VERY IMPORTANT

HAVE ALL YOUR EXAMS UPLOADED ON THE MOODLE PLATFORM AND CHECK THAT ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN GRADED.


THANKS A LOT!

POWER POINT PRESENTATION (FINAL)

POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS HAVE TO BE SENT TODAY, BEFORE YOUR ENGLISH  CLASS IS OVER, AS I HAD COMMENTED IN CLASS.


THANKS.

FINAL EXAMS

FINAL EXAMS:   UNITS 8-16, EXCEPT 12
COME ON TIME!


MONDAY, DECEMBER 7th.: READING, WRITING & USE OF LANGUAGE (GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8th.: LISTENING AND SPEAKING.


FEEDBACK: WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY


GRAMMAR THEMES:
PASSIVE VOICE
MODAL VERBS: units 9 and 15
FUTURE FORMS (be going to, will & Present Continuous),  MIGHT
CONDITIONALS 1 & 2

BRING LAPTOP NEXT TUESDAY 24th/ CD TEST 16 FOR THIS FRIDAY 27

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU BRING YOUR LAPTOP NEXT TUESDAY.


EMAIL YOUR CD TEST SCORE (UNIT 16) THIS FRIDAY 27th. BEFORE 6 PM:


moshi_lopez@hotmail.com






THANKS A LOT!

CD TEST 15 AND FINAL PRESENTATION'S DETAILS

CD TEST 15 FOR NEXT MONDAY 23rd., BEFORE 7 PM.


DETAILS ON FINAL PRESENTATION:


DATE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30th.


AT AUDITORIUM 2


TITLE: CAREER AND PERSONAL PLANS FOR THE FUTURE


MUST INCLUDE:


VOCABULARY FROM UNITS 15 & 16
GRAMMAR: MODAL VERBS: COULD, HAVE TO, MUST, SHOULD & FUTURE TENSES.
INCLUDE:
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING AND COACHING (EBC'S VALUE OF BEING A STUDENT FOREVER AS MEANS OF BEING UPDATED AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE)
THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE AS MEANS OF AVOIDING STRESS SO YOU CAN LIVE A HEALTHIER & HAPPIER LIFE


TIMING: 3:30 MINIMUM!


FORMAL OUTFIT (SUIT AND TIE)


NO READING AT ALL!  YOU CANNOT HOLD ANY PAPER WHILE PRESENTING.


NO TEXT IN YOUR POWER POINT PRESENTATION


WISH YOU THE BEST! THANK YOU.

EXAM TOMORROW!

TOMORROW, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th.: READING EXAM (UNIT 15)


THANK YOU!

HW, EXAM FOR THIS WEEK & DETAILS FOR COMING ORAL PRESENTATION

THURSDAY: WRITING EXAM (SCRIPT FOR NEXT ORAL PRESENTATION). PLEASE BRING LAPTOP AND YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS


FRIDAY: CD TEST 14. EMAIL SCORE.


ORAL PRESENTATION (INDIVIDUAL): WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18th.


TOPIC: STORY OF MY LIFE
FOCUS: CORRECT GRAMMAR & PRONUNCIATION OF PAST TENSE
FORMAL OUTFIT
PRESENTATION WILL BE FILMED BY THE TEACHER


3:30 MINUTES MINIMUM
NO READING AT ALL!
ONLY INCLUDE PHOTOS AND TITLES (IT CAN BE A POWER POINT PRESENTATION)


WE WILL FOLLOW AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: LETTER "A"...  UNTIL LETTER "Z".


THANK YOU! HAVE A NICE WEEK.

THIS FRIDAY'S HW

HW:


FRIDAY, NOV. 6th.: PLEASE EMAIL CD TEST FOR UNIT 11 BEFORE 7 PM.


THANK YOU!

HW

BRING A LAPTOP TOMORROW!


THANKS.

