Present Perfect

Read this story and have a look at the use of present perfect.

You can also do these exercises:

- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4

Prueba de Certificación

In this link, you can find an example of Prueba de Certificación, Intermediate Level.

Week 7

On Monday, we did some oral practice (questions about the future). We corrected pages 18 &19 (Revise and Check). We did a listening about future plans (3ºA) and about personality (3ºB). With respect to writing, I gave you a hand out. I want you to have a look at the theory and we'll do the exercises in the class.
On Wednesday, we were doing plenty of oral practice (revision of relative clauses: a person who..., a place where..., a thing that ...).

HOMEWORK:
- Read the theory from the hand out.
- Vocabulary Bank Money. p.147.
- Reading p.22 and exercises.
- Grammar Bank 2A. p.132

Starting a Presentation

Click on this link.

How to express the future in English

Have a look at the following links:
- exercise1
- video 1
- exercise 2
- examples

Week 6

On Monday, we revised vocabulary about family members. We also started unit 1C. Finally, we had a look at the handout about the future tenses I had sent you the week before.
On Wednesday, we did a lot of oral practice: American History (Past Continuous) and Find someone who... (future). We corrected exervises from text on page 14. We also revised vocabulary about personality.

HOMEWORK:

- DO EXERCISES ON PAGES 18 AND 19 FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH.

Week 5

On Monday, we revised some vocabulary about sports. Afterwards, we did some speaking practice about situations in the past (p.9) and we played Domino (Past Perfect revision). Finally, we listened to a conversation about Global Waste. Click here to listen again.

Today we have had a look at collocations with sports (click here to practice). Once learnt, you have done a bit of oral practice. We have done a listening about specific equipment for certain sports. Later, we have practised the difference between these two sounds: /3:/ and long O (page 10) and we have done a dictation. Finally, you did a reading comprehension exercise.

HOMEWORK:

- Have a look at the pdf about the Future tense I have sent you via email.

- Read the texts on pp. 12 and14; and do the exercises on page 14. 

Week 4

We have finished section 1A. We included a listening about tastes and texture. Besides, we were practising the monologue for the final exam.
Apart from doing plenty of speaking practice, we have been focusing on pronunciation.
On Wednesday, we started section 1B: texts on pages 8 and 11; listening on page 9. We have also revised the past perfect.
Click here to practise the difference between Past Simple and Past Perfect.

Week 3

This week, we have practised:
- Pronunciation of -s endings /s/, /z/ or /Iz/, and pronunciation of /e/ or /eI/.
- Pages 6 & 7 in your students books.
- More vocabulary about food!! (handout given in class)
- Besides, you had plenty of time for oral speaking.

HOMEWORK:
- Text p.8
- Text and exercises p.11
- Text about Michel Montignac (handout given in class)
- Composition "Food Contest" (see previous entry for instructions)

Food taste

How does food taste? Is it delicious? Is it disgusting? Do these exercises and learn some new vocabulary:

exercise 1
text about Thai food
video about British food
video: countable and uncountable nouns

TED. Conferences

Watch and listen to these conferences!!

Jamie Oliver's speech: Diet-related deseases. 
Ken Robinson: School kills creativity.

Week 2

What have we done this week?
- We practised question structure. Pay special attention to those ones beginning with WHO!!
- We saw the difference between Present Simple, Present Continuous and Past Simple, paying special attention to action and non-action verbs (Grammar Bank 1A, pp. 130 & 131).
- We focused on the pronunciation of -s (plurals and 3rd person singular).
- We listened to Rumiko (p. 5) and watched two videos: teacher's experiment and Jamie Oliver.
- On your books, we completed pp. 4, 5 and 144.

HOMEWORK: 

- Write about the last food contest at the EOI!! It's supposed to be an article so you need a title!! Talk about things you liked and thinks you didn't like. (200 words).
Deadline: 24th October.
You can send it via email!!!

Food, food and food!!

Brush up your vocabulary and find out about British food here. Then, do the following exercises. I hope you enjoy doing them!!

exercise 1
exercise 2
exercise 3
exercise 4
exercise 5
video 1
video 2
video 3 (I love this recipe!!)

Pronounciation misunderstandings

Watch this video to find out HOW IMPORTANT PRONOUNCING THE VOWEL SOUNDS CORRECTLY IS!!!

Week 1

First week over!!
This week we have done plenty of oral conversation:
- Discussion about English learning
- teaching experience (spontaneous)
- Anecdotes (Title or fact, background, problem, feelings and resolution). Speaker 2 has to react!!!
We have focused on pronunciation. We have had a look at vowel sounds, pronunciation of final -ed of regular verbs and intonation of yes/no (up) and wh-questions (down).
We listened to a guy telling a story (not a history!!! :-/)

Homework for Monday:

- Do exercises b, c and d on pages 4 and 5 in your student book (Reading and Speaking)

Giving yourself time to think

Do the following exercises to practise what we have done in the class.
exercise 1
exercise 2
exercise 3

What kind of teacher are you?

Click here to find out!!

Introduction lesson

Welcome to 3rd year CAL! What have we done the first day? Well, apart from getting to know each other,  we have broken the ice by practising a bit of conversation.
Later, I talked about the level B1, the school terms, the book we are going to use and some recommended dictionaries for you to use at home.
Then, we talked about the four skills: what is expected from you at the end of this year and how we are going to work on them.

I have handed out some personal files for you to complete. Apart from the information required, I want you to include: where you work, your origin (2nd year CAL, That's English, Bachillerato, Level Test), if you like English and what aspect you find more difficult or easier.

Finally, I have commented on attendance, homework and the oral presentation you are expected to do!

See you next week!!!

Irregular verb game

Have you tested your knowledge of Irregular Verbs after the summer? Hop on over to play the Irregular Verb Wheel Game!!!
I hope you enjoy!!

Syllabus 3 year

Click here to learn about 3rd year CAL's syllabus.
Click here to learn about 3rd year's syllabus
Click here to learn about the assessment criteria

Pronunciation

Click on this link and find out how English sounds work.
Enjoy!!