29.4.17

Reports

Resultado de imagen de writing a report in englishClick here to read about the two basic kinds of reports and how to write them. There is an example of the one in which you are supposed to give some information and a summary at the end. The other kind is the one you have to write for homework. 

Click here to see another example that has been analysed. 

Regrets



Click here to listen to six people talking about regrets.

More regrets. Listen to Anne telling a story about mistakes that could have cost someone's life (third conditional).

Resultado de imagen de regrets cartoons

Mixed conditionals

Personal and Impersonal Passive



Click here to see some examples and do an exercise.

26.4.17

I wish

  • If there is one thing you could change in your body, what would it be? 
  •  If you could change something about your personality, what would you change? 
  • If you could change something about your life, what would it be? 
  • If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? 

  • Two things you wish you had done when you were younger. 
  • Two things you wish you hadn’t done when you were younger.

24.4.17

A sketch in English

Click here to see a poster about an activity organised by the English Department to celebrate World Book Day.


Tuesday 25th April - Guiri & the City with Tricia Audette (sponsored by Oxford University Press)

Salón de Actos- 17.00h. and 19.00h.

21.4.17

Annoying habits

A fictional manager doing strange dance moves
I.  Annoying office habits. Click here. Have a look at the vocabulary. Listen and take notes. Then listen and read the script.

II. Watch the video and takes notes. Click here to read the script.

Conditional sentences

I. Watch this video and complete the sentences (you will need one or two words in each gap). Check your answers in "comments".




If you could change anything in the world, what would you change?

·         I don’t know ______________________. I like everything about the world right now but...
·         I would change that  there would be no ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______________________ and I wish there would be no ______________________!
·         Stop focusing on the look of ______________________,
·         ______________________we travel
·         The level of technology. I ______________________ robots to be taking over the world - that kind of situation.
·         I would have ______________________, because we don't have that yet
·         For our skin colour, preference, and everything
·         I would want everybody to treat each other equal.
·         Inequality in terms of people who are ______________________, and have no place to ______________________and other people who have so much ______________________, they don't know what to do with it.
·         And everyone just be able to like, ______________________whenever they want. They won't have to ______________________or they won't have to work for it. It would just like grow out of the ground.
·         Probably change currency because all everybody wants now is ______________________.
·         Change rich people to ______________________
·         Just ______________________. California weather I adore
·         Can it be big? Can I say like income ______________________?
·         Prison system in ______________________?
·         Eliminate the invention of the gun.
·         People’s ego investment in being right
·         Stigmatism of mental ______________________.
·         I don't know what I ______________________
·         so... nothing can be stolen
·         Over using social media as a way to ______________________
·         As ______________________ as we are, we don't listen to each other
·         This incredible inability to ______________________, and listen to someone who doesn't ______________________ with you
·         I would try to get rid of a lot of bad ______________________. I think people believe in too many things and they don't believe in ______________________.
·         Like I wish people noticed other people more
·         More ______________________, people need more patience
·         Change the amount of ______________________ that's in the world
·         People are so ______________________ sometimes; the loud ones
·         I would rather have them be ______________________ like it was, back in the day. It was better back then.
·         It sounds so generic, but ______________________. I just want the wars to stop
·         Be like ______________________
·         I want to change, like to ______________________ and joy
·         ______________________? I don't know?


·         Well, I actually think I know of one thing, if...there was a way, like, to get ______________________ back. I would make that, I don't know how that be and I would change the ______________________. Hey, they can change the world! A lot!

II. Click here to do an activity with a song. 

III. Go to lyricstraining.com and practise your conditional sentences with songs like "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton or "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol.

20.4.17

Anulación matrícula

El plazo para anular la matrícula finaliza el día 30 de abril. Pincha aquí para ver un resumen de la Orden. 
Hay cambios con respecto a años anteriores!!!

7.4.17

1.4.17

April Fool's Day



"The professor has a policy against phones ringing in class. If a phone rings, you have to answer it on speakerphone mode.
It’s the equivalent of “You should share that note with everyone in the class.” And it’s a little strange for a college class.
But the students were ready for the first of April with a call that may make him reconsider the policy for good."