PASSIVE VOICE

SUMMARY         

 

PRESENT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE VOICE

 

GENERAL FORMULA:  OBJECT       +        BE     + PAST PARTICIPLE

 

PRESENT S:         OBJECT                 +AM/IS/ARE      +PAST PARTICIPLE

PAST S:                 OBJECT                 +WAS/WERE      +PAST PARTICIPLE

 

SOME MORE:

 

MODAL /              OBJECT                 +MODAL + BE    +             PAST PARTICIPLE

AUX

 

CAN

COULD

WILL

WOULD

MUST

HAVE TO

HAS TO

HAD TO

MAY

MIGHT

SHOULD

NEED TO

NEEDS TO

IS/ARE GOING TO

PASSIVE VOICE STRUCTURES

FORMULA		OBJECT		BE		PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT		O		IS, ARE		PP
PAST		O		WAS, WERE		PP
MODAL
AUX		O	MODAL	BE		PP
		O	WILL	BE		DRAWN
		O	WOULD	BE		TESTED
		O	COULD	BE		DESIGNED
		O	CAN	BE		WRITTEN
		O	HAVE TO	BE		NEGOTIATED
		O	HAS TO	BE		CHANGED
		O	HAD TO	BE		TAKEN
		O	MIGHT	BE		ASSISTED
		O	MAY	BE		DRIVEN
		O	IS GOING TO	BE		RIDDEN
		O	ARE GOING TO	BE		SOLD
		O	MUST	BE		SENT
		O	SHOULD	BE		DENIED
		O	NEED TO	BE		DELIVERED
		O	NEEDS TO	BE		TAUGHT

ORAL PRESENTATION FOR UNIT 10 (DETAILS)

Unit 10

Oral Production

DATE: NOV 3RD (TUESDAY)

Instructions: The student will have different options to talk about. 2 minutes minimum.

– Innovative ideas to promote green initiatives (in companies).
– What can we do to help the environment?
– Environmentally-friendly gadgets and products.
– A formal presentation following the ideas presented in the Business Communication section in student’s textbooks.

The use of different tenses, comparisons, modals and passive construction (in present and past) and the vocabulary of the unit are to be observed. Students can use any supporting material for their presentations.

THANKS.

NEXT WEEK'S PGM: EXAMS FOR UNIT 10 AND CD TEST 10

THURSDAY 29th.: WRITING EXAM (UNIT 10)


TUESDAY 3rd.: ORAL PRESENTATION (UNIT 10)


CD TEST 10 FOR FRIDAY 30 BEFORE 7 PM (EMAIL IT)


DETAILS OF EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN THROUGHOUT THAT WEEK.


THANK A LOT!

EXAMS AND HW FOR THIS WEEK

EXAMS:
READING ON WED
LISTENING ON FRIDAY
HW
CD TEST 13: TUESDAY, BEFORE 7 PM
CD TEST 9: FRIDAY, BEFORE 7 PM


THANKS A LOT.

UPLOADING ON MOODLE PLATFORM

HAVE ALL YOUR EXAMS UPLOADED (units 1 to 8)


UPLOAD ON TIME!




THANKS A LOT.

REMINDER

BRING YOUR LAPTOP, PLEASE!


THANKS A LOT.

links: future & global issues

http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/going_to_will_prediction.htm

 

GLOBAL ISSUES

 

http://www.globalissues.org/

 

EXAMS FOR UNIT 8 & CD TEST 8

9 AM AND 4 PM CLASSES:


THURSDAY: WRITING EXAM


FRIDAY: ORAL EXAM




ONLY 11 AM CLASS:


ON THURDAY, LAST NAMES STARTING WITH A TO L: ORAL EXAM


& LAST NAMES STARTING WITH M TO Z WILL DO THE WRITING EXAM


ON FRIDAY, LAST NAMES STARTING WITH M TO Z: ORAL EXAM


& LAST NAMES STARTING WITH A TO L WILL DO THE WRITING EXAM


ORAL PRESENTATION'S DETAILS:


TOPIC: FUTURE PREDICTIONS ON GLOBAL ISSUES OR FUTURE TRENDS IN THE WORKPLACE


FORMAL OUTFIT, USE POWER POINT INCLUDING IMAGES, GRAPHS, CHARTS AND VERY BRIEF TEXT SUCH AS TITLES & MOST RELEVANT INFORMATION, 2 MINUTES MINIMUM. MUST NOT READ! USE FUTURE FORMS CORRECTLY!


