This blog is intended for those of you who have finished the elementary level, i.e. you have been in contact with the English language for about 120-150 hours and, accordingly, you already have an idea of the basic rules and vocabulary needed to maintain a very basic conversation with other speakers of the language (both native and non-native).
What can you find in this blog?
In this blog you will find some guidelines to help you with your English and extra materials to practise the new items you have seen in class. Moreover, you will be able to choose "revision exercises" of the previous level that you consider of particular value for you, either because you consider you need to revise them to clarify doubts or because you think you still don't control them well enough to go to the next level. After all, it seems quite obvious to say that "sometimes to go one step further it is necessary to go two steps back". So don't be put off and use all your energy to learn more and revise even more!
In order to make things a bit easier for you, the blog will be divided into different sections, each one dealing with an important aspect of the level you are about to start. We will call these sections CORNERS. The CORNERS included are:
1. The reading Corner: You will find different sections inside this corner. For example: "The short story of the month", "The poem of the week", "The joke of the day", "The recipe of the fortnight", "the comic strip of the term", etc. Each section will contain a short text for you to read and some reading comprehension exercises with an answer key so that you can check your answers once you have finished your task.
2. The Writing Corner: The main section in this corner will be the HOW TO WRITE A/AN... section. Every month you will find a different example of a type of writing - including the steps to follow in order to write a similar text, the language and expressions needed, etc - and an exercise to write something similar. Some of the taks that will appear throughout the school year will be: HOW TO WRITE... a short story, a poem, a fairy tale, an informal letter, a biography, a magazine article, a report, an email, a text message, a note/notice, a leaflet, a postcard, a description of a place or a person, a film/book review, a formal letter (enquiry, application, apology, complaint, opinion, etc.), HOW TO FILL in a form and other sorts of legal documents in English.
4. The Speaking Corner: Some of the sections inside this corner will include: "the Word of the Day, the Proverb of the week, the Expression of the fortnight, etc. You will also find some examples of possible speaking tasks in mp3 which you could either download or ask me to send them to you via email. Possible speaking tasks to be included: dialogues, role-plays, debates, interviews, discussions, telling stories, reading a poem aloud, TALKING ABOUT... books, films, TV programmes and soap operas, group work, pair work, monologues, class work...
5. Everyday English: In here you will find real tasks based on real situations. Throughout the school year you will find a list of possible tasks which might include: making conversation, giving directions, telephoning, social expressions, at the doctor's, etc.
6. Progress Tests and Revisions: They will include exercises to verify whether (or not) you have assimilated the things we have done in class and there will be an answer key for you to correct.
7. Reader of the Week/Month: This section will give you a nice list of possible readings for you to choose among many different genres. Moreover, you could read the first chapter to check whether it seems interesting for you or not.
1-Yes,becouse it's very funny that an Italian person criticizes the place where is he from. Also, I laugh a lot waching the video.
ResponderEliminar2-The stereotypes are it costumes, the typical perties, the typical food and the character of the people who live there. Becouse that are the thing that identifies a country.
3-I think that our cultures are very similar and our character is similar too. That happens becouse we are Mediterranean and we have been influenced by the Romans who were in both contries.
4-Yes, I have travelled to Andorra and Germany. I think that the most similar country is Andorra, becouse it have the same costumes and they celebrate the same festive days. And Germany is more different to my country becouse the festive days are completely different and the food is strange for us too. Also the language is different.
6-Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. I'm agree with te people that recognizes that we have got faults but I'm not agree with the people that says that our country is horrible.
7- I'm agree with Sandra becouse our opinions are very similar
Raquel Robleda PET1 A