CSIM Summer courses.

Hello, everyone.
Summer is on the way, and what better time to do that intensive course you've been planning?
All the information you need is on the link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x14oawh8kubexr9/CIJ%2015%20DIGITAL%20EN.pdf?dl=0

If you think your friends might be interested, feel free to pass the information on.
See you in Summer.
Tom.

28/04

- WARMER: My dream job
- Oral Projects: CSIM NEWS
                          FIRST AIDS
- Review game: units 7 -10
- Board Game: Gerund/Infinitive

H/W
Extra practice 10.

Here's a link to an activity we will use in class today.
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-1.html

Gerunds & infinitives

Hi, everyone.
Here we have some links to keep working with gerunds and infinitives if you are interested in:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-1.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-2.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-3.html

Tom has also strongly recommended English Grammar in Use, pages 53 to 68.

23/04

- Warmer: Draw your favourite family photo, and tell a partner.
- Corrected the homework: Extra practice 8, ex. 1,2,3.
- Listened to the O.P. of Mercedes, Paloma and Miriam.

H/W
Extra Practice 9. It is posted on the blog.

Extra practice 9 & 10.

Hello, everyone. These copies are from your SB, as you know, but since we've done some of the exercises in class, here's your chance to use them without the answers.

21.4.15

In this class we:
-Talked about our favourite films and film extras (Listening SB p.48 Ex 7b).
-Set the dates for our oral projects:
     G1. Carmen: Apr 28th Tuesday
     G2. Eugenio: Apr 30th Thursday
     G3. Mercedes: Apr 23rd Thursday
     G4. Gloria: Apr 30th Thursday
     G5. Luis. Apr 28th Tuesday
-Reviewed the homework and did Extra Practice 7 Ex 5 and 6.
-Reviewed the conditionals.

H/W:
Extra Practice 8A Ex 1, 2 and 3.

16.4.2015

Last class:
-Exercises 1 and 2 (extra practice 7) from the sheet that Tom gave us in class.
-We did an exercise about "productive suffixes" that Tom gave us in class as well. You can find a summary in page 158 (students book) of these suffiexes and their meaning.

Homework: 
-Exercises 3 and 4 (practice 7) - from the same sheet we used in class.

Interactive from The British Council.

Hello, everyone.
Here's a page to help you get your head out of the book. 

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/learnenglish-audio-and-video

It's from The British Council, and it allows you to consult, practise, listen, read, watch videos or play games like the vocabulary game I've just been playing. You can use it on your phone too.
Try it, and let me know what you think.
Tom.

Listening: Very proper English.

 Listen to a few minutes of this, and tell me what you think. 
It's a BBC interview made in 1964 where everyone speaks very slowly and correctly, in accents that would be considered too upper-class today. The interviewee is a leading scientist of his day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pwnvh#auto

9.4.15 Class

Speaking activity: Quick review of modals, page 102

Tom returns us the last writings

Learning techniques: listening page 103

Guiving advice: page 103

Homework: Try one of our partner's suggestions about how to learn English

7.4.15 Class:

Modals of certainty
Adjective-noum collocation
Synonyms + antonyms
How to learn a language
Oral projects

Homework: workbook, page 51 and 5 and 6 from page 52

Free English film in CSIM on Friday at 16:00!

I've seen it, and I enjoyed it. I think you will too, and it's great for your English!

Inglés — "The Sapphires"

Proyección de la película, (musical-comedia-drama, Australia 2012) en VOS en inglés. 

Durante la Guerra de Vietnam de 1968, cuatro cantantes de una remota comunidad aborigen son descubiertas por un cazatalentos. Salen del anonimato y son bautizadas The Sapphires, la versión australiana del trío The Supremes, y las contratan para su primer concierto real – entretener a las tropas en Vietnam. Incluye actividad de introducción y de conversación al final de la proyección.

Entrada libre hasta completar el aforo. Viernes 10/04 - 16:00. Aula 404 / Facultad Filología A.