English 4U - with Sarai : A2

Welcome A2 team!

Hello class, (posted, January 20th 2015)

LISTENING: (el caballo de batalla de muchos estudiantes de cualquier idioma.. y por ello una de las destrezas que más deberíamos entrenar)
Here you have a link to practice your listening and other skills:

Listenings Practice

READING: Es muy importante leer, leer y leer... No sólo como preparación para el 'reading' en el examen, sino para adquirir nuevo vocabulario, estructuras y fluidez. Cualquier idioma se empieza a aprender a través primero del oido y más tarde de la lectura.
Here you have a link with some texts and exercises to practice:

A2 Reading topics

Restaurant Problems

Restaurant Problems VIDEO

Writing tasks for A2 level

Hi students!
Writing is one of the 4 basic skills to be able to communicate in any language. Try to spend some time writing every week!
The following tips will be useful in order to prepare and fulfill your tasks. Read them carefully and try to follow them:

1. Read the instructions for you tasks carefully.

2. Plan your text in advance. Decide what you will mention and the order of your ideas. Don’t forget to give all the information you are required.

3. Open a new folder on your computer for your writing tasks. This will be helpful to find your writing tasks during the course.

4. Each time you start a new assignment open a new file and give it the name of your task (e.g. person’s description)

4. Write a first draft. Save it.

5. When you finish, check that you have written everything you wanted to say. Make changes if necessary. Save them.

6. Once you are happy about the content and organization, check your spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary before you decide it is already finished. Use a dictionary or a grammar book if necessary. You can also check an online grammar or dictionary, using the links on the right. Save your final version.

7. Copy and paste your text into the “comment” box in the blog. It is below the post for your task.

8. Fill in your name and the group you belong to and send your assignment before deadline.

9. Check for comments from your teacher.

Read also other classmates’ pieces of writing. They will give you more ideas.

1. Formal letter: Information Request
You want to do a summer course next year and you would like some information from British language school. Ask them about;
*How long their courses are
*If they have families you can stay with
*Their fees
*If they have free places for the dates you want to attend the course

(100 words) (Deadline: 21rst October).

2. Hannah’s bad day (story telling)
Write a story about Hanna's bad day. Mention:

*When it happened

*What happened

*And add any information that you want

[NOTES: Remember to use only past tense (simple past) to write your story / Don’t change people’s sex / Beware concordance between subject and verb (especially important with the verb “to be”)]

(100 words)

3. My last or my best holiday.
Tell us about your last holiday:

*Where and when you went
*Who you went with
*Explain how you got there
*What you did during your holiday
*Tell us what the weather was like
*Where and what you ate
*If you had a good time or not
*If you would take the same holiday again or recommend it to us

(100 - 150 words)

( Notes: Write it in the past simple / Don't mistake 'time' with 'weather' / Revise the irregular and regular past verbs / Answer to all the questions )

(Aquí tenéis algunos ejemplos que han escrito compañeros de A2:

4. Invitation to a party
Dear students I would like you to send an invitation for a party you want to give in order to celebrate something important for you. Remember to mention:
*when and where the party will be
*the kind of clothes your guests have to wear
*what the party is going to be like

(Future tense)
(100 words)

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It's time to reacharge our batteries...

Are you ready to learn with fun?

Here you have the first song..

Ain't got no/ I got life

Enjoy it!

Happy 2014!

Are you making good promises to fullfil this year? Not smoking, losing weight... LEARNING ENGLISH, GETTING YOUR ENGLISH CERTIFICATE?????

YOUR MARKS! congratulations...!

Convocatoria: Mayo

Curso académico: 2012-13

Inglés A2 AZUAGA

Centro: Instituto de Lenguas Modernas de la UEX

NIF Calificación

final

08849001G 5,50

08894054T 5,30

30209630G 8,00

33976583V 6,50

45879507G 5,10

53574191S 6,30

53985264D 5,10

75102781F 5,40

76249379D 6,70

76249695A 8,60

76249814F 5,80

76249851K 7,30

76249879A 7,70

76252483P 6,00

80151835D 6,50

hello class! How is everything?

I must congratulate most of you! You did quite well! We don't have your marks but most of you don't have to worry, you were all great, even those supernervous ones in the speaking...hahaha!!

I'll tell you your marks as soon as they give me the permission to do so.

CONGRATULATIONS!

You are absolutely great!

Time to think about the exam...

Speaking part 1, example

Speaking part 2, example

(Remember these are JUST examples,

they are not perfect, they are good ideas to practice

and to know what the exam is like)

Answers to the Can you do...? section - Unit 8

Happy Easter to Everyone!!!

Just to remind you... HOMEWORK;

1- Prepare a short speaking about any of the topics at the end of each unit (the "can you say...?" part)
2- Record yourself with your mobile phone or any other machine.
3- Transcribe what you listen (NOT what you wanted to say, what you actually said).
4- Check some of your mistakes but don't correct them!
5- You'll have to hand it in to me after the holidays.

Here you have the answers to the "What can you remember..?" on unit 6

Grammar Unit 6 A2

1c 2ª 3ª 4ª 5b 6ª 7ª 8c 9b 10ª

Vocabulary

A 1 ~~know~~ 2~~making~~ 3~~win~~ 4~~wearing~~ 5~~look~~

B 1lion 2spider 3horse 4whale 5bull

C 1 communication 2 organization 3discussion 4translation 5decision

Pronunciation

A1 lose 2lion 3wasp 4fall 5mouse

B advice crocodile decision happen translation

Can you understand this text?

A A3 B2 C5 D1 E4

B telling lies: saying something which is not true

offend: say something which makes another person feel sad

together: with another person

bald: no hair at all on your head

goldfish: an orange fish that children often keep as a pet

put on weight: to get fatter

Second conditional
This week we'll revise the second
conditional through these two songs:

Enjoy them!

February

First Conditional BBC explanation

English exercises First Conditional

9th January:

Madonna's "True Blue" (with Lyrics)

True Blue

Present perfect vs past simple

Explanation
Exercises online
Exercises

13th December:

Connectors

So, because, but, although.

It is used to express result.

Examples:

I was tired so I went to bed.
My favorite soccer team was playing bad so they lost.
I couldn't sleep so I took some pills.
There wasn't any food so we went out to eat.

Because

It is used to express a reason.

Examples:

We use because before a clause (a sentence subject verb and complement).

Maria left the party because she was feeling sick.I didn't pass the test because I didn't study.

Exercises SO vs BECAUSE

But / Although

Use but and although to show contrast. Although can be used at the beginning of the sentence.

Examples:

Juan studied all night. He didn't pass the test. (There is contrast)

Juan studied all night but he didn't pass the test.
Although Juan studied all night, he didn't pass the test.

- I went to the party but I didn't dance.
- Although it was very cold, we had a great time.
- My father went to the supermarket but it was closed.

6th December Lesson:

Imagine (John Lennon)