jueves, 17 de octubre de 2013

EXPRESARSE POR ESCRITO EN INGLÉS

  1. REDACCIONES
    1. Lee detenidamente el título de la redacción. Fíjate en el tiempo verbal si lo hubiera. Cerciórate de si debes escribir  sobre algo ya ocurrido (tiempos de pasado), rutinas diarias (presente), predicciones (futuro) o situaciones hipotéticas (condicionales). En éste último caso, identifica claramente el tipo de oración condicional que exija el contenido de la redacción: construcciones de primer, segundo o tercer tipo, según se trate de acciones que pueden suceder o que ya sucedieron.
    2. Haz un listado mental de las ideas que quieres tratar. Si no se te ocurre nada, hazte preguntas utilizando los interrogativos básicos para describir cualquier suceso: when, where, who, what, how, why.
    3. Planifica el vocabulario que vas a emplear. Evita expresiones inglesas de las que no estés muy seguro, y, sobre todo, no te inventes palabras. No es nada aconsejable que traduzcas del castellano. Intenta recordar frases hechas y expresiones aprendidas que puedan ser empleadas en ese contexto.
    4. Tipos de redacciones que suelen salir:
                                          i.    Descriptivas: paisaje, paraje, pueblo, casa, habitación, de una persona (físico, personalidad, aficiones)
                                         ii.    Narrativas
                                        iii.    Argumentativas: desarrollo de puntos de vista personales sobre un tema, contraste de opiniones propias y ajenas, etc.
                                        iv.    Cartas.
    1. Organiza tus ideas en dos o tres párrafos. Dependiendo del número de palabras que debas escribir, dos párrafos pueden ser suficientes. En redacciones de  60 a 80 palabras puedes emplear tres párrafos con guiones tales como:
                                          i.    Narraciones:
1.     Descripción del entorno espacial y temporal de la historia
2.     Secuencia de acontecimientos
3.     Final sorprendente
                                         ii.    Redacciones argumentativas
1.     Introducción del tema de forma general
2.     Concreción del tema, dando explicaciones o ejemplos que sostengan tus argumentos
3.     Opinión personal o dudas y preguntas sobre la validez de los argumentos empleados
    1. Piensa en las partículas y conectores más apropiados para unir tus frases
    2. Procura pensar cuidadosamente cada frase antes de escribirla.
    3. Evita repetirte demasiado, ve al grano.
    4. Dedica unos minutos a repasar lo escrito. Presta atención a los tiempos verbales que has empleado, la presencia del sujeto y su concordancia con el verbo, la posición del adjetivo, etc.
  1. CONSEJOS ÚTILES
    1. Preguntas de comprensión:
                                          i.    Nunca copiar oraciones del texto
                                         ii.    Contestar en el mismo tiempo verbal de la pregunta
                                        iii.    Fijarse muy bien en ese tiempo verbal, ya que hay veces que el texto se refiere a un presente y la cuestión está preguntando por algo en un pasado, por ejemplo.
                                        iv.    Recordar: S + V + CD + CI + CCM + CCL + CCT
                                         v.    Frases cortas
    1. Preguntas de verdadero y falso
                                          i.    Nunca poner T / F sólo. Siempre hay que poner la evidencia (entera), entrecomillada.
                                         ii.    Utilizar las siguientes fórmulas:
1.     This is true since the autor of the text says: ‘__________’
2.     This is false because in the text we can find:’__________’
3.     This is true because in the text is said: ’______________’
4.     This is false since in the text is found: ‘_______________’
                                        iii.    Tener cuidado con
1.     Negativas
2.     Interrogativas
3.     Pronombres indefinidos con sentido negativo
4.     Tiempos verbales (muchas veces la frase está en presente, por ejemplo, y la evidencia en pasado)
    1. Vocabulario:
                                          i.    Mismo tiempo verbal: si es un verbo acabado en ‘—ed’, buscar un verbo acabado en ‘-ed’
                                         ii.    Leer bien el enunciado; a veces hay que buscar antónimos en lugar de sinónimos
                                        iii.    Tener cuidado con el primer punto. Si la palabra es demasiad fácil o el examen es complicado, suelen poner el infinitivo en el ejercicio y el pasado o participio en el texto. Al poner en el ejercicio debes escribirlo en infinitivo.
                                        iv.    No hace falta saber la traducción; busca el sentido de la oración e intuirás el significado.
    1. Gramática
                                          i.    Busca las pistas que hay en cada oración (los trucos en los tiempos verbales, los adverbios, por ejemplo)
                                         ii.    Estructura de la oración inglesa: S + V + CD + CI + CCM + CCL + CCT
                                        iii.    Pasiva: to be + Vpp (¡analiza!)
                                        iv.    Condicional
1.      if pres / main fut
2.     if past (subj) / main cond
3.     if past pft / main cond pft
                                         v.    Relative clauses
1.     Who: personas
2.     Which: cosas
3.     Defining: si el pronombre es el objeto de la oración de relativo se puede omitir
4.     Non-defining: van entre comas y se puede omitir la oración por completo
                                        vi.    Preposiciones:
1.     In/at/on: más comunes
2.     From / to / since / for
3.     With + pronombre objeto
4.     By
                                       vii.    Adverbios
1.     Frecuencia
a.     detrás (especiales)
b.    delante (normales)
c.     en medio (compuestos)
2.     MaLeTa
                                      viii.    Pronombres
1.     Objeto (pueden ir precedidos por una preposición)
2.     Adjetivos posesivos + nombre
                                        ix.    Some / any // few / little //  much / many / a lot (of)
1.     Some: afirmativas con sustantivos contables plurales e incontables (recordar la excepción: en interrogativa cuando esperamos que la respuesta sea afirmativa, ofrecer y/o pedir)
2.     Any: negativas e interrogativas con sustantivos plurales e incontables (recordar la excepción: en afirmativa con ‘cualquiera’)
                                         x.    Adjetivos
1.     Adj + nombre
2.     Comparación y superlativo
a.     una sílaba: -er / -est
b.    tres sílabas: more / the most+ adj
c.     dos sílabas: depende de la terminación
3.     as + adj + as
4.     less + adj + thasn
5.     as / than + pronombre objeto
    1. Redacción
                                          i.    Mirar gramática
                                         ii.    Escribir en los mismos tiempos verbales: si has empezado en pasado, sigue en pasado.
                                        iii.    Utilizar conectores
                                        iv.    S + V + CD + CI + CCM + CCL + CCT
                                         v.    Utiliza el vocabulario del texto (pero sin copiar oraciones enteras!!!!!!)
                                        vi.    No copies estructuras el texto

