Thursday, December 22, 2011

Goodie basket


Esta es nuestra Cesta de Navidad que se sorteará hoy a las 20:30 en la Casa de Cultura. Todavía estáis a tiempo de comprar papeletas. Os recordamos que el dinero recaudado irá destinado a la biblioteca de la escuela.

See you this evening! 

The King's Speech (2010)

Remember! Today at 4:30 at Casa de la Cultura

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Recipes for the Cooking Contest

Here are some typical British and American recipes we suggest, but whatever you bring is welcome!
(Estas son algunas recetas típicas que sugerimos, pero cualquier cosas que traigáis será bienvenida)

Christmas Party

Thursday 22nd December

CHRISTMAS PARTY
From 4 to 9pm
In the halls of Casa de Cultura
                  
ACTIVITIES:

16:30 Film in Original Version: THE KING’S SPEECH (2010)
·        With English subtitles

19:00 Christmas tea and cakes
·        Cooking Contest (ask your teacher for the recipes)
·        Eating and drinking
·        Singing Christmas Carols

20:00 Announcement of winners of the Cooking Contest

20:30 Raffle of a Christmas Goodie Basket

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Homework for the 15th December

Practice Daily Routine with Vocabulary Bank
(page 147)

Workbook 3B
Exercises 1, 2 & 3
(page 24)

Read Luisa's Text
(page 30 Student's book)

Oh, Pretty Woman



After practising with the video, try at Lyrics Training.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Homework for the 13th December

Workbook 3A
(pages 22 and 23)

Grammar worksheets
(2C, 2D, 3A and 3B)

ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Book Fair


At the School of Languages in Alhama

Thursday 1st December
from 5.00 - 8.00 pm

Dictionaries
Children's books
Fiction

Discounts of up to 50%

Homework for the 1st December

From the Student's book:
Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation 
(Page 26)

Revise Vocabulary Bank
(Page 146)

Grammar Bank 3A
Exercises a) and b)
(Page 127)

Monday, November 28, 2011

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Homework for 29th November

Workbook Ex 3, 4 & More words to learn
(page 20)

From the Classbook:
Write an informal email / letter
(page 25)  

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a North American and Canadian festival and family holiday. People in Canada celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. North Americans on the fourth Thursday in November.

Thanksgiving is a big family celebration. People travel from all over the country to be with their family for the holiday. Roads and airports get very busy during Thanksgiving weekend.

The traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes turkey with stuffing and cranberry sauce, sweetcorn and sweet potatoes. For dessert they normally have pumpkin pie.

Try this wordsearch with some Thanksgiving words.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Homework for the 17th November

Worksheet Grammar 2A + 2B
and "When Natasha meets Sean"

Revise Vocabulary Bank: Jobs
(page 144)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Lyrics Training

Do you remember lyricstraining.com?
Practise your English with the songs from our classes.

FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE

ETERNAL FLAME

SOMETHING STUPID


Select Game mode: Beginner / Intermediate / Expert!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Homework for the 8th November

Quicktest 1 
(Si no lo tienes, puedes descargarlo aquí)

Revise Unit 1 and Vocabulary from page 143!

This, that, these, those


Demonstrative Adjectives
(This/That/These/Those)

This, that, these, those indicate if things are near (here) or far away (there). Click on the words to hear the pronunciation.
NEAR 
This - singular 
These - plural 

FAR
That - singular 
Those - plural 
PRACTICE 1
Change the sentences into plural.
Example
This is a book.

1.  This is a paper.
    
2.  That is a pencil.
    
3.  This is a computer.
    
4.  That is a television.
    
PRACTICE 2

Change the sentences into singular.
Example
Those are students. 

1.  These are English books.
    
2.  Those are pens.
    
3.  These are papers.
    
4.  Those are radios.
    
Taken and adapted from:
http://www.inglesmundial.com/Ingles_Basico_Leccion10/Ingles_Basico_Leccion10_Gramatica.html

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A / AN


Choose A o AN.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
(Recuerda: En estos ejercicios no es necesario saber el significado de las palabras, sino cuando escribir A o AN)

1D: Common and Classroom Objects

Practice Common Objects with a Crossword and Wordsearch.

Classroom Objects
Attention! New objects:
a crayon, paper, a ruler, scissors, a notebook, an eraser, a pencil sharpener, a desk. 

Numbers (3)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Homework for 27th October

Workbook 1D
Ex 3 & 4
More Words to Learn
(Pages 10 & 11)

Workbook : On the plane
(Page 12)

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Eternal Flame

Eternal Flame (1989) by American band The Bangles




Eternal Flame (2001) by British band Atomic Kitten


Homework for 25th October

Revise Common Objects
(page 142)

Workbook 1D
Exercises 1 & 2 
(page 10) 

1C: Possessive adjectives




Practise here:
Possessive adjectives (1) 

Possessive adjectives (2)

D-I-S-C-O

A song to practice spelling and learn some adjectives: 

PLAY!


D.I.S.C.O  by Ottawan (1980)
 D.I.S.C.O
She is DISCO

She is D delirious
She is I incredible
She is S superficial
She is C complicated
She is O oh, oh, oh

She is D desirable
She is I irresistible
She is S super sexy
She is C such a cutie
She is O oh, oh, oh

D.I.S.C.O.
She is DISCO

She is D disastrous
She is I impossible
She is S super special
She is C crazy, crazy
She is O oh, oh, oh

She is D delightful
She is I incredible
She is S sensational
She is C sweet as candy
She is O oh, oh, oh

D.I.S.C.O
She is DISCO

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Homework for the 20th October

Workbook: Finish 1C
Exercises 3, 4, 5
More Words to Learn
Question time
(Pages 8+9)

Plazas sobrantes en TOTANA

Puede que conozcáis a alguien interesado...

