English C1-Oral Skills

Movie-Topic

rolling stone — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:50:13 +0000

Primero me gustaría que vieráis este material que se ha trabajado en otros cursos y que es muy interesante.

MATERIAL The Bulgarian national cinema

Aquí :

http://englishc1.wordpress.com/2010/02/05/film-industry/
MovieLanguage vocabulary
VIDEO CON MATERIAL ESCRITO http://www.euronews.net/2011/03/24/tributes-are-paid-to-elizabeth-taylor/

TRAVEL-22nd March

rolling stone — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:25:09 +0000

HERE YOU HAVE THE MATERIAL Tourism_overview

VIDEOS

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

rolling stone — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:24:37 +0000

What is Global Warming and Climate Change?

Global warming and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperatures. Natural events and human activities are believed to be contributing to an increase in average global temperatures. This is caused primarily by increases in “greenhouse” gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO₂).

A warming planet thus leads to a change in climate which can affect weather in various ways, as discussed further below.

MATERIAL Climate

One of our students studied Sea Science and she will speak about it next Tuesday.Have a look to the University web http://www.gcompostela.org/~pqukwfue/index.php?option=com_sobi2&sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=2&sobi2Id=9&Itemid=260

Europe-Travelling-Stereotypes

rolling stone — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:19:34 +0000

MATERIAL

EU Stereotypes

SPORTS

rolling stone — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:35:15 +0000

The file is structured in 3 parts:
- The reading comprehension takes the greater part of it. It contains 3 authentic articles – 2 American and 1 Welsh. Don’t get frightened by the lists of words and expressions. For many of you they’ll be for future use, if you persist in studying English and want to use it for professional purposes. However, please try to read the articles and use some of their arguments to defend your point in class (the second hour we’ll try to ‘debate’).
There are also lists of sports in English with pictures and tables with the verbs that go with them

- grammar reference -
It deals with Passive Voice in English or passive structures. I don’t have the time in class to teach you grammar. Many of you must have studied it, but the reason to make you revise it is that the articles use passive structures profusely. They are typical in formal speech and especially for any kind of report, including in the media. A set of 3 exercises is also provided to assist you in testing your knowledge on Passives.

- functional language – Make your point
This part introdices you to the language of debate and structuring a speech. I tried to use the same topic – sports and children. The register is a little bit higher for you, but the example is only for reference. More important are the lists of collocations most often used in discussions and debates, Pay attention to them and try to memorise some so you can use them during our second hour in class on Tuesday.

Why is PE important

Memoria Visual cursos inglés oral .

rolling stone — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:27:44 +0000

No olvidar la entrega de trabajos por favor.Es importante .Aqui os dejo la memoria visual que estará colgada solo unas semanas .Gracias por vuestra participación en el curso y vuestras sugerencias.

Last session.San Valentine

rolling stone — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:19:11 +0000

Hello to all,

I hope that you are having an excellent week! For our last class, Monday, February 14th, we’ll have fun with Valentine’s Day. I’m attaching 2 documents that we’ll be using in class that day. One is a list of terms of endearment, while the other is an activity with conversation hearts. You might want to consider using them in your own classes next week. The activity that I’ve prepared is more advanced, of course, but it could be adapted for lower levels as well.

Here’s an example of what conversation hearts look like: http://familyfun.go.com/assets/cms/pdf/printables/0109c_Conversation_Hearts_fin.pdf

Here are some hearts that you can use for this activity: http://www.coloringcastle.com/pdfs/hearts/100-hearts.pdf

Also, here’s the movie trailer activity powerpoint that Pilar asked me to send you. It is two pages; the first one was used by Ricardo for his class.

See you Monday!

Trabajo a Presentar.

rolling stone — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:54:07 +0000

Compañeros:

El 14 de Febrero es la última sesión de Kelly.En estos años que he estado en el Cep hemos tenido muchos cursos de práctica oral , pero sin duda los de este año tanto de Ricardo como de Kelly han sido de gran altura y por eso os pido que por favor no faltéis a la última sesión porque ellos como ponentes han hecho un gran trabajo.

Respecto a futuros cursos interesantes para vosotros , de momento solo puedo avanzaros que nos centraremos en :

El grupo de trabajo para crear materiales en español comenzará a mediados de Febrero.
la biblioteca se dinamizara´en breve y se está estudiando la posibilidad de hacer un club de lectura en idiomas ( Por favor devolver libros quien tenga en casa aún material )
Se harán jornadas intensivas puntuales para preparación de convocatorias .-aulas europeas, cursos extranjero otoño, visitas de estudio.( VISITAS DE ESTUDIO ES MUY INTERESANTE Y MUCHOS DE VOSOTROS TENÉIS PERFIL PARA ELLO)
Se montará PROBABLEMENTE un super intensivo curso C1 en abril-mayo unas 4 semanas.
El de Metodología en inglés de momento queda pendiente hasta nueva orden

Si os interesa algo de esto poneros en comunicación conmigo.

Respecto al trabajo a presentar tras el curso

Entregarme en un periodo de 20 días un trabajo que trate los siguientes puntos:
1.Evaluación del curso.( a.tema más interesante, b.utilidad del curso y c.sugerencias para el futuro)
2.Una propuesta didáctica que puede ser :
a.Una unidad didáctica utilizando cualquiera de las temas tratados durante el curso.
b.Elegir cualquier de los temas tartados :

-Argumentar el motivo de la elección.
-Hacer una aplicación real en el aula .
-Valoración de la experiencia.

ES OBLIGARIO. POR FAVOR.GRACIAS Y SALUDOS.

7 th February .

rolling stone — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:45:23 +0000

7-feb1

7 feb 3

February 7th, we’ll watch and talk about a few movie trailers and then discuss technology. Here’s an interesting and current article that I annotated for you (though it says ‘Ricardo,’ I’m the one who made those comments… that’s technology, not always as flexible as we would like), as well as some questions that we’ll consider in our discussion.

Science

rolling stone — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:02:14 +0000

we’ll be talking about science (as requested . Take a look at this website for an idea of some of the themes we’ll discuss: http://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/whathassciencedone_01.

I’m going to design some activities dealing with the information on the first two pages. An annotated version doesn’t seem necessary, as the language itself is fairly straightforward. We’ll be talking about the concepts and science in general on Monday, January 31st.

Here’s the plan for our last three classes:

January 31st – Science!

February 7th – Technology, including cell phones

Mensa Invitational Winners

The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Here are the winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus : A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid..

7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn’t get it.

9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon : It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido : All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you’re eating.

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.

And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.

6. Negligent, adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent, n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.