SPEAKING TRAINING B2

Hi guys!!

This entry is basically for you all, to train your abilities in term of SPEAKING.

There are different ways to test your oral skills at B2 exam. We will start with the easiest ones.

One part of this speaking part is to answer several questions...so, I want you to record your answers and send to me in order to correct them. Try to do your best and if you have any doubts, let me know at our lessons.

These are the questions for you to answer:

1. How do you normally get to school?
2. Tell me about your journey here today
3. Tell me about your school
4. What are your plans for the weekend?
5. Where did you go on your last holiday?
6. What would you like to do in the future?

Deadline 29th January

OUR PLAN FOR THIS TERM!!!

Hi guys!!!

I hope you enjoyed Christmas time with your family and friends and now you are full of energy to face our new term.

To start with, we will learn and practice passive voice and we will review verbal tenses to train for our first term´s exam.

On Wednesdays you will train for the official exam. You must bear in mind this link to practice at home: https://www.oxfordtestofenglish.es/

And our first unit whose title is "Keeping it green" is related to ecology, quite interesting topic nowadays considering the problems we are dealing with, such us, climate change, pollution and so forth... so, I encourage you to do your best and learn all vocabulary and expressions related to this issue.

Let´s start!!!

TEEN´S THERAPY!!!

Hi guys!!!

Yesterday, I gave you a piece of paper with different teen´s problems. I want you to work in pairs and in threes to give a solution to the given problem.

You have to take one of the roles: Being a psicologist or the teenager with the problem. To develop this oral presentation you have to bear in mind these guidelines:

1. Be natural when you talk. 
2. Be creative.
3. Be realistic. It is a real teen´s problem and you should understand what´s going on.

Good luck and deadline is : 12th November.

Take care!!!

Ascen.

UNIT 2: THAT´S A LAUGH!!!

Hi everybody!!!

We start a new unit titled "THAT´S A LAUGH". To break the ice I want you to make a comment on the blog sharing the moments in your life in which something or someone make you laugh a lot.

That is the first activity for our new unit.

I wish you all a very nice week. Don´t forget laughing and smiling....Life with a positive and optimistic view is much more better.

BFN!!!

Ascen

FIRST PROJECT: THE MOST CURIOUS AND UNUSUAL HOUSE TO LIVE

Hi everybody!!!

We are going to face our first project of the year...I keep my fingers crossed and I hope you enjoy it. It is titled: THE MOST CURIOUS AND UNUSUAL HOUSE TO LIVE.

To develop this project, follow these steps:

1. Make a research on the internet looking for pictures, videos and information about unsual houses to live in the world.
2. Take notes of the most relevant aspects of these houses such as: location, materials, how it is outdoors and indoors, decoration, amount of people that can live inside and so on...
3. Design a postcard presentation with the house you have selected. In that postcard you should print a picture of the house and its characteristics.
4. Elaborate a presentation for your classmates talking about all features of the chosen house. You can choose the format you want.
5. When you finish this project, you must write a blog entry talking about the place you have visited and explored to know this original house.
6. Deadline: 15th October.

Good luck and enjoy!!!

Take care!!

Ascen

WELCOME AGAIN!!!!

Hi guys!!!

Here we are to face a new academic year. I would like to start knowing your expectations for our English lessons so, I invite you all to make a comment on the blog sharing your preferences for this English course.

I am really proud of your first task working in groups, keep on working this way ok??

Some picts of some good memories of that day!!!

UNAMUNIAN TV SHOW

Hi guys!!!!

We face our last project of this academic course. I hope you enjoy it and you can put into practice all the stuff we have learnt throughout this year.

We are going to plan a TV SHOW. Our UNAMUNIAN TV SHOW.

We are going to work in PAIRS. Both persons in the pairing have to think together and both of them have to present their section to the rest of people in the classroom.

Characterization and decoration are going to be taking into consideration for your final mark.

The Sections are going to be the following ones:

GOSSIPING SECTION: Lucas, Beatriz and Alejandra

ACTIVITIES SECTION: Paula, Lucía, Ignacio and Rodrigo

INTERVIEW SECTION:Carla, Desirée and Ricardo

SPORTS SECTION: Diego, Isabel, and Jonathan

We will talk about these section´s contents in the next class and we will even define some deadlines.

I hope you enjoy this last experience of your stay at our MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO HIGH SCHOOL.

BFN!!!