miércoles, 9 de diciembre de 2015

CALENDARIO DE EXÁMENES DE 1ª CONVOCATORIA 

( Recuperación Módulos 2 y 5 + Evaluación Módulos 3 y 6 )

ATENCIÓN: 

El formato del examen escrito ha cambiado sin previo aviso y constará de:

* 2 tareas de comprensión lectora (Reading Comprehension).
       - 1 Multiple Choice
       - 1 True / False + evidence from text

* 2 tareas de comprensión oral (Listening Comprehension).
       - Multiple choice (Complete las oraciones marcando A, B o C en la hoja de
          respuestas según la información dada en la grabación)   
          (Se reproducirá 3 veces)

* 2 tareas de redacción (Writing).
       - 1 Expresión escrita.
       - 1 Interacción escrita 

La duración de la prueba es de 2 horas y media 

No hay una pregunta específica de gramática / vocabulario. 

miércoles, 2 de diciembre de 2015

miércoles, 4 de noviembre de 2015

sábado, 24 de octubre de 2015

MODULE 6 - UNIT 1 - GETTING BETTER

Exercises to talk about in class

p.  9 Ex 1
p.10 Ex 1
p.12 Ex 11
p.13 Ex 1 + 6
p.15 Ex 7
p.16 Ex 1
p.17 Ex 8 + 9

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Vocabulary

MODULE 6. Unit 1 "Getting better"


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Nina's Cabbages

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Getting Better 

 

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Videos Unit 1
  =============================================================== Listen to some podcasts:

Alternative Medicine (vocabulary)

Recovering from an Illness or Injury

Donating an Organ 

Fad Dieting

Minor Medical Injuries

And many more podcasts about the same topic 

Acupuncture

from minute 1:42 on


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U.S. teens taking to alternative medicines


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1)What springs to mind when you hear the term ‘alternative medicine’?
2)What is ‘alternative’ about alternative medicine?
3)What alternative medicine do you know about?
4)Have you tried any alternative medicine?
5)Do you think alternative medicine is just a trend that goes in and out of fashion?
6)Do you think alternative medicine works?
7)What kind of people use alternative medicine?
8)Do you think alternative medicines work better than modern drugs?
9)Do you trust alternative medicine?
10)Do you think doctors should study about and be experts in alternative medicine?



1)Do you think alternative medicines are tried, tested and safe?
2)Why do you think so little is known about the health benefits of alternative medicine?
3)Which countries in the world have the best medicines?
4)Do you think we can find all the medicines we need from the natural world, instead of making drugs?
5)Would you like to try acupuncture?
6)What are your thoughts on traditional Chinese medicine?
7)Do you think the medicine in Western hospitals is alternative medicine in other countries?
8)What do you think of things like art therapy, music therapy, healing with animals, etc?
9)What would you like to know about alternative medicine?
10)Do you know anyone who uses alternative medicine?

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Talk About
 Have you ever used any type of alternative medicine?
 Is alternative medicine common in your country?
Do you think alternative medicine could replace scientific medicine?
Would you like to be hypnotised?
Have you ever had a massage?

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MORE QUESTIONS

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Investigate 6 different types of alternative medicine.  Read the therapy adverts and follow the web links to find out more about each one.  Match 12 patient cards to appropriate therapies.
An excellent group activity, role play encourages further discussion between patient and therapist. Functional language skills can therefore be further developed.

Lesson: Therapy adverts - Alternative medicine

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Reading Comprehension 1

Listening Comprehension 2

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Alternative Medicine Vocabulary


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GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT + EXCERCISES

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS + EXCERCISES




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BUT is it all true ?

La gran mentira del reiki, la pseudoterapia que promete curar con la imposición de manos (ago. 2018)

*  Is Reiki effective?

Sin rastro científico que avale el tratamiento 'kinesio taping'

La ozonoterapia es un engaño mayúsculo que debemos denunciar

El científico que se enfrentó al príncipe Carlos y equipara la homeopatía con el 'brexit' (17 septiembre, 2018)

Need any more proof that homeopathy is useless? We've just got it, so let's finally end this farce

*Si dan reiki, no es un hospital: así luchará el Gobierno contra la pseudociencia (14/11/18)


* Estas son las muertes por cáncer que causa la homeopatía y otras 'alternativas'


* El Gobierno estudia incluir el yoga, la acupuntura y la meditación en la lista de pseudoterapias (28/02/19)

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viernes, 2 de octubre de 2015

10 common errors Spanish speakers make in English

10 more common errors Spanish speakers make in English

Following on from our previous article, here are another 10 common errors Spanish speakers make in English.

