MONEY FOR SHOPPING

Devoting a post to things to do with money and shopping. Above basic vocabulary. Below different charts on the topic:

- EXERCISE PRACTICE:

APPLYING FOR A JOB: COVERING LETTERS & CVs.

A covering or motivation(al) letter is a letter of introduction attached to another document as a CV (curriculum vitae).

Job seekers normally send a cover letter along with their curriculum vitae or application for employment as a way of introducing themselves to potential employers, explaining their suitability for the desired post. Employers may look for individualized and thoughtfully written cover letters as a way of screening out applicants who aren't sufficiently interested in their position or who lack the necessary basic skills for it.

Cover letters are typically divided into 3 categories:

• The application letter or invited cover letter which responds to a known job opening
• The prospecting letter or uninvited cover letter which inquires about possible positions
• The networking letter which requests information and assistance in the sender's job search.

Some tips of how to write a covering letter and an example:

Curriculum vitae is a Latin expression which can be translated as the course of my life. A curriculum vitae (C.V.) gives an overview of a person's experience and other qualifications. In some countries a C.V. is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker and it's typically used to screen applicants, often followed by a job interview.

Following is help to prepare a correct CV:

Links:
- ADVICE ON CVs (British Council)
- FILLING IN FORMS (British Council)
- WRITING A CV. (British Council)

WRITING (FORMAL & INFORMAL) LETTERS.

This post is devoted to learning how to write a letter and distinguishing between formal (writen to institutions, companies or for official purposes) and informal ones (written to family and friends). Now most informal letters have been changed for informal emails (see previous post). Above you can see how they are different in layout. Study below all the other differences:

A practical exercise:

Link to more practice:
- WRITING FORMAL LETTERS. (British Council)
- FORMAL EMAILS. (Oxford University Press)
- FORMAL EXPRESSIONS. (Flo-Joe)
- FORMAL X INFORMAL LANGUAGE (Flo-Joe)

JOBS & EMPLOYMENT (Vocabulary practice)

More vocabulary and practice related to jobs and employment.
Link to jobs & occupations vocabulary.

WHAT DO YOU DO? JOBS & OCCUPATIONS

Here's a post devoted to the vocabulary of jobs and different occupations.

What do you do? / What's your job?

I'm / (s)he's a...

Practice:

Where do each of them usually work in?
[office / plane / school / hospital / clinic / newspaper, TV channel / pub, restaurant / court / garage / classroom, school, university / building site / police station / bus, taxi / street / shop...]

What requirements are needed for each job? 

[working hours / physical strength / university degree / professional training / attractive appearance / good people skills / knowledge of languages...]

Which personality characteristics are needed?

[courageous / patient / calm / creative / adventurous / friendly / organized / outgoing...]

Link to the MAP OF GRADUATE CAREERS.


Video about JOBS:

FOOD & DIET (Vocabulary practice)

This post is to learn and practice vocabulary on food and diet. (Previous post Food & Drink)

More adjectives to use with food:

Check how many different kinds of food you can remember:

MASTER CHEF

Showing poster with vocabulary of ways of cooking. Also you can link here to vocabulary for the ingredients: food & drink. and more practice-exercises on food vocabulary at food & diet.
More on cooking:
- WHAT'S COOKING IN THE KITCHEN? from "English with a twist" blog.

For tools and appliances in the kitchen to do these actions click to KITCHENWARE.

RAFAEL DIESTE'S 2nd BAC CLASS 2014

Tonight we say goodbye to this year's 2nd BAC groups with their graduation party at the neighbouring Andres Gaos Auditorium. As usual, the best of luck to them all in their future!

Here's a video of some of this year's 2nd BAC students performing during their farewell party.
Video:

COUNTABLES & UNCOUNTABLES

The concept of COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE is very important in English. Above you have a chart that distinguishes countable and uncountable food. Uncountable food can become countable by using a container or division that makes them individual, as you can see in the chart below.

The difference between SOME & ANY:

Links to exercise-practice of SOME & ANY:
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3
- Exercise 4

FOOD & DRINK

Here's a post devoted to vocabulary of food and drink, with different charts organized by categories. Link to post on vocabulary of the ways of cooking. And practice vocabulary exercises on food at food and diet.

1- FAST FOOD.

2- BREAKFAST

3- DINNER

4- DRINKS

5- VEGETABLES

- GREEN FRUIT & VEGETABLES

6- FRUITS

7- NUTS

8- CAKES & DESSERTS