                                       vii.    Utiliza frase cortas

lunes, 14 de octubre de 2013

TALKING ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE.

On the dates I have already told you in class (and that you can find in the blog in the previous days), you have to talk about 10 minutes about yourself.

You have to do a PowerPoint presentation (hand it over one day before, please) with your own photos (of you, your town, your hopes...)

You have to start by using the past tenses, the present tenses,and finally, the future tenses.

Remeber that every connector you use (apart from "and", "but or "or") will make your make better. You know how to use them, as you write them in compositions.

I don't mind if the story of your life is true. I want YOU to speak.

You cannot write paragraphs or sentences in the powerpoint... only photos and some specific information (dates, names of places or people, short phrases...)

Feel free to add comments. suggestions or questions below.

See you in class

Horror Film

As you know you have to make a video for the English class with a story made up by you. We are going to choose the story in class, and then you will make the script.

Remember that it has to be 10-15 minutes long and you all have to speak in the video. I don't mind the setting, as long as it is in Brihuega. I don't mind the era you choose to make it.

The video you have to give me must be in avi or mp4 and all the story in just one file.

You must post here all the comments or ideas that you have to share with your partners.

You can also make suggestions or questions.

Remember that the deadline for the video is the 5th of December.

See you in class.

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS


Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
1 Ann sees Paul putting-on his coat and says: Where you (go), Paul? Paul: I(go) to buy some cigarettes. You (want) an evening paper?
2 Ann: No, thanks. You are always buying cigarettes, Paul. How many you (smoke) a day?
Paul: I (not smoke) very many—perhaps 20. Jack (smoke) far more ^han I (do). He (spend) £10 a week on cigarettes.
3 Mary (see) Peter standing at the bus stop. Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus you (wait) for? Peter: Hello, Mary. I (wait) for a 9 or a 14.
4 Mary: You usually (go) to work by car, don't you?
Peter: Yes, but the car (belong) to my mother and she sometimes (want) it. She (use) it today to take Tom to the dentist.
5 Mary: I usually (go) by car too. Jack (take) me because he (pass) my office on his way to the factory. But this week he (work) in a factory in the opposite direction: so I (queue) like you.
6 Peter: Here's a 9 now. You (come) on it or you (wait) for a 14? Mary: I (think) I'll take the 9. If I (wait) for a 14 I may be late, and if you (be) late at my office everyone (look) at you.
7 Mary and Ann (wait) outside a telephone box. Inside the box a boy (dial) a number.
Mary: You (know) that boy?
Ann: Yes, he's a friend of my brother's. He (phone) his girl friend every day from this box.
8 Mary: Where he (come) from?
  Ann: He (come) from Japan. He's a very clever boy; he (speak) four languages.
9 Mary: I (wonder) what he (speak) now.
  Ann: Well, his girl friend (come) from Japan too; so I (suppose) he (speak) Japanese.
10 It is 8.30. Tom and Ann (have) breakfast. They both (open) their letters.  Tom: No one ever (write) to me. All I (get) is bills! You (have) anything interesting?
11 Ann: I've got a letter from Hugh. He (say) he (come) to London next week and (want) us to meet him for lunch.
12 Peter: You (have) traffic wardens in your country?
    Pedro: No, I (not think) so. You (not see) them in my town anyway. What exactly a traffic warden (do)?
13 Peter: He (walk) up and down the street and if a car (stay) too long at a parking place or (park) in a no-parking area he (stick) a parking ticket to the windscreen.
