Thursday, December 16, 2010

WORKBOOK LISTENING ANSWER KEY

UNIT 1

1C

2C

3B

4D

5A

6A

7D

8A

UNIT 2

1B

2C

3C

4B

5D

6A

7B

8D

UNIT 3

1C

2C

3A

4D

5B

6C

7D

8C

UNIT 4

1D

2A

3D

4B

5B

6C

7D

8D

UNIT 5

1C

2C

3A

4B

5B

6C

7D

8C

UNIT 6

1B

2D

3D

4A

5C

6D

7C

8A

UNIT 7

1A

2B

3C

4C

5B

6D

7D

8A

UNIT 8

1C

2A

3A

4B

5D

6A

7C

8D

UNIT 9

1C

2C

3B

4A

5B

6D

7D

8C

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

READING COMPREHENSION ANSWER KEY

Look at the answer key and make sure you understand all the mistakes you made.

Make a list of the reasons why you were penalized in each question.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

ERROR CORRECTION KEY

In the following link you will find the key to the error correction we started in class. If you want to get extra-points for this second term, edit the document by explaining why each sentence is wrong. Don't forget to write your name at the end of the explanation!

ERROR CORRECTION KEY LINK

Thursday, November 18, 2010

IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS

One way of improving your listening skills is watching TV programs, series, movies and videos in general. Here you have a link to a web where you can find many videos. It can be especially useful because you can watch them with or without subtitles (in different languages):
www.ted.com

You can start with one:

Sunday, October 31, 2010

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW...

Here you'll find some explanations and practice about several topics that you should know about. These topics are not going to be covered in class, so you should practice by yourselves if you feel you need it:

Word order in English
Auxiliary verbs
Comparative & superlative adjectives
Subject & object questions
Short answers
Quantifiers

You can also have a look at this page, where you can find some essential lessons or this other page where you can watch videos about different grammar points.

If you feel you need more practice in any topic, tell me in class and I will provide more exercises.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

I've just discovered a webpage where you can listen to thousands of words pronounced by people from different parts of the world, so this is a good way of practicing your pronunciation!

Click on the following link and practice your pronunciation:
http://www.forvo.com/languages/en/

If you come to me at the end of a lesson and tell me one word you learnt how to pronounce in this page, you'll get extra-points! Don't forget to look up the meaning if you don't know it!

Monday, September 20, 2010

WELCOME!

This blog is designed to help you in your adventure of learning English. I hope you will use it to ask questions and make comments about anything you don't understand or you want to know more about, or anything!

Feel free to contribute!

Laura

Sunday, September 19, 2010