18. (dialogos del uno al dieciocho). Also, I'll ask those of you who had to do their listening and/or reading tasks how they went and give you instructions for this week.

Tarea de mediación. You have 20 minutes to write an 80 word informal email to your Scottish friend Diane explaining her what the Seville Fair is, what people eat, drink and do, the kind of clothes people wear, why it is so popular, etc. Only those of you who didn't pass their mediation test in March need to write this. The deadline is Friday 22.

A2 Listening

Para prepararos una prueba de listening que os propondré la semana que viene os animo a  hacer las siguientes tareas. Podéis escuchar la grabación dos veces y tenéis dos minutos antes de cada tarea para leer la misma, un minuto entre la primera y la segunda escucha y otro minuto al final. Una vez pulséis una opción,  aparece en la pantalla si es la correcta (verde) o incorrecta (rojo). Por supuesto, una vez que se elija una respuesta, no está permitido cambiarla. Si os parece útil podéis usar un papel en sucio o incluso imprimir los ejercicios. Cada vez que completéis una tarea, apuntad la puntuación y acto seguido comenzáis la siguiente. El martes en la sesión de Skype os preguntaré por dicha puntuación a lxs que tuvierais el listening pendiente.

https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/personal-profile/
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/apartments-for-rent/
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/dating-game/
https://www.esl-lab.com/easy/dvd-movie-rentals/

A2 Reading

Para prepararos una prueba de reading que os propondré la semana que viene os animo a  hacer las siguientes tareas. Son ejercicios de varios tipos. Una vez elegida una opción,  aparece en la pantalla si es correcta ( verde) o incorrecta (rojo). Por supuesto, una vez que se elija una respuesta, no está permitido cambiarla. Si os parece útil podéis usar un papel en sucio o incluso imprimir los ejercicios. Cada vez que completéis una tarea, apuntad el resultado obtenido. El límite de tiempo es 30 minutos. El martes en la sesión de Skype os preguntaré por la puntuación a lxs que tuvierais el reading pendiente.

https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_1/matching_1.php
https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_4/three_option_multiple_choice_questions_1.php
https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_5/multiple_choice_cloze_1.php

https://www.englishrevealed.co.uk/KET/Reading_and_Writing_Part_7/open_cloze_1.php

C1.2

I started putting together this list of links on Saturday but after our Skype sessions yesterday I realized you probably don’t need help looking for sources of info. Just in case some of you do, though, here are some motley clues as to where you might want to look and whom you might want to lend your ears to. These are just some ideas about the first four tasks; should there be a subject that proves particularly tricky to find info on, give me a shout and I ll do my very best to come up with some sources you can use. Happy hunt.


Task 1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIPkw1bbgQ Danny Dorling

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_are_the_99%25 Wikipedia 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM Polizitane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHC9UKvrP2M MSNBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcHlNKLQBIM Anand Ghiridaradas

Task 1B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVCHj5N4JAACorporate advertising campaigns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD4TYjHMkxs Local residents
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/13/eat-holiday-can-worse-environment-flight-study-finds/ the telegraph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkudKF4KR8g Aljazeera English 

Task 2A. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HslUzw35mc Kurzgesagt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicin wikipedia

https://easac.eu/fileadmin/PDF_s/reports_statements/EASAC_Homepathy_statement_web_final.pdf EASAS (science Advice for the Benefit of Europe)

Task 2B

https://www.youtube.com/watched?v=OwqIy8Ikv-c (I wonder whether fracking billionaires are showering so many millions on this bloke to say crap like this that he s actually become convinced that he s just telling it like it is or he s just blind to the facts even if he calls himself a scientist. PragerU and Breitbart...if you wanna find out what billionaires want your average Joe to believe the world is like, check them out. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvGJRJ-jX70 Zentouro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCflO4PQcjA PBS special on the 2018 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report.

