NOVELTIES

It's been a long time since my last post, but you will see why.

There's quite an interesting pack of new activities:

1. Have a look at this revision site I've prepared with grammar, video, reading and audio for 5th. year students.

2. Here you can see mash-ups for 4th. year and for 5th. year. You are asked to write a composition on some topics and, at once, you are given a pack of photos, links to videos and wikipedia info, so that you can get inspired.

3. Don't miss a quite comprehensive collection of activities on the new chill-out section called LUNA PARK.

4. Another new section in Chill-out is the SING-ALONG. It's a collection of links to both musical videos and lyrics.

5. Finally, here is a try a building mind-maps on the web describing the four linguistic skills.

That's all folks!

Hope you like it.

Alfonso

Phonetics on line

I always thought a fine idea to give main guidelines to understand the way English is read.

Click here and you will find a humble way to understand that.

Hope it's useful.

See you.

Alf

BRAND NEW JUKEBOX FOR THE WEB

I finally got how to keep a playlist running while anyone is visiting the page or going through some of the exercises.

And here is my jukebox. Hope you like it!

Alf.

NEW PACKS OF EXERCISES FOR 5th. YEAR STUDENTS

Have you tried the new toy for 5th year students at the page. They are packs of exercises covering all the skills.

You can see links to those packs depending on the kind of exercise you want to try.

And once within the pack you can go through its content. Hope you like it!

Shall we start with videos?. Click here.

NEW SERVER!

The E.O.I. Santander has hired hosting services for Teachers' webpages. Great. So my new site is:

Http://www.eoisantander.org/alfonsohinojosa/

Now you can change it in your favourite folder.

 No more Orange publicity, thanks God.

See you, Alf

New Spanish songs in the Chill-out lounge.

Just feeling homesick somehow. Still human.
Some new Spanish songs entries in the chill-out lounge.

Hope you like it!

Table objects - Vocabulary revision for 1st year group

Go to this photo. Try and remember how

Listening comprehension - Vídeo and subtitles

Aquí puedes encontrar enlace a diferentes ejercicios de audición basados en la utilización de vídeo y subtítulos:

1. Scoop - Rellenar los subtítulos que faltan (nivel avanzado).

2. Interpreter - Contestar verdadero o falso.

3. The Queen - Contestar preguntas abiertas.

4. Walk on water - Detectar errores de traducción.

5. The Corpse Bride - Rellenar los subtítulos que faltan (nivel intermedio).

6. Broken Flowers - Detectar errores en la subtitulación del texto en inglés (nivel intermedio).

Hope you like them. See you.

Alf

CRIS'S TRANSLATION: ENGLISH IDIOMS

Well, I haven't got a clue but I'll try:

1. If you wake up early, God will help you.

2. Birds of a feather, flock together.

3. If you don't cry, you get nothing.

 

TEACHER'S TRANSLATION EXERCISE: ENGLISH IDIOMS

Send to the Grammar Gym your translation in english for the following sayings:

1. A quien madruga Dios le ayuda.

2. Dios los cría y ellos se juntan.

3. El que no llora no mama.

Care for a party?

A group of students are thinking of making a party to celebrate the beginning of the new school year?

We will meet at the restaurant on the beach at 9 p.m. and then go dancing.

Leave a comment if you want to join us. Freak out and come.

ANSWERS TO TEACHER'S TRANSLATION: AMSTERDAM

Yes, I can understand the difficulties you have expressed on your translation.

Never mind. It's a good way of keeping on learning.

You can see the full answers at the following website:

http://perso.orange.es/alfonso_h07/curso5/ejercicios/writing/5_2_a_writing_trans_amsterdam.html

Congratulations on your effort.

CLAIRE'S TRANSLATION: AMSTERDAM

It was very difficult for me. I could only do half of it. Sorry.

 

-	ENGLISH
1	Wherever you travel round Europe, you won't find a friendlier city than Amsterdam.
2	I must admit having fallen in love with its people and its canals.
3	Not only are they especially tolerant, but they also show great interest in other fellow travellers.
4	And mind you, although they are thought to be a bit stingy,
5	I must tell you that there is nothing further  from the truth.
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CRIS'S TRANSLATION: AMSTERDAM

Well, I had some difficulties with the translation. I couldn't complete the whole exercise.

  

-	ENGLISH
1	Wherever you travel round Europe, you won't find a friendlier city than Amsterdam.
2	I must admit having fallen in love with its people and its canals.
3
4	And mind you, although they are thought to be a bit stingy,
5	I must tell you that there is nothing further  from the truth.
6
7	They are open-minded, trustworthy and when they go out they go Dutch.
8	It couldn't be any other way, could it?. As they say, it's part of their cultural heritage.
9	Come to think of it, that's the way it is. Give and take.
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TEACHER'S TRANSLATION EXERCISE: AMSTERDAM

 

 How would you translate the following sentences. SEND YOUR ANSWERS TO THE GRAMMAR GYM:

 

-	SPANISH
1	Vayas donde vayas por Europa, no encontrarás una ciudad tan agradable como Amsterdam.
2	Debo admitir que estoy completamente enamorado de su gente y sus canales.
3	No sólo son especialmente tolerantes, sino que también manifiestan un gran interés por gente viajera como ellos.
4	Y, ojo, aunque se les considera un poco tacaños,
5	debo decirte que no hay nada más lejos de la verdad.
6	Siempre que te comportes amablemente, ellos nunca te darán con la puerta en las narices.
7	Son gente abierta, muy de fiar y cuando salen les gusta compartir gastos.
8	No podía ser de otra forma, ¿verdad? Como ellos dicen, es parte de su patrimonio cultural.
9	Y si lo piensas, así son las cosas. Dar y tomar.
10	Ya sé que hay de todo. Sin embargo, nada puede compararse con esa gente.

