1B2 Reading for Christmas, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Dear 1B2 students, 

Christmas holidays are near and I´ve prepared some exercises about a very interesting book that I´d like you to read. You can get  a handout in the photocopy room so you just have to ask the women downstairs for a copy whenever you can (it´ll be quite cheap, 1.65€, but I can´t do copies for eveybody).

You can take your time and read as you feel like, there are varied  exercises for each chapter and the key for you to check when you finish each one.

It´s something to help you with your reading comprehension and consequently it´ll  help you to prepare the reading exam . Anyway, the important thing is that you enjoy!

I´m not sure about the book shop where you can buy it but it´s very well-known so I don´t think you find problems to get it. In fact, I´ve been arranging with El Corte Inglés in order that they get some copies of the book.
You can also get it in the links below:
http://www.casadellibro.com/libro-rollercoaster-the-boy-in-striped-pyjamas/9780198326762/1853621

or if you want to get the book an the CD http://www.casadellibro.com/libro-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-cd-audio-read-by-michael-malon-ey/9781846576522/1264028

Irish writer John Boyne's fourth novel is the first he has written for children. It's a touching tale of an odd friendship between two boys in horrendous circumstances and a reminder of man's capacity for inhumanity.

Download the book The boy in the Striped Pyjamas

For the students that do not want to buy the book, you can download it in the following link.
I´ll delete this entry in a few days.

http://www.caledonia.ednet.ns.ca/801/The%20Boy%20In%20The%20Striped%20Pajamas%20eBook.pdf

1 B2 homework for the weekend

Dear students,
I hope you have enjoyed the story this evening.
Remember to do the revision part at the end of File 2, grammar, vocabulary pronunciation and reading. Besides, have a look at the part of Can you say this in English? (it´s very important that you can do it but using advanced vocabulary and grammar structures).
Next Wednesday we will also have a look at the mini-saga that you wrote in 50 words (instructions in exercise number 4 in 2D file); you have the opportunity to write it this weekend.

Enjoy the weekend and see you next week

B2 Vocabulary about books

http://www.slideshare.net/mfernanda66/books-vocab-web

Normal class on Tuesday

Dear students,
I'm writing just to let you know that I'm feeling much better 😄 and therefore next Tuesday I will be with you.
Have a nice bank holiday.
Regards

No class until next week

Dear students,
I won´t be able to go until next week. I´m having strong antibiotics but I don´t feel well yet.
Have a great bank holiday and see you on Tuesday.

Still sick

Dear students,
I´m still sick, I´m not sure I´ll be able to go tomorrow.
I´ll let you know.
Sorry

No class today

Dear students,
I'm not feeling well today and I won't be able to teach today.
I'm sorry about that.

SONG : Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

Dear students,

Here you are a current hit.

Select a game mode and play the song              
http://lyricstraining.com/play/23633/miley_cyrus/wrecking_ball

Fill in the gaps with past simple tense, http://englizz.wordpress.com/2013/10/08/the-simple-past-in-miley-cyrus-mashups/

Then check your answers  http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/mileycyrus/wreckingball.html

Enjoy the  weekend and see you next week!

1 B2 Job Offer

-----Mensaje original-----
De: legumbres el maragato [mailto:legumbres@elmaragato.com] 
Enviado el: jueves, 28 de noviembre de 2013 12:25
Para: bhz@eoileon.org
CC: javier@elmaragato.com
Asunto: RE: Fw: Job offer, in case you are interested



Buenos dias:
  
Nos ponemos en contacto con ustedes para ver si serian tan amables de hacer llegar esta oferta de trabajo a los alumnos que cumplan los requisitos requeridos en el presente escrito.
  
Actualmente estamos ofertando un puesto en el departamento comercial y/o administrativo de nuestra empresa y consideramos que a través de la Escuela de Idiomas podríamos encontrar el candidato para dicho puesto; ya que el requisito principal es nivel alto hablado y escrito de Inglés.
  