Task 6B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCwHV9HCxH0  crashcourse breaking down the so-called big five (2:00- and other takes on personality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OuuvICk89Q 1 out of 6 clips. It's part of a BBC special on delvelopmental psychology and trait theory (more on the big five, basically).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx9HicVPSSk  this clips pretty much covers the three questions

Task 7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veriqDHLXsw Alain de Botton on what makes work fulfilling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H91JDqeR_jg and meaningful

Task 7B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzxr9FeZf1g scishow on vaccines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBkVCpbNnkU Kurzgesagt on vaccines


Task 8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnLo2XJY2qU precision, imprecision and the problem with who wrote a provision and when did they write it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvgiEWH6A4 open to interpretation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9I8iDLFtqE On new laws for new realities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY&list=PL30C13C91CFFEFEA6&index=1 It's probably off-topic but I just couldn't help myself. 1 ouf of 10 programs that look at the philosophical underpinnings of law and analyse the key ideas of different political thinkers and philosophers.

Task 8C

First impressions. Gender biases, racial biases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzsuWkskU88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z_r6RNzea0

Evaluación

En la página de la EOI se publicó el jueves pasado un documento aprobado ya por el consejo escolar sobre los cambios en el sistema evaluación de los que os informaba a través del blog el día 28 de marzo.
https://www.eoisevilla.com

C2 week 8

Textbook. Pages 96 and 97. 

I'll be talking to you tomorrow. I remind you we'll be working with "monologos" 1-7 this week and 1-9 next week. Tomorrow, I will also suggest tasks you have to complete next week if you need to pass your listening or reading during this last module.

A2 week 8

Textbook. Pages 114 and 115.

Write the biography of a member of your family or a friend of yours. Do not write about a famous person!!! 120 words. Study page in your textbook 204 to get some ideas and learn how to organize your information in paragraphs.

Solo las alumnas y alumnos que no aprobaron la destreza "writing" tienen que hacer esta tarea. Hay que entregarla antes del viernes que viene.  Por favor, seamos seri@s y escribamos las redaciones como lo hacíamos en clase. Una vez que  comencéis la tarea, tenéis 35 minutos para acabar  y no podéis utilizar diccionarios, apuntes, libros de texto, internet, etc. Algunas de las redaciones que se me entregaron la ùltima vez no se ajustan a esta forma de trabajar.  

B1 es un curso duro. Aunque se puede superar en un año hay muchisimo alumnado que se pasa varios años en ese curso sin poder superarlo por que llegan sin base suficiente de A2. Bastantes simplemente abandonan sin obtener el título de B1. Dada la situación actual no tengo más remedio que calificar lo que me entregáis aún a sabiendas de que hay gente que esta siendo honesta y otras personas que obviamente estan aprovechando de la situación. 

C1.2

I was hoping we could devote our one-on-one Skype sessions in coming weeks (week 8 onwards) to killing three  birds with one stone: practise your speaking using sample tests (pruebas de certificación), try to promote to C2,  prepare for the certification exam in September . You can start working on task 1 type prompts( monólogos) from September 2017-2018 (modelos 1-7). You’ll be allowed only a couple of minutes preparation time since you already know what the actual tasks are. 

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/educacion-permanente/pruebas-certificacion/modelos

Also, for those of you that didn't sit the second module tests or didn't succeed in getting a pass in listening or reading comprehension, I'll suggest listening and reading tests (probably pruebas de certificación or CAE sample tests) you can take at home, self-assess and let me know what marks you got. 

A2 pronunciation

Great videos to help you with your pronunciation:
-ed endings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7hi-ipU2n0
-s/-es endings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaFIejjqCoI

Pronunciation, intonation and rhythm analysis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3g51xfopIE

Do you remember these BBC short videos?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNFKG0yvDx4&list=PLD6B222E02447DC07&index=2

C1.2

A few useful links to help with your pronunciation, intonation and rhythm.


(Long but eye-opening uni lecture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkQ7lwEWeGA
(Movie breakdowns)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evj3hY42FCY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H_2t0OoXoU
(TV show break down)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCF2_0G337Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_XiKIvXVEw

A2 week 7

Textbook. Unit 8A. Pages 114 and 115.

We have Skype sessions this week. Please, don't be late to your individual appointments! Thank you.

C1.2 week 7

This week, on top of preparing for our Free Will vs. Determinism one-on-one session on Skype, you might want to keep pushing ahead with your textbook work: pages 94 and 95. I wanted to ask you to please be available on Skype a couple minutes before your individual appointments so that things run as smoothly as possible. Thanks a lot in advance.

