Organization and Student's Book NB2

This is the book we'll be using in NB2:

Innovations. Pre-Intermediate. Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley. Ed. Heinle. It comes with a Workbook with key.

Here's the objectives of the course you  asked for in the presentation. 
And here's a few organization sheets where you can find important information about our course. 

Organization NI2

Dear NI2,

here's the class organization sheets I told you about yesterday. 

And here's the objectives of the course

Student's Book NI2

This is the book we'll be using this academic year:

New English File. Upper-Intermediate. Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig. Oxford University Press. The pack comes with a Workbook with key, and a Grammar Checker.

We won't do the Workbook in class, but you're encouraged to do the exercises and correct them by yourselves. Any question related to the workbook exercises can be asked in class. As for the Grammar Checker, it'd be very convenient if you could revise the grammar on your own as well and ask whatever you don't understand in class. 

See you on Monday. Have a nice weekend!

Updating and relocating

Dear visitor, former students and imminent ones ;-),

I've deleted and relocated some of the entries in this blog, so apologies if you can't find what you're looking for...  All the entries under the label "NA1" went to one of the "All - ......" sections. In each of these sections you're going to find stuff of different levels. 

I hope to be able to find time and define the levels within each entry, but I cannot promise anything. Please remember that this blog is something I've been doing aside from my teaching hours and even aside from my class preparation hours. I thank those of you who, aware of this, have been grateful for the work done. 

My groups start on Wednesday (NI2 16:30) and Thursday (NB2 19:00). See you all in Room 12! 

EOIs in the news

The EOI in today's paper: http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2012/07/23/madrid/1343076404_261848.html

and on the radio: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/no-es-un-dia-cualquiera/dia-cualquiera-aprender-idiomas/1493556/

and here: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/espana-directo/espana-directo-precio-estudiar-idioma-31-07-12/1495250/  (between min. 2:30-11:50)

and here: http://www.cadenaser.com/cultura/audios/educacion-afronta-curso-dificil/csrcsrpor/20120905csrcsrcul_7/Aes/ (September 2012)

Save the EOI

If you want to defend the EOI against its disappearance, please sign the petition in the following link:

http://www.change.org/es/peticiones/salvemos-la-ense%C3%B1anza-p%C3%BAblica-de-idiomas

The Ministry of Education is planning to transfer EOI teachers to Secondary Education, Vocational Training, or Bachillerato. That would eventually make EOIs disappear...

Romeo and Juliet

Here's a performance by Compañía Luna of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Congratulations to the actors and coordinator, Almudena Santos, for their hard work, sense of humor, and passion. Their beautiful message: Bring passion to whatever you do in life!

Advice

Advice: uncountable noun
Let me give you some advice
Let me give you a piece of advice

Your Book Reviews for Summer Reading

Dear All,

here's a list of book recommendations for the summer. If you click on the different titles, you'll find the book review someone in your class or in the other group wrote.

- Robert McNamara's In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam, reviewed by Diana Muñoz

- Daniel Gottlieb's Letters to Sam, reviewed by Asun Martín de Frutos

- Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, reviewed by Manuel Ortiz

- Mark Haddon's A Spot of Bother, reviewed by Antonio Cerezo
- John Baxter's The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, reviewed by Ana Mª Martínez
- Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions, reviewed by Isabel Pérez 
- Ken Follet's Code to Zero, reviewed by Rodrigo Navarro
- Bram Stoker's Dracula, reviewed by Ruth Mallo
- John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, reviewed by Lara Morales
- Nick Hornby's How to Be Good, reviewed by Benjamín Mateo
- Scott Fiztgerald's The Great Gatsby, reviewed by Gerardo de Pablos
- Daniel Clowes' Ghost World, reviewed by Verónica Poyuelo
- Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, reviewed by Marga Díaz
- Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, reviewed by Sara García
- John Grisham's The Associate, reviewed by Francisco  Sánchez
- Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, reviewed by Ricardo Albarracín
- Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, reviewed by José Manuel Nava
- Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, reviewed by Marga Escudero
- Philip Roth's Nemesis, reviewed by Alicia Maroto
- Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, reviewed by Gloria Gómez
- Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, reviewed by Jorge Parramón

And here's also the list of film reviews from those of you who watched a movie instead:

- Intouchables, reviewed by Mari Galán
- The Artist, reviewed by Gloria Iglesias
- My Life without Me, reviewed by Gloria Rodríguez
- The Avengers, reviewed by José M. Martínez
- The Shawshank Redemption, reviewed by Rosa Cuppari

Enjoy your free time in English!

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