Tuesday, May 5, 2015

9th grade 4th term 1st mid-term

Hi there!

Here's the link of this term's 1st midterm evaluation. This test is about Future in the past and vocabulary related to work.

4th term 1st midterm link: http://goo.gl/forms/8zVF9VlzC5

Good luck!

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Actividades Leonistas - IELTS Preparation Course: Final catch-up tutorial. Speaking.

Hey guys,

Here is the last catch-up tutorial for the missed sessions of our IELTS preparation course!

This lesson gives you an overview about the speaking module of the IELTS exam, discusses some helpful tips and provides practice material.




Follow this link with questions for the three parts of the speaking module: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6b1UNUD7GLfclhrcExqdVl6MVU/view?usp=sharing

Actividades Leonistas - IELTS Preparation Course: Second catch-up tutorial. Listening.

Hi there again,

Here's the second "catch-up" tutorial for the Actividades Leonistas IELTS Preparation Course.

This tutorial is about the listening module of the IELTS. First, an overview of the listening test is given, followed by a walkthrough of a couple of multiple-choice questions to analyze some of  the difficulties you may find. At the end I share some helpful tips.



After watching the tutorial, it is expected from you to work on the practice activities so that we have feedback on them in the class. Here are the links:
  1. PDF file with the four sections of an actual IELTS listening test:https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6b1UNUD7GLfVEhHTXRPZk9kaDQ/view?usp=sharing
  2. Audio tracks, each one of them being a section of that test: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6b1UNUD7GLfc1VHMXRfYlp1VFU&usp=sharing
Thanks,

Andrés.

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Actividades Leonistas - IELTS Preparation Course: First catch-up tutorial. Reading.

This is the first of three "catching-up" video tutorials for the Actividades Leonistas IELTS Preparation Course.

This one is focused on reading. First, a reading exercise is used to study the differences between True, False and Not Given by analyzing the correct answers for questions about the text.

Then, the students are to work on three passages from IELTS Practice Materials. Discussion about this material will be held during future sessions of the course.

The material can be found on the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6b1UNUD7GLfRHozVHNtOXF3eWM/view?usp=sharing


Tuesday, September 16, 2014

9th grade 2nd midterm evaluation links

9th graders, here are the links for the first term second midterm evaluation:

Good luck!

To your success,

Andrés Mesa.




Thursday, January 9, 2014

CEFR levels and IELTS band scores comparison

Below you will find how the IELTS is linked to the international six-level scale established by the Council of Europe.



Furthermore, the following table shows the grammar that the students should be able to use appropriately at each of the CEFR levels:

Council of Europe levels

Grammar

A1

Possessive s
Prepositions, common
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of time, including in/on/at
Present continuous
Present simple
Pronouns: simple, personal
Questions
There is/are
To be, including question+negatives
Verb + ing: like/hate/love

A2

Past continuous
Past simple
Phrasal verbs – common
Possessives – use of ‘s, s’
Prepositional phrases (place, time and movement)
Prepositions of time: on/in/at
Present continuous
Present continuous for future
Present perfect
Questions
Verb + ing/infinitive: like/
want-would like
Wh-questions in past
Zero and 1st conditional

B1

Past continuous
Past perfect
Past simple
Past tense responses
Phrasal verbs, extended
Present perfect continuous
Present perfect/past simple
Reported speech (range of tenses)
Simple passive
Wh- questions in the past
Will and going to, for prediction

B2

Adjectives and adverbs
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Mixed conditionals
Modals – can’t have, needn’t have
Modals of deduction and speculation
Narrative tenses
Passives
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Phrasal verbs, extended
Relative clauses
Reported speech
Will and going to, for prediction
Wish
Would expressing habits, in the past

C1

Futures (revision)
Inversion with negative adverbials
Mixed conditionals in past, present
and future

Modals in the past
Narrative tenses for experience,
incl. passive
Passive forms, all
Phrasal verbs, especially splitting
Wish/if only regrets
Source: British Council / EQUALS Core Inventory