C1.2 assessment

Hey, C1 crew.

I have fresh news about assessment and how the last module (March-June) of this rather odd 2019-2020 academic year is going to be organized. I’ll try to break the info down as clearly as I can and I urge you to email me at mudachickn@hotmail.com should there be details you need further information about. Alternatively, if there’s more granular stuff you want to discuss, we can do so on Skype next Monday. I also would like  to warn you that there might be changes but I frankly don’t think we should be expecting major ones at this point. Granted,  if there’s one thing this whole situation has made clear is that no plans are set in stone. In any case, it seemed more than reasonable to let you know about all of this sooner rather than later.

This information may prove a bit tough to understand. I apologise if the explanation is a bit convoluted. According, to the instructions we have received, a student whose mark in any given skill was 50% or higher at the end of the second module, that is, on the lists I posted on this blog in late March and early April, has already managed to pass that skill. If you have managed to get a pass in all the skills in the second module, you have earned right to enrol in C2 although you will not be given a C1 diploma.

The third module will end in mid June and it’ll be assessed online. You most probably won’t go back to school till September. I’ll keep proposing tasks for you to complete and giving you feedback. Presumably, there won’t be a final exam so your mark for whatever tasks you didn’t  manage to pass in March will be an average of the tasks you need to hand in during this last module.

In order for you guys to obtain your C1 diploma you would need to sit the usual certification test that will only take place once this year in September. You would have to get a global mark of 65% to pass the test and get a certificate. If your global mark is in the range of 50%-65% you would be able to enrol in the C2 class that will predictably be taught in our school starting in Autumn this year. Should your mark for any of the individual skills be lower than 50%, you would have to retake the C1.2 course.

A2. Tercer trimestre.

Os informo a continuación de lo que se sabe por el momento sobre la tercera evaluación. Si alguien tiene preguntas sobre este asunto, os animo a mandarme un mail a mudachickn@hotmail.com.

Según las directrices que hemos recibido,  cualquier destreza que estuviera aprobada en el segundo trimestre, estaría aprobada a todos los efectos. Algunxs de vosotros aprobasteis todas las destrezas en marzo. Bien, según dichas instrucciones esxs alumnxs habrían aprobado ya.

El curso se podrá aprobar también durante este trimestre  por evaluación continua y por destrezas ya que no se prevé que haya examen presencial hasta la evaluación extraordinaria de septiembre.  En este tercer trimestre, aunque se esté trabajando sobre algunos contenidos nuevos, la evaluación se centrará en los contenidos mínimos del primer y segundo trimestres. Así que seguiré proponiendo tareas que servirán para que sepáis como vais y para daros una nota del tercer trimestre por destrezas a mediados de junio. En septiembre se prevé que haya un  examen presencial para aprobar las destrezas que no se hayan superado.

A2 Week 7 chats

A2 students!!! Whoever wants to get individual practice on Skype next week, just needs to leave their  Skype username in the comment section below. We’ll deal with one of the oral interactions tasks I asked to work on.

Tengo planeada una actividad de practica de interacción oral individual por Skype. Lxs alumnxs que quieran participar tendrán que preparar las interacciones orales de la uno a la diez y dejar su nombre de usuarix en los comentarios.

C1.2 week 7 chats

I’m planning to have short one-on-one Skype sessions next week. Whoever is interested just has to leave their Skype username on the comments section, click on the link below, watch the clip, take extensive notes and prepare to have a conversation about free will vs determinism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGtkDzELAI

C1.2 Week 6

Textbook. Unit 8.1. Pages 92 and 93.


I've got a few of your anecdotes via email already. Keep sending them! By the way, I haven't heard from Ruth, Lorena, Eli or Rafa for a long time. Guys, you were by far the most active students in the C1 A class before the lockdown. It'd be great if you guys could leave a comment and/or send me your anecdotes. I hope you're doing fine.

A2 Week 6

This week you don’t have homework from the textbook. But I need you to keep working on your oral interactions the way we did with practical English in class. Try working on 3 different ones everyday.  This week you should at least practise 10 interactions.