Somos una empresa ubicada en Astorga, desde hace más de cincuenta años nos dedicamos a la comercialización de legumbre, somos una empresa puntera en nuestro sector. Se trata de una empresa con una estructura muy solida lo cual hace que la actividad de la empresa no se vea influenciada por los ciclos economicos. A continuación le indico una breve descripción del puesto y los requisitos exigidos a los candidatos al puesto de trabajo, por si pudieran encajar en la bolsa de empleo que tienen:
  
Descripción del empleo: 

En dependencia del Director del Dpto. Comercial, se responsabilizará de la atención comercial de los productos y servicios que ofrece Tecoi en el área internacional.
Su función principal será atender, asesorar y comercializar estos productos Sus responsabilidades abarcarán:
> - Captación de nuevos clientes
> - Gestión y fidelización de la cartera
> - Incrementar la cuota de mercado y de negocio en su área de 
> influencia
> - Visita, clientes con el objetivo de realizar asesoramiento.
> - Detectar y proponer al Director Comercial nuevas oportunidades de venta.
  - Asistencia a ferias internacionales de alimentación.
> - Otras tareas propias de la actividad
>
> Ofrecemos:
> - Contrato estable.
> - Posibilidad de promoción dentro de la empresa con cambio de condiciones laborales dependiendo de resultados.
> - Apoyo comercial en todo momento
> Requisitos:
> - Nivel alto de inglés hablado y escrito (Mínimo B2)
> - Carnet de conducir.
> Se valorará conocimiento en otros idiomas, particularmente Francés (nivel intermedio).
> Aptitudes personales:
> - Persona emprendedora, dinámica y con don de gentes.
> - Capacidad de comunicación y negociación
> - Personalidad organizada
> - Trabajo en equipo.
>  
>                Si precisa cualquier aclaración, por favor no dude en contactar por e-mail o telefónicamente conmigo en el número de teléfono 679490048.
> Quedo a la espera de sus indicaciones.
> Gracias de ante mano por su colaboración.
> Atentamente. 


Javier Salvadores
Legumbres el Maragato S.L
Web: www.Elmaragato.com
Telf: +34 987603012
Fax: +34 987 602386
Mobile: +34 679490048
ADD: Camino los Molinos S/N
24700 Astorga (Leon) España

Legumbres el Maragato S.L. en cumplimiento de la Ley Organica de Protección de datos de caracter personal 15/1999, le informa que sus datos personales de contacto, se encuentran recogidos en un fichero automatizado y que ustedes pueden ejercitar su derecho de acceso, rectificacioón, cancelación poniendose

1 B2 Culture :Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a very American holiday. It is also called Thanksgiving Day. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year. It used to be a religious holiday to give thanks to God. There are two versions of the origins of this holiday. One is thanks for the early settlers arriving in America safely. On December the 4th, 1619, a group of English pioneers arrived at a place called Berkeley Hundred, in Virginia. The group made a promise that the day of their arrival should be a "day of thanksgiving" to God. The second version is the thanks given to Native Americans for teaching the pilgrims how to catch eels and grow corn in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1941, President Roosevelt made Thanksgiving a federal holiday.

The main event of any Thanksgiving is the Thanksgiving dinner. It is traditional to have baked or roasted turkey. This is usually accompanied with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, fall vegetables, cranberry sauce, and gravy. Pumpkin pie is the most commonly eaten dessert. The Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest times of the year for traveling. It is a four-day or five-day weekend vacation for most schools and colleges, and many businesses and government workers get three or four days off. Thanksgiving is also the unofficial signal for Christmas preparations to begin. Once Thanksgiving finishes, stores fill their shelves with Christmas goods. It is also a bad time to be a turkey.

