C1 Vague Language

                                               


Vague language

Vague language is words and phrases that aren't very exact or precise. You might want to use these phrases if you aren't sure of all the details of something, to speak informally in a friendly way, or perhaps just to save time in a conversation!

BBC--Using Vague language

C1 The perfect aspect

http://www.grammarbank.com/perfect-tenses-mixed-exercise.html

key homework: Traveller C1, page 41

Extra curricular activity

 

C1 Language focus: Topic 5

Ways to avoid repetition

 Key answers exercise 1-5 pages 46-47 student´s book

C1 Headway

 Headway: Student´s book

C1 Adverbs and adverbial phrases

Key homework : adverbs page 138

15ª SEMANA Festival de CINE en IDIOMAS, VO subtitulada

 

C1 What makes us human

 

Ragnbone Lyrics I´m only human

What does this mean?

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Page 10. What do you think section?    

👉Useful language to give and justify opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, arguing and summing up. 

ALUMNOS EOI, ESTANCIA LINGUISTICA EN DUBLIN

 

ALUMNOS EOI

 Este viernes 15 de 12h30 a 14h en el parking de la EOI, volverá a haber una nueva edición del mercadillo de libros de texto usados.

B1 BIBLIOGRAFÍA

 

B1 

C.Oxenden, Jerry Lambert & Latham-Koenig: English File A2/B1 4th edition, Student's Book & Workbook. Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-403635-1 

BIBLIOGRAFIA RECOMENDADA 

Clarke, S: English Grammar In Context, Intermediate. Macmillan 

C1 Bibliografía

Bibliografía : Libro de texto . 

C1 Cambridge English Empower C1 Advanced Student's Book with online Assessment and Practice. ISBN 978-84-9036-280-8

 

Bibliografía recomendada: 

VOCABULARY : English Vocabulary in Use, advanced. Michael McCarthy & Felicity O´Dell . CUP
GRAMMAR : Advanced Grammar in Use. Martin Hewings. Cambridge University Press.

 Book: Destination C1 & C2 Grammar and vocabulary

http://anianetart.nazwa.pl/ksiazki/Advanced-grammar-in-use-Martin-Hewings.pdf

    

UK IN BRIEF

Matrícula aprobados en junio

 

A present for you

👉 Open your present here👈

Exam practice

Páginas de información de las distintas comunidades autónomas con modelos sobre pruebas de certificación de idiomas 

B2-C1 Conditional sentences

Conditional in songs

👉👀PREZI CONDITIONALS

• What are conditionals in English grammar? Sometimes we call them 'if clauses'. They describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn't (in the past) . They are made using different English verb tenses.
• The Second Conditional:
  (if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)
  If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
  http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional.html
• The Third Conditional
  (if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)
  If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.
  http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional.html

(Notice we can put 'if' at the beginning, or in the middle. It doesn't matter at all.)

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional2.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditional12.htm

http://grammar-quizzes.com/az_review20.html

INVERSION IN WRITINGS

In articles/reviews:

Try to use an inverted conditional in an anecdote or narrative: “Had it not been for Batman’s swift actions, the Joker would have conquered the city.”

In proposals:

Try to use an inverted condtional in the recommendations section you normally put in a conclusion to a proposal: “Should these recommendations be carried out, the event will be a resounding success.”

In reports:

In reports your recommendations are less likely to be followed so use  an inverted 2nd conditional: “Were the above changes to be made, the future of education in this country would be much brighter.”

What other compositions can you fit an inverted conditional into?

A2 At a restaurant

Let´s go to the restaurant

A2 That´s English! Passive voice. Present simple, past simple

 

C1 reading. Too much science?

 Dear students,

As we´re under time pressure, find below  the key answers to the reading and vocabulary of topic 11 about technology. (pages 94-97).

You can do it this weekend and check it afterwards. 

👉Reading: Are our household appliances getting too complicated?

Face"face advanced audio

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

A2 Some/ any/ a/an

Video lesson 

C1 How to write a formal essay

Optional writing for the weekend:

TASK:  Formal essay: Language and examples

  

C1 Oral presentations schedule

 Dear students,

It´s time for your presentations so check the schedule.

Remember that your speech should last as much 10 minutes. 

If you´re using any visual aid, send the links/ powerpoints, etc.  to my e-mail to avoid using different external devices in the computer of the class.

