Wednesday, July 29

What we covered in class today: Course book unit 8.

Homework for tomorrow: Revise everything for the exam!! GOOD LUCK :)

Tuesday, July 28

What we covered in class today: we finished unit 7.

Homework for tomorrow: Press review + exam task p64-65

Monday, July 27

What we covered in class: Course book p48-49 + 51 + 54-55

Homework for tomorrow: Press review. Exam task p58-59. (check the words you don't understand in a dictionary)

Friday, July 24

What we covered in class today: Mock exam + correction

Homework for Monday: Press review.

Thursday, July 23

What we covered in class today: Course book p44, 46-47 and 48 (act.1). Here is the activity I mentioned should you want to do it at home. Here is an interesting exercise on adverb+adjective collocations.

Homework for tomorrow: Writing task set on Monday. No press review. Review everything we've covered so far for the mock exam. 

Wednesday, July 22

What we covered in class today: Course book p 38 and 42

Homework for tomorrow: Press review + ex2 and 5 (exam task) p44

Tuesday, July 21

What we covered in class: Course book p32-33 + 35

Homework for tomorrow: Press review + ex1 and 2 p38.

Monday, July 20

What we covered in class today: Writings were handed out. We came up with this document containing the most common mistakes + course book p28.

Homework for tomorrow: Press review as usual

Homework for Friday:  Writing preparation p30 + exam task 10p31

Friday, July 27

What we covered in class today: Mad Men activity + 3-stage activity based on an article by The Economist.

Homework: Press review as usual. For those who have done the above-mentioned 3-stage activity (not compulsory) watch the following video (from min. 5:00 to 40:00), I'm sure you'll find it very interesting!

Have a good weekend :)

Thursday, July 16

What we covered in class: Progress Test + Ex6 p23 + paragraph writing ("introduce / state / illustrate" concept) and course book p26-27

Homework for tomorrow: There will be no Press Review tomorrow so -unless you want to of course ;)- you don't have to read any article! Essay on marijuana mentioned in Tuesday's entry + do the reading task p27 (if we haven't done it in class).

Wednesday, July 15

What we covered in class today: Writing p22-23 + lesson on the Subjunctive.
Here is a good online tutorial along with some exercises.

Homework for tomorrow: Press review as usual + above-mentioned exercises on the subjunctive + ex.6p23. Please read "quick steps to writing a report" p23 as well.

Tuesday, July 14

What we covered in class today: Course book p16-17 + 19.

Homework for tomorrow: Press review (as usual) + start learning the vocabulary we have covered so far. Don't hesitate to use quizlet 

Monday, July 13

What we covered in class today: Course book p10-12 + 14

Homework for tomorrow + Friday: Press review activity, as usual (see previous entry). Writing for Friday: Finish the writing activity p 14-15 (if you haven't done exercise 1, do it and self correct p122) as a preparatory task for the following essay:

You have participated in a debate on whether or not to legalize Marijuana in Spain and have decided to write an essay to express your opinion in writing. 220-260 words.

Use 2 of the following approaches on the topic:

Public health

Individual freedom

Tax revenues for the State


Here are some of the ideas expressed during the debate:

- Legalising marijuana would 

- ..."allow drug use and addiction (by no means the same thing) to be treated as the public-health issues they are" and thus impose quality controls and regulations.
- ...encourage people to consume harder drugs such as heroin or cocaine.

- ...enable the State to use the money collected through taxes on its consumption for educational or cultural purposes.

You may if you wish make use of these opinions but you should use your own words as far as possible.

Here is a selection of more articles on the topic.

Friday, July 10

Hi everybody and welcome to your blog for the duration of this course :)

What we covered in class today: Course introduction + 3-stage activity -including a debate- based on an article by The Economist.

Homework for tomorrow: Watch this video. Choose any article from the following sources: The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post and write down the main ideas of the article and why you liked/disliked it. You will have to do this every day for the duration of the course (on top of any other homework exercise you might be given) since we will begin every class with a 10-min press review.

Have a nice weekend :)