Common errors Spanish speakers make in English:

1. Switching he/she and his/her
mistakeOne of the most common errors Spanish speakers make in English is to mix up he and she. This can really confuse the listener, especially if someone is telling a story involving a man and a woman! The same is true with his and her. In English, which doesn’t have masculine/feminine grammatical gender, the pronoun agrees with the possessor. Here’s a little story for your students to work through to help them get the hang of it.
The teacher had Jenny’s book and Tom’s book. By mistake, she gave Jenny Tom’s book and Tom Jenny’s book. When Jenny realised she had his book and Tom realised he had her book, they swapped them. Now Jenny has her book and Tom has his.
2. Avoiding phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs are notoriously difficult for learners of English, but the ability to understand and use them is key to any degree of fluency in the language. However, Spanish speakers tend to avoid them when there is a synonym or near synonym that derives from Latin: e.g.tolerate for put up with or investigate for look into. This can often make their speech sound stilted or over formal.
3. Know/get to know/know how to/meet etc.
The various uses of the two Spanish verbs saber and conocer are quite distinct, but Spanish speakers tend to translate both of them simply as ‘know’. Sometimes, this is indeed the best translation:
No la conozco muy bien. > I don’t know her very well.
Sé que hacer. > I know what to do.
However, often a different translation is required:
Conocí a Juan en una fiesta. > I met Juan at a party.
Me gustaría conocer el norte de Espana. > I’d like to get to know the north of Spain.
¿Sabes conducir? > Do you know how to drive?
4. Avoiding modal verbs
Modal verbs, with their wide range of meaning and nuance, can be tricky for Spanish-speaking learners of English, especially certain uses of would and might. Learners often avoid them, preferring alternative expressions which, although correct, can often sound unnatural to native ears; for example, possibly will/won’t instead of might/might not:
‘I will possibly go to the party.’ Better: ‘I might go to the party.’
Another example is would for past habit. Spanish speakers often avoid this altogether, relying solely on used to instead. It’s much more common and natural in English to start talking about the past with used to and then switch to would.
‘My family used to go to camping every summer. I used to feel really excited as we set off. We used to sing songs in the car as we drove to the campsite…’. Better: ‘My family used to go camping every summer. I would feel really excited as we set off. We would sing songs…’
5. Overuse of ‘will’ for future expressions
There are many ways to talk about the future in English, and the choice of which structure to use usually depends not on how far ahead the event is taking place but on what the speaker is doing when they speak: i.e. making a prediction, talking about a plans or a decision, reading a timetable etc. However, Spanish speakers tend to use willindiscriminately. It’s very unnatural to use it to talk about things that have been decided and arranged. The present continuous (or going to) should be used instead, e.g.
John and Sally are getting married next August.
6. Using the wrong preposition
Given that Spanish en can be translated by in, at and on Spanish speakers often use the wrong preposition:
El libro está en la mesa. The book is on the table.
Fui a Italia en julio. I went to Italy in July.
Quedemos en tu casa. Let’s meet at your place.
It’s important to learn prepositions with the words they go with as part of a phrase (on the table/in July/at my/your/his/her place) in order to avoid this kind of mistake.
Although it’s unlikely in most cases that using the wrong preposition will confuse the listener, there are case when changing the preposition changes the meaning. For example:
The teacher shouted to the boy (to get his attention).
The teacher shouted at the boy (because he was angry with him).
7. Repeating the main verb
Verbs
Here’s a typical classroom exchange with a low level Spanish learner of English.
Teacher: Do you like tennis?
Student: Yes, I like. Do you like?
It’s a common error to repeat the main verb, whereas native English avoids this by using the auxiliary verb ‘do’. Here’s an example of a natural exchange:
A: Do you like tennis?
B: I don’t, but my brother does. Do you?
A: I do, yes. I love it.
8. Overpronunciation of ‘h’
Spanish speakers often pronounce the English h sound as a Spanish j, especially the beginning of a word. The English sound is much softer than the Spanish. A good way to practice is with the following ‘tongue twister’:
Horrible Henry Hunt, who has a hundred happy horses, has a huge house in Hampshire.
9. Adding an unnecessary ‘e’
Another of the most common errors Spanish speakers make in English pronunciation is a tendency to insert an ‘e’ sound before words beginning with ‘s’ plus a consonant, so thatstrange becomes e-strange and Spain becomes e-Spain. Here’s another silly ‘tongue twister’ to practice the correct pronunciation:
Steve Spears gets stressed studying in school but he stops stressing out when he starts doing sports.
10. Adjective position
In general, Spanish adjectives go after the noun they qualify (un coche rojo). The opposite is true in English, where adjectives always precede the noun (a red car). This can lead to mistakes, especially by low-level learners. Sometimes the position of the adjective in Spanish changes the meaning, and a different word is necessary in English:
Un gran hombre – a great man
Un hombre grande – a big man

lunes, 27 de abril de 2015

sábado, 25 de abril de 2015

PROCEDIMIENTO ADMISION EOI

El período de presentación de solicitudes de admisión en las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas será el comprendido entre el 1 y el 20 de mayo de 2015, ambos inclusive.

O en IEDA del 15 al 30 de Junio


 (en vista de que no va a haber 4º de That's English el próximo curso)

sábado, 18 de abril de 2015

WILL (pronunciation)


martes, 14 de abril de 2015

jueves, 2 de abril de 2015

lunes, 2 de febrero de 2015

lunes, 5 de enero de 2015

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