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B2 - C1 ESSAY
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ANOTHER DAY OF SUN KARAOKE
Next June the musical La la land in Galician language will be performed by IES Taboada Chivite school. Do you feel like learning one of the most famous songs in the musical? (Another day of sun).
Sing along!!!!!!!!!
This is our version in Galician Language:
O SOL VOLTARÁ A BRILLAR
Lembro aquel día en que
o deixei nunha estación que
estaba rumbo a Santa Fe...
Que novos eramos
mais el era tan xentil..
Sabía que era un entre mil..
Eu lembro que...
Nas noites estivais
sentados nas butacas do cinema de verán..
Mundo en tecnicolor
feito de música e fulgor..
Chamábame ese resplandor...
Eu sentía atracción..
Cuns poucos cartos que atopei
paguei bus e cheguei..
Tolo/a estou, eu non o sei...
Xa se verá..
Talvez un día chegará
no que os recordos voltarán,
verá o meu rostro e lembrará
aqueles tempos..
Ascendendo
"pra" ó cumio chegar,
tocar os luceiros,
triunfar...
Se chega a decepción
do chan haise que erguer,
a luz retornará,
o sol voltará a brillar.
Escoito sen parar
o ritmo das baladas
que nunca esvaecerán,
sonidos que deixaron antes de chegarmos nós...
Renderse non é a nosa opción..
Non perdamos a ilusión...
E inda cando din que non
e cando os cartos poucos son,
música e micro e luz de neón
bastan "pra" min...
E un día a meta atanguerei
Serei a estrela que soñei
O astro que algún neno emulará, que gozo!
Ascendendo....
Top 10 Most Iconic Filipino Songs of All Time - ANAK
Filipino singers and musicians are known all over the world as one the best musical talents. It is said that you can hardly name a destination around the world where you could not find a Filipino singer or musician. However, in terms of songs, Filipinos have yet to produce an international hit along the likes of Macarena, Sukiyaki, Eres Tu, Volare, and other non-English songs that became huge hits in either side of the Atlantic. Locally, there are countless huge hits that Filipino singers, composers, and musicians have produced and here are the ten most iconic Filipino songs of all time.
CLICK HERE
Anak
This is the most iconic Filipino song of all times as this is the song that can be considered as an international hit. Composed and performed by Freddie Aguilar, one of the most widely known Pinoy singers of all time, Anak was one of the entries of the first edition of then Metro Manila Pop Music Festival. It landed 6th place, according to sources but that did not deter the song from becoming one of the biggest hit songs ever. The popularity of this song spread in many places around the world and has several international versions including Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and English. It also charted in several European musical charts.
Exercise on the English version of the song Anak - HERE
Practising tenses with videos
Verb Tense Revision Chart by Humberto de la Cuesta
Click HERE, as well
Present perfect + ever (last video)
- Have you ever skipped school?
- Have you ever fallen asleep in the cinema?
- Have you ever been to a nude beach?
- Have you ever done something you regret?
- Have you ever read a whole Harry Potter book?
- Have you ever drunk while underage?
- Have you ever had an accident?
- Have you ever kissed someone on the first date?
- Have you ever read the Bible?
- Have you ever aced a test without studying?
- Have you ever passed out?
- Have you ever slept until 5 pm?
- Have you ever eaten food that fell on the floor?
- Have you ever tried to cut your own hair?
- Have you ever lied to get a job?
- Have you ever regifted something that was gifted to you?
- have you ever given a stranger a fake phone number?
- Have you ever met someone famous?
(Questions from Cristina Cabal’s blog)
All tenses revision HERE
THE ENVIRONMENT
Amazing unit by Cristina Cabal - HERE
Vocabulary - HERE
Climate Change cartoon - HERE
Climate Change, can we stop it? (Reading with audio) - HERE
Nature and the environment texts - HERE
Artic Warming - Reading (gapped exercise) HERE
Environment - The test taker
Written mediation
As eco as they can be, electric scooters turn out to be more of a problem than convenience on the streets of Madrid and other major Spanish cities. The scheme is the same as with the rentable electric cars or bicycles - you find it using an app, pay a fee, ride, and then park it at any location. That last part turns out to be causing troubles for pedestrians as scooters are being left on sidewalks or used without taking into consideration traffic rules.Some viral videos show people racing with the vehicles causing problems for pedestrians.
