INVITATION

Dear all,

I am writing to invite you to the Third International Music Encounter of Artendins (http://www.artendins.com/)  which will be offering several classical concerts  from 5 to 10 July at the Centre de Cultura Sa Nostra. Admission is free. Young internationally renowned pianists and violinists will be performing. For the closing concert of 11 July, Artendins has organized a spectacular event: concert at the iconic Tower of Canyamel (www.torredecanyamel.com) with the participation of the professors of the encounter (Dina Parakhina, piano professor from the Royal College of Music in London and Yuri Torchinsky, violin concertmaster of the BBC Philharmonic and professor at the Royal Northern College of Music) and of the brightest students of the course. After the concert there will be a dinner at a fantastic Mallorcan restaurant near the Tower of Canyamel. The total price of the concert plus dinner is 22 euros. This price also includes a round trip bus ride from Palma to Canyamel. It really is worth it! For the latter event, if you are interested and can come, you could confirm your attendance via answering e-mail:  rgelabert64@gmail.com or sending one to Artendins: artendins@gmail.com so we can do the final booking for the bus and restaurant.  Please RSVP by 5:00 Monday, July 9th.

I have attached all the information about the concerts and, of course, with the menu offered in the restaurant in Canyamel.


I’d love to see you if you can make it!

Best wishes,

Rachel

INVITACIÓN

Queridos todos:

 Os escribo para invitaros al Tercer Encuentro Internacional de Música de Artendins que ofrecerá varios conciertos del día 5 al 10 de julio en el Centre de Cultura Sa Nostra. La entrada es totalmente gratuita y participarán jóvenes pianistas y violinistas de renombre internacional. Para el concierto de clausura del día 11 se ha organizado un evento espectacular: concierto en la emblemática Torre de Canyamel (www.torredecanyamel.com) en el que participarán los profesores del encuentro (Dina Parakhina, profesora de piano procedente del Royal College of Music de Londres, y Yuri Torchinsky, violinista concertino de la BBC Philarmonic y profesor en el Royal Northern College of Music), además de los alumnos más brillantes del curso. Al finalizar el concierto se ha organizado una cena mallorquina en un fantástico restaurante cerca de la Torre de Canyamel. El precio total del concierto más la cena es de 22 euros. Este precio incluye también el viaje de ida y vuelta en autobús a Canyamel desde Palma. ¡De verdad que merece la pena! Para este último evento, si os interesa y podéis venir, me lo podríais confirmar vía email (rgelabert64@gmail.com) o enviando uno al correo de Artendins (artendins@gmail.com) para poder hacer la reserva definitiva del autobús y del restaurante.

Os he adjuntado toda la información referente a todos los conciertos y, por supuesto, con el menú que se ofrecerá en el restaurante de Canyamel.

¡Me encantará veros si podéis venir!

 Un abrazo muy fuerte,

Raquel

ORAL EXAM LIST

Dear all,

Here is the list for the orals and the times. I hope you are all happy with it. Now that you know who you are working with, there is no excuse to prepare very well for the chat!!

I'll let you know when the grades for the other parts of the exam come out!

Best wishes,

Raquel

CLASS POWERPOINT ON OBSERVATIONS CREATING EMPHASIS

CAE EXERCISES LINKS

Dear students,

Here you have a very good link to exercises of the type you'll find in your final exam: multiple choice, open cloze, word formation & keyword transformation. It's very comfortable because you can do the exercises directly online and get your results right away.

FREE EXERCISES: CAMBRIDGE ESOL

I'm now adding a great link to Oral Practice. At this web page you'll find many topics and a list of questions for each one that will help you activate your ideas:

ORAL PRACTICE

Last, but not least, here you have a word document with many web links to listening practice:

WRITING PRACTICE SUGGESTIONS

CREATING EMPHASIS PRESENTATION

CREATING EMPHASIS on Prezi

CREATING EMPHASIS AND INVERSION

Dear Students, Please download these photocopies and bring them to do in class together on Thursday.