Example:

Oral Interaction 1 A

Talk to your partner about the things you do in your free time (sports, exercise, music, etc.), and find out if you have something in common. Try to interact as much as possible and avoid monologues.

Duration: 3 or 4 minutes.

Step 1. Try to think about 5 to 10 questions related to the topic.

1. What do you do in your free time?
2. What do you do for fun?
3. Do you enjoy practising sports?
4. What sports do you practise?
5. How often do you listen to music?
6. What about reading? Do you like reading?
7. What kinds of books do you like reading?
8. Are you interested in art?

Step 2. For each of the questions write down just one or two words to help you remember it.

1. free time
2. fun.
3. enjoy practising
4. sports practise?
5. listen to
6. what about.
7. kinds.
8. interested in.

Step 3. Ask and answer the questions out loud without reading from your notes.

A2 Week 5

Textbook. 

Practical English. pages 104 and 105.

Blog.

Work with these two clips.

1. Listen and write down interesting vocab.
2. Listen again and stop the recordings after each question. Try to remember the answer and say it out loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc7M_tbCv-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2xWg2ckKHI

Challenge.

Just watch this one about some briliant and some terrible dates. How much do you understand?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j9nei1ECv0

C1.2 Week 5

Textbook.
Pages 88, 89 (minus 5A, 5B and 6B) and 90.

Blog.
1. Watch the clips below and choose one.
2.  Jot down vocab you may want to use when retelling one of these anecdotes.
3. Email me your 250-word first person retelling before Tuesday, 27 of April.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu-DHRYM0Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWwDeqorbH0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkcVEQDStPM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-GyolJZcAo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioSI3KsE2_k

C1.2 week 4

Textbook.

Pages 85, 86 and 87.


Blog.

Work one of the following clips.

1. Watch all of the of the clips below and choose one to work with.
2. Select C1 combos in your anecdote and jot them down.
3. Retell the story or anecdote you chose making sure you use the slick new lexical gold you've just dug from the clip and striving to sound like the person that tells it


(0:30-6:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfmjmDnTbHQ

(2:25-4:01)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYRS0aXaBC8

(4:15-5:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sZH-psg9yE

(whole thing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEhiIr-dveE

(2:37- 4:34)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqEFt8PTLg

A2 week 4

Textbook. Unit 7C. Pages 102 and 103.

Blog.
How to order drinks in a UK pub.

1. Listen and write down interesting vocab.
2. Listen again and repeat.
3. Listen again and stop the recording after each question. Try to remember the answer and say it out loud.
4. If you really want to challenge yourself, try to reproduce the whole conversation role playing all the characters involved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47LCM_qkPk


More of the same. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkSp-aolM7o


How to order food in the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6lArkT15l8

Same deal in Canada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUMPULuwdLI

How to ask for and understand directions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLhepR2KY4

A2 redacción

Good afternoon, A2 people. 

You can email me your written pieces (page 203) until April 16 at mudachickn@hotmail.com. 

Have a lovely break.

C1.2 Easter Challenge

Have lovely break

C1.2 A and C1.2 CAL WEEK 3

textbook. Pages 82, 83 and 84. As an alternative to the poem by Roger McGough on page 83 I propose either these lyrics by Gareth Liddiard from the Australian band The Drones:
https://genius.com/The-drones-to-think-that-i-once-loved-you-lyrics

or  these ones by NYC-based producer and singer-songwriter Laetitia Tamko
https://genius.com/Vagabon-water-me-down-lyrics

Here are the clips in case you want to watch them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XibHLDrlUls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzFb1z_-Cvw


blog. As regards the review on page 82, you are free to deal with a film, series or piece of music you adore or loathe. You may want to check out some of these brill youtube channels to help you find the right pitch and vocab.

film. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSysjsNQHVM
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQTkqdSMJxBBXnjKGqwcHg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UemG7ofeOU&list=PLtDQTpmZVt5q14WIt9Mjgu_H7_uBTSMaq
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGciYgiR4atH8QsGhN4e8tOH0jrv3mJb3

(slightly mad) series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viZ378W15sQ&list=PLo1TdazaYsop1MOoBz87-Y_iWeNOMX4Fw&index=2


music. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp9fhaTIpUQ&list=PLrIyFAtNxiQZ6g7_4VEcG7BVag6KeHv2r
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDLuFyMR91wdF1E1w0ajdRMweyvcUUnnA

A2E and A2G

Good afternoon, A2 lot.

