WHAT YOU SHOULD CHECK FOR GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY EXAMS (O que deberíades repasar para os exames de gramática e vocabulario)

Here in details you have the vocabulary & grammar information content for each of my level groups with links to information on this blog.
Aquí tedes en detalle a información sobre o contido de vocabulario e gramática para cada nivel dos meus grupos con ligazóns a información neste blog.

Any questions/doubts or if you want to receive the code to enter your Google Classroom group, contact me at:
Calquer pregunta/dúbida ou se queres recibir o código para entrar no teu grupo de Google Classroom, contactade conmigo en:

ramoneirateaching@gmail.com





Agrupamentos 2ºESO (Units 1-4)

Vocabulary: Family / School / Places / Free time activities / Communication-phones / Adjectives / Adverbs / Movement verbs 

Grammar: 
- Verbs BE / HAVE (present & past) 
- THERE IS / ARE / WAS / WERE
- Question words
- Prepositions 
- PRESENT SIMPLE 
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS
- PAST SIMPLE
- PAST CONTINUOUS

4ºESO (Units 1-5)
Vocabulary: Social media-internet-digital technology / Frequency expressions / Memories / Descriptive adjectives / Decisions / Expressions with GET / Money-marketing-shopping / Emotions / Discovery / Suffixes
Grammar:
- PRESENT TENSES (Simple & Continuous)
- QUESTION TAGS
- QUESTIONS (Subject & Object)
- PAST TENSES (Simple, Continuous & Perfect)
- PRESENT PERFECT (Simple & Continuous)
[For / Since / Ever / Never / Yet / Still / Already]
- FUTURE TENSES
- ARTICLES (A(n) / The / Zero article)
- MODAL VERBS (Possibility / Certainty / Ability / Advice / Obligation)
- GERUNDS & INFINITIVES
- CONDITIONALS

1ºBAC (Units 1-6)
Vocabulary: Topic vocabulary from each unit / Prefixes-suffixes / Personality adjectives / -ED vs -ING adjectives / Phrasal verbs / DO vs MAKE collocations / Prepositions (after adjectives)
Grammar:
- PRESENT TENSES (Simple & Continuous)
- PAST TENSES (Simple & Continuous)
- PERFECT TENSES (Present & Past. Present perfect simple & continuous)
- FUTURE TENSES (Will, Be going to, Present continuous)
- GERUNDS & INFINITIVES
- RELATIVE CLAUSES
- CONDITIONALS
- MODAL VERBS

NEW DATES FOR 2nd TERM GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY EXAMS

All the Grammar-Vocabulary exam dates have been reprogrammed for all my groups for when the lockdown ends. As the lockdown situation lasts longer, these dates are still valid but replaced to the new first week which should be 14th to 20th April.
Here are the new dates:

- 2ºA-B Agrupamento: MONDAY, APRIL 20th (1st class)

- 2ºC-D Agrupamento: FRIDAY, APRIL 17th (3rd class)

- 4ºESO-B: MONDAY, APRIL 20th (4th class)

- 4ºESO-D: MONDAY, APRIL 20th (5th class)

- 1ºBAC-B: THURSDAY, APRIL 16th (6th class)

- 1ºBAC-C: THURSDAY, APRIL 16th (5th class, starting at 12:10h, using the break)

LINKS TO STUDENT GUIDES FOR TRINITY ISE I, II & III EXAMS

Here are links to student guides for each level of Trinity exams with specific information about what the exams are like, how to prepare them, what happens on the exam day and what is being assessed by the examiner on the following links:

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE I

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE II

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE III

INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES ABOUT LISTENING & SPEAKING EXAMS

DOWNLOAD READING-WRITING INFO VIDEO

DOWNLOAD SPEAKING-LISTENING INFO VIDEO

TRINITY COLLEGE FREE ISE (B1/2 & C1) EXAMS FOR STUDENTS FROM PLURILINGUAL SCHOOLS

Reading & Writing

Place: IES Plurilingüe "Eusebio da Guarda", Pza Pontevedra, A Coruña

Date: Saturday 15th February 2020

Time: 8:30h 

Speaking & Listening

Place: IES Plurilingüe "Rafael Dieste" at the Philosophy Department on the 3rd floor opposite the Physics and Chemistry labs.