FRIDAY'S HW: CD TEST 8 TO BE SENT THIS DAY (FRIDAY) BEFORE 7 PM

VERY IMPORTANT: MID-TERM EXAMS

Mid -term exams will be on:


TUESDAY 6th.,


and THURSDAY 8th.


ALREADY confirmed!




THANK YOU !

WEEKS 8 AND 9's PROGRAMME

MONDAY: THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, STUDY THE COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES; PAST S & PRESENT PERFECT; SIMPLE PRESENT AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS, VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS FOR UNITS 1-7 AND 12


TUESDAY:CD TEST 6, TO BE SENT THIS DAY


WEDNESDAY:LISTENING EXAM (UNIT 7). DOOR CLOSES ON TIME!


THURSDAY: UPLOAD LISTENING, U 7


FRIDAY: WRITING EXAM, CD TEST 7 TO BE SENT THIS DAY


MONDAY GENERAL REVIEW (GRAMMAR); UPLOAD WRITING EXAM (U 7)


TUESDAY: MID-TERM EXAM: READING, WRITING AND USE OF LANGUAGE (GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS)


THURSDAY: LISTENING AND SPEAKING. DOOR CLOSES ON TIME!

FRIDAY: EXAM'S FEEDBACK


THANKS A LOT.

IMPORTANT! (UPDATED)

MID-TERM EXAMS:


October 6th and 8th (Tuesday & Thursday), week 9


THANKS!

TODAY'S ORAL EXAM (Benefits programme in a company)

I remind you that details to all exams can always be checked on the Moodle platform.


For today's exam, timing is again 2 minutes minimum, as I have already mentioned.


Besides all the benefits that we covered in class, remember that it would be a good idea to include bonuses.


For oral presentations, you have to wear a formal outfit, according to EBC regulations.


Thanks for having sent CD test scores for units 5 and 12.


Have a nice day!

READING EXAM, U 6

THE READING EXAM FOR UNIT EXAM WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th.


THANKS. HAVE A NICE DAY!

LINEAR GRAPH FOR NEXT TUESDAY!

PLEASE BRING A LINEAR GRAPH NEXT TUESDAY 22nd.


IT COULD BE ABOUT ANNUAL SALES, PRODUCTION, ETC.


THANK YOU!

CD TEST 5 AND 2 EXAMS FOR UNIT 5

CD TEST 5 and 12:  EMAIL YOUR SCORE ON MONDAY AT THE LATEST.


EXAMS:


WRITING ON TUESDAY 22
ORAL ON WEDNESDAY 23


THANK YOU!

HW FOR TODAY & TOMORROW

STUDY THE LIST OF VERBS (BOOK'S PAGE 134)


THANK YOU.


ENJOY MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY!

link (resume)

•https://www.timesheets.com/blog/2012/02/bonus-scheme-options/

•

READING EXAM TOMORROW AND HOMEWORK

HAVE A LOOK AT EBC'S MOODLE PLATFORM FOLLOWING THESE STEPS:


-----ENGLISH COMMUNITY----QUESTIONS AND FORUMS---FILE ON EMPLOYMENT






THANKS A LOT!

CD TEST 4

HI GUYS!


PLEASE EMAIL CD TEST FOR UNIT 4 BY NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th. (AT THE LATEST).


THANKS FOR BEING HERE, HAVE A NICE DAY.

Hw FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW & EXAM

Reading exam: this Wednesday 9th.


HW: STUDY THE VERBS LIST (COLUMN ON YOUR LEFT)


TOMORROW'S HW: STUDY THE VERB LIST (COLUMN ON YOUR RIGHT)


THIS VERB LIST IS ON PAGE 134.

Reading exam, unit 4

We are going to have the Reading exam for unit 4 next Tuesday 8th.


ENJOY THE WEEKEND!

TODAY'S HW

BRING A MAP OF EUROPE.


WRITE THE NAMES OF THE COUNTRIES ON IT.


THANK YOU!

EXAMS FOR UNIT 3 (REMINDER) AND HW

EXAMS:
TODAY:  LISTENING
THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th: WRITING


THURSDAY'S HW: CD TEST 3, TO BE SENT BEFORE FRIDAY! THE SCORE MUST SHOW YOUR FULL NAME!


THANKS A LOT!

BUSINESS CARDS

PLEASE BRING YOUR 15 BUSINESS CARDS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 31st.


