viernes, 30 de noviembre de 2012

Comparatives and Superlatives



Watch this video and pay attention to the use of comparative and superlative structures. Do you understand all of them? Do you agree with these people? 


                               

Now it's your turn! Answer these questions writing a comment below. Ready? 

1. What is the most interesting place you have been to?
2. What subject are you worst at school? and best? 
3. What is the tallest building you have been to?
4. Who is the strangest person you have met?
5. What is the most serious problem in the world today?
6. What is the most delicious thing you have recently eaten?


miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2012

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Day

Why? 

In the 17th century, pilgrims emigrated from England to New England (North America) and took their traditions with them . One of their traditions was Thanksgiving Day, a day in which they thanked God for all the good things they had (specially food at that time). From that moment, Americans have been celebrating this feast to thank God for all the blessings and possessions they have. 


What? 

Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. 
The day after Thanksgiving, that is Black Friday is the day of the biggest sale of the year. There are various deals and offers that one can avail on Black Friday that is falling on 23rd November this year. One only needs to be an early bird..
Thanksgiving Day parades are held in some cities and towns on or around Thanksgiving Day. Some parades or festivities also mark the opening of the Christmas shopping season.

Where? 
Thanksgiving as we know it today is celebrated mainly in Canada and in The United States.

When? 
Thanksgiving is celebrated in the States every fourth Thursday of November. The following day is the Black Friday where people usually go shopping and do not neither work nor study. Some people have a four-day weekend so it is a popular time for trips and to visit family and friends
                                         Do you know the meaning of the words in bold? 

miércoles, 7 de noviembre de 2012

Job Interviews : Dos and Don'ts


The topic of this week in class is "Job Interviews". We are revising how to make questions if you interview someone for a job and we are also practising appropiate answers if you are interviewed for a job. I uploaded this video with more information about dos and dont's in a job interview. Watch it the times that you need and answer the questions below. We will talk about it in class, so take notes! 




1. What should women wear in a job interview? Do you agree with this?
2. What is the appropiate answer for "tell me about yourself"?
3. What can you say when you are asked about your weaknesses? Refer to the video
4. Write an example of inappropiate questions.
5. What is a resumé?

Answer these questions and we'll correct them in class.

Get ready for the interviews that we are role-playing tomorrow!


martes, 6 de noviembre de 2012

1 year of Amantes del Inglés

One year ago, I wrote my first post in this blog. It was a post about Halloween traditions and specific vocabulary. This post was written in order to see how this worked but I did not write again until three or four months later. Meanwhile I worked with the layout, the different pages , the content and I started to build an audience. 
I am concious of the things that need to be improved and I also want to introduce new ideas. However, my most  important goal has been accomplished: writing about what I really love and raise the interest of someone. I will be changing the design and the contents little by little until I create what I have in mind. Although I like new technologies and I use them daily, creating a blog was a big challenge for me that seemed very difficult at the beginning. However, with a lot of work and time, I came up with this final product. 

This blog is a bit different from what already exists in the net. I did not want to create a blog with grammar exercises or lists of vocabulary. I wanted to make the readers be in contact with the English language  through the reading and listening of interesting activities, facts, articles, news etc. It is a place for English learners and lovers. Sometimes I write in Spanish because that way, many people who do not feel condident enough with the language can follow me and participate. 

The process of creating a blog and maintaining it has been succesful up to now.  However, I would like to thank all the people who have helped me in this long  and exciting process:  those friends who write and read me from time to time, those friends who became members and helped me promote the blog among their contacts, family members specially Alma and Lochcup, students who read my posts but feel shy to leave a comment, those students who do leave comments, colleagues, facebook and twitter followers and those anonimous people who daily comment and read my posts. Without these people, this project wouldn't have been possible.

Thanks!