viernes, 19 de diciembre de 2014

Classes 25-26. Tuesday-Thursday 16-18/12

This week was our last week in this trimester and this year.

On Thursday we had a small Christmas party. 

Sara and Fernando prepared  very interesting presentations about German and Greek Christmas. 
Well done!

Here´s our photo:


While you´re on vacations you could do some exercises. Here´re some good web pages:
Listening Tasks
Listening and Grammar Tasks
BBC English
Grammar and Vocabulary

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

miércoles, 10 de diciembre de 2014

Classes 23-24. Tuesday-Thursday 09-11/12

Hello, everybody!

Hope you´re ok after your exam. Was it difficult? Don´t worry, it´s just a trial for you to see what is the most difficult for you and get more practice!

So, at the class with Chus you learnt lots of useful expressions - How to order at the restaurant?
What reastuarants Remember! To sound polite we use (can, could and would):

Can/Could I have a glass of water, please? - Yes, of course.
I would (I´d) like some vegetable soup, please. - I´m sorry, we haven´t got any soup left.

Here´re some listening links on this topic. It´s very important to practise saying these set expressions. Listen, repeat after the speakers, learn the phrases and do the exercises on-line:
At the restaurant Listening
Big Meal Video
Useful expressions

Next class (on Tuesday) we´re writing our assessment test. So, revise everything from our last topic:
Food and drinks
Count./uncount. nouns
Quantifiers and containers 
any/some/a(n)/much/many
cooking vocabulary (verbs, imperatives, writing a recipe)
ordering food at the restaurant

Good luck!

lunes, 8 de diciembre de 2014

Classes 21-22. Tuesday-Thursday 02-04/12



Hello!

  This week we were talking about cooking and recipes!

We learnt some cooking verbs (to boil, to grill, to roast, to stew, to bake etc.).

What we can find in the kitchen? (a kettle, a teapot, a stove, an oven, a sieve etc.).

Watch the videos - In the Kitchen and Cooking, repeat and learn the words.

Also we learnt how to write a recipe, we watched a cooking video and revised some cooking verbs (to blend, to combine, to cool, to pour, to add, to cut up etc.).
Here´re the links for both videos (I´ve uploaded the materials in Aula Virtual - Block 3):
Video Link 1
Video Link 2

To write a recipe we use imperative verbs (infinitive form without "to"):
Preheat the oven.
Add some butter.
Mix everything.
Don´t pour water.

 
We also learnt some quantaties (a lot of/lots of, not many, quite a lot, none):
How many cookies are there?
Not a lot/Quite a lot/None/A lot.

We made a questionnaire in the group about our healthstyle.
Do you eat a lot of chocolate? - Not a lot.
Do you usually drink much water? - Quite a lot.

Your homework is to do the tasks, watch videos and revise the material.