Date: between 10th and 12th February 2020

Time: Starting on Monday 10th at 8:30. Link to timetable confirmed for each student.

As students of a plurilingual school, our 4th ESO & BAC pupils have been given the opportunity to enter for an ISE (=Integrated Skills in English) exam of the Trinity College. The ISE I is the equivalent to B1, the ISE II to the B2  and the ISE III to the C1.

The Trinity ISE exams are a 4 skill integrated test in a two exam module. READING-WRITING and SPEAKING-LISTENING. You can pass each of the modules indipendently but to get an ISE qualification certificate you need to pass both. You can take both modules together or separately.

Above there's the front page of a Trinity ISE exam with the general instructions and the time distribution for the READING & WRITING module.

General previous information to know:

- You can use a BLACK or BLUE pen and a marker. No pencils, erasers, eraser-pens, Typex can be used.

- No mobile phones, smartphones or smartwatches can be used. 

- Watches must be worn on the wrist to control the time.

There are Guides for Students for each of the levels with specific information about what the exams are like, how to prepare them, what happens on the exam day and what is being assessed by the examiner on the following links:

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE I

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE II

- STUDENT GUIDE FOR ISE III

All the general information and sample exam papers on the Trinity exams can be found on these links to their webpages:

- general information on ISE

- specific information on ISE I (B1) 
and ISE I (B1) exam info

- specific information on ISE II (B2) 
and ISE II (B2) exam info

- specific information on ISE III (C1) 
and ISE III (C1) exam info

Exam structure:

READING-WRITING (2h)

1- LONG READING - (400 words ISE I / 500 words ISE II / 700 words ISE III) - 15 questions - 20 minutes

2- MULTI-TASK READING - (400 words ISE I / 500 words ISE II / 700 words ISE III across 4 texts. One is an infographic) - 15 questions - 20 minutes

3- READING INTO WRITING - Identify relevant information from the previous 4 texts in task 2, incorporate information in response to a prompt (in 100-130 words ISE I / 150-180 ISE II / 200-230 words). Don't use any ideas of your own. - 40 minutes

4- EXTENDED WRITING - Respond to a prompt (in 100-130 words ISE I / 150-180 ISE II / 200-230 words) - 40 minutes.

SPEAKING-LISTENING (ISE I 18 min / ISE II 20 min / ISE III 25 min)

1- TOPIC TASK - Choose ANY topic prepared in advance with 4 points. Be personal and original. Don't memorize. - 4 minutes. Example of topic form below only for ISE I candidates.

2'- COLLABORATIVE TASK* (only in *ISE II & III exams) - Integrated speaking and listening of a prompt presenting a dilemma or opinion - 4 minutes)
2- CONVERSATION TASK** - Integrated speaking & listening task about a topic. - 2 minutes. 

3- INDEPENDENT LISTENING TASKS:

a) 1 minute long audio recordings heard twice and to answer 6 questions in 1 or 2 words. - 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

b) 1 minute 15 seconds long audio heard twice. First time report what's it about. Second time report 6 important facts and answer 4 questions. The second time, students can write down notes on a piece of paper.

**Conversation topics for ISE II & III: 
Society and living standards / Personal values and ideals / The world of work / National environmental concerns / Public figures past and present

SALMAN KHAN, THE 2019 PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Today October 18th 2019, Salman Khan receives in Oviedo the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. Salman Khan appears on our current 1ºBAC textbook  in an interview about his online education project The Khan Academy (page 89, unit on Education).

More info about him and the award in these links below:

- THE KHAN ACADEMY

- THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Videos:
LET'S TEACH FOR MASTERY

KHAN ACADEMY: THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION?

REUSING & RECYCLING IS POSSIBLE

Here's an example that shows reusing and recycling is possible. It's a shopping centre in Elskilstuna, near Stockholm, next to the city's recycling plant, which only sells recycled and upcycled items. A way of fightening exaggerated consumerism and protect the environment.

Video:

+ info:

Eskilstuna: how a Swedish town became the world capital of recycling

THE DAY THE O PORTIÑO LANDFILL COLLAPSED

Photo: César Quián LaVozDeGalicia.