USEFUL REVIEW WRITING VOCABULARY

SOME NICE REVIEW VOCABULARY

Ready for CAE Ss p 76. Useful Language for Reviews

TEST 2 CAE (MOCK EXAM FOR EASTER)

Dear all,

How are you doing? I'm slowly recovering and hopefully I'll be back by the end of April. I've scanned and uploaded a CAE mock exam with its key for you to do during Easter if you find time, which I hope you do. The two writing options are a proposal and a report, so please do look at page 200 and 201 from your Ready for CAE book for guidelines. I've also uploaded further writing tips which you can peruse and get ideas from.

I'm really sorry for the classes you have missed... I'll certainly try my very best to come back full of energy to get you through the end of the course. Miss you all!

Take care,

Raquel

Film series EOI

Dear students,

Here you have the list of movies playing at the Sa Nostra Cultural Centre (in Concepció 12 str.) every Monday at 18.00 starting on the 5th of March. The entrance is free and there'll be a short colloquium after the viewing of the film. It's a great opportunity to practice your English, so try to go if you can! :)

Best wishes,

Raquel

Ready for CAE KEY REFERENCE & ELLIPSIS (p.64) + RELATIVE CLAUSES (p.68)

Review Key Units 3 & 4 (p.40,58)

Ready for CAE p 56. Personality Adjectives. Extra Vocabulary exercise

ADJECTIVES OF PERSONALITY

Fill in the gaps with a word from the box. Only use each word once.

selfish bad-tempered tough crafty sensitive
sensible strict trustworthy dull shy
mean reliable stubborn silly nice
cheerful sympathetic clumsy loyal gentle

1. Janet is incredibly_____________ . She always arrives on time and does
her job well.
2. It’s impossible to say anything to his grandmother. One word and she starts crying. She is so ________________.
3. I wonder why he is so ________________ . He has got lots of money but he
hates spending it.
4. When she was a child, her parents were incredibly _____________ .
Whenever she did the smallest thing wrong, they would send her to bed.
5. Ann is such a_________________ girl. She is always laughing and smiling.
6. I’ll give you a lift home if you are______________________ to me.
7. She was so _______________ and understanding. When I told her about my
problems, I immediately felt better afterwards.
8. In westerns, the hero is always __________________ . He always beats his
enemies and can put up with any hardship.
9. That’s the second plate you’ve broken this week. Why do you have to be so ________________?
10. I think he is an extremely ______________ boy. He laughs at stupid
things and never concentrates in class.
11. Children are often really _____________ . They hide behind their
mothers when guests come.
12. Don’t be __________________ Cathy. You’ve got to learn to share things
with other children.
13. She is 100% ___________________ . I’d leave my money, car, anything, for her
to look after.
14. When I broke my leg, the nurse was so_________________ that she hardly
hurt me at all.
15. Why do you get angry all the time? You are so_______________ .
16. Bob is my best friend. He remained ___________________ through all my problems.
17. He is such a ______________ person with his boring little job and his
boring little wife.
18. He is terribly _______________ . Once he has made up his mind, it’s
impossible to get him to change it even if it’s obvious that he is wrong.
19. The general was really ______________ . Just when the enemy thought it had won the battle, he played his best card.
20. Come on, Maria! You can’t go on a country walk wearing high heels. Do be ________________ for once.

 

 

KEY:
1. reliable
2. sensitive
3. mean
4. strict
5. cheerful
6. nice
7. sympathetic
8. tough
9. clumsy
10. silly
11. shy
12. selfish
13. trustworthy
14. gentle
15. bad-tempered
16. loyal
17. dull
18. stubborn
19. crafty
20. sensible

Ready for CAE p 57. Vocabulary

• Slapdash: done, or doing something, too quickly and carelessly. Chapucero E.g. She has a very slapdash approach to keeping accounts. A slapdash piece of writing.
• Stubborn: determined not to change your opinion or attitude. Terco, testarudo, tozudo. E.g. He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong. She can be as stubborn as a mule.
• Reluctance: hesitation before doing something because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do. E.g. With great reluctance (a regañadientes).
• Domineering: trying to control other people without considering their opinions or feelings. Dominante. E.g. a cold and domineering father. A domineering manner.

