Feb

25

Paper 4 - Part 1 (CAE)

February 25, 2008 | 3 Comments

Hi there students,
 As we’ve been trying to work on our listening skills, I’ve prepared this activity using a snippet of BBC’s Newspod (Feb 22).
This is supposed to work as a simulation of Paper 4 part 1 of the exam. A nice strategy would be to read all sentences prior to listening to the passage and try to [...]

Feb

22

Mind over matter

February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Howdy sailors,
How about posting as comments all idioms and phrases we had in class today with the word MIND?
I haven’t forgotten what I promised you. I’ll try to do that asap. In the meantime, you can pay a visit to this website to read a bit more about inversions.
Don’t forget to do your homework on [...]

Feb

22

CPE - Class 1

February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

Hello there,
Firt of all, I’d like to tell you I really enjoyed this very first class we had and I’m looking forward to helping you reach your goals. On this first lesson, we talked a lot about the exam, there were some “new” idioms and old friends. I think… ops… In my view, it was [...]

Feb

21

Demise of books???

February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hello there,
I remember we had a discussion in class in which we talked about whether or not books are faded to disappear. Well, it’s been a while, but have a lok at this report from the BBC podcast NEWSPOD. I have cut this bit in particular for you, but it’s a nice idea to subscribe [...]

Feb

19

The Scream

February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment

Hi everybody,
Last class we wound up mentioning Munch’s “The Scream“, have you got any recollection of that? We talked about how we feel towards different kinds of art and read that text about the man who mistook his wife for a hat. Hence, I thought it would be nice if we had a place to [...]

Feb

18

CAE - Feb 15th

February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Howdy ho!!!
So, classes have finally restarted. I believe you’ve all had a long time to relax and prepare yourselves for the year ahead, especially those who are planning to take the test in June. I’ll make this more active this semester as soon as the enrolment period is over.
Homework for next class:

Exam Maximiser - p [...]