At 10 o'clock on September 10th 1996, 200.000 cubic metres of rubbish and trash from the Bens landfill collapsed and buried O Portiño leaving a horrible smell through the city, which would last for months and killing a 58-year-old man Joaquín Serantes López, who was washing his car nearby. His body was never found.

That ecological disaster radically changed the treatment of rubbish in our city. City rubbish has since then been treated at rubbish recycling plant in Nostián and the place where the landfill has become a green park of 300.000 square metres.

Info taken from news @ LaVozDeGalicia (11-Sept-18)

DIFFERENT WAYS OF WALKING

Check this chart to learn different words that express the ways you can walk.

AND THE FILM CHOSEN BY 1st-BAC-B IS...

1ºBAC-B votes (in voting order)

José Paz: "'The Holiday', I like Cameron Diaz".

Cata Mir: "'The Holiday', because I like Cameron Diaz. She is a good actress and the film is very interesting".

Michael Sandoz: "I prefer to see 'The Holiday', because I love Jack Black".

Lucía Varela: "I want to see 'Love Actually', because I think it is funny".

Luís Otero: "My vote is for 'Love Actually', because it's the only film that catches my attention".

Axel Rodríguez: "'Love Actually', because I like comedies and I want to relax before Christmas".

Uxía Queijeiro: "'Love Actually', because I like love and Christmas".

Daniela Valenzuela: "I vote for  'The Holiday', because I like Cameron Diaz".

and so there's a tie for the WINNING FILM between:

 "THE HOLIDAY" & "LOVE ACTUALLY" (4 votes each)
THE TEACHER BREAKS THE TIE DECIDING FOR:

AND THE FILM CHOSEN BY 1st-BAC-A IS...

1st BAC-A votes (in voting order)

19 students have voted (half the class+4), here are their votes and reasons:

Javier Esmorís: "I would like to see the film 'Love Actually', because I prefer comedy films and I've seen movies with these actors and they are funny".

Carolina Grela: "I would like to see 'The Holiday', because I like the actors, the trailer and I think it is a great movie".

Jacqueline Ferrín: "I want to watch 'Stepmom', because I think that it could be very interesting and beautiful".

Amanda Trujillo: "I prefer 'The Holiday', because I like the actress Kate Winslet.

Eva Soldán:  "'Love Actually', because I like the plot".

Marta Souto: "I want to see 'Stepmom', because it caught my attention, I want to know what happens in the end".

Oliver Vaamonde: "I vote in favour of 'Stepmom', because the trailer convinced me".

Mauricio Rosa: "I want to watch 'The Holiday', because it seems intereseting and a comedy film. I like this type of films a lot".

Mauro López: "My vote is for 'Love Actually', because I think it will be an interesting film to watch, specially because its trailer if funny".

Rodrigo Rama: "My vote is for 'Peter's Friends', because it seems an interesting and fun movie that can make us have a good time".

Zeltia Mira: "I vote 'Love Actually', because I like love stories and the film 'Notting Hill' starring Hugh Grant".

Emma Zas: 'The Holiday', because it is a funny movie".

David Sandoz: 'The Holiday', because I love this movie".

Adrián Infante: "I vote for 'The Holiday', because it seems fun and interesting".

Paula Varela: "'The Holiday', because I think it's the most interesting film".

Mario Valderas: "I will choose 'Peter's Friends', because I am suffering the pressure of that deadline date of yours, so I prefer to vote now for one film I don't really love instead of losing the oppotunity to decide. I know that it's a poor reason, but i don't have any better.  Thanks and good night".

Adrián Riveiro: "'Love Actually', because I want to see the famous actor Rowan Atkinson".

Raquel Torres:  "The film I prefer to watch is 'The Holiday', because I think that house exchanges are an interesting and original topic".

Jennifer Vaamonde: "I vote for 'Stepmom', because the trailer is very interesting".

and so the WINNING FILM is:

 "THE HOLIDAY" (8 votes)

('Love Actually' 5, 'Stepmom' 4 & 'Peter's Friends' 2)

FORMAL BUSINESS LETTERS

The charts on this posts show examples of effective formal business letters.

SOCIAL MEDIA vs REALITY: ARE YOU LIVING AN INSTA LIE?

Are we living an insta lie? Are we addicted to technology, mobile phones and social networks? Watch this video and reflect about it for a moment. Give your opinions...

