"Have you ever..." questions

Hi NB2s!

Here's the complete handout we worked with the other day in class. Can you think of other "Have you ever..." questions you want to ask your classmates?

William Blake

There's an exhibition of William Blake's etchings and paintings at the Caixa Forum. My colleague Gabriel has organized a tour in English for 19th October which, in principle, is aimed at Advanced students. If you're interested, ask Gabriel if there are any vacancies. The visit will take place in the afternoon and is really worth doing.
Here's a video about the English poet and painter. Enjoy!

EOI Choir

Dear All,
if you enjoy singing, you might like this initiative ;-)

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!