THANK YOU!


HAVE A NICE WEEK.

FREQUENCY ADVERBS AND MANNER ADVERBS

 

FREQUENCY ADVERBS

PRE-VERBS

 

S                      FREQ  ADVERB            VERB

 

EXCEPT: HE IS ALWAYS LATE TO WORK                     (BE)

 

HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO TO THE DENTIST?             CONCEPT: FREQUENCY

HOW OFTEN DOES HE COME TO CLASS?

DO YOU USUALLY GO TO THE MOVIES ON FRIDAY?

DO YOU OFTEN PLAY BOARD GAMES?

 

WE COMBINE: ADJECTIVE + NOUN

ADJECTIVES DO NOT TAKE A PLURAL FORM!

HE IS A             CAREFUL        DRIVER

MANNER ADVERBS

 

HE DRIVES CAREFULLY      (TELLS HOW SOMETHING IS DONE)

 

ADJECTIVE                             MANNER ADVERB (add "ly")

QUIET-----------                             QUIETLY

 

BEAUTIFUL-----                        BEAUTIFULLY

BAD--------------                             BADLY

GOOD -----------                              WELL

HW

HW: 5 QUESTIONS FOR A SURVEY (YOU ARE GOING TO LAUNCH A PRODUCT SO YOU NEED TO KNOW… )

        

1.-HOW OFTEN DO YOU+VERB…?

2.-DO YOU USUALLY+VERB…?

3.-DO YOU OFTEN+VERB…?

4.-____________________?

5.-____________________?

FOR QUESTIONS 4 AND 5 YOU CAN USE ANY OF THE EXPRESSIONS IN QUESTIONS 1, 2 AND 3.

THANKS.

IRREGULAR PLURALS

COMMON IRREGULAR PLURALS

 

MAN                      MEN

WOMAN              WOMEN

PERSON               PEOPLE

CHILD                    CHILDREN      (CHILDREN’S TOYS): POSSESSIVE, THE TOYS BELOG TO THE CHILDREN

FOOT                     FEET

TOOTH                  TEETH

FISH                       FISH

MOUSE                 MICE

CACTUS                 CACTI

CURRICULUM     CURRICULA

EXAMS AND HW

EXAMS (UNIT 2)
TOMORROW, THURSDAY 27th.: LISTENING
THIS FRIDAY 28th.: READING


HW: CD TEST 2, NOT LATER THAN this Thursday 27th. Email score to: moshi_lopez@hotmail.com




LISTEN TO THE SONG ENTITLED "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.


Thanks!

HW FOR MONDAY 24th

BRING YOUR BOOK AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH  & UPLOAD EXAM ON THE MOODLE PLATFORM
SEND CD TEST SCORE WITH YOUR NAME (SCREENSHOT), VIA EMAIL: moshi_lopez@hotmail.com
BRING YOUR 15 BUSINESS CARDS


THANK YOU!

BOOKS

WE WILL BE USING THE BOOK STARTING THIS FRIDAY.


BRING IT TO CLASS.


THANKS A LOT!


ENJOY THE DAY.

Business cards this Friday (networking)

Please, do not forget to bring 15 business cards this Friday.


THANKS!

Networking links

NETWORKING

 

http://www.bni.com/

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=NETWORKING+VISITOR'S+BADGE&biw=1366&bih=620&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIm9KkpdSyxwIVBZqACh0lbQAQ#tbm=isch&q=BNI+NETWORKING+VISITOR%27S+BADGE&imgrc=L3LqNdgdMrQu7M%3A

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmMK97NI00U    (video seen in class today)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfg05OiT-yw

 

expressions, departments in a company

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:

 

What do you do?               OCCUPATION, JOB

I’m an architect

 

I work for                                            Coca Cola

I´m in charge of                                 the HR department

I´m responsible for                          reporting the financial statements

I’m involved in                                  the payroll and recruiting processes       

I deal with                                           complaints/customers/suppliers

 

Review: COMMON DEPARTAMENTS
IN A COMPANY (COMAONY STRUCTURE)

•HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)

•RECRUITING (HIRING PEOPLE)

•INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

•MARKETING

•ADMINISTRATION

•FINANCE

•SALES          (SALES Rep=Sales Representative)

•CUSTOMER SERVICE/CARE

•ACCOUNTING/ACCOUNTS

•RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)

•LOGISTICS

•PUBLIC RELATIONS (PR)

•QUALITY CONTROL

•PURCHASING

•TECHNICAL SUPPORT

•TRAINING

 

WHEN MEETING SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME

JOHN:                   Hello Laura. Let me introduce you to Jack.