As people in the audience, you are required to write down a question for each of your classmates´speeches.

Students that are not in the list below  should tell me this week if 

you´re interested in doing the presentation to arrange a time for you.

Regarding the order of your speeches, I just did it in the way you wrote your names in the list. However, I don´t have any problem if you change the day,  if you reach an agreement among you. Just let me know if you do it.

C1 16.00 

27th April  Mateo  Sarmiento -------Globalisation

                   Adrián Tomé -------------The areas of investigation in Philosophy

29th April  Lucía Vega ---------------The Enneagram

                   Paula Ferruelo-----------How to introduce a successful bilingual system for kids.

4th May     Noelia Martín------------Herbalife

                   Jara Quintanilla---------The traditional Arabic stuccos

6th May     Eva González Blas------ Dissociative Identity Disorder

                   Ana Belén Martín--------How Covid-19 has changed our lives

______________________________________________________________

                     

C1 18.15

27th April  Tránsito Llamas ------- Amazing  landscapes

                   Tomás de Paz ----------Gaudi´s Palace

4th May     Elisa Rebollo ------------Meditation

                    Borja Manceñido--------Formula 1

6th May    Miguel Martínez ------ Straw Bale Houses

                    Elena Alonso ------------The Jobs of the Future

                  

¨"Dear Mr President" by Pink

«Dear Mr. President»
Sencillo de Pink del álbum I'm Not Dead
Publicación	2007
Grabación	2005
Género(s)	Pop, Balada
Duración	3:59
Discográfica	La Face
Autor(es)	Pink, Billy Mann
Productor(es)	Billy Mann

Watch the musical video and then discuss with your classmate.

Who do you think  the " Dear Mr President" is?

What´s the song about?

What feeling does this song provoke you?

Which are Pink´s feelings?

Pink's "Dear Mr. President" is an emotional  anthem to the  political sentiments of Anti-Bush activists. Her lyrics have been criticized by supporters of the  president, reasoning that her statements are biased or exaggerated accounts of events. Regardless of these opinions, each line is at the very least based around an element of truth from the president's personal or professional life. To get a better understanding and appreciation of the song, here is an analysis of the key lyrics to Pink's "Dear Mr. President."

Dear Mr. President,
Come take a walk with me.
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me.
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly.

With this phrase Pink tells him that she wants to be honest with him and tell him all the things everyone is thinking about him, but because of the lack of courage no one ever would pronounce loudly. In return she expects him to be as fair-minded as she’ll be and that he’d give her an honest answer or at least an answer at all.

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street?

 With this line Pink may refer to the people which were left homeless after the hurricane Katrina in 2005 because Bush was very slow with his reaction to the threat as well as with the help after the destruction. ^[4] Another important fact, referring to this line, could be the increase of the homeless people in the United States, whose number has quadrupled in the last twenty years, but it is said, that it didn’t have anything to do with the presidency of Bush.

“Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep? What do you feel when you look in the mirror? Are you proud?
” With these three questions she asks him if he has kept his promise to help people. He had the chance to change society or have a positive influence on it, but he failed to do so.

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry?

How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye?
 These two lines seem to refer to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the death of many American Soldiers. Bush always did send a lot of them to fight for their country, but has made a huge loss of soldiers and also innocent children and their parents, especially mothers, who have lost their children without having a chance to say goodbye.
“How do you walk with your head held high? Can you even look me in the eye and tell me why?
” Here she wants him to show some emotion. She knows that he isn’t proud of himself and uncomfortable to face his own actions, but she would like to hear him admit that he is proud ofhis actions and doings.

Were you a lonely boy?
Are you a lonely boy?
How can you say
No child is left behind?
We're not dumb and we're not blind.
They're all sitting in your cells while you pave the road to hell.

” With the “No child left behind act” he wanted to improve the education system in the United States, but this never worked out during his president ship because the government wouldn’t provide any money to support it, a huge amount of money was wasted for making war instead.

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?

 This part is referring to George Bush’s policy of anti-abortion, he wanted to deny a woman the right to abortion because as a Methodist he believes that life begins at conception and therefore abortion would be a murder, a crime.

And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?

This line demonstrates Bush’s attitude towards homosexual relations, which violates the Methodist standards as well. He also wanted to create a piece of legislature which would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman solely, called Marriage Protection Amendment. ^[5] You can recognize his attitude from the example of the daughter of Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States, who declared herself  homosexual, living with her partner and they had a child together.