14 Look! He (put) a ticket on Tom's car. Tom will be furious when he (see) it. He (hate) getting parking tickets.
15 Customer: I (want) to buy a fur coat. Have you any nice coats for about £500?
    Assistant: I'm afraid we just (close), madam. It's 4.55, and we always (close) at 5.00 sharp on Fridays as Mr Jones the manager (not want) to miss his favourite television programme.
16 It is Friday evening and the Brown family are at home. Mrs Brown (listen) to a concert on the radio; Mr Brown (read) a paper, George Brown (do) his homework and Ann Brown (write) a letter.
17 Mr Brown always (read) his newspapers in the evenings. Mrs Brown sometimes (knit) but she (not knit) tonight.
18 Mr Black often (go) to the theatre but his wife (not go) very often. He (like) all sorts of plays. She (prefer) comedies.
19 Tonight they (watch) a very modern comedy. They (enjoy) it, but they (not understand) some of the jokes.
20 What (happen) in your class? The teacher (give) lectures every day?-
No. He (give) one lecture a week, and on the other days he (show) films or (discuss) books with us.
21 A bus conductor (get) more exercise than a bus driver. The driver just (sit) in his cab but the conductor (stand) and (walk) about and (run) up and down the stairs.
22 Why that man (stand) in the middle of the road? ~ He (try) to get across. He (wait) for a gap in the traffic. - Why he (not use) the subway? ~ Lots of people (not bother) to use the subway. They (prefer) to risk  their lives crossing here.
23 You (wear) a new coat, aren't you? ~ Yes. You (like) it? ~  The colour (suit) you but it (not fit) you very well. It's much too big.
24 All the guides here (speak) at least three foreign languages, because a lot of foreign visitors (come) every summer.
25 Paul (take) a party of French tourists round now and tomorrow an American party (come).
26 Englishmen very seldom (talk) on the Underground. They (prefer) to read their newspapers. ~ Those two men in the corner (talk). ~ But they (not talk) English.
27 Jones and Co. (have) a sale at the moment. Shall we look in on our way home? ~ I'd love to but I'm afraid I won't have time. I (meet) Tom at 5.30. -You (go) out with Tom often?
28 I usually (go) by train, but this weekend I (go) by bus. It (take) longer but it (cost) less.
29 Ann (on telephone): You (do) anything at the moment, Sally? Sally: Yes. I (pack); I (catch) a plane to New York in three hours' time.  Ann: Lucky girl! How long you (stay) in New York?
30 Peter: You (go) out tonight, Paul?
    Paul: No, I (stay) at home. The neighbours (come) in to watch TV.
    Peter: You (invite) the neighbours often?
   Paul: No, but they (invite) themselves whenever there is a good programme.
31 Jack: I just (go) out to get an evening paper.
   Ann: But it (pour)! Why you (not wait) till the rain (stop)? (I advise you to wait.)
32 Lucy: Tom (get) up very early but he (wash) and (shave) and (get) his breakfast so quietly that I (not hear) a thing. But I (hear) him driving away from the house because his car (make) a lot of noise.
33 Alice: My brother (get) up very early too. But he (make) such a lot of noise that he (wake) everybody up. He (sing) in his bath and (bang) doors and (drop) things in the kitchen and (play) the radio very loudly.
34 Lucy: Why you (not ask) him to be a bit quieter?
    Alice: I (mention) it every night but it (not do) any good. He (say) that he (not make) a sound, and I (think) he really (believe) it.
35 Tom: You (see) that man at the corner? He (keep) stopping people and asking them questions. You (think) he (ask) for directions? Jack: No, I (expect) he (make) a survey.
Tom: How you (make) a survey?
Jack: You (stop) people and (ask) them questions and (write) the answers on a report sheet.
36 In most countries a child (start) school at six and (stay) for about five years in a primary school. Then he (move) to a secondary school. At 17 or 18 he (take) an exam; if he (do) well in this exam he can go on to a university if he (wish).







