Auxiliars de conversa Camarles 2018-2019

For the past couple of weeks, we have been practicing speaking skills and abilities. Here is a breakdown of what the test includes and there will be another entry, discussing grammar and vocabulary points. The B2 exams: Contains 4 parts. Is 15 minutes. There will be 2 or 3 students with 2 examiners. One examiner is an interlocutor and assessor, managing the interaction by asking questions and providing cues for the candidates. The other examiner will only assess the interaction and will not join in with the conversation. Part 1: Task Type - a conversation between the interlocutor and each candidate spoken questions). The focus is on general interaction and social language. This part lasts 2 minutes (1 minute per candidate). Try to sound natural rather than rehearsed/ robotic. Find any opportunity to talk about yourself - talk to your friends, family, teachers. You will be asked about everyday life such as favourite sports, holidays and school. Respond promptly wi...

Following the previous post about the modal verbs of  CAN and CAN'T , this post is about MUST and MUSTN'T . Siguiendo la publicación anterior sobre los verbos modales de CAN y CAN'T , esta publicación es sobre MUST y MUST NOT/ MUSTN'T. With modal verbs, there is only one form of it for every subject pronoun: Con los verbos modales, solo hay una forma para cada pronombre: I must                              D ebo You must                         Debes He/She/ It must               Debe We must                        Debemos They must                       Deben There is no change and there is never an S at the end: No hay cambio y nunca hay una 'S' al final: ...

Using CAN and CANNOT (CAN'T) Used to describe abilities (or lack of abilities). Se usa para describir habilidades (o falta de habilidades). Examples/ Ejemplos “I can speak three languages”     "Puedo hablar tres idiomas"   “I can ski”                                    "Puedo esquíar"  “I can’t ride a bike”.                     " No puedo montar un bicicleta". "I can't use a computer"              "No puedo usar un ordenador" There are some difficulties with using CAN/ CAN'T to describe abilities, including: -  the confusion between ' do ' and ' can ' in positive and negative statements. - the confusion with other uses of ' can ' such as "Can I have another coffee, please?" Hay algunas dificultades con el uso de CAN / CAN'T para describir habilidades, que incl...

World Book Day is the world’s biggest campaign to provide every child and young person in the country with a book of their own.  It is organised by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing and copyrighting. El Día Mundial del Libro es la campaña más grande del mundo para proporcionar a cada niño y joven del país un libro propio.  Está organizado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) para promover la lectura, publicación y derechos de autor. In the UK and Ireland, World Book Day is on Thursday 7th March 2019. It is usually the first Thursday of March in order to avoid clashes with holidays and school terms. In other countries, World Book Day usually takes place on 23rd April to celebrate and recognize the power of books.  En el Reino Unido e Irlanda, el Día Mundial del Libro es el jueves 7 de marzo de 2019. Por lo general, es el primer juev...

PANCAKE DAY - 5th March 2019 Pancake Day is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. In other countries, it is called Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, translated from French, is ' Fat Tuesday ', which refers to the last night of eating richer and fatty foods such as chocolate, butter, and sugar before fasting for Lent. Pancake Day se celebra el día anterior al miercoles de Ceniza. En otros países, se llama Mardi Gras.Mardi Gras, traducido del francés, es 'martes gordo',que se refiere a la última noche de comer alimentos más ricos y grasos como el chocolate, la mantequilla y el azúcar antes de ayunar para la Cuaresma. In the past, it was traditional for many societies to eat pancakes and other food made with butter, eggs, and flour, which would have been given up during the Lenten season. This has been a tradition in the UK since the 16th century. En el pasado, era tradicional por muchas sociedades para comer panqueques y otros alimentos hechos con mantequill...