5th CLASS: I COULD DO WITH A BREAK

Speaking English CAFE - Empezamos en octubre!

Cada primer martes de mes nos encontramos en Fuensaldaña para compartir un café y charlar en inglés. Anímate!!

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Hello everyone!

We are happy to invite you to our speaking group!

Every Tuesday in July and August we will meet at the Fuensaldaña Bar la Caneca to practice English.
We are organizing our classes to learn and practice some new vocabulary and grammar through Speaking. In this blog we are going to share some of the structures and grammar we are working with. The English lever we are working on is B2- C1

You are free to come whenever you want, but please let us know first, to make sure we're there!!

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6TH CLASS: SOME DIFFICULT WORDS TO PRONOUNCE

Hoy trabajaremos algunos errores de pronunciación más concretos.

Palabras de difícil pronunciación por hablantes de Español y las terminaciones de los verbos en pasado:

Palabras de difícil pronunciación para hablantes de Español

Intenta primero pronunciar la palabra por ti misma y luego sigue el link a wordreference para escuchar la pronunciación correcta

Name	Transcription
ALMOND	/ˈɑːmənd/
AUTHOR	/ˈɔːθə/ oza
BEACH	/biːtʃ/
BIOLOGIST	/baɪˈɒlədʒɪst/
BISCUIT	/ˈbɪskɪt/
BUSY	/ˈbɪzɪ/

5th CLASS: I COULD DO WITH A BREAK

Speaking strategy: making recommendations

It’s well worth …ing

Don’t bother …ing

You should definitely…

It’s not really worth …ing

I recommend that you…hire a car

I wouldn’t… if I were you

4th CLASS: GOING TO THE DOCTOR

1.     Name as many common health problems as you can:

2.     Match the word with the picture 

a.     An injection - Syringe

b.     A Stethoscope

c.      An inhaler

d.     Sling

e.     A Pill

f.       A cast

g.     A Blood pressure gauge

h.     Crutches

i.        A Thermometer

j.        X-ray

k.      A Wheelchair

l.        Stitches

3rd CLASS: COMPLAINING AND NEGOTIATING

VOCABULARY: Match each word with a definition

1.-A CREDIT BOUCHER

2.-A REFUND

3.-TO EXCHANGE

4.-A RECEIP

5.-AN EXTENDED WARRANTY

A-A piece of paper you receive that proves what you bought, when, and how much you paid.

B-A piece of paper from a shop that allows you to buy goods up to the value shown

C-Something on sale at a much lower price than normal

D-(v) to change something you bought for something else of similar value

E-(v) to negotiate the price of something before buying it

F-(n) money you receive when you return something

G-(n) a guarantee that last longer than the normal period

H-(adj) describing an item which is not working correctly

2nd Class: Question tags - Offering to pay - TOPIC: Jobs employment

 QUESTION TAGS

Continuando con la sesión anterior: Otra estrategia interesante para continuar una conversación son las "question tags" 
Sirven para: Obtener una respuesta rápida sobre un tema.
Reafirmar lo expresado anteriormente y/o
Conocer la opinión del interlocutor
Ejemplos:

She needs some help, doesn't she?
They are away for a few weeks, aren't they?
It's warm, isn't it?
It wasn't your turn,  was it?
There is a problem, isn't there?
You're not serious, are you?
You come here often, don't you?
She isn't Italian, is she?
Those are my keys, aren't they?

1rst Class: Starting and ending a conversation - TOPIC: "Are you good at...?"

Tanto para iniciar como para finalizar una conversación se pueden aprender unas fórmulas muy útiles, aquí dejamos unas cuantas:

Use expressions to start a conversation: Hi there - How’s it going? – what’s up – how are you doing? – Hey! Long-time no see.
 To try to end a conversation: I guess I’d better be going – Right, I must dash – It was nice talking with you. Right! I am off! It was lovely to see you. I should get going, I suppose – It’s been great to talk with you.

 To say goodbye: See you around – Have a nice weekend – Talk to you later – take care – Bye!