A2 Write a paragraph for these pictures

http://www.prolinguaassociates.com/Writing_Inspirations/Sample%20Write%20a%20Paragraph%20about%20This%20Picture.pdf

Complete the story that begins--
 " It all began last weekend. On Saturday night I went out with my friends to do something special but suddenly everything changed. ....

1B2 Air travel vocabulary and SO and SUCH

http://www.slideshare.net/mfernanda66/air-travel-6009759
http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm

1B2 Adjectives as nouns

http://eoimarbellaenglish.wikispaces.com/file/view/ADJECTIVES%20AS%20NOUNSWeb.pdf
exercise http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-43717.php

A2 Prepositions of time

http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables_page?id=2207

http://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables_page?id=41784

A2 Past continuous

Rules, form and use  http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_cont.htm
Spelling http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/past_progressive_spelling.htm
Exercises:

•  choose between past simple or continuous http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=734#a
• complete the text http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/past_cont_3.htm

A2 A trip to Dublin

Dear students,
this evening you have told me about your last holidays, have a look at this holidays as well
http://www.isabelperez.com/ireland/dublin.htm

listening http://www.learnglish.net/archives/522

1 B2 Song.An Englishman in New York

A2 homework for the weekend

Dear basic students,

this weekend you are going to do some homework about the topic HOLIDAYS, page 16 of your books exercise 1 (including the vocabulary bank on page 147). Besides you are going to read the text in that page and do exercise 2.

For the students who did not come today : I asked your classmates to write an email describing themselves. The model is on page 13. You can do it and send it to my email.

Enjoy your weekend!!

A2 Video about Old friends

Dear students,

as this evening we couldn´t finish with the activity because of the poor quality of the sound, you can do it as homework. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

http://www.insideout.net/blog/elessons/video-lesson-10-old-friends

Let´s go to the cinema

A great way to improve your English is watching films in original version with subtitles and we have the opportunity now, so let´s all go to the cinema.  ( you can see the billboard in the web of the school).

Happy Halloween

A2-
What is Halloween?
 http://www.kico4u.de/english/topicotw/halloween.htm
Vocabulary http://www.isabelperez.com/halloween1.htm

1B2
History of Halloween , Video and comprehension questions

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/autumn-festivals/halloween/history-of-halloween-listening.html

Halloween in the USA, Video and comprehension questions

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/autumn-festivals/halloween/halloween-in-the-usa-listening.html

Reading a horror story 

http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/horror_halloween.htm

Help with listening

Dear A2 and 1B2 students,

I have found a very interesting link for you to practice your listening skills. It´s included in the part of USEFUL WEBSITES. I hope it helps you.
http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml

1 B2 Present perfect simple and continuous

Dear students,
have a look to the links below to practice on the present perfect.

http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/present-perfect-1.html
http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/present-perfect-2.html
http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/present-perfect-3.html

1B2 Homework for the weekend

Dear advanced students,
on page 15 of your books there´s a reading exercise that you should read this weekend.
We will check it next Tuesday as well as the worksheet about auxiliary verbs.

Enjoy the weekend!

A2 homework for the weekend

Dear students,
my proposal of homework for the weekend is as follows:
page 14 and from page 15 the part of Can you understand this text?

Enjoy the rest of the week and see you next Monday!

A2 Listening about Old friends

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/2L10-old-friends.php

A2 and 1B2 Initial Assessment

Dear students,
remember that on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th we´ll take the initial exam.
We will do only one reading and one listening exercise.