Ready for CAE vocabulary: PERSONALITY

LINK TO EOI CERTIFICATE TEST SAMPLES

Dear students,

If you go to this link from the Conselleria you can get samples from last year's certificate examination papers:

LAST YEAR'S CERTIFICATE TEST SAMPLES

POWERPOINT DIFFERENCE IN MEANING ADJS -IC/ -AL

Ready for CAE p.51- EXTRA PRACTICE GERUND & INFINITIVE

POWERPOINT GERUND-INF DIFFERENCE IN MEANING

Ready for CAE p 51. LINKS Gerund or Infinitive. Grammar Review

Ready for CAE p 51. LINKS Gerund or Infinitive. Grammar Review

You can review the uses of the gerund and infinitive here:

Gerunds & Infinitives: Distinct Difference in Meaning

Comparing Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives


Complete review of the INFINITIVE & the -ING FORM:
 

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: SPEAKING & WRITING

Dear students,

I'm uploading the writing and speaking criteria for C1 so that you can work hard to fulfill all the requirements.

See you tomorrow!


EOI SPEAKING & WRITING CRITERIA:



THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK DESCRIPTORS FOR WRITING (LEVELS B2 TO C1):




EOI ORAL TOPICS FOR C1 AND C2:

 

COMPOSITIONS

Dear students,

Since time flies and there is so much to do, we must try to work as much as we can. I'm going to release the writing tasks for units 3 and 4 so that each of you can feel free to carry them out as soon as you feel you are ready. I'm not going to set any deadline for the writings. In fact, you can hand me as many compositions during the course as you wish; the only condition is that you deliver them handwritten. I forward you lots of energy and enthusiasm too! :)

UNIT 3: PROPOSAL

Watch the first ten TV adverts in the playlist above, then write a report for an international research company about the different kinds of TV adverts you can find. You should at least include:

• some of the positive and negative aspects of each type of TV advertising you have come across.
• say how effective these TV adverts are.
• suggest one or two changes which could be introduced to counter the negative aspects.

How to write a report

You will find samples of reports on pages 34 and 201 in Ready for CAE.

Page 201:

UNIT 4: CHARACTER REFERENCE LETTER

One of your classmates sees this advert on the British Council website ( www.britishcouncil.org/languageassistants-fla.htm):

Have you ever wanted to teach abroad and improve your English? Can you think of classroom activities that would help students in the UK to improve their language skills? If so, the Foreign Language Assistants programme might be for you.
Your role will be to work with the teacher in the classroom or on your own with small groups of students in order to help them gain confidence in your language. It is also a good chance for them to learn more about the culture in your country.
If you are a language assistant wishing to teach Spanish in the UK, you must apply to the office in your home country:

Ms Conchita Hernandez
Ministerio de Educación
Subdireccion General de Cooperacion Internacional
Paseo del Prado 28-2
28014 Madrid
Spain

You will need to send the application form and at least one character reference letter.

YOUR TASK:

Your classmate asks you to write the character reference letter for him. Use 230-260 words.

How to write a character reference letter

Here you have useful language for your character reference letter:



Model:

• Letter of Recommendation Written for 16 Year Old Orson Welles. “He’s talented to the point of genius.”

Remember you can also refer to page 204 of Ready for CAE were you'll find another model letter plus useful vocabulary:

CAE PRACTICE EXERCISES

Dear students,

I'm supplying you with a couple of links to good CAE practice. You'll find tests and exercises of the type you'll have to undertake in your certificate exam, so please do consider doing as many as you can during holidays.

Best wishes,

Raquel

Links:

CAE PRACTICE TESTS

CAE EXERCISES

CAE, unit 3 p. 39 SCENTS AND SENSITIVITY

Hi everybody,

I'm sending you some vocabulary from the unit which we've looked at in class.

WORD BULDING EXERCISES

Dear students,

Here you have some very nice word building exercises I've scanned for you to practice during Christmas. I really hope this new year brings you tons of happiness.

See you soon!

Raquel