Oral Mediation + Interaction - HERE
C1 Written mediation - Bar chart above
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
CLICK HERE ( BLOG CRISTINA CABAL)
- Reading Comprehension : "Robots - friend or foe?" HERE.
- Listening Comprehension: "Living online" - HERE.
- Phones and technology vocabulary HERE + vocabulary HERE and HERE
- Idioms about Science and technology HERE
-Genetically modified crops- HERE
- Speaking task - HERE
- Oral Mediation (C1_ Written B2):
Automation (Click HERE):
Robots have been doing the repetitive drudge work in our factories fordecades. But now they can flip burgers, lay bricks, even co-operate to open doors and escape. Giant 3D printers can make houses out ofconcrete in a fraction of the time humans can. "Artificial Intelligence is a big threat to low-skilled jobs, no question," says Bernard Louvat, general manager of digital customer engagement solutions at tech firm Nuance."Chatbots are certainly eliminating jobs - we need fewer and fewer human agents each year. The ones that are left will be highly skilled super-agents looking after the most complicated cases."
And Selfie-Tourism (Click HERE - Key):
You read the following text in a news article:
Technology has changed the way we travel. Smartphones, travellers’ comments and photos,search engines and algorithms can all inspire and empower us to plan complex journeys all overthe globe within minutes.
For many people, mobile phones have become their external brain when on the road. These so-called “selfie-gaze” tourists see and experience the destination largely through their cameras
and the comments and feedback they receive on their posts. In this sense, their satisfaction does not depend on the quality of the destination and experience, but on how well they manage impressions and attract “likes” and positive comments.
Advanced writing about mobile phones - Article HERE
A for and against essay about mobile phones HERE
Click HERE
HEALTH VOCABULARY ACTIVITY by Cristina Cabal
Do you agree?Use the words in the wheel (or HERE) in your answer. + VOCABULARY HERE
- ” Modern lifestyles can seriously endanger our health”
- Countries should make vaccination compulsory
- Do you think the numbers of vegetarians and vegans will continue to grow? If so, what explains their continued popularity?
- How do you feel about surgery? Would you consider having surgery that isn’t completely necessary, like plastic surgery?
- Lifespans are getting longer. How long do you think the Millennials Generation (1980-1994) will live on average?
LISTENING C1 - MEDICAL ADVANCES IN WORLD WAR 1
READING B2 - BENEFITS OF GETTING FIT
B2 LISTENING EXERCISES HEALTHCARE
READING (ADVANCED) ARE MOBILE PHONES BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
MEDIATION:
1- Topic: Health - Junk food
You read the following text in a news editorial:
In the continuing effort to fight obesity in the US, the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its nutrition labeling guidelines. However, what motivates people to buy junk food varies so much based on context - the purchasing environment, their socio-economic status, their emotional state, their hunger - so a label is unlikely to “interrupt” the purchasing decision except in a small number of cases.
EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST READ
2- Topic: Health - Cosmetic surgery
You read the following text in a news editorial:
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 18 million people underwent surgical and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in the United States in 2018.This total means that there were almost a quarter of a million more procedures in 2018 than in 2017. The authors of an earlier study in the United Kingdom analysed 204 questionnaires to identify the factors that make people go through cosmetic surgery. The findings showed that women who rated their self-esteem, life satisfaction, and attractiveness as low, had few religious beliefs, and had high media exposure were more likely to undergo cosmetic surgery.
EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST READ
Tidworth health centre closes its doors with just four days’ notice. The healthcentre has been forced to close its doors this week in the face of “considerable staffing challenges”. Millstream Medical Centre will provide enough clinical stafft o continue to be able to see patients of this area.
Write an email to the town council complaining about the closure. Include the following
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOPIC: WORK (B2-C1)
City of Stars, from La La Land
City of Stars is the main theme of La La Land, the musical that will be performed by IES Taboada Chivite students in June 2023 (in Galician Language). Could you translate the second verse of the song into Galician in such a way that it can be sung in our language? (Pay attention to rhythm and rhyme!). Give it a try!!!!
