Monday, June 20, 2016

Phonetics from IPA.


Phonetics




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HeujZ45OZE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIytoY5_gpw


Wednesday, June 08, 2016

COLOMBO

Course 7

Hi everybody!

Here's your task for Session 5 Saturday, June 18th:

A. Choose one of the following links.

B. Watch the video clip and write a commment on the song's theme. Provide your viewpoint and what you think the song was intended for. 

C. Publish your comment (at the center-mid- bottom).

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUzd9KyIDrM


2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-iepu3EtyE



3. http://busyteacher.org/11724-simple-past-song-set-fire-to-the-rain.html


4. https://englishlane.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/seven-songs-for-teaching-past-simple/

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Song Unit 12 Course 4

Aerosmith - What Could Have Been Love

Watch and listen to this song:






alone            proved             meant                 blame           wonder           over           emptiness         holding           lying                 come                  gave            know,               somebody                  gone             wake                dream             will                      been




I  ______________ up and  ________________ how everything went wrong. 
Am I the one to__________? 
I  _______________ up and left you for a nowhere-bound train. 
Now that train has  _______________ and gone. 
I close my eyes and see you __________________in my bed. 
And I still  ________________ of that day. 

What could have been love. 
Should have  _______________ the only thing that was ever  ______________________ to be. 
Didn’t know, couldn’t see what was right in front of me. 
And now that I’m  _________________ all I have is ____________________
that comes from being free. 
What could have been love will never be. 

An old friend told me that you found  _________________ new. 
Oh, you're finally moving on. 
You think that I'd be   _______________ you after all these years. 
Yeah, but time has  ______________________ it wrong. 
'Cause I'm still  __________________ on. 

What could have been love. 
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be. 

Didn’t  _____________ couldn’t see what was right in front of me. 
And now that I’m alone all I have is emptiness 
that comes from being free. 
What could have been love ________________ never be. 

We've _____________  our separate ways. 
Say goodbye to another day 
I still wonder where you are. 
Are you too far from turning back? 
You were slipping through my hands and I didn't understand. 

What could have been love 
Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be. 
Didn’t know, couldn’t see what was right in front of me. 
(What could have been love) 
And now that I’m alone all I have is emptiness 
that comes from being free. 
What could have been love will never be. 
What could have been love will never be. 
What could have been love.




Discuss:

What went wrong?

What could he have done instead? 

What would you like to ask the characters in this strory? 

Five questions.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

 Scrambled letters.



Scramble and unscramble:

Use the letters to make words in English:

aybert


etdIniabh


tecantenerco


 simhaf


dilohochd


Now, complete the sentences with a suitable word:


She  felt _____________when she  found out that her best friend had lied to her.



This rare species of bird is only found only in one un ______________ island in the Pacific.


Turn down the radio! It’s impossible for me to_______________________ on my homework.


I am ________________________ed !” can we have a break and get something to eat?

It is said that our _____________________ years are the best of our lives.




Key




Betrayed

Uninhabited

 Concentrate

Famished

Childhood


Friday, November 15, 2013

Vocabulary


Look up the meaning of these easily confused Words:


 blister


bruise


choke


faint


 gasp


 harm


hurt


 injure


injury


 pain


rash


 scratch






Now, make sentences using hem in context.

Finally, Prepare a ROLE PLAY using the overleaf vocabulary in contexts. GW3.




Let's Learn English!: CIIC Universidad de Antioquia

Let's Learn English!: CIIC Universidad de Antioquia.



Here is a link that will help you find some easy and commonly used expressions:



http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/phrasal-verbs

Some Phrasal verbs



Practice:

Phrasal verbs

Match the phrasal verbs with their equivalent:




1.       Get over _____
2.       Come round _____
3.        Come down with _____
4.       Bring round _____
5.       Wear off _____
6.       Wear out _____
7.       Bring about ____

a.       Exhausted
b.       Make someone conscious again
c.        Slowly have no effect
d.      Get sick
e.       Recover consciousness
f.        Recover from
g.       change







Now, complete the sentences with the most suitable expression in the right from.

1.       It took her nearly three weeks to  _________________________________ the flu.
2.       Yesterday’s concert, the band lead singer was not able to perform because he  ________________________________ a bad cold right before the show.
3.       As soon as Miguel left the party, he felt awkward and when he ________________________________ , he was lying in a hospital bed.
4.       When the doctor  ________________________________ , he didn’t know what exactly had happened to him
5.       After a couple of hours, The pain reliever started to  ________________________________ and his leg really hurt.
6.       The doctor told his family he was ________________________________ from studying so hard and he needed to get some rest.
7.       The teacher has really ________________________________ the class activities since we first started the course.



Thursday, October 24, 2013

Gimnasio Los Alcazares

Hello dear students!

Here is the latest product we have developed for you!

Enjoy it!


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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Course 4

Here are some tasks as well as links to practice the contents from units 10 to 12: For instance, here is a portion of our lesson plan for session 8, Thursday, October 24th, 2013: Vocabulary presentation: What is the equivalent Idiomatic expression? Students will match the expressions: To tell a secret To be very happy To memorize To not speak directly about something To like food with a lot of sugar in it. Idiomatic expressions: have a sweet tooth Learn by heart Be on cloud nine Spill the beans Beat around the bush Now, complete the following sentences using the appropriate idiomatic expression in the right form: 1. The teacher of course four told us to__________________ the structures of the units ______ _____________. 2. Tatiana knows that chocolate is bad for her but she just can’t stop eating it. I guess she ___________ _________ ___________ ______________. 3. When Miguel found out that he had passed the University entrance exam, he __________ __________ ________ __________. 4. A: How did Vladimir found out about the surprise party we’re planning for December? B: I don’t know, I didn’t tell anyone. C: I guess Susan overheard our conversation and she _____________ ________ _______________. 5. S: Teacher could you please tell me the meaning of the word curse? T: eer, um, it’s like when something is not polite, not respectful. It’s something like that. S: Oh come on! Teacher stop _____________ ______________ _______________ __________________ and tell me its exact meaning. T: All right, all right it means … Finally prepare a Role play using Comparatives, superlatives and the expressions above in context. Listening: Listen to the following song: Cod :bacalao http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/record-breakers. Make up your own song and sing it in class. Here are some examples: http://www.luizotaviobarros.com/2012/02/songs-comparatives.html GENERAL PRACTICE: http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/?Grammar

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