Hawaii is the 50th state of the United States. In the video below a Hawaiian dancer dances to the "Hawaiian Wedding Song". Aloha!

Listening Skills

For those of you who do not have access to live Internet streaming here are some Websites,  British Accent and American Accent, to Podcasts you can download on your MP3 player, laptop or pad. Using your MP3 player, you can also make this "listening on the go", listening while exercising ("operación bikini" starts now), riding the bus, walking or  riding the Metro subway. This is a very good way to improve your listening skills. These Podcasts are authentic materials; they are real; they are not guided listening activities. Listen to them either actively or passively. Don't force yourself to understand the Podcast because if you do you will just get frustrated. If you don't understand anything, just sit back, relax and use the Podcast as ambient background noise. Listening to a Podcast is like immersion.

B.2.2, Friday (25 Feb.) and Saturday (26 Feb.) ---

We started on page 42, Developing Conversations. We ended finishing all of page 44.  Next class we will start with page 45, Listening.

Important dates: 22 February / Friday and 23 February / Saturday, Workbooks will be checked. Do up to the Unit we will be covering on 22/23 Feb.


Presentation Project---

Here is a video about presentations. It uses Steve Jobs as an example.

Let's go to San Francisco!!

B.2.2, Friday and Saturday classes, 18/19 January:

Started on page 40, Speaking, Exercise and covered textbook until Listening, Exercise A, page 42.  Next class we will start with Developing Conversations, page 42.

Useful References:

1. English slang and idiomatic expressions --

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

2. Internet slang --

http://www.internetslang.com/

The 1,2,8 and 9 of February will be days off  (confirmed with CSIM administration).

For those of you who love travelling, enjoy the video! 

Calendar updated with important dates.

Friday B.2.2
We covered Unit 5 from page 36 to page 38, Vocabulary/B.

Important dates  for Friday B.2.2---

18 January, Friday -- Writing Projects due. 10% of Total Grade.
25 January, Friday -- Short Exam. 10% of Total Grade.


Saturday B.2.2
We did a little review of Units 1-4.  Then we went over Unit 5 from page 36 to page 38, Vocabulary/B.

Important dates for Saturday B.2.2---

19 January, Saturday -- Writing Projects due. 10% of Total Grade.
26 January, Saturday -- Short Exam. 10% of Total Grade.



Do your Workbooks regularly. Later down the line I will ask you to show them to me.  Showing me what you have done in your Workbook is part of the -- evaluación de los objetivos del curso - 20% of Total Grade


Schedule/Pacing ----

Units 5-9,  8 January to 22 March.