Can you think of one good way to remember new words?
Do you know any good websites to practise your English? Share with your partners.
Look through your English coursebook, find three topics you think are interesting and compare with a partner.
....................................cut here................................... Establishing good habits
When do you study best: morning, afternoon or night?
Where do you like to study?
How much time do you plan to study English outside the class every week?
Set yourself a goal:
- 30 minutes per day 6 days a week
- 1 hour a day for 5 days a week
- 2 hours per day for 4 days a week
- …..
When you go to the cinema, do you see the original version with subtitles or the dubbed version?
Do you watch any series in English from seriesyonkis.com? If not, do you know anybody who does?
Do you keep a list of your composition mistakes so that you don’t make the same mistakes again in the future? If not, do you think it would be a good idea?
As all of us know, the world isn’t perfect. There’ve always been bad things in it, but in the last years I think that poverty, hunger, natural disasters and other problems have increased. On the one hand, From my point of view, the reason of this is that people is not conscious that the resources aren’t unlimited. A lot of people don’t think about the consequences of spending too much energy or contaminating the planet. These facts are causing degradation on the nature of the earth, and I think that’s why in the last years more natural disasters are occurring. On the other hand, poverty increases every year. Rich people are selfish, and every year the economic problems in some countries (for example Spain) are causing problems to lots of families that see how they can’t survive without money. In addition, I think that governments must do something to stop these actions. There have to be public programs to change people’s conscience. In conclusion, we can change the world, it depends only on us. We have to improve our habits and take care of the limited resources of the world. Rich people must help people who have finantial problems. We don’t have to throw food , clothes and other things that poor people can use or eat. It’s simple and I’m sure that it’s not a big effort for us. Changing the world is in our hands, we just have to act!
In the last years euthanasia has been a controversial topic. Some people think that euthanasia has to be prohibited, because it's not ethic to kill a person. They argue that, for example, with the approval of euthanasia, the number of homicides under the name of this practise would increase. On the other hand, a lot of people wants to legalize this practise. They state that everyone can decide to live or not. For them, living under determinate circumstances is worthless, so it's better to die than live. It's not fair to prolongate the life of someone who is about to die, suffering and having a bad life, an inexistent life. In my opinion euthanasia could be approved only in the cases in which the person who is sick is conscious of the illness and prefers to die. I think that it's better to die than to live quadriplegic, because you can't live your life, you can't run or play football or go out with friends. You always have to be on the bed and it's impossible to achieve happiness in a situation like this. This is not a life. But the law which approves euthanasia has to be a strict one, only for the cases where the consent is clear. That's my opinion...what's yours?
The frenetic life in our modern cities subjects us to a continuous and exhausting mental activity and a devastating physical inactivity ( in terms of exercising our internal organs, such as the heart , the stomach...).
At the same time, the large number of stimuli we receive during a day generates in us a constant emotional stress.
The rich heritage to the oriental civilisations will help us overcome the stress. We're talking about non other than Yoga.
Yoga is a practise that comes from a discipline that helps us to recognise the egocentric nature of mind.
What's more, it's a complete discipline which is adaptable to a large number of persons because in it the differences in age,sex, religious and political conventions don't represent any limitation.
Furthermore, Yoga is one of those few disciplines which has no side- effect, since it's limited to strengthen the mind and the body.
Despite all the advantages it has it's also true that it involves a high patience level and enough time, which is unfortunately not always accessible.
In conclusion, Yoga is a practise that although it requires more than the typical sports it's highly recommendable. Yoga's advantages are no secret nowadays and a prove of that is that it has become one of the most trendy exercises and more and more people is counting on it to improve their health.
I should like to apply for the post of lawyer advertised in La Vanguardia of 5th March. It explained that you were looking for a new lawyer for your company and I’m really interested in it.
I studied law in Universitat Pompeu Fabra and I finished two years ago. Since then, I’ve been working for different lawyers to reach the experience that this job requires.
I am currently working for a company in Barcelona, in the human resources department but I am attracted to the position you are offering as it appears to provide more responsibility and challenge. Therefore, although currently engaged, I could be free from any present obligations after presenting a month's notice.
With this presentation I enclose you my curriculum vitae, which will give to you more details about my studies, my qualifications and my experience on the lawyers’ world.
I shall look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
(FIRMA)
Brenda Pérez
Enc. CV
Walter Pandiani
In this composition I had to choose a famous person and describe him. My election was Walter Pandiani, who is called by his fans as "el Rifle". He is an uruguayan football player, who was born the 27th April 1976. He plays forward and he plays on Atlético Balears, a team from the 2nd division in Spain. He has played in differents teams of the 1st division and this have been the teams where he has played: In 1996-97 he played in El Progreso (Uruguay), in 1997-98 he played in Besañez (Uruguay) and he finally left Uruguay after playing in Peñarol in 1998-2000. After this two years in Peñarol's club, different European teams were interested in him. Finally it was Deportivo de la Coruña the club which got his services as a football player, and he played there in the years 2003-2005. After this two years, he played in the Bieningham City for one year, and another one in RCD Espanyol. Then he stayed 4 years playing in Osasuna and after that he returned to RCD Espanyol. The last half year he has played in Villarreal and he has now signed with Atlético Baleares. In all these years he has won different titles: one Uruguayan championship, two "Supercopas de España" and three "Copas del Rey". On the other hand, I want to talk about the personal life of this football player, where his family and friends are very important. He has three children: Axel who is 12 years old, Ezequiel who is 14 years old and Nico who is 18. His wife is Carla and they have been toghether for 19 years. In conclusion, I know him personally and I know that he had work very hard to arrive at the top of the football world. He is a great person and I'm happy because he has achieved what he loves the most.
I am writing you in response to the advertisement for the post of computer expert which was published in our local newspaper.
Since finishing my MBA degree from the university of York, I have become particulary interested in economics and now wish to develop my career in that direction.
Working as a computer expert would be the perfect, and very rewarding way to do so.
I think I would be suitable for the job because during my degree I've worked along with several computer experts and now I consider myself one of them.
I would like to have an opportunity to prove myself working in you team and I am available to start immediately.
I would be happy to attend an interview and look forward to hearing from you.
As you all know now it's time to vote for it. The vote sections refreshes every Monday ( it doesn't matter how many times you vote it won't update till Monday)
I leave you the link below for you to vote. Please make sure everyone votes.
Hi guys, A few days ago I saw a group of young people like us were
sharing this video on social networks. And I remembered the exercise we did
with Sonia: 'WHAT ADDS TO JOB SATISFACTION'
She made us think about what were our objectives when trying to find a job. The fotocopy had several objectives that we had to sort in order to have a satisfactory job such as: working conditions, status in your organization, learning something new, personal freedom, being part of team, exercising power, helping other people, being praised by your superiors, social status, being promoted, and making money.
There's one which is tightly related with te following video: working in what you like. that's what its all about.
We must activate our mind in order to decide by ourselves what do we really wish to do and what path do we want to follow.
