I usually tell my students that I don't want them to hear me, but to listen to me! Have you got a minute? Here's a good quick explanation:
English in a Minute: 'HEAR' versus 'LISTEN' (BBC Learning English)
Yes, listen to me. After the first week of quarantine, and 3 more weeks of quarantine ahead, it is Good time to take stock of the situation!! and react:
Beyoncé - Listen
I have written 7 seven posts so far, corrected more than a hundred comments during these days, responded and sent hundreds of emails, sent hundreds of messages through PASEN...
NOT MORE THAN 20% OF MY STUDENTS HAVE LISTENED TO ME:
Just 5 students of 4º ESO have sent me the dictation mistakes, no student in 1º ESO or 1º Bachillerato has done it so far!!!!
Not more than 20 writing exercises have been sent to me
As well, our politicians, Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and many others wouldn't listen to the warnings and now facts are just overwhelming!
How Fox News has shifted its Coronavirus rhetoric (The Washington Post - Democracy dies in darkness)
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE
Monday, 23rd March
These are the 2 tasks for today:
>>> Send me the number of mistakes you committed in the dictation.
>>> Write a comment on this post about your routines and what you are doing now because of the Coronavirus pandemia and the quarantine (Escribir un comentario sobre sus rutinas y lo que están haciendo ahora a causa de la pandemia de Coronavirus y la cuarentena)
EXAMPLE >>> Albert: I usually go to school every morning, but now because of the coronavirus I am staying at home working with my computer and correcting all the coments my students are sending me."
>>> Exercises on page 65. Recuerden que:
MUST se utiliza para obligaciones y significa DEBER
MUSTN'T se utiliza para prohibiciones y significa NO DEBER
CAN se utiliza para capacidad para hacer algo y significa PODER, aunque también en ocasiones se puede traducir por PODER (Por ejemplo, "Albert can speak English" se traduciría por "Alberto sabe hablar inglés")
CAN'T se utiliza para incapacidad y significa NO PODER/NO SABER
SHOULD se utiliza para consejos/obligaciones y se puede traducir por DEBIERA
SHOULDN'T se utiliza para consejos/obligaciones y se puede traducir por NO DEBIERA
Here are two New That's English episodes to revise the Modal Verb CAN: Unit 10A Unit 10B
Dictation for my 4º ESO students >>> Still only 5 people sent me the number of mistakes they committed!!!
Unit 7 (Smart Planet 4) , pages 72-73
Here are two New That's English (Module 4) episodes: Unit 8A Unit 8B
The English We Speak: HATER (BBC Learning English)
Friday phrase: PUSH YOUR LUCK (BBC Learning English)
Students must send me the MISTAKES committed in the DICTATION >>>
Homework for today:
Unit 7 (Get Set 1) , page 94 and begin revising Unit 6
Here are two New That's English (Module 7) episodes: Unit 6A Unit 6B