Video "ARE YOU LIVING AN INSTA LIE?"

HARRY'S FINGER WAS BITTEN BY LITTLE CHARLIE A DECADE AGO!

Between these two photos above, 10 years have passed. A few weeks ago, our conversation assistant this course, Laura, showed in 1st BAC classes the video of little Charlie and his brother Harry as an activity to practice the passive: Harry's finger was bitten by his smaller brother Harry. 

This week we've learnt the story behind this viral video. You can get the complete story watching this video below, which was posted on YouTube in 2015, saying that the original one was 8 years old. That means that it's 10 years, now. In the video you'll hear why their parents posted it onto YouTube and how many viewers have watched it in all this time. You'll be surprised!

Video:

CAUSE & EFFECT

Cause and effect connectors and adverbs.

OCEAN CLEANUP PROJECTS

There are different projects to try to clean up our oceans from all the great amount of plastic waste that has been disposed in them.

This post is an answer to the listenings from our 1ºBAC book on the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans.

Videos:

+ info @ THE OCEAN CLEAN UP

COLLOCATIONS TO EXPRESS A LARGE AMOUNT OR DEGREE

This chart shows some common word collocations to show amount, quantity.

DANIEL TAMMET, AN AUTISTIC TALENT (World Autism Awareness Day)

On April 2nd, when it's World Autism Awarness Day, here's a post devoted to Daniel Tammet. Do you know him?
In Unit 5 of our 1st BAC textbook, there is a reading text about Daniel Tammet, an autistic person who has an outstanding talent for numbers and languages, though for ordianary everyday tasks, he's a bit more clumsy. He sees numbers as figures, he enjoys reflecting and experimenting with words and knows several languages. He's currently a freelance tutor, a writer, essayist and translator.

Yesterday he appeared on an interview on Spanish radio SER, so I looked for more information about him. Here are three links and some videos about him, on our etc-page you can find his interview yesterday on the radio (Cadena SER).

- Daniel Tammet @ Wikipedia.

- Daniel Tammet's webpage.
- Optimnem: language courses.

Video "THE BOY WITH THE INCREDIBLE BRAIN":

Video "DIFFERENT WAYS OF KNOWING", a lecture by Daniel Tammet:

[8th CW] CLASSIC SCI-FI BOOK/FILM REVIEWS

Our 8th Cultural week devoted to the COSMOS officially starts next Monday. One of the activities, organized by the English Department, for this year's Cultural Week was to write reviews of all-time classic science-fiction books or films. Here are the ones chosen by 1st BAC students to write about in alphabetical order:

Handed in reviews

Reviews on exhibition.

"AVATAR" (2009)

[Paula Conde & Marta Vázquez Luaces 1ºBAC-A]

Video trailer "AVATAR":

"DIVERGENT" (2012)

[Miguel Alcalde 1ºBAC-C]

Video trailer "DIVERGENT":

"E.T." (1982)

[Sara Criado, 1ºBAC-A]

Video trailer "E.T.":

"GRAVITY" (2013)

[Lucía Gª Expósito, 1ºBAC-C]

Video trailer "GRAVITY":

"INTERSTELLAR" (2014)
[Pablo Couso, 1ºBAC-C]

Video trailer "INTERSTELLAR":

"UNDER THE SKIN" (2013)

[Iago Mora, 1ºBAC-C]

Video trailer "UNDER THE SKIN":

Thanks to all for taking part in this activity. They'll be displayed in the exhibitions of the cultural week together with the rest of works done.

STOCKHOLM: THE COOLEST TUBE STATIONS IN THE WORLD

"For true fans of metro art, Stockholm's stations are a must-see. There are works of art in almost every station, making it the longest art gallery in the world!"

This is an extract from one of the recent 1st BAC reading tests, and to show this is true here are some photos of some Stockholm underground stations. Really stunning!

Photos from "Escapism". Link here: 

Stockholm's metro stations are the coolest in the world.

 Stadion station on the red line.

Solna Centrum station on the blue line.

Tekniska Högskolan station on the red line.

Kungstädsgarden station on the blue line

Vreten station on the blue line.

Duvbo station on the blue line

T-Central station in the heart of Stockholm

Skarpnäck station on the green line

Akalla station on the blue line.