5 February 2010 - NB1 A

• Revision - Could you tell me the time, please?
• Grammar Bank - Prepositions of time - p. 126
  A.

1. at
2. in
3. at
4. on
5. in
6. in
7. at
8. in
9. at
10. on
11. at
12. on

B.

1. at midnight
2. on July 4th
3. at Christmas
4. in the summer
5. on Sundays
6. in the afternoon
7. at five o'clock.

• Reading and listening - Times you love...
• Speaking
  What's your favourite time of day? Why? My favourite time of the day is the afternoon because it is the time when I have more energy and I usually do a lot of activities. And you?
  What's your favourite day of the week? Why?
  What's your favourite month? Why?
  What's your favourite season? Why?
  What's your favourite public holiday? Why?

4 February 2010 - NB1 C

• Revision - Could you tell me the time, please?
• Grammar Bank - Prepositions of time - p. 126

A.

1. at
2. in
3. at
4. on
5. in
6. in
7. at
8. in
9. at
10. on
11. at
12. on

B.

1. at midnight
2. on July 4th
3. at Christmas
4. in the summer
5. on Sundays
6. in the afternoon
7. at five o'clock.

• Reading and listening - Times you love...
• Speaking

1. What's your favourite time of day? Why? My favourite time of the day is the afternoon because it is the time when I have more energy and I usually do a lot of activities. And you?
2. What's your favourite day of the week? Why?
3. What's your favourite month? Why?
4. What's your favourite season? Why?
5. What's your favourite public holiday? Why?

3 February 2010 - NB1 A

• Vocabulary revision – How often do you... do to the gym / read the newspaper / watch TV / do exercise / do your homework / go to the cinema / speak English / eat meat / eat fish ...?
• New File 3D - On the last Wednesday in August... Do you want to know what happens then?
• What’s the date today? Today it's 2nd February 2010 (the second of February two thousand and ten -or- February the second two thousand and ten).
• Reading - Fascinating festivals
• Vocabulary Bank: the date
  A.
  autumn
  New Year
  summer
  Christmas
  winter
  Easter
  spring
  B. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, September, November, December.
  C.
  -
  second
  3rd
  fourth
  5th
  sixth
  seventh
  8th
  9th
  tenth
  eleventh
  12th
  thirteenth
  fourteenth
  20th
  twenty-first
  22nd
  twenty-third
  24th
  thirtieth
  31st
• Pronunciation /θ/ and /ð/
• Prepositions of time - 4.
  at - in
  In
  on
  at
• Your turn! (¡Te toca a ti!).
  http://www.languageguide.org/txt/time/eng/ - The time (with the Spanish translation).
  http://eleaston.com/pr/calendar.html - Audio calendar.
  http://cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary/applets/English_time_units.html - Guess the word.
  http://cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary/English.html - Concentrate on the time part.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page12.shtml - How to ask for the time? - A bit difficult.
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1258_time - The time - quiz.
  http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-time-1.pdf - the time - flashcards.
  http://www.time-for-time.com/interactive.htm - teaching clock.
  http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/telltime4.htm - matching times.
  http://esl.about.com/library/beginnercourse/bl_beginner_course_time.htm
  http://www.xtec.es/aulanet/ud/angles/study/index.htm - the time
  http://www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm - A day at school - listening.

2 February 2010 - NB1 C

• Vocabulary revision – How often do you... do to the gym / read the newspaper / watch TV / do exercise / do your homework / go to the cinema / speak English / eat meat / eat fish ...?
• New File 3D - On the last Wednesday in August... Do you want to know what happens then?
• What’s the date today? Today it's 2nd February 2010 (the second of February two thousand and ten -or- February the second two thousand and ten).
• Reading - Fascinating festivals
• Vocabulary Bank: the date

A.

1. autumn
2. New Year
3. summer
4. Christmas
5. winter
6. Easter
7. spring

B. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, September, November, December.

C.

1. -
2. second
3. 3rd
4. fourth
5. 5th
6. sixth
7. seventh
8. 8th
9. 9th
10. tenth
11. eleventh
12. 12th
13. thirteenth
14. fourteenth
15. 20th
16. twenty-first
17. 22nd
18. twenty-third
19. 24th
20. thirtieth
21. 31st

• Pronunciation /θ/ and /ð/
• Prepositions of time - 4.

1. at - in
2. In
3. on
4. at

• Your turn! (¡Te toca a ti!).
• http://www.languageguide.org/txt/time/eng/ - The time (with the Spanish translation).
• http://eleaston.com/pr/calendar.html - Audio calendar.
• http://cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary/applets/English_time_units.html - Guess the word.
• http://cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary/English.html - Concentrate on the time part.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page12.shtml - How to ask for the time? - A bit difficult.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1258_time - The time - quiz.
• http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards-time-1.pdf - the time - flashcards.
• http://www.time-for-time.com/interactive.htm - teaching clock.
• http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/telltime4.htm - matching times.
• http://esl.about.com/library/beginnercourse/bl_beginner_course_time.htm
• http://www.xtec.es/aulanet/ud/angles/study/index.htm - the time
• http://www.esl-lab.com/elem/elemrd1.htm - A day at school - listening.

