Avanzado 2 - A humorous note on old age

Here's a video of American comedienne Joan Rivers on the subject of old age.

It's very funny and you can read the transcript if you scroll down the page.

Intermedio 2 - What ... ever ...? questions

Here are the examples we saw in class. Feel free to answer them in the comments section.

1.       What’s the hottest place you’ve ever been to?

2.       What’s the most delicious cake you’ve ever tasted?

3.       What’s the best holiday you’ve ever had?

4.       What’s the healthiest meal you’ve ever eaten?

5.       What’s the best birthday you’ve ever had?

6.       What’s the most disgusting food you’ve ever tasted?         

7.       What’s the best year you’ve ever had?

8.       What’s the funniest film you’ve ever seen?

9.       What’s the most useless thing you’ve ever bought?

10.   What’s the most comfortable piece of clothing you’ve ever worn? 

All - English words in the workplace

You may never work abroad, but the office may feel like an English-speaking country, according to this article.

Avanzado 2 - Reading page 10

Exercise 2:
happiness, work and careers, changes in physical appearance, education, houses, relationships and families

Exercise 3:
1 how they feel about their lives
2 past is reflected in his face
3 was carefully planned for him
4 has been no obstacle to success
5 taxi driver
6 less tan enthusiastic about appearing in the series

Intermedio 2 - Reading page 11

Here are the answers to exercises a and d:

a berry = dark red
   ivory = yellowish white
   melon = light orange
   mint = light green
   morning sky = light grey/ blue
   mushroom = light brown
   wine = dark red

d 1 Cabbage White
2 Dead Salmon
3 Monkey Puzzle
4 Arsenic

Avanzado 2 - Starting at a new school

Here's another listening on first days.

You are going to listen to part of a radio interview about starting at a new school. Before doing the exercise, read the sentences and try to predict the type of information required in each gap. Then listen twice and complete the sentences. The answers are in the comments section of this post.

1. Jackie Haylett used to be _____________________.
2. She says the move to secondary school marks the beginning of the end of __________________.
3. At secondary school, children have as many as _________________ teachers.
4. It is important for parents to ___________ and ______________ their child at the end of each day.
5. However, parents should try not to _________________________.
6. Parents can help reduce a child's anxiety by establishing a ________________.
7. Two checklists should be written if parents are ______________ or _______________________.
8. Parents should encourage their children to _______________ as posible.

Intermedio 2 and Avanzado 2 - Let's start!

To get yourselves ready for this new academic year, you may find these useful:



School calendar



Information about Intermedio 2

B1 'can do' descriptors



Information about Avanzado 2

B2 'can do' descriptors