Put the verbs in brackets into the correct present tense.
1 Mrs Jones: My daughter never (write) to me so I never (know) what she (do). Your son (write) to you, Mrs Smith? Mrs Smith: Yes, I (hear) from him every week. He (seem) to like writing letters.
2 These apples (cost) 40p a bag. You (think) that is expensive?- It (depend) on the size of the bag.
3 I (see) my solicitor tomorrow (/ have arranged this); I (change) my will. ~ You always (change) your will. Why you (not leave) it alone?
4 You (look) very thoughtful. What you (think) about? ~ I (think) about my retirement. ~  But you're only 25. You only just (start) your career. ~   I (know); but I (read) an article which (say) that a sensible man  (start) thinking about retirement at 25.
5 My next door neighbour always (knock) on my door and (ask) me to lend her lOp pieces. ~ What she (do) with them?-  She (put) them in her gas meter. I really (not mind) lending her a few lOp pieces but what (annoy) me is that she (know) how many she (need) each week but never (take) the trouble to bring the right number home. -
6 What she (do) if she (run out) of them when you are away?-  Oh, she (borrow) from her other neighbour, Mr White; but this (take) longer because he always (want) her to stay and chat and she (find) it quite hard to get away from him. -  
7 How much she (owe) you now? - I (not know); I (not keep) an account. Anyway she (leave) next week; she (get) married. I (try) to think of a suitable wedding present. ~
8 Why you (not offer) to cancel her debt? -  That (sound) rather a mean sort of present. Anyway she probably (not realize) that she (owe) me money. -
9 My brother (say) that people who (owe) him money always (seem) to forget about it, but people he (owe) money to always (remember) exactly.
10 I (not think) your brother (enjoy) the party. He (keep) looking at his watch. -  Oh, I'm sure he (enjoy) it. He always (enjoy) your parties. But I (know) he (want) to be home early tonight because he {expect) an important telephone call.
11 Jack: How much longer you (stay) in England?
     Paul: Only one more day. I (leave) tomorrow night. I (go) to Holland for two weeks.
12 Jack: And you (come) back to England after that or you (go) home? Paul: It (depend) on my father. But if he (agree) to let me go on studying here I'll certainly come back. And I (expect) he will agree.
13 Paul: By the way, Jack, Ann (see) me off at Victoria tomorrow. Why you (not come) too? You could have coffee with her afterwards. (Paul is advising/inviting Jack to come and see him off.)
14 You (see) that man at the corner of the street? He is a private detective. He (watch) No. 24. ~  How you (know) he (watch) No. 24?-  Because whenever anyone (come) out of, or (go) into, the house he
(make) a note in his little book.
15 What all those people (do) in the middle of the street? And why they (wear) such extraordinary clothes? - They (make) a film. Most of the crowd are local people who (work) as extras. ~
16 It (sound) great fun. You (think) I could get a job as a film extra?-  I (not know) but I (see) Ann over there; when they (finish) this scene I'll ask her if they still (take) on extras. -
17 Ann (act) in the film? ~  She has a small part. She (not act) very well. I (imagine) she got the part because she (know) the director.
18 My brother (live) next door and his two children (come) and (see) me every day. The boy (not bother) to knock at the door; he just (climb) in through the window; but the girl always (knock).
19 Tom: We (move) into our new house tomorrow.
     Bill: But why you (leave) your present house? It (suit) you all.
