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Welcome!
Hi there y'all, Just wanted to welcome you all to the new course we're starting this afternoon, September 16th. I hope this year will be as productive and fulfilling as last year, and hope we all can achieve the goals to be set out this afternoon in our first meeting session. Just like last course, this blog alongside the school's website sho...
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SEPTEMBER EXAMS
Hi y'all, FYI, here's the list with the names of the students that must sit for different exams in September. This list has been divided according to the parts of the exam which students failed in June. I'll get back to you in a few days with the timetable for the oral exams. Greets! http://s3.amazonaws.com/lcp/4eoialcala/myfiles/EXAMENES-DE...
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Bluegrass banjo
American music historian and performer David Holt interviews L.W. Lambert about the Earl Scruggs style or "Bluegrass" banjo. Transcript: "In the 1940s the young banjo player from the montains of North Carolina, Earl Scruggs, revolutionized banjo playing with a hard-driving syncopated three-finger banjo style. Now, when Earl Scruggs joined Bi...
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Listening exercise, page 90
s promised, here goes the listening exercise from page 90 in the Student's book. Key a. picture matching: (up to down, left to right) 2, 4, 1, 7, 6, 9, 8, 3, 5 b. 1. That many areas of London used to be villages. You should get to know the area you are in rather than trying to get to know the whole of London. 2. Go to the British...
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Solutions Key, pages 82-83, 88, and 155
Hi there, Here go the solutions for the exercises on pages 82-83, 88, and 155 Grammar (page 82) a. 1. used to driving, 2. to have, 3. Sarah to talk, 4. Killing her husband, 5. apologized for being, 6. as a waiter. b. 1. meeting, 2. cleaning, 3. to get, 4. to be Vocabulary a. conductor, violinist, drummer, editor, composer, journalist, solo...
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Solutions Key, pages 79 and 154
As promised, here's the key for the exercises on pages 79 and 154. Reading 4C, pages 78-79 : 1.c 2.a 3.c 4.c 5.a 6.b 7.b 8.c 9.a 10.a Vocabulary The Media 1 Paparazzi, 2 critic, 3 commentator, 4 reporter, 5 editor, 6 presenter, 7 freelance journalist, 8 newsreader, 9 press photographer 1 review, 2 crossword, 3 cartoon, 4 ...
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Two interesting tunes!
Hi there again! Here go two interesting tunes: the first is 'Dark as a dungeon' by the great country singer Merle Travis Listening challenge: finding the lyrics for this song on the Internet is quite easy, no problem here, but, would you be able to transcribe Merle's introductory words to the song? Listen carefully and write the transc...
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Back to work!
Hi there! Here goes the key for the vocabulary exercises on page 153 in the Student's book: a. 1 bass guitar, 2 trumpet, 3 piano, 4 keyboard, 5 drums, 6 violin, 7 saxophone, 8 cello, 9 organ. b. bass guitarist, cellist, drummer, keyboard player, organist, pianist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist. c. 1 tenor, 2 bass, 3 soprano, 4 orchestra,...
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Solutions Key
Hi y'all! Here're the solutions for the reading comprehension exercise on pages 62 and 63 in the Student's Book: A8, B7, C6, D3, E4, F2, G1, H5 And these are the solutions for the vocabulary exercise on page 152 1. ankle 15, calf, 14, heel 16, elbow 13, wrist 11, nails 4, palm 12, chest 5, waist 6, hip 7, thigh 8, brain 1, heart 2, kidneys 1...
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A hilarious poem by Pete Seeger
Embedding is not allowed, so there goes the link click here
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Grammar Solutions Key
Hi there ! Here are the solutions for the gramar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension exercises on pages 50 and 51 in the Student's book: Grammar A 1. was being, 2. probably never be, 3. to be a, 4. said that, 5. won't come B 1. 'll be lying, 2. will... have started, 3. has landed, 4. drink/have drunk / have been drinking, 5. finish/have f...
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Exam Listening Exercises
These were the listening exercises you had to do in the exam last 16th Record Chill and Birdstrike Cya!
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Canton 31st annual Pow Wow
A pow wow is a gathering of native Americans to sing, dance, and socialize in an attempt to preserve their culture. Here's an interesting video on the 31st annual Pow wow in Canton, Massachusetts.
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Linkers
Hi there, These are some of the linkers we'll be working with on Thursday: Linkers View more presentations or upload your own. And here is the link to the numbering scheme of British roads (this is useful for a listening exercise we'll be doing tomorrow) Motorways (from wikipedia) For a road to be classified as motorway a num...
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Obama's Inauguration speech with English subtitles
The credit for this link goes to Teresa Liñan, from the EOI Córdoba
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Big Freeze for Obama's swearing in ceremony
The big freeze set to stay for inauguration day by Matt Taylor The recent arctic freeze in the northeast USA shows no signs of abating this week. Inauguration day on Tuesday is forecast to be particularly cold.Last week, some very cold air pushed south from Canada, bringing bitterly cold temperatures to many parts of the Midwest and Northeast. ...
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Solutions Key
Hi everyone! Here're the solutions for the grammar exercise 4a on page 38 in the Student's book: 1. stole, was caught, was mugged, discovered, took, was met, found, were informed, was arrested 2. being interrogated, ordered, is called, to...
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Shoplifting Seagull
A seagull has turned shoplifter by wandering into a shop and helping itself to crisps: video Click on 'shoplifter' to watch the seagull in action: shoplifter This mobile phone footage was shot by a viewer and first broadcast in July ...
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The biggest fall on record and a sign of a deep recession.
From BBC News Spanish industrial output plunges Employment in Spain's construction industry has been hard hit Spanish industrial output fell by 15.1% in November, compared with the same month one year ago, the biggest fall on record and a...
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Thursday, 8th January
We reviewed the vocabulary related to crime and punishment --> Exercise 2, page 37 & Vocabulary Bank page 149 Cicconetti "Judge Mike Cicconetti has been Judge of the Painesville Municipal Court since January, 1994, and is curren...
