16th February

During this session we revised the modal verbs of obligation and prohibitinon. We tsarted correcting the pending grammar exercises and then we put these structures into practice with an oral activity firt and then, working the vocabulry exercise from p.61.
In this exercise we had to describe the signs first, where we could find then and finally express our opinions about them.
To finish, we moved to the conversation phase section on p.63. We listened to a student talking about her topics and the teacher asking questions about she prepared them and the reasons why she chose them.(audio 23- trinity).

Homework: Write a composition about one of the topics you'll find on p.65

                     Go to audios section, listen to audio 5(16thFebrero) and match each of the staments you listen  to the situation where you hear them.

9th February

 During this class we completed the photocopy about Max, a journalist who did an intensive Spanish course. We listened to him and the test he took in MAdrid:
learn a language in a month- Max- listening exercise 3c-d

After that, we discussed how well we could do that test ,but in London and in English, and we learnt different modifiers alternative to very: incredibly, really, quite, a bit, not very...

Then, we described some pictures related to the topic of learning a foreign language and we match them with the vocabulary from the exercse 1a and finally discussed which were the three best ways to learn and improve a foreign language.

To finish the class, we read an article about the best tips to improve our foreign language and so we could identify the modal verbs of prohibition, necessity and obligation.

Homework: grammar exercises from Grammar focus photocopy (4a)
                   Grammar bank 3A
                   

2nd February

During this session we started a new topic: learning a foreign language.
We started looking at some scripts of different languages and trying to guess which they were. Then we listened and checked.
Then, we read an extract from a website article about Esperanto and wrote the questions to some FAQs  about Esperanto.
We continued the class, discussing the pros and cons of learning Esperanto and deciding the reasons why people learnt a foreign language.
We finished the class reading about an experiment carried out by a British journalist who decided to learn Spanish in one moth.

Homework: Topic "Making friends around the world" (photocopy "What languages do you speak?")
Listen to Mark and answer questions c/d 3.15.

25th January

During this session we mainly revised the pending grammar exercises about modals.
Then, we explained and studied the differences between wilo, might to make predictions:

might= if you're not certain

will= you are certain 

We did some practical exercises and finally, we discussed in group about the most important objects to use in case of a plane crash.
We finished the class watching a video in which some people talked about their future plans.

Homework: Writing exercise 6 A/B/C

19th January

During this session we mainly talked about our future plans.
To start with, we looked for someone in the class who did the lottery every week, played board games or liked playing cards,etc...
After that, we looked at a photograph of a couple in the photocopies and described it. Then, we read about them and found out that they'd won the lotto.
We discussed about their possible future plans and then we checked if we were right by listening to a radio interview (audio 10.1). At the same time, we had to tick some expressions in the photocopy which referred to the couple's plans.
After that, we learnt about the grammar point: be going to and would like to.

be going to = used when you have a definite plan
would like to= when you want to do something or you don't have a definite plan.

We continued the class studying new vocabulary about plans. We had to complete some collocations with the correct verbal expression.

To consolidate this point, the students had to talked to some people in the class about their plans for this weekend, next week and next year.

We finished the session dealing with a new grammatical point: modals of possibility  or probability (might, will).

Homework:
Grammar exercise 10.1 (going to, would like to)
Vocabulary- plans (add a new phrase to collocations in ex. 4A)
Composition- (talk about your plans for the future and about your classmates')

15th December

We finished the course studying the grammatical structures related to comparatives and we consolidated them in several speaking activities.
Then, we worked on the topic phase of the Trinity exam. We listened to a candidate defending her topic and we analyzed her exposition.
Then, we listened to another candidate in the conversation phase and after that we tried to answer the questions raised by the examiner.
We finished the class reviewing the content of the course with a game based on "Who wants to be a millionaire? quiz.

New pass trinity- teacher's
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Who wants to be a millionaire?
(esta es la plantilla del power point. debéis modificarla vosotros si queréis utilizarla en un futuro)

1st December

During this class we started to deal with a new topic. We studied the vocabulary related to mmeans of transport.
We did the exercises form the trinity photocpis, in which the students had to identify and classify various means of transport (air, sea and land) and completed our glossary with a new handout.

We continued the session carrying out a survey about how the students came to class and how long it took them to get to university (audio 7) and to explain that survey we also studied a new grammar point: comparatives and superlatives.

We finished the class practising some questions in the comparative and superlative form.
To get some more practise, visit this site:
comparatives and superlatives

Remember: 
We won't have class next Saturday, but we need to come earlier on the 15th December (9:00-14:00)