    Tom: Yes, I (know) it (do); but the Council (pull down) all the houses on this side. They (widen) the road. They (say) it's a bottleneck.
20 If you (ask) a friend if she (like) your new dress she usually (say) 'Yes'; so you (not know) whether she really (think) it (suit) you or whether she merely (be) polite.
21 If you (want) a candid opinion you'd better ask my sister. She never (tell) white lies; she always (say) exactly what she (think).
22 Your sister's frankness (annoy) people? ~ Yes, it (do). The average person (not want) a truthful answer; he (want) you to say something agreeable.
23 I (hear) that you have bought a new house. - Yes, but I (not live) in it yet. They still (work) on it, and the work (take) longer than I expected. -
24 I (think) repair jobs always (take) longer than one (expect). What they (do) now? — They (put) in new electric points. They (seem) competent electricians but they (smoke) at their work and this (slow) them down.
25 They always (hammer) next door. - Yes, that house (keep) changing hands and the new owner always (begin) by putting in a new fireplace, and their fireplace is just on the other side of this wall so we (hear) everything. The wall (shake), too.
26 Ann (stir) something in a saucepan and Mary (stand) beside her holding a cookery book.
    Mary: It (say) 'simmer', and you (boil) it, Ann.  
    Ann: I (not think) it (matter) if you (cook) it quickly; but I (not know) why it (not get) thick. It usually (thicken) at once.
27 The hall (be) painted at the moment, so it (not look) its best. ~ But where are the painters? They (stop) work at 3.00? ~ No, they are in the kitchen. They (have) a tea break.
28 What the word 'Establishment' (mean)? My dictionary (not give) an explanation. ~ It roughly (mean) the government and people who (have) power and authority.
29 If we (say) that Mr Brown (belong) to the Establishment we also (imply) that he (accept) the existing system. He (not try) to overthrow it. ~
30 All rich men (belong) to the Establishment? ~ Middle-aged rich men probably (do) but rich young men like pop singers always (jeer) at the Establishment. The word (be used) chiefly in a pejorative sense.
31 The house opposite the college (be pulled) down. That's why we (use) the back entrance at present. If you (go) out by the front door you (get) covered with dust.
32 Tom: I (smell) something burning!
     Jack: So (do) 1.1 (think) it (come) from the kitchen. Ann probably (iron). She usually (iron) and (watch) TV at the same time and if she (get) very interested in a programme she (forget) that she (press) a hot iron on to somebody's shirt. Mother (think) of selling the TV set.
33 Mrs Jones: What you (look) for, Tom?
    Mr Jones: I (look) for the garage key. I always (look) for the garage key, because nobody ever (put) it back on its hook. Mrs Jones: I always (put) it back on its hook. Why you (not try) your pockets? (I advise you to try your pockets).
34 Imagine that you (travel) by train, in a crowded compartment. One of the passengers (read) a newspaper; another (do) a crossword puzzle; another (look out) of the window. Suddenly the train (stop) with a jerk and your suitcase (fall) off the rack on to somebody's toes.
35 This is a story about an invalid who (spend) most of the day in bed. He has a powerful telescope and he (amuse) himself by watching the activities of the people in the opposite houses. One day when he (watch) No. 24 he (see) a murder being committed.
36 The cashier used to do the accounts and I used to check his figures; now the computer (do) it all. ~  And who (check) the computer? ~ No one. The computer (not need) a second opinion. ~ And what (happen) if the computer (make) a mistake? The computer never (make) a mistake.