Nuevo llamamiento para cubrir plazas sobrantes en Totana

El próximo MIÉRCOLES 19 DE OCTUBRE a las 16 HORAS, en el AULA 3 de la Extensión de Totana se ofertarán las plazas sobrantes para los niveles:

* NIVEL BÁSICO 2 (15)

* NIVEL INTERMEDIO 1 (20)
* NIVEL INTERMEDIO 2 (15) 

Más información en la página web de la Extensión.

The Alphabet

ABC song


Can you spell your name?




Play this SPELLING VIDEOGAME: Alphabet Antics

Where are they from?

THREE MORE EXERCISES!

1. Listen and repeat HERE the names of countries, nationalities and languages.

2. Listen HERE to positive sentences, questions and answers. (Posando el ratón sobre las letras en rosa)

3. Try answer before reading!

Numbers (2)

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Homework for 13th October

Workbook Complete Page 7:
Exercises 3, 4, 5
More words to learn
Question time

Friday I'm in love

Today is Tuesday but it's similar to a Friday! Tomorrow is a holiday!

Friday I'm in love by The Cure

Days of the week

Practise the days of the week with this quiz.

*Before --> antes
*After --> después

Monday, October 10, 2011

Homework for 11th October

Worksheet 1A + 1B + Nationalities
Workbook: 1B 2a) b) c) (page 6)

1A: Extra Grammar and Vocabulary

Revision of GRAMMAR
verb be [+], pronouns (1)
verb be [+], pronouns (2)
Revision of VOCABULARY

Numbers (Crucigrama y sopa de letras)

Monday, Monday

What day is it today?

Monday, Monday by The Mamas and The Papas



Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Monday Monday, can't trust that day,
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how yould cou leave and not take me.

Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time

Monday Monday, ...

Monday, October 3, 2011

Ampliación Plazo Becas de Estudio

Se ha ampliado el plazo para la solicitud de Becas de carácter general y de movilidad para el curso 2011-2012 para alumnos de estudios postobligatorios y superiores no universitarios.

Orden EDU/2600/2011, de 29 de septiembre

Hasta el viernes 7 de octubre!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Plazas sobrantes en Lorca

A continuación, os detallo las plazas sobrantes de la EOI de Lorca. Por si alguno estuviera interesado en matricularse en francés o italiano, o conoce a alguien que se ha quedado fuera y quisiera entrar a la EOI de Lorca (no Alhama)

La adjudicación de estas plazas será el próximo jueves 29 (mañana) en el Salón de Actos del IES Príncipe de Asturias a las horas que se detallan a continuación.

HORA    IDIOMA       NIVEL   PLAZAS
16.00H   ITALIANO   NB1       20
16.00H   ITALIANO   NB2       19
16.30H   FRANCÉS    NB1       21
16.30H   FRANCÉS    NB2       6
17.00H   INGLÉS        NB1       67
18.00H   INGLÉS        NB2       27
18.30H  FRANCÉS      NI1       15
18.30H  FRANCÉS      NI2       18
19.00H  FRANCÉS      NA1      29
19.00H  FRANCÉS      NA2      15
19.30H  INGLÉS         NA1       18
19.30H  INGLÉS        NA2       15

IMPORTANTE:
- Sólo se dará un número por idioma y nivel.
- Los números para el Nivel Básico (todos los idiomas) se empezarán a repartir a las 15.45h.

Hello Goodbye



La letra de la canción la podéis ver aquí.

The textbook

Éste es el libro que utilizaremos este curso:

NEW ENGLISH FILE. Elementary
Editorial: Oxford University Press
Student's book + Workbook


Y la gramática para referencia y repaso en casa:

ESSENTIAL GRAMMAR IN USE. 
Editorial Cambridge.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Día Europeo de las Lenguas

Celebrate with us! ¡Celébralo con nosotros!

"Tantos países diferentes, así que ¡muchas lenguas! Es el Día Europeo de las Lenguas. Aprende idiomas, te abre oportunidades. Sé parte de algo."

¿Cuántas banderas puedes identificar? Algunas no son europeas.



Por iniciativa del Consejo de Europa, en Estrasburgo, el Día Europeo de las Lenguas se celebra cada año desde 2001 el día 26 de septiembre.

¿Cuántos idiomas puedes identificar? ¿Echas alguno en falta?

Becas de estudio

Os enlazo la página del Ministerio de Educación que contiene toda la información sobre

Becas y ayudas a alumnos de niveles postobligatorios no universitarios (2011-2012)

El plazo para solicitarlas acaba el próximo viernes 30 septiembre


Saturday, September 24, 2011

Welcome!

Bienvenidos al PRIMER CURSO DE NIVEL BÁSICO de la Extensión de Alhama de Murcia de la EOI Lorca. 

La presentación del curso 2011-2012 fue el pasado jueves, donde muchos pudísteis conocerme y donde os informé de cosas que necesitáis saber sobre la escuela, la clase y sobre cómo funcionamos en las EOIs.

Será siempre importante que visitéis la web de la EOI de Lorca (www.eoilorca.org) para cualquier información general de la escuela o más concretamente del departamento de inglés, la programación del curso, los contenidos, objetivos, etc.

Igualmente espero que visitéis este blog con regularidad para cualquier aviso que os pueda dar y también para estar en contacto con el inglés desde casa. Aquí publicaré cosas que veamos en clase, vídeos, ejercicios extra o enlaces que crea que os pueden interesar. Os animo también a que participéis en él con comentarios, dudas y sugerencias.

Por último, si preferís mandarme un correo electrónico, mi dirección es: conchita@eoilorca.org

¡Nos vemos el martes! See you on Tuesday!