Departamento de Inglés - IES RJ Sender: febrero 2019

lunes, 25 de febrero de 2019

2nd Bachillerato:

ALFRED HITCHCOCK:

Deadline: End of March

Oral presentations mustn't last longer than 5 minutes

(otherwise you will be penalized). The project must be kept in

a pendrive and brought to class. Before that, it should be

sent to the teacher's email address which will be provided in

class.

Individually, you will prepare an oral presentation on an

Alfred Hitchcock’s film:

To do your presentation, follow these steps:

1) Choose one of his films and watch it in English. Take notes while you watch the film.

2) Look up for some information about the film you have chosen. Organize your ideas, include the following information:

- The film title in English

- The film genre / type of film

- The plot

- Who stars on it?

- Who is / are the main characters?

- Did Hitchcock make a cameo in the film? Where?

- The setting

- When was the film released?

- Has it won any special award? Which one/s?

- Did you like the film? Why or why not? Would you recommend the film?

- Which adjectives would you use to describe it?

- You can include the trailer or the best scenes in English

3) Make a PowerPoint or Prezi and practice your presentation until you can deliver it in a fluent way without reading it.

Project based on: https://blocs.xtec.cat/mireiaxorto/2015/11/10/oral-presentation-on-a-movie/

lunes, 11 de febrero de 2019

CONNECTORS OF CAUSE

Because (of), since, as, due to, as a result of

Because: it is followed by a clause, we don’t use it at the beginning of a sentence.

e.g. He didn’t stay up because he was tired.

Because, since and as: are followed by a clause (subject + verb)

Because of (a causa de), as a result of and due to (debido a) are followed by a noun or noun phrase.

e.g. I couldn’t find a job because of the crisis.

We couldn’t sleep due to the noise.

As (como) and since (ya que) are used at the beginning of the sentence.

e.g. As he is quite lazy, he doesn’t like hard work

Since it was closed, we couldn’t buy the flowers.

CONNECTORS OF RESULT

So, therefore, consequently, for this reason and as a result

So: it is followed by a clause. We don’t use it at the beginning of a sentence.

e.g. We were nervous so we couldn’t eat anything.

As a result, consequently and therefore are used at the beginning of the sentence.

- It was snowing. As a result, we didn’t go out

- She couldn’t run fast. Consequently, she lost the race

- He didn’t speak English. Therefore, he didn’t understand a word.

domingo, 3 de febrero de 2019

ENLACES INGLÉS BACHILLERATO

1º y 2º BACHILLERATO:

Página web del libro muy útil para practicar y repasar: ejercicios de vocabulario, gramática, vídeos, pronunciación, flipped classroom con explicaciones gramaticales, audio, etc. de cada unidad trabajada en el aula:

http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=87&zoneIndex=3

Una vez dentro de este link, debéis entrar en "Access Interactive" y os debéis registrar: para ello os pedirán el "enter activation code" que es el código compuesto de números y letras que tenéis detrás de la tapa del student's book o workbook. Una vez registrados, ya podéis practicar...

LISTENING

Aquí hay algunas páginas web para practicar y mejorar vuestra comprensión oral en inglés:

- http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice

- https://learningenglish.voanews.com/

- www.elllo.org

- www.newsinlevels.com

- www.ted.com

- https://breakingnewsenglish.com

- http://www.esl-lab.com/

- http://www.loyalbooks.com/

- http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/

BBC 6 minute English