I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine.

-This refers to allegations that Bush had an affinity for alcohol in his youth. Pink refers to cocaine here because of Bush's supposed arrest and ensuing discovery of cocaine possession in 1972. Bush neither confirms nor denies these allegations, saying only "when I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible."

Regardless of your political viewpoints, Pink's song is a thought provoking listen. While I have attempted to remain neutral in this piece, the song stirs your opinion either to one side or the other. As it ends with the words, "Dear Mr. President, you'd never take a walk with me, would you?" I urge you to use it to encourage discussions of your own.

C1 Word formation practice for the exam

WORD BUILDING
More practice

C1 Key word building

Albert Einstein

1 broadened   2 considerable   3 extent    4 Additionally   5 largely  6 extension  7 minority 
8 depth            9 weighty           10 infinite

Voluntary euthanasia

1 unresolved   2 ineffective   3 unavoidable   4 independently   5 resolutely  6 acknowledge
7 insensitive    8 knowledge   9 resulting/ resultant   10 handle


We often think of ourselves...

1 continual/continuous/ continuing    2 evolving   3 revolutionary   4 flexibility  5 adjustments
6 adaptable   7 influential   8 capability   9 unaltered   10 electrifying


more exercises

Legal Matters 1

1. (b) The Home Secretary (although individual police forces decide what sort of work they should do in a particular area). 

2. forces. 

3. Usually no. Some specially-trained officers carry guns (also called firearms) incertain situations and in certain places (for example, areas where there is a high risk of terrorist activity, such as at airports or outside major government buildings).

 4. 999 or 112 (but only in emergencies). This number can also be
called if you need an ambulance, the fire service,
mountain rescue, cave rescue or the coastguard.

 5. Yes,certain types of crime can be reported online (through the
police website www.online.police.uk). 

6. Yes to both. Penalties for carrying a (potentially) lethal weapon can result in a prison sentence. 

7. Life / property / disturbances (they must keep the peace) / crime.

 8. Yes, you can. Misconduct (= rudeness, abuse, racial or sexual
discrimination, etc) is taken very seriously. You can complain in person or by writing to your local policestation. Alternatively, you can write to the Chief Constable of the force involved, or contact the Independent Police Complaints Commission. 

9. They can stop you if you are on foot and search you if they think
that a crime has, or might / is going to, take place, or if they think you are carrying a weapon, drugs, etc. They can stop you in a vehicle at any time and search it.

 10. You should give them your name and address, but you do not
have to give them any other information (although most people do if asked). 

11. You can ask them for their name, the police station they work from, and the reason why they have stopped you. 

12. If you use abusive language or threats of violence, you could be arrested.

13. warrant / magistrate / arrest / save / damage / disturbance. 

14. caution / evidence / interpreter / solicitor / duty / solicitor / message / practice. 

15. Yes, if you are victim of violent crime. The Criminal Injuries
Compensation Authority is an organisation that pays compensation to victims of violent crime, provided the crime is reported immediately to the police, and the application for compensation is made within two years of the crime taking place.

C1 Music and mediation. Extracurricular activity

Dear C1 students from EOI Astorga,

You´re all invited to take part in this activity either from the class or from your houses.

Topic: EOI Astorga - True Colors

Time: March 23, 2021 at 19:00

Zoom Meeting LINK

Meeting ID: 825 5210 6967

Passcode: 294271

 

A2 Past simple to be: Was/ were

 👉Practice : To be in the past

Was/ were

Listening

A2 Saint Patrick´s Day

 

 

Power point Vocabulary

St._Patrick's_Day

About Saint Patrick Listening

A2 Shops

 Listening practice

Questions

• What does the woman want to buy?
• What kind of …… is she looking for?
• How much does the woman think the …….. costs?
• How much does it really cost?
• Does she buy it?

🗣Speaking

You are a shop assistant in a shop and you have to help a customer buy a T-shirt Use these prompts to hold a conversation in a shop.

• How much /customer/ spend? • Size/ colour/brand? • Try on? • Fit? • Price? How/pay? • Receipt?

A2 International Women´s Day

A2 International women´s Day: Listening 

Reading

Rosa Parks

Marie Curie

C1 Exam practice

Dear students, 
Here you are some exercises to practice your listening and reading skills.

Listening
Teens going veggie
Laughter Yoga

Reading 
Social Housing in Britain