INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Yesterday was International Women’s Day.                       WAS= be in the past

Yesterday we celebrated International Women’s Day.        ED= regular past

Women’s Rights                                                                  ´S= proprietor poseedor/a

/wimen

Children’s Rights los derechos de los niños y de las niñas

My car’s sister

My sister’s car

                                                    MODAL VERB+VERB 

Society /sosáyeti

should consejo debería /SHUD

must obligación debe

can posibilidad puede

will futuro        

                                            reduce

                                            eliminate

                                            fight for

                                                                    the gender gap

                                                                    discrimination                                                                                                                                               women’s rights

   Society should reduce the gender gap.

   Society must eliminate discrimination.

   Society can fight for women's rights.

   Society will eliminate the gender gap and discrimination.

PADLET: NOSTALGIA AND HOPE

PADLET: HOW OFTEN? ¿CON QUÉ FRECUENCIA?

 

MODELO PARA LA PRESENTACIÓN SOBRE LA FAMILIA

Good morning, dear classmates. 

My name is _______ and I'm in the first year of English at the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Icod de los Vinos. 

I'm going to talk about my family. This is my family tree. You can see that my family is very big/quite big/small. I have _______ brothers and _______ sisters / I'm an only child.

My brother's name is _______ / My brothers' names are _______ and _______ . My sister's name is _______ / My sisters' names are _______ and _______ . 

My maternal grandparents' names are/were _______ and my paternal grandparents' names are/were _______ and _______ and _______ .

My aunts' names are/were _______ and _______ . 

My uncles names are/were _______ and _______ .

- Let's focus on my parents now. My father's name is/was _______ and my mother's name is/was _______ . / My parents' names are/were _______ and _______ . / 

They are/were from _______ , and they live/lived in _______ . I love/loved them very much. My dad is/was one month older than my mum. They are sixty-seven years old. They like/liked reading and they like watching classic films, too. They don't like politicians and they don't like reality TV, either. This is/was my dad, I love/loved him. This is my mum, I love/loved her.

They can't/couldn't speak English. Well, my mum can/could speak a little French. They can/could drive and they have/had their own car, a very old car. Actually, my father passed away five years ago. Well, it's a pity/shit happens.

- Now, I'm going to talk about _______ in particular. My sister's name is Clara. She's thirty-five years old. She's quite pretty and she's not very tall. She's a vet, she works in a hospital. She has special qualifications. She can drive and she has her own car. It's a very small car. She can speak English and French very well. She's four years younger than me. 

I like her very much. I love her, actually. Well, this is my family. I hope you liked my presentation. Thank you for listening. Bye bye.

FAMILY VOCABULARY CARDS

 

LOVE ONLINE: QUESTIONS ABOUT YOU

WHAT TIME IS IT? LA HORA EN INGLÉS

CONTENIDOS PARA LOS EXÁMENES DE ENERO

ENGLISH VERSION

VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA (pero lean también la inglesa ;)

Dear students, 2021 has finally arrived, with hopes, dreams... and the contents for the January exams. Hooray! ;)

Queridas y queridos estudiantes, por fin ha llegado el 2021, con esperanzas, sueños... y los contenidos para los exámenes de enero. ¡Hurra! ;)

The writing will be of two short texts of approximately 70 words, based on one of these possibilities "description of things on a desk in an office", the "description of a famous person" or "description of an itinerary in a city". DATE: on Thursday the 21st of January.

La prueba de expresión escrita será de dos textos cortos de unas 70 palabras, basados en una de estas posibilidades: "describir las cosas que hay en la mesa de un despacho", "describir a una persona famosa" o "describir un itinerario en una ciudad". FECHA: el jueves 21 de enero.

The reading and listening will be as usual, two texts and two audios with questions about the content. DATE: on Thursday the 21st of January.

El reading y el listening serán los habituales, dos textos y dos audios con preguntas sobre el contenido. FECHA: el jueves 21 de enero.

For the spoken dialogue, "description of an itinerary" formulation of the dialogue of Student A and Student B about the itinerary we practised in class. There will a photo of the itinerary. Preparation time 2 minutes, presentation time 4 minutes. In pairs. DATE: on Tuesday the 26th of January.

Para la prueba oral de diálogo, "describir un itinerario en una ciudad", en la que el estudiante A y el estudiante B realizan el diálogo que practicamos en clase. FECHA: el martes 26 de enero, en parejas, con la pareja que elijan. Preparación 2 minutos, presentación 4 minutos.

For the spoken monologue and mediation, the same contents, "description of things on a desk in an office", the "description of a famous person". There will be a photo or some visual help. Preparation 2 minutes, presentation 2 minutes. Individually. DATE: on Tuesday the 26th of January.

Para la prueba oral de monólogo y mediación, los mismos contenidos, "describir las cosas que hay en la mesa de un despacho", "describir a una persona famosa". FECHA: el martes 26 de enero. Lo harán de forma individual. Preparación 2 minutos, presentación 2 minutos.

Don't worry, be prepared and remember:

No se agobien, prepárense y recuerden:

DESCRIPTION OF ADELE

Her name is Adele.

She is a famous singer.

She is from London.

She is British.

She speaks English.

She is not from the Canary Islands.

She is married. /márrid/

She isn’t divorced. /divórsd/

She is quite young.
Adele is thirty-one years old.

Her birthday is on the fifth of May.

She is in her prime. /práim/ estar en lo mejor de la vida

                 “to be in your prime”

                               

She is tall. She is quite tall.

  She is 1,75 metres tall.

  She is not very slim.

  She isn’t very fat.

  She is plump. She is quite fat.

  She is chubby.

  She is very beautiful.

  She is a pretty woman.

She has blonde hair.

  She has wavy hair.

  She has long hair.

  She has long blond wavy hair.

  She has highlights.

  She does not have a fringe.

  She has fair /féar/ skin.

  She has pale /péil/ skin.

Her nails are long and blue.

Her hair is long and wavy.

DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE