Week 34: May 27th, 2020- Reviewing the year

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- Dear students,
    Today we said goodbye to the most extraordinary course.
    We have gone through moments we couldn't even imagine before. We've survived condemned  routers and creepy connections and we're now stronger and wiser: we're capable of finding some good and humour in the darkest moment, so to say ;-))
    I'm so happy and grateful for having shared these weeks with you, you've made me better. I'm very proud of your work, but even prouder of the atmosphere we've had in our classes, thanks a lot.
    Today we discussed about a future design for our courses and revised the year with a questionnaire. You remembered many things!
     I wanted to have finished with a song, but we spoke a bit over the hour, which is also fine, so nevermind. I want to give you the song I had prepared. We may open next year with the exercise I already have ;-)) It's a beautiful voice hoping for a rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.  Google even designed a doodle to mark what would have been his 61st birthday, had he been alive.

Take lots of care and really hope to see you soon.

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Week 33: May 20th, 2020- Board games galore!

- We learnt many things about board games with Miguel Ángel's presentation. We also have a vocabulary handout to know how to talk about them and now have an idea of the history of board games too.
- We saw a little clip of an episode of The Big Bang Theory in which they are playing a board game and had a look at some vocabulary and structures with the exercise.
- We practised the pronunciation of schwa with Tim's workshop of the BBC Learning English website.

Homework:
- Have a look at this article to practise reading and vocabulary from the news. It's about a man aged 101 that was asked for his parents to confirm his ID.
- You can also send me a recording about how you imagine the next few months, in terms of the many things that may be transformed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Week 32: May 14th- Emboldened animals and more

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- I like this image on the left  ;-) it appeared when I wrote "emboldened animals" in my search engine.
- I reminded you about the video we sent you and the survey we would love you to complete.
- We started talking a little bit about these events in which some animals have been seen away from their usual surroundings and into human domain.
- We then analized structures to react to news. We also practised how to pronounce consonant clusters in isolation and inside sentences.
- We also saw how Sheldon Cooper reacts to news and did a listening comprehension about the video clip.

Homework:
- We didn't have time for the listening news report on bicycles but we may next day and I found this file on the same topic, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Have a look at it, crammed with interesting vocabulary as always. And with the key.
- Besides, if you want to record a short presentation, it could be about the future now: what have we learnt because of the confinement and pandemic? how should we change after this? what future would we like to work for? Or also, as Mar told us today, how should we live our present to make the future we want? I'm looking forward to your ideas!

This photo also appeared when I wrote "emboldened animals", and it's like just the opposite! I love it.

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Week 31: May 6th, 2020- We will survive! With a new router!

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- We had one class with no freezing problems. I couldn't be happier!
- We talked about the organisation of distance learning and our own experience.
- We also talked about positive outcomes of the coronavirus crisis.
- We met Captain Tom, a charity hero in the UK these days that just turned 100 years old a few days ago. We saw this video, examined some expressions of this handout and listened to his nº1 hit in the charts. You have some more information about him here.
- Video poem: we saw a poem written by Darren James Smith that deals with racism and fear in the coronavirus crisis: You clap for me now.
- We revised coronavirus pronunciation with Pronunciation studio, a great site.

Homework:
- There's the possibility to send me a recording of what you've read about positive outcomes of the coronavirus crisis. Organised and trying to use new words so that you can expand your vocabulary.
- You can also work your reading skills and vocabulary building with a news report on Emboldened animals in the coronavirus time. Have a look at the key to the exercises.