EOI CARTAGENA Nivel Avanzado 2 INGLÉS Gr A

Reminder 2

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Have you already decided which presentation to give?
We'll start soon!!!
Think of hobbies, interests, trips, ...
We're looking forward to hearing you!!!

No class on Monday 20th

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The School will be closed on Monday 20th because of Carnival festivity in Cartagena.

Reminder 1

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It's a fantastic moment to do the newspaper headlines activity suggested before the exam.

It's Carnival

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Try these Oxford activities and enjoy them.

Writing

Speaking & Listening

Dictionary

Writing Task: Campaign Poster

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The latest writing task to do is a 150-word Campaign Poster (similar to the ones on pp. 102 A Ball Can Change the World or p. 105 Shelter).
Remember to use imperatives, compliments to the reader, positive vocabulary, slogans and catchy expressions, pledges and claims... all the necessary voacabulary to attract and inform the reader. You may write about a charity, as suggested in our textbook, or any other business: a blog, cosmetics, any shopping activity, a club... Follow the guidelines given on pp. 102 and 105 from our textbook.
Deadline 27th Feb.

Charles Dickens's 200th Anniversary

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Charles Dickens at 200 The Guardian
Read some of Dickens' quotes.
In the mood for Dickens?

World Cancer Day

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Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) in 2008.
Each year on 4 February, WHO supports International Union Against Cancer to promote ways to ease the global burden of cancer. Preventing cancer and raising quality of life for cancer patients are recurring themes.

WCD
Fact Sheet Cancer
Cancer Prevention

Verbs + Prepositions KEY

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Check your verb + preposition Monday activity here.

Unit 10 Vocabulary Review KEY

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Check your answers for unit 10 here.

Be informed about current affairs...!!!

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Love English Awards: Blog Winner

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Visit the blog

Think before you write | Macmillan

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Think before you write | Macmillan

Verb + Preposition

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Revise verbs + prepositions with this activity. Fill in the blanks with prepositions. Key soon...

Unit 10 Vocabulary Review

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Check the vocabulary of the unit here. Key on Friday.

Meanings into Words by Michael McGrath

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Interesting article by a English teacher from EOIP (Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Pamplona). Vox Populi nº 36

GET quiz

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You've GOT to GET 6 out of 6 in this BBC Learning English quiz

Did you get it...?

Sports for Monday Speaking Lesson (with Brian)

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To start with you can have a look at the latest instalment in the Clasico series. Here's TheGuardian's commentary about yesterday's Madrid-Barça. Find sports related vocabulary here.
How much sport do you do regularly? How much sport do you watch regularly?
Which sport/s would you take up? Why?
Is sport so important?
Should sportspersons earn as much as they do?
Will you follow the Olympic Games?
Be ready to answer these and other questions dealing with sports...

Inversions

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If you feel like reviewing all type of inversions, click here.

The year in words | Macmillan

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The year in words | Macmillan

Cloze Activity

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On this page you will always find Spanish news from The Guardian.
This is a cloze activity from one article dealing with Spanish economy. When you have completed the text (about 15-20 minutes) check your answers here.

Have you made any New Year's resolutions?

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If you haven't, try some suggested by Susan M. Heathfield; if you have, check how similar / different they are to Americans' Top 10.

Vocabulary Review Unit 4 KEY

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Check your answers: Unit 4 vocab KEY

Happy New Year !!!

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Watch Videos on Different Topics

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On this site you can select from a number of videos dealing with varied and interesting topics. Many of them may be helped with subtitles, though it is unnecessary. Enjoy it! Excellent idea for a 10-minute session of listening practice. The website is TED.

Vocabulary Review Unit 4

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Merry Christmas!!!

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Christmas is Coming...

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Xmas Quiz

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Answer these 20 questions... if you can. Key on p. 2

The 7-letter game

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If you wanna play for a while... try this. But be careful --it's a bit addictive...

Verb Tenses Review

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It is always a good moment to review your tenses... Do this test and prove yourself you are good at tenses. (From English Page)

Most Commonly Mispronounced English Words and its Correct Pronunciation (Part 1)

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You can find on English Trainer these words. Read them aloud one by one and check your pronunciation with the audio provided. If you mispronounce the word, pause and repeat. Good luck!

Don't use "Get", use...

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Yesterday we were studying get to talk about changes. Get has hundreds of different meanings. Use these synonyms instead.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained...

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One of today's Mira que Luna's posts... interesting blog to follow with tons of resources for learning English. Browse through it, you'll love it!

How to Be an Alien

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Yes, I know the book was not published very recently... but it could be a good read for Christmas. It's short, it's fun and you will learn about the British... Try some first pages here and if you want to carry on reading, pop into your favourite bookshop and get it.