1 February 2010 - NB1 A

• Revision - oral & vocabulary.
• New File - 3C The island with a secret... Are you ready to find out the secret?
• Grammar - Frequency adverbs.
• 1b - (p.33): always - usually - often - sometimes - hardly ever - never.
  Remember that frequency adverbs go BEFORE the main verb, but AFTER the verb to be. Do not forget that 'hardly ever' and 'never' have a negative meaning.
• Grammar Bank - p.127. 3B
  A.
  hardly ever
  never
  always
  usually
  sometimes
  B.
  I'm always late for class.
  We hardly ever meet.
  What time do you usually finish work?
  I'm never hungry in the morning.
  I don't often read the newspaper.
  We sometimes go to expensive restaurants.
  The wine is usually very good.
• Reading - The mystery of Okinawa

1. A healthy diet
2. Exercise
3. Low stress
4. Always active

• Vocabulary - time words and expressions
  A.
  sixty seconds = a minute
  sixty minutes = an hour
  twenty-four hours = a day
  seven days = a week
  four weeks = a month
  twelve months = a year
  a hundred years = a century
  B. - Vocabulary Bank - p. 148. Part 1.
  week - month - year - week - week - week - year
• Speaking - Quiz - Do you live the Okinawa way?
• Communication - The Okinawa way.
• Pronunciation - /h/
• Frequency adverbs - oral practice.

28 January 2010 - NB1 C

• Revision - oral & vocabulary.
• New File - 3C The island with a secret... Are you ready to find out the secret?
• Grammar - Frequency adverbs.
• 1b - (p.33): always - usually - often - sometimes - hardly ever - never.
• Remember that frequency adverbs go BEFORE the main verb, but AFTER the verb to be. Do not forget that 'hardly ever' and 'never' have a negative meaning.
• Grammar Bank - p.127. 3B

A.

1. hardly ever
2. never
3. always
4. usually
5. sometimes

B.

1. I'm always late for class.
2. We hardly ever meet.
3. What time do you usually finish work?
4. I'm never hungry in the morning.
5. I don't often read the newspaper.
6. We sometimes go to expensive restaurants.
7. The wine is usually very good.

• Reading - The mystery of Okinawa

1. A healthy diet
2. Exercise
3. Low stress
4. Always active

• Vocabulary - time words and expressions

A.

1. sixty seconds = a minute
2. sixty minutes = an hour
3. twenty-four hours = a day
4. seven days = a week
5. four weeks = a month
6. twelve months = a year
7. a hundred years = a century

B. - Vocabulary Bank - p. 148. Part 1.

week - month - year - week - week - week - year

• Speaking - Quiz - Do you live the Okinawa way?
• Communication - The Okinawa way.
• Pronunciation - /h/
• Frequency adverbs - oral practice.

27 January 2010 - NB1 C

• Reading - How stressed? - (p.30).
• Communication - Louisa's day.
  Louisa seems quite stressed or very stressed. She has to look after her son and work all day. She gets up early and is always in a hurry. She has very little free time.
• Listening - Simon's typical day.
• Pronunciation - The letter o has different pronunciations.
  /ɒ/- Clock - coffee - job - shopping
  /u:/- Boot - do - school - two
  /ʌ/- Up - one - son - worried
  /əʊ/- Phone - don't - go - home
  If you still have problems to pronounce these sounds, try to repeat them again at home. You can use an on-line dictionary to hear the pronunciation of the words.
• Speaking – Telling the time.
  What time do you wake up? - I usually wake up at 8.30 (half past eight), and you?
  What time do you get up?
  What time do you go to work/school?
  What time do you start work?
  What time do you have lunch?
  What time do you finish work?
  What time do you get home?
  What time do you have dinner?
  What time do you go to bed?
• A day in the life of an English teacher.
  An English teacher...wakes up at 9.30.
  Then he gets up and has a coffee.
  Later he has a shower.
  At 10.30 he has breakfast and reads the newspaper (in English, of course! ;-)
  After that, he gets dressed and goes to work by train at 11.30.
  He gets to work at 12.00.
  He teaches from 12.00 to 2.00.
  He has lunch at 2.30.
  He teaches from 4.00 to 9.00.
  He has a drink with friends at 10.00 (every day?).
  He goes home at 11.30 (if he lives in Spain, that is...).
  He corrects homework form 12.00 to 1.00.
  He goes to bed at 1.30.

26 January 2010 - NB1 C

• Reading - How stressed? - (p.30).
• Communication - Louisa's day.

Louisa seems quite stressed or very stressed. She has to look after her son and work all day. She gets up early and is always in a hurry. She has very little free time.

• Listening - Simon's typical day.
• Pronunciation - The letter o has different pronunciations.

1. /ɒ/- Clock - coffee - job - shopping
2. /u:/- Boot - do - school - two
3. /ʌ/- Up - one - son - worried
4. /əʊ/- Phone - don't - go - home

If you still have problems to pronounce these sounds, try to repeat them again at home. You can use an on-line dictionary to hear the pronunciation of the words.

• Speaking – Telling the time.

1. What time do you wake up? - I usually wake up at 8.30 (half past eight), and you?
2. What time do you get up?
3. What time do you go to work/school?
4. What time do you start work?
5. What time do you have lunch?
6. What time do you finish work?
7. What time do you get home?
8. What time do you have dinner?
9. What time do you go to bed?

• A day in the life of an English teacher.

1. An English teacher...wakes up at 9.30.
2. Then he gets up and has a coffee.
3. Later he has a shower.
4. At 10.30 he has breakfast and reads the newspaper (in English, of course! ;-)
5. After that, he gets dressed and goes to work by train at 11.30.
6. He gets to work at 12.00.
7. He teaches from 12.00 to 2.00.
8. He has lunch at 2.30.
9. He teaches from 4.00 to 9.00.
10. He has a drink with friends at 10.00 (every day?).
11. He goes home at 11.30 (if he lives in Spain, that is...).
12. He corrects homework form 12.00 to 1.00.
13. He goes to bed at 1.30.