Welcome to Level 10 Blog . In this level you will be working with the skills that enable you to connect your thoughts in a clear and understandable manner. Our blog will provide you with further practice on some course topics, as well as remind you of some important dates.
Who is considered to be truly successful? That who completes a course with honors, or that who is sure to have done his/her best?
What can be more important than self-satisfaction? Why do we do what we do? To be perceived by others ,or to have the true, deep certainty that we aimed at the best.
This module's vocabulary covers words about jobs and education, as well as British/American words .
Following are some links to study the grammar topics:
Go here and here to practice present perfect simple vs present perfect progressive.
Also, go here and here to practice defining and non defining relative clauses.
These past weeks have gone by so fast that we are about to finish our II Module from this course.
The topics for the exam will be: Vocabulary for Module II, Past Simple vs Past continuous and Past Perfect Simple vs Past Perfect Continuous.
Here are some links where you can practice for the exam.
For Past Simple vs Past Continuous click here.
For Past Perfect/Past Perfect Continuous, click here
For additional practice on Past Simple/ Continuous and Past Perfect Simple vs Past Perfect Continuous, click here
As the summer days begin to shorten and at the peak of the rainy season, we are back to school. One more year of learning, growing, friendship and changes.
This new school year brings a new opportunity to learn, share thoughts, discover opportunities and consolidate our language learning.
Gastronomy involves discovering, tasting, experiencing, researching, understanding of food ,writing about food preparation. In our multicultural society we are familar with food from different parts of our planet and now there is a trend of mixing different tastes and flavors in the new fusion cuisine
Fusioncuisine blends the culinary traditions of two or more nations to create innovative and sometimes quite interesting dishes. It tends to be more common in culturally diverse and metropolitan areas, where there is a wider audience for such food. Some common examples offusioncuisine include Pacific Rim cuisine and Tex-Mex food. Critics of the practice sometimes call it “confusion cuisine,” arguing that chefs rely on novelty to carry the food, rather than flavor, texture, and presentation.
Cooking shows are very popular nowadays. There are even networks devoted to gastronomy. In your project for our last unit you will have to prepare a dish as in a cooking show. The format should be DVD and at least 10 words from the vocabulary box should be used.
Here is an example of a cooking show where Jamie Oliver, the renowned British chef who has started what he calls a food revolution, to teach people to eat healthier and to cook themselves instead of getting take outs every day.
Tempus fugit. This can be accurately applied to how fast this year has gone by. It seems like yesterday that we started our course and now there is only one unit more to go.
The topic for the unit has been time and we've discussed some aspects of how different people consider time and how punctuality is also a cultural item.
For grammar, we have studied the slight difference in meaning in the modal verbs for obligation must, mustn't ,and how the negative for of have to implies no obligation.
Also, we have reviewed the passive voice in some tenses.
Click here to find extra practice for modal verbs of obligation.
Click here to practice passive voice. Try all the exercises to see how you do.
The grammar exam will be on Wednesday, May 18th for third ABCD, Thursday May 19th for 2nd ABCD and Friday May 20th for third EFG.
There are intangible aspects of a particular culture such as social values and traditions, customs and practices and spiritual beliefs. Also, we inherit from past generations artistic expression, language and other aspects of human activity.
The cultural heritage also includes buildings, historic places, and monuments that should be preserved for the future.
Now, it is considered that natural heritage is also an important part of a culture and should also be preserved for future generations, including the countryside and its biodiversity.
In this unit’s project we will select a country in the world and research the different characteristics that contribute to forging the country’s identity and strengthen its cultural heritage.
This unit we have been analyzing the subjunctive mood. Even though this structure has been used less and less over the years, it is interesting to learn a new way to express urgency, command, request, advise.
We use the subjunctive a lot in Spanish and we've seen in conditional sentences and fixed phrases like:
God save the Queen. Here, we are not stating a fact but expressing our wish .
Please click on GO to find an explanation as well as some subjunctive practice. Also, please review the vocabulary words on page 70 as well as the idioms and phrasal verbs for Unit VI. go/ practice
Listen to the song, which is a good example of the subjunctive mood.
The Unit V grammar exam is just around the corner so here you will find some useful practice and information on the Reported Speech structure which will be included in the exam. Also please remember that you must study the vocabulary, as well as idioms and phrasal verbs in Unit V "Technology".