Extra Vocabulary for Reviews

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You can use the following Usage Notes to improve your collocations when you talk or write about Music, Restaurants, Cinema & the Movies and Literature (from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 8th Edition).

Mistakes in REVIEWS

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Check the typical mistakes in reviews here. Remember to "colour" the suggested right version.

Plain and simple | Macmillan

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Plain and simple | Macmillan

Key to Unit 3 Vocab Review

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Check your 30 sentences from unit 3 here.

Monday 12th Speaking Lesson...

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... will be given on Wednesday 14th. On Monday we'll be doing p.46 and p.47 from our textbook.

Animated Minds

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A classmate invites us to watch some visually dynamic, exciting and worrying at the same time short films, which will make us think of the meaning of normality. Incredibly impressive images: Animated Minds, a series of short animated documentaries which use real testimony from people who have experienced different forms of mental distress.

Let's Talk about Eating Habits

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Pick up some words and phrases from Diets and Dieting and be ready to talk about Eating Habits (by Splendid Speaking)
These will be the starting topic to talk on Wednesday 14th speaking lesson with Brian. We'll also be talking about typical Spanish and American specialities. Be ready to give a typical Spanish recipe. You cannot say you need more vocabulary, can you? ;-)

More Food...

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To know more about Herbs and Spices and to learn about more food related vocabulary, just click. Food Idioms. And more yet below:

Food

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As we are studying food, let's revise some vocabulary related to it. First two activities from Inside Out: Food challenge, with a glossary to help you and the answers; then Vegetarianism, with its glossary and answers too. And finally a fast food activity by onestopenglish (key included)... Enjoy your meal!!!

Be Aware of Current Affairs!

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World AIDS Day

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AIDS Day.
HIV Facts.
UNAIDS World's AIDS Day Report 2011.

Comparatives (Advanced) + Likely + Lay vs Lie

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Have a look at this before preparing the speaking activity 3a on p. 39 for Monday 5th. From Michael Swan's Practical English Usage (3rd Ed.).

Vocabulary Review Unit 3

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Check the vocabulary of the unit here. Key in a week. Enjoy it!!!

On Mark Twain's 176th Anniversary...

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... let's remember some of his famous quotes.

Splendid Speaking

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Samples of speaking activities (27), useful advice and the tapescripts (in the pdf files) here.

Speaking Lesson with Brian or Miguel Ángel on Monday 28th

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Be ready to talk about this.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

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Learn more about it on the Wikipedia, or on UNiTE website,

Writing Task: REVIEW

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Write a 250-word review on a film / play / concert / CD / restaurant / book / TV programme... Deadline: Dec. Mon 5th
Remember to review (examine again) the review samples posted so far. Check this Restaurant Review and Useful Vocabulary before getting down to writing.

Two books reviewed in MED Magazine

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Txting: The Gr8 Db8 (The Great Debate) and Pimp your Vocab.

Review Writing

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Have a look at this Film Review to see a sample, the structure and some phrases and useful vocabulary.
In this presentation (by Javi) you can see some useful vocabulary for Book Reviews (remember to check How to Write a Book Review)

Interesting Post

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It's really exciting and interesting.

Spain General Election

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The Guardian,
BBC,
The Washington Post,
CNN,
El País.

Some vocabulary to speak about the latest Spanish general election here.

Key to Vocabulary Review Unit 2 SELF

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Check your answers to Unit 2 vocabulary.

Sunsets all over the World

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Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Sunset

View more presentations from Ali Tamay.

Choose four pictures and describe what you can see using adverbs and adjectives from the unit.

Collocations for Language

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<--Another idea for Xmas self-present ;-D Check the different and varied number of words and phrases that collocate with LANGUAGE.

How to Understand Positive Reinforcement

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Learn about Positive Reinforcement on wikiHow.

Collocations with Intensifying Adjectives

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World Diabetes Day

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Read about diabetes.Have a look at diabetes.co.uk if you're interested in the illness or want to learn more about it.ACT ON DIABETES. NOW

Intensifying Expressions

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Vocabulary Review Unit 2 SELF

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Revise some vocabulary from unit 2; just 22 sentences...

How to Make Tissue Paper Flowers

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Have a look at WikiHow and learn how to do this and many other things.

Rolling in the Deep by ADELE

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Nice video and tremendously powerful song...

You can read the lyrics here.

Useful Vocabulary for Interviews

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Try this activity and only when you have finished it, check it here.

For Next Monday...

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We'll be talking about these points in class on Mon. 14th with Brian and me. Be ready to give your opinion on the different topics. Use the vocabulary studied in class to do so.