LAURA:                                 How do you do Jack?...

 

BOOKS

BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE SOLD THIS WEDNESDAY 19TH., THURSDAY 20TH. AND FRIDAY 21ST.


GET THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE.


HAVE A NICE DAY!

WELCOME TO COURSE (AUGUST-DECEMBER 2015), LEVEL 2

WEEK 2


NUMBERS

SAYING NUMBERS

 

100                         one hundred/a hundred

1000                       one thousand/a thousand

1’000, 000            one million/a million

 

189                         ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE        (A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE)

 

IT WOULD BE INCORRECT TO SAY: A ONE HUNDRED!

 

Do not say …millions dollars.    The correct form is …million dollars

                                                                Millions.

 

 

123, 890          ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED (AND) NINETY

1’292,736        ONE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED (AND) THIRTY SIX

 

bil·lion (bn)

 (bĭl′yən)

n.

1. The cardinal number equal to 10⁹.                                                   1000 000 000

 

2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10¹².                   1 000 000 000 000

 

1.7 bn                    one point seven billions

€1.8 bn                 One point eight billion euros

 

CURRENCIES:

£                              pounds (libra esterlina)          (Pound could also refer to weight: libra=454 grams)

¥                              yens

 

Dollars, rupees, francs, pesos…

 

SOME ORDINAL NUMBERS (spelling)

 

FIFTH     5th

EIGHTH

NINTH

TWELFTH

TWENTIETH

 

Useful links:

http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/numbers-english/

http://www.englishlessonsbrighton.co.uk/saying-large-numbers-english/

http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/saying_large_numbers01.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyNRAb90ixc

http://www.english-at-home.com/pronunciation/saying-dates-and-numbers-in-english/

 

FINAL EXAMS & FEEDBACK

FINAL EXAMS:


WEDNESDAY 29th.: READING, WRITING & USE OF LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND EXPRESSIONS)
THURSDAY 30th.: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
FRIDAY 31st.: FEEDBACK


MUST COME ON TIME ALL THESE DAYS!


THANKS A LOT.

FOR MONDAY, JULY 27th.: PORTFOLIO WITH INDEX & QUIZ ON PASSIVE VOICE

NEXT MONDAY, JULY 27th.:  BRING PORTFOLIO INCLUDING INDEX (FRONT PAGE) &


                                                       YOUR EXAMS + QUIZZES (ORDERED ACCORDING TO
                                                        INDEX)
                                                       QUIZ ON PASSIVE VOICE!




THANK YOU!


HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!

MID-TERM LISTENING SECTION

OUR MID-TERM EXAM (LISTENING SECTION) WILL BE TAKEN THIS FRIDAY, JULY 24th.


WE START AT 1:10 PM SHARP!




THANKS A LOT.


ENJOY THE DAY.

FINAL EXAMS

FINAL EXAMS: THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NEXT WEEK.


FEEDBACK: FRIDAY


UNITS 1 TO 8.


THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

TENSES REVIEW EXERCISES

LINKS:

TAG QUESTIONS (OR Q TAGS)

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag_quiz.htm

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/question-tags

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/qu_tags.htm

http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc-bd-tagq.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb006-bp.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/tag-questions.html

 

FUTURE

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/future.htm

 

PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/228.html

 

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g11-past-simple-present-perfect-gap-fill.php

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1496

 http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1E.html

 

PRESENT S AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive2.htm

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-1.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/sp_or_pc.html

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_01_012e?cc=mx&selLanguage=en

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1438http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1438http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1438

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/pres_prog_ex4.htm

LINKING WORDS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode64/languagepoint.shtml

http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/linking-words/

http://library.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.33.htm

https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/4_writingskills/writing_tuts/linking_LL/linking3.html

 

 THANK YOU!

HAVE A NICE WEEK.