A2 prepositions of place

Dear students,
have fun checking prepositions of place

http://www.groovetoenglish.com/placeprep.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=597

1B2 The more ....the better

Dear students,
here you can find more practice on the structure the +comparative...the + comparative

http://www.englishpractice.com/improve/thethe-comparative-adjectives/
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g2-the-the-comparatives.php

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-60316.php

1 B2 Listening about personality traits

Here you can practice the vocabulary we have seen this evening, Enjoy!
http://www.esl-lab.com/person1.htm
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/66-BestQ.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/67-WorstQ.html

TALLERES PARA ALUMNOS OFICIALES DE LA EOI LEON

Estimados alumnos, 

a continuación os señalo los talleres a los que os podéis inscribir gratuitamente para mejorar ciertas habilidades de la lengua. Una vez elegido el taller que os interese os tenéis que apuntar en secretaría  desde el  15 hasta el 18 de este mes de octubre. Se elaborarán  listas con un máximo de 25 alumnos por riguroso orden de inscripción. Los alumnos deben ser alumnos oficiales matriculados en el nivel del taller al que quieren acudir. Las clases de estos talleres darán comienzo el lunes 21.

TÍTULO	DÍA/HORA	AULA	PROFESOR/A
EO BAS 2	JUEVES 16:00-16:55h.	2.7	RAÚL GONZÁLEZ
4 DESTREZAS INT 1	MARTES 16:00-16:55h.	2.9	Mª JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ
EO INT 1	LUNES 16:00-16:55h.	1.3	ELENA GONZÁLEZ
EO INT2	LUNES 16:00-16:55h.	1.7	LUIS BERJÓN
EE AVA1	LUNES 18:15-19:10h.	1.11	EMMA CANELLA
EO AVA1	MARTES 18:15-19:10h.	2.2	MÓNICA OTERO
EO AVA 1	JUEVES 16:00-16:55h.	3.5	MAURA LLAMAS
EE AVA 1	MIÉRCOLES 10:00-10:55h.	1.11	EMMA CANELLA
EO AVA2	MARTES 16:00-16.55h.	1.6	DELIA FERNÁNDEZ-BOFILL
EE C1	JUEVES 16:00-16:55h.	3.7	YOLANDA FERNÁNDEZ

EO- expresión oral     EE - expresión escrita

You are all invited to these highly interesting and useful sessions where you can practice your speaking and writing (students Avanzado 1-1B2) and your speaking ( students from the 2 Basic level -A2). 

BE QUICK TO ENROL, THERE ARE FEW SEATS FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS

A2 Third person "s" - Pronunciation

Dear students, 

in the following links you can see the rules and some exercises to practice the S pronunciation of the third person singular.

rules-http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/pronunciation/prespron.html

exercises- http://www.better-english.com/easier/thirdpers.htm

A2 Present simple

Hello there!

 Here you have some exercises to review the present simple.
http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/present_simple.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/tensesimpres.htm

Don´t forget to review the vocabulary as well!
http://www.languageguide.org/ingl%C3%A9s/

A2 spell the words

Dear students,                                                                                    
 you can practice the alphabet with the link below,
 listen to the spelling and write the  words in the gaps.

http://kwanghua.edu.my/gelev1/05_03_10/default.html

A2 Listening about families

http://www.esl-lab.com/family1/fam1.htm

Have a look at this interesting subtitled video in real English where some people are describing their relatives (family members), check in a dictionary any vocabulary that you don´t know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n2ma_4sy_8

1 B2 Question formation

Dear students, 
here you are some links to practice on Question Formation.
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/questform.html
http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/questex.html

A2 Revision, the date, time, numbers..

Dear students,                                                                                                      

have a look at the following links to revise some basic aspects from the first year.

Telling the date, time, months of the year, days of the week
 http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/date.htm
listening   http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bltelltime.htm

Numbers. 
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.htm
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/vocabulary-exercise-numbers.php#.UkyK2YZ7Jxw

The Circle of Life

                                                                       

       CELIA         1979            BEANS

MÓNICA

 
AMARAL  
                                                                                                   

 DUBLIN

Información para los alumnos EOI León

http://eoileon.centros.educa.jcyl.es/sitio/upload/informaci%F3n_alumno_2013-2014.pdf

1 B2 Bibliography

New English File, Upper-intermediate. OUP.
 ( Clive Oxenden, Christina Latham-Koening )

Student´s book, workbook

UK in brief