City of stars
Just one thing everybody wants
There in the bars
and through the smokescreen
Of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for is love
From someone else
A rush
A glance
A touch
A dance
IES Taboada Chivite Teachers’ Choir’s version HERE
PROBAS CERTIFICATIVAS - GALICIA + LINKS
CLICK HERE (2020) and HERE (C1) MORE C1 EXAMS GALICIA HERE
HERE, AS WELL (GUIDES)
HERE EEOOII scoring guides (rúbricas).
AND......USEFUL POSTS:
EXCELLENT POST BY NATALIAZLM: WRITING - USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR ESSAYS + WRITING BANK
CONNECTORS AND LINKING WORDS - INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS - Click HERE
TALK SPEAK ENGLISH YOUTUBE CHANNEL-HERE
USEFUL VOCABULARY (AND MORE) B2 AND C1 - B1 - ENGLISH FILE OUP + VOCABULARY B2 INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS HERE
SOME PRICELESS TOPIC BASED VIDEOS TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR SPEAKING TEST (FROM CRISTINA CABAL’S WEBPAGE)
ENGLISH FILE RESOURCES - DIFFERENT LEVELS HERE
B1-B2-C1 EJERCICIOS Y APUNTES -INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS HERE
B1 GRAMMAR (FROM LAWEBDELINGLES) It includes translation exercises.
B2 GRAMMAR ( FROM LAWEBDELINGLÉS) It includes translation exercises.
C1 GRAMMAR (FROM LAWEBDELINGLÉS) It includes translation exercises.
CRISTINA CABAL’S EOI SPEAKING TOPICS AND MAREK CONNELL’S EOI MONOLOGUES
B2-C1 MONOLOGUE(CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, F EX UNEMPLOYMENT) AND DIALOGUE (A SHORT BREAK AT THE FALLAS)
AMIGOS INGLESES: IMPROVE YOUR WRITING USING MORE ADVANCED VOCABULARY
SIX TIPS TO PASS THE EOI B2C1 WRITING/SPEAKING EXAM SAMPLE MEDIATION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING
FORMAL LETTER-EMAIL ASKING FOR INFORMATION - COVER LETTER - COMPLAINT LETTER (+ COVER LETTER INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS) + FORMAL EMAILS DONE IN OUR LESSONS->HERE - COMPLAINT - USEFUL PHRASES- HERE (another complaint e-mail HERE)- Complaint letter by Cristina Cabal HERE
SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT CHARTS, GRAPHS, DIAGRAMS...IN ENGLISH + GRAPHS, CHARTS DONE DURING THE LESSONS HERE - USEFUL VIDEO HERE - MORE GRAPHS EXERCISES HERE
OPINION ESSAYS AND FOR-AGAINST ESSAYS - B2-C1 OPINION ESSAY HERE + C1 WRITING MODELS - HERE + HOW TO WRITE A PROPOSAL C1+ MULTIFUNCTION WRITING - HERE
B2 - C1 ESSAYS - HERE
- A FEW LINKERS + B1-B2-C1 USEFUL VOCABULARY
- TO THE POINT ENGLISH WITH BEN (VOCABULARY...C1-C2) It includes translation activities-Advanced and proficiency verbs.
- TWO C1 ORAL MEDIATION EXAMPLES
- ESSAY WRITING C1
- ARTICLES, GRAPHS, COMPLAINT EMAILS
- INVERSION
- RECURSOS LISTENING C1 - C2 - FRIENDS MILES AWAY
- C1- C2 LISTENING PRACTICE
- FOLDERS WITH EEOOII "PRUEBAS CERTIFICATIVAS" B1-B2-C1 - HERE
- B2-C1 USEFUL LINKERS + B2-C1 PHRASAL VERBS + B2- C1 USEFUL IDIOMS + B2-C1 OTHER USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
- ENGLISH FILE GRADED VOCABULARY
- UPPER-INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY AND INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY
- NEF ADVANCED VOCABULARY
- C1 ORAL MEDIATION TASKS
- HEALTH VOCABULARY ACTIVITY BY CRISTINA CABAL
- THE WORLD OF WORK - HERE - WORK B2-C1
- HEALTH - HERE - HEALTH B2-C1
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH - HERE
- THE ENVIRONMENT - HERE
