The Arnolfini Portrait

Hello,

Here you have an oral presentation by Antonio Martínez (2nd A). You have to download it as a Power Point presentation and you will listen to Antonio's voice explaining the portrait in full detail.

I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did in class.

Thanks a lot Antonio!

Granada

THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE


by Aída Velasco Fernández (2nd A EOI de Granada)



I live in Granada, which is a city in the south-east of Andalucía. It has a population of 260.000 people, and it’s the fourth most populated province in Andalucía.

Granada is a lovely city, it’s smart, although it has a lot of places to visit. Muslims founded Granada in the 7th century. The most famous monument in the city is La Alhambra; it’s the most visited monument in Spain. In this monument we can see La Puerta de la Justicia, El Patio de los Arrayanes, Los Jardines del Generalife…it’s wonderful. Other places to visit are El Corral del Carbón, La Capilla Real…The food isn’t a problem in this city, because there are “tapas” areas, some streets where people drink beer or “cañas”, wine or “tinto de verano” and we can eat “tapas", free food. Granada is interesting for walking around; the most interesting areas are El Albaicin, La Alcaicería, El Paseo de los Tristes…

The weather in Granada is perfect because the winter is cold and the summer is hot. The weather in Granada is hotter than in Galicia, Asturias…because Granada is in the south-east of Spain. In the winter it rains and it snows, so people can go to Sierra Nevada. The summer is very hot so people go to the beach, to Motril, Almuñecar…

Granada is famous for the Alhambra, the most famous monument in Spain. It’s famous for Albayzín district too, where houses are called “carmenes”. Sierra Nevada is very important because thousands people go there. The Semana Santa Granadina is famous too, the “penitents” are typical. People wear purple clothes and women wear “mantillas”. Granada is also famous for the “piononos”, which are small very sweet cakes and for the “tapas”.

The best thing about Granada, I think it’s its weather because this is ideal, and this gives happiness to people. And the best is that Granada has mountain, beach, a beautiful city centre; it’s a very complete city. I love living in Granada.

You gotta be

Hello everyone,

This week 2A have been focusing on obligations and prohibitions and 2H have been revising the use of the infinitive and the gerund. I hope next week we can catch 2A up!

When we were studying "have to", I mentioned this song, which can be quite illustrative. Here you have the lyrics and the video (Remember that "gotta" is the informal and short version of "have to":



Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try to keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead, release your fears
Stand up and be counted.
Don't be ashamed to cry

You gotta be
You gotta be bad
You gotta be bold
You gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard
You gotta be tough
You gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool
You gotta be calm
You gotta stick together
All I know all I know love will save the day...

Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time

Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My oh my eh eh eh ...

You gotta be...

Time asks no questions
It goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace

The world keeps on spinning
Can't stop it if you try to
The best part is danger staring you in the face

Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try to keep your head up to the sky
Lovers, they may cause you tears
Go ahead, release your fears

First week after Easter

Hello everyone,

We made a good start after holidays, didn't we?

Congratulations to those who made an oral presentation: Sol, Aída, Alex, Antonio and Rafa. Very well done. I hope people next week will do as well as you did!

Well... last week we learned when to use the infinitive and the gerund. 2ºH still have to learn how to use the gerund because we missed a class on Thursday. But don't worry, we will do it next week.

Here you have more practice on infinitives and gerunds.

Here you have some more theory and practice about this topic.

And... here is the key to handout 21.

Finally... I have to mention our first Spring concert organized by the Official Language School. I missed many of you, but I hope you can come next time. It was awesome!

The last term!!!

Hello everyone,

How was Easter?

Today we are starting our last term.

Before Easter we finished unit 4. Now I would like to use our time left as best as we can, so here you have the keys to handout 20 and to the pink pages after unit 4.

Remember that if you have any question about them, you must ask in class. Don't forget to indicate in you books and handouts where you found the problems!

Our second reader

Hello everyone,

This is our second reader. I hope you can enjoy reading it!

Here you have a reading diary that you can fill in. It will help you learn more and you can send it back to me. You can repeat page two as many times as you want.

Did you know that the author of these two stories is Washington Irving, the man who also wrote Tales of the Alhambra? He knew Granada very well.

Here you can find more information about this author.

Week 23rd-26th March

Hello everyone,

This week has been a bit short because there was no class on Thursday. Only three people from 2nd H came to see the story-teller, it was a pity because we had a very good time. Thanks to Felipe, Auxi and Pablo for that. I hope you enjoyed it.

This week we were learning about superlatives, and here you have the keys to hand out 16 (4D Grammar)
We also revised comparatives, and 2nd A were learning about giving directions. Don't worry 2nd H because we will do it next week.

Very important: people from 2nd A, do not forget to bring a description of the place where you leave following the instructions on page 49 next Monday. We will be doing peer revision in class, so it is important that you bring your compositions.

You also had to finish 4D in the workbook and write the phonetic transcriptions of the irregular verbs (up to "give"), handout 19 and 20.

Have a nice weekend and see you next week.