TOPICS UNIT 4

TOPIC 1:SITUATION: Asking for a loan in the bank.
A:Client: asking for a loan in the Suntrust Bank. You´d like to purchase an apartment in the city centre but you´re penniless at the moment. Make the bank assistant trust you and ask him about the taxes to pay afterwards. ASK FOR ADVICE (SHOULD)
B:Bank assistant: You are very reluctant to give money away. Ask your client about his bank account, salary, savings, expenses, main source of income, invoices… USE QUESTION TAGS when asking. and tell your clients his/ her musts and obligations (MUST)

TOPIC 2: LOOK AT THE PICTURES GIVEN AND COMMENT WHAT YOU SEE (PHYSICALLY) AND WHAT THE SITUATION IS. Follow the following steps to do it:

- the first/second picture shows... (la primera foto muestra...)
- It's a black-and-white/coloured photo (en blanco y negro/a color)
- In the foreground you can see (en el primer plano se ve...)
- In the background there is (en el fondo del cuadro...)
- In the middle/centre there are ...(En el centro hay...)
- At the top/At the bottom there is ... (Arriba / Abajo hay...)
- On the left/right there are (a la izda/ a la dcha hay)
- Behind/In front of ... you can see ...(detrás /delante de ... se ve...)
- Between ... there is ... (entre... hay...)
- It seems as if ... (parece como si...)
- The atmosphere is peaceful/depressing ... (el ambiente es...)
- I (don't) like the picture because ... (me gusta/ no me gusta la foto)
- It makes me think of ... ( me hace pensar en...)

ORAL EXAM TOPICS UNIT 3

1. FORMAL PHONE CONVERSATION

Situation: You have already handed in your University Project to your professor. When you have seen the marks you got, you have felt really disappointed.

A: UNIVERSITY STUDENT (CALLER): Try to talk to your teacher on the phone in order to complain about your marks.
B: PERSONAL ASSISTANT (PERSON ANSWERING): Answer the phone and try to help the student with his/her problem. Your boss is out at the moment, let her/him know and proceed with the suitable steps that you already know.

2. MOVING OUT

Situation: You have decided to move out. You´ll receive several pictures of houses. Decide with your partner which one is the best one for you and describe them carefully.

IMPORTANT: YOU´VE GOT TO USE AS MANY WORDS (ADJECTIVES, VERBS, NOUNS) FROM THE WORDLIST AS POSSIBLE.

If you could move out, where would you go?

HOUSES, FLATS, COTTAGES...

With a partner, discuss which of these houses you would move in and why.
What type of accomodation: house, flat, cottage, semi-detached, bungalow...?
Talk about its characteristics: quiet, noisy, spacious, light, modern, safe, unsafe, crampy, classic, luxury, rural...
Decide if you´d like to have a balcony or not, garden or swimming pool, views upon the see or mountain, city centre or outskirts...

ORAL EXAM. TOPICS UNIT 2.

Situation: Serious debate between a serious journalist and a paparazzi.
A: You´re a tedious paparazzi who always persecutes celebrities and invades their private lives every now and then. You are in favour of pestering celebrities and airing their dirty laundry.
B: You´re a respectable journalist not interested in making fun of celebrities. You are against yellow press and defend their privacy.


Situation: You both work at an office and had had a bad day today.
A: You are a secretary. Everything is going wrong: photocopier not working, phone out of order, PC screen keeps freezing, printer broken…ask for help.
B: You are an engineer. Helps A, deal with his/her problems and offer give him/her a hand and fix the machines.
(Help yourself with the green chart on page 23 in the Student´s book)

RUBRIC TO GRADE YOUR ORAL EXAM

ORAL EXAM. TOPICS UNIT 1.

TOPIC 1. FREE TOPIC FROM THE VOCABULARY LIST.

Invent a dialog in which you use at least 30 words from the word list of Unit 1. Remember that you can talk about any single thing as long as you use the words and expressions learnt in this unit.

10: Relationships.
10: Computers.
2: Prepositions, Adjectives..
2: Idioms.
6: Phrasal verbs.

TOPIC 2. GENERALISATIONS.

Make up a conversation in which you talk with your partner about generalisations regarding men and women. Talk about statistics, percentages and all that stuff.

Use the chart on page 8 of your Student´s book where you´ll find the connectors to express general opinions or facts.

1. Generally, men are more... than women because...
2. In general, women are less... than men. That is because...
3. On average, there are more women who.... than men. That is due to (esto es debido a)
4. The average men usually....

BBC exercises to practice English online.

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WELCOME BACK!

Bye-bye summer! A new school-year has already started. We have to say goodbye to the summer vacation and resume the classes with energy and motivation. It is time to be eager to enjoy English because it is having fun when you learn the most and the fastest, with no effort.

This is a message to encourage you all to carry out a well-done job and to welcome you back to the comming school-year. A challenge for all of us.

Best wishes and good luck!