martes, 8 de octubre de 2013

IMPORTANT DATES IN THE TERM

16/10 Irregular Verb Test
24/10 Patricia and Elima B's Exposition.
25/10 Laura and Daniel's Exposition.
29/10 Miguel and Ismael's Exposition.
30/10 María J y María M's Exposition.
31/10 Pablo and Elima M's Exposition.
05/11 Noemí and Koral's Exposition.
06/11 Aimara and Asier's Exposition.
07/11 Mamen and Nahia's Exposition.
12/11 First test on Grammar and Vocabulary (0-2)
13/11 First test on Reading, Writing and Listening (0-2)
29/11 Oliver Twist's Reading Start.
05/12 Deadline for the terror film.
10/12 First term test on Grammar and Vocabulary (0-3)
11/12 First term test on Reading, Writing and Listening (0-3)


HERE YOU HAVE THE CALENDAR

lunes, 7 de octubre de 2013

Writing and Speaking

TABLA PARA LA CORRECCIÓN DE WRITING

ESCRIBIR
Procesos de planificación, cohesión y presentación del discurso
1.      Utilizar estrategias de planificación, desarrollo y revisión del texto escrito
3
2
1
0
2.      Redactar el texto en su tipología textual


1
0
3.      Presentar el contenido de forma cohesionada

2
1
0
4.      Respetar los aspectos formales del texto para facilitar su lectura

2
1
0
Coherencia y riqueza del contenido del discurso
5.      Utilizar un léxico adecuado y adaptado a la situación de comunicación
3
2
1
0
6.      Utilizar un discurso rico y variado en expresiones y vocabulario
3
2
1
0
7.      Utilizar correctamente los conectores

2
1
0
Corrección gramatical
8.      Redactar textos respetando la concordancia y la estructura sintáctica
3
2
1
0
9.      Respetar las normas ortográficas

2
1
0
10.  Respetar los signos de puntuación


1
0
TOTAL
        /22



TABLA PARA LA CORRECCIÓN DE SPEAKING

HABLAR
I. Presentación y cohesión en el diálogo
1.      Presentar de forma clara; con ritmo, pausas, entonación y recursos paralingüísticos.
3
2
1
0
2.      Utilizar estrategias de conversación
3
2
1
0
II. coherencia y riqueza del contenido del discurso.
3.      Utilizar el léxico adecuado en la conversación
3
2
1
0
4.      Comprender el discurso y responder de forma coherente

2
1
0
5.      Usar conectores de relación

2
1
0
III. corrección gramatical
6.      Construir oraciones
3
2
1
0
TOTAL
         /16


sábado, 5 de octubre de 2013

TAGGED

Here you have the video you have to make the plot on.

Remember to use the past simple, the past continous and the connectors needed. Don't forget to give your personal opinion about the topic the video has.

You have to bring the composition (remember the rules for the presentation) on Tuesday, 8th October, 2013 IN class time. No later.

See  you in class.