Star Signs

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Check whether what the signs say about you is true... and more vocabulary about physical aspect, character and personality.

How do you feel today?

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How do you feel after the weekend? Highlight the adjectives that apply to you every time you click on the "How do you feel Today" vocabulary reminder.

Key to Personality / Physical Appearance

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Check your answers to activity on 4th Nov here.

Other ways to say "A lot"

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There are dozens of ways to express a high quantity of something different from "a lot". Revise them and do use them in formal writing or speech (according to their degree of formality). A lot

... More about Physical Aspect & Personality

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Review vocabulary to describe people... and check this descriptive voc sheet to learn adjectives in categories according to their meaning.

Not Real

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All that glitters is not gold...

Personality and Physical Appearance Vocabulary

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Improve your Personality and Physical Appearance vocabulary with these activities by One Stop English.
Keys soon.

You might check How to Describe People as well. It will be useful for a future writing activity...

... These Phrases and Sentences to Describe People might be useful too.

Positive and Negative Personality Adjectives

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Review some personality vocabulary with this presentation.
Think of people with these character traits...

Selva de Irati

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If you like the colours of Autumn, see the breathtaking photographs of this natural park full of beech and fir trees.

New York Snow Chaos (BBC Learning English)

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Watch it here.

Subcultural English (Macmillan Dictionary Blog)

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Learn about sublanguages: slang, theatre jargon, rap language ... here.

Secrets of women who don't get sick

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Ever wonder why you always seem to come down with a life-interrupting virus this time of year, while other women you know sail through the season sniffle-, cough-, and ache-free?
Read the secrets here!!! From CNN International

Group and Collection of Things

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Do this activity to enlarge your vocabulary.

Typical Mistakes in CV and Cover Letter Writing

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Revise your and your classmates mistakes with the activity seen in class. Remember to try and give a better word / phrase / sentence before "colouring" the suggested answer after / below the phrases or sentences.

Look at that moon!!!

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Interesting blog to visit with lots of resources.

Trick or Treat?

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Learn about HALLOWEEN...
English Lesson Plan Activity on HALLOWEEN on ESL Holiday Lessons.com

Learn about Halloween all over the world on Jack O'Lanterns.net (Mira que luna, Carmen's suggestion)

Key to Vocabulary Review Unit 1

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Check your answers here.

Tenses Activity KEY

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Check your tenses here.

Watch the news every now and then... it's free!!!

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-ing or to-infinitive Review

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Have a look at Javi's presentation about verbs which can be followed by both forms with a change in meaning: ing or to-infinitive

Vocabulary Review Unit 1

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Revise the vocabulary of the 1st unit here. Key soon.

Presentations

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Haven't you decided yet which presentation you are going to do? If you've already made up your mind, have a look at how to make it. You'll find it useful.
Remember possible topics to talk about: IT, your hobby / hobbies, a trip, a famous person, a celebrity, a discovery, a sport, how to do smth., or any other theme you may find interesting ...

Formal letters QUIZZES

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Do this and also this and this. And see how good you are writing formal letters.

World Mental Health Day

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If you want to learn more about it, click on WFMH or WHO. Data about this on Dr. Deb's blog post. For more specific vocabulary and topics related, click Mental Health and Chronic Physical Illnesses, last year publication. Read this year brochure.

Language tip of the week: proof | Macmillan

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Language tip of the week: proof | Macmillan

So You Wanna Learn English KEY

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If you read the post about how difficult English is, you can find the "explanations" here.

Tense Review

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It is always a wonderful moment to revise tenses. They are a recurrent mistake for students. You can review them with this activity. We'll check this extra tense activity at the end of october. The key will be posted on 21st Oct.

CV / Resumé Writing (Reminder)

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First of all, go to the "Links to Visit" section (below on your right) and click on (Create your) Europass CV. There you can see a sample of Europass CV.
Before entering Create your Europass CV on line now, read the information given and see the links inside the document. Then you can start filling your Europass following the instructions given at the beginning.

Once finished your CV / Resumé, it must be sent together with a Cover Letter, whose content and format can be seen here. Read samples (British and American Englisha) before you start writing your own.

Remember your Cover Letter must be the answer to a job advertisement you've read in the press or somewhere else. Choose your ideal job. As to the Europass CV, it can be real or not; but remember you can do your own CV and update it online every now and then.

Deadline to hand in both tasks: Oct 17th.

World Teachers' Day 2011

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We celebrate World Teachers' Day today. If you want to learn more about it, click UNESCO website for the event.

It's a good read...

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It doesn't matter it's not published anymore. The articles are interesting. Find the one you want to read here.

So You Wanna Learn English...

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Read this and underline what you can't understand. Key soon

A Promise is a Promise...

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