CRIS'S COMPOSITION EXERCISE - TOPIC: SEXIST ADVERTISING

ALUMNO: CRIS 

I totally agree with that accusation. Car adverts are a clear example of how old habits die hard. Cars are for men, lifting cream are for women.

As an example of what I mean is that I have never ever seen an advert where a woman gives a man a lift on a Ferrari. It is always the other way round. Women are like flower pots on cars are on lots of other places.

It's going to take a long time before we can change that image. At least, as long as the change of sex of those people in command of the advert agencies.

I agree with Claire about the slow change and increased subtlety. But we are still victims of previous stereotypes.

CLAIRE'S COMPOSITION EXERCISE - TOPIC: SEXIST ADVERTISING

ALUMNO: CLAIRE 

Well I think car adverts used to be much more sexist than they are now, really. But that, again, goes for the rest of the advertisement industry.

I can still recall xara citroen cars with a Claudia Schiffer as an added gift or washing powder hen's parties.

Things have change a lot or, perhaps, sexism is more subtle because they still play on people's basic instints and social primitive roles. However, everything may depend on the culture of the original car-maker. For instance, German cars such as Opel or BMW are normally driven by men, whereas Italian cars doesn't make such clear distinction.

Nowadays, sexism is not politically correct. Therefore, the car industry try to change its old strategies.

 

TEACHER'S COMPOSITION EXERCISE - TOPIC: SEXIST ADVERTISING

The car industry is often accused of  making sexist adverts. Think of two examples of car advertisements. Are they sexist? If not, give examples that are. What do you think of sexist advertising?

How do you feel about it?

What do you think of your partners' opinions?

Composition between 50 and 100 words.

PUBLISH YOUR ESSAYS IN THE WORKSHOP

NEW SITE FOR THE WEBPAGE!

Por fin!

Ya parece que las cosas pueden volver a su normalidad.
Tras 2 meses de parón forzoso por la incomprensible poca agilidad
de las empresas de teléfonos (en general), he podido volver a subir
los archivos de la web.

La dirección es otra como veréis. De lo anterior no se ha salvado
ni el nombre.

Never Mind! All's well that ends well.

Saludos.
Alfonso

Resultado prueba escrita - Curso 4º

RELACIÓN DE ALUMNOS QUE SUPERAN LA PARTE ESCRITA
Y SON CONVOCADOS A LA PRUEBA ORAL
EN EL AULA 301, LUNES 11-6-2007 A LAS HORAS QUE
A CONTINUACIÓN SE INDICAN:

 

NOTA: la revisión del ejercicio escrito

será a las 9:00 horas en la misma aula y día

de las pruebas orales.

  

NºO	NOMBRE	HORA
	ALUMNOS DE L/X A LAS 9:00 h.
2	Alonso de las Heras, Inigo	10:00
5	Armada Breijo, Soraya	10:00
6	Blanco Iturbe, David	10:10
9	Fernandez Diaz, Ramon	10:10
10	Garcia-Lago Velarde, Rosa	10:20
11	Gomez Rodriguez, Raquel	10:20
15	Lopez Casado, Natalia	10:30
17	López López, Leticia	10:30
20	Morales Salmerón, Raquel	10:40
22	Peña Pérez, Ramón	10:40
25	Regis Gallardo, Yolanda	10:50
27	Rodríguez del Río, Mª Estela	10:50
30	Sordo García, Carmen	11:00
31	Zarate Gutierrez, Jaime	11:00
32	Tena Primo, Yera	11:10
	ALUMNOS DE L/X A LAS 11:00 h.
1	Alegria Fernandez, Juan	11:10
4	Bringas San Juan, Francisco Ja	11:20
16	Marcos Lanas, Maria Luisa	11:20
20	Sanchez Cayón, Elena	11:30
22	Solana Fernandez, Inmaculada	11:30
24	Velez Bedia, Alfonso Manuel	11:40
25	Zoller, Susanne Priska	11:40
	ALUMNOS DE M/J A LAS 10:00 h.
5	Entrecanales Agudo, Alberto	12:20
9	Gomez Gomara, Elena	12:20
10	Gomez Gonzalez, M. Jesus	12:30
13	Miguel Lorenzo, Itziar de	12:30
17	Portilla Alonso, Maria Luisa	12:40
24	Toca Echevarria, Ma Carmen	12:40
26	Zubeldia Echeberria, Miren Ar	12:40

 El alumno Herrera Basterreche, Luis Jaime hará el examen oral
con su profesora Nuria el jueves 14 a las 17:30 en el dpto.
de inglés 5ª pl.

Un saludo y ánimo a todos.

Alfonso