Me han informado de que os tengo que dar vuestras notas de la segunda evaluación antes del final de la semana que viene. Subiré los resultados (apto/no apto) por destrezas aquí. Por supuesto, una vez que volvamos a clase tendréis la oportunidad de ver vuestro examen. 

Aunque no diera tiempo a realizar esa prueba, se me exige que tengáis también una nota de ‘speaking’. Me basaré para darla en los resultados que obtuvisteis en diciembre y mis impresiones del día día en clase. Para quien lo prefiera existe la posibilidad de realizar una prueba individual por Skype. (Quien prefiera esta opción deberá dejar un comentario y su nombre de usuari@ de Skype antes del martes que viene)

Have a nice weekend.

C1.2 A and C1.2 CAL

Good afternoon, C1ers.

I’ve been informed that I  have to let you know how you did in your last test next week.. I ll be posting the initials (we’re not supposed to post lists with your full names) of the students that sat the test and a grade for each of the skills assessed. Of course, you’ll get to see your exams and get proper personalised feedback once things get back to normal. As for the speaking mark, which I am also supposed to give you feedback on, I can bear in mind the speaking grade you got in the December test and/or my informal observation in class.Alternatively, those of you who choose to can take an individual test conducted through Skype. Whoever wishes to take the test must let me know by next Monday at the latest. (Leave a comment here and make sure include a Skype username).

Have a nice weekend.

A2 week 2

Hello! Ground control to A2 students. Cat got your tongue? Doesn’t anyone have comments or questions or remarks to make?

Textbook. Unit 7A First day nerves. Pages 98 and 99.

Blog.
Work with these two videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpIQnLllZx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnXk2h-fjJ8

1. Listen and repeat.
2. Listen again and stop the recording after each question. Try to remember the answer and say it out loud.

Work with these other two videos. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRA2v7GSaOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xl8PD9gbF8&list=PLA5UIoabheFM281dIr4ojw9xOVoo9dOtw&index=2


1. Listen and repeat.
2. Write down interesting expressions

Week 2 C1.2

. Hey! Thanks a lot for your comments! Keep up the good work.

Textbook.
6.5 lookback page 78
7.1 Happy Ending? pages 80 and 81

Blog.

Work on an excerpt (20:20- 23:35) from an interview with economist Jeffrey Sachs. I’m posting the transcript to this section in the comments.

1. Listen to the excerpt while you read the transcript. Do it again and try listening and repeating simultaneously this time. Pretend you are Jeffrey Sachs.
2. Select C1 combos and jot them down.
3. Play the first question Mehdi Hasan asks and listen to Jeffrey Sachs answer. Stop the recording and improvise an answer using the lexical gold you dug.
4. Do the same with the rest of the questions.
5. Repeat 3 and 4 without resorting to the transcript.
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/capitalism-vs-the-coronavirus/

Work on an excerpt (7:22- 11:56) from an interview with economist congresswoman Alexandria Ocasión-Cortez and  professor Stephanie Keaton I’m posting the transcript to this section in the comments.

https://theintercept.com/2020/03/20/deconstructed-podcast-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-coronavirus-economy/

Same deal

Stay put!

Week 1. A2

Hi, everyone.

Here’s what I suggest you may do this week.

New English File.
6C: pages 88 and 89
5&6 revise and check: pages 90 and 91 

Listen and repeat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCLMdUEW9c

Week 1 C1.2

Hi, there.

As you all know regular classes were suspended last weekend. I hope everyone is doing fine and feeling up to keeping their English on point, though. Here's what I propose for this week:

Textbook:

Continue working on unit 6

6.3 Pages 74 and 75 

6.4 page 76

Blog:

Watch this clip. Make a list of 20 adjectives and 20 lexical collocations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8sY29iN0-c

Watch this ted talk twice. Take notes. Sum up the talk orally.

https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story/transcript?language=en#t-38509