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Curso 2013-14

Hola a todos,

Por los correos que me mandáis, veo que estáis todos impacientes por comenzar el nuevo curso. La fecha de inicio es el día 3 de octubre, cada uno se incorporará en el horario que le corresponda.Por si tenéis alguna duda, aquí os dejo el horario de mis clases. ¡Nos vemos pronto!

HORA	MARTES	MIÉRCOLES	JUEVES	VIERNES
16:30-18:00	FIRST (B2) GRUPO A	BASICO 2 (A2) GRUPO A	FIRST (B2) GRUPO A	BASICO 2 (A2) GRUPO A
18:00-19:30	FIRST (B2) GRUPO B		FIRST (B2) GRUPO B
19:00-20:30		CAE (C1)		CAE (C1)
20:30-22:00	PET (B1) GRUPO A	FIRST (B2) GRUPO C	PET (B1) GRUPO A	FIRST (B2) GRUPO C

Cómo no cometer errores de pronunciación en un discurso en inglés

No podía dejar pasar la oportunidad de utilizar el trending topic de la semana: el discurso de Ana Botella sobre las olimpiadas de Madrid. Os dejo un enlace con un artículo realmente interesante donde se analizan los errores cometidos y se explican fórmulas para intentar corregirlos. Altamente recomendable para leer con calma.

http://networkedblogs.com/P5Dfo

TO or FOR?

Some tips for my elementary students, who are always confused with this topic.  Here are some rules:

Use TO in these cases:

1. Destination:                        “We’re going to New York.”
2. What time it is:                   “It’s a quarter to 5.”
3. Distance:                            “It’s about two miles from my house to the university.”
4. Comparing:                        “I prefer sleeping to working.”
5. Giving:                                “I gave the book to my brother.”
6. Motive/Reason(with verb):“I came here to see you.”

Use FOR in these cases:

1. Benefits:                                         “Fruit is good for your digestion.”
2. Period of time:                              “We’ve lived here for 8 years.”
3. Schedule:                                      “I made an appointment for December 6.”
4. Agree with:                                    “Are you for or against the development of nuclear weapons?”
5. Doing something to help someone: “Could you carry these bags for me?”
6. Motive/Reason(with noun):          “Let’s go out for a drink.”
7. Function – with verb (-ing form): “A ladle is a big spoon used for serving soup.”

- As you can see in 6, TO or FOR can be used for a motive/reason, but TO is always with a verb, and FOR is always with a noun. Here’s a good example:

• I came to New York to work.
• I came to New York for a new job.

Interesting point of view. As it's a bit hard to follow, I've written te tanscript below. Have a nice day!

TRANSCRIPT:

Any creator of anything knows this feeling:

You experience someone else's innovative work. It's beautiful, brilliant, breath-taking. You're stunned.

Their ideas are unexpected and surprising, but perfect.

You think, “I never would have thought of that. How do they even come up with that? It's genius!”

Afterwards, you think, “My ideas are so obvious. I'll never be as inventive as that.”

I get this feeling often. Amazing books, music, movies, or even amazing conversations. I'm in awe at how the creator thinks like that. I'm humbled.

But I continue to do my work. I tell my little tales. I share my point of view. Nothing spectacular. Just my ordinary thoughts.

One day someone emailed me and said, “I never would have thought of that. How did you even come up with that? It's genius!”

Of course I disagreed, and explained why it was nothing special.

But afterwards, I realized something surprisingly profound:

Everybody's ideas seem obvious to them.

I'll bet even John Coltrane or Richard Feynman felt that everything they were playing or saying was pretty obvious.

So maybe what's obvious to me is amazing to someone else?

Hit songwriters, in interviews, often admit that their most successful hit song was one they thought was just stupid, even not worth recording.

We're clearly a bad judge of our own creations. We should just put it out and let the world decide.

Are you holding back something that seems too obvious to share?