25/02 Tuesday. Class 8

Hello!
Today a new student joined our group! Welcome, Oscar. Hope you´ll find the classes useful and interesting.

Today we listened to your short reports (in some cases VERY short) about your favourite singer/band. The mark for it will be your points for Olympic Games.

We did some reading about British music habits and learnt new words (streaming, file-sharing, choice, amongst, to hold, behaving, to charge, to promote, massively etc.).

Also we watched a short video about Premises Recording Studio (some of the greatest music in the world comes from Britain, and British music is still topping the charts today. Richard visits The Premises recording studio, where many world-famous artists have made music).
Watch the video again and check your comprehension.

Have you ever visited any music festival? Which one and where?

We watched a short video about The History of the Glastonbury Festival.

Your homework is to watch the video again and answer the questions:

What are the main episodes in the history of the festival?
When did it start? Where?
What famous singers/bands performed there?
What year was there the biggest number of the spectators?
What is "mud surfing"? Why did this activity appear?
What is this festival now?

P.S. You may get some extra information about the festival in Wiki.

18/02 Tuesday. Class 7

Hello!
We learnt some new words related to music (recording, rhythm, track, songwriter, drummer, band, chorus, stage, album, performance, rehearsal etc.). We also learnt some expressions:

records go into the top ten
make records in a recording studio
watch them live at a concert
perform on stage
give a performance
sing the favourites
sing the chorus
ask for autographs
hum the tune
have good voices

You were talking about the music concerts you had once visited!

We also revised some useful phrases to express likes and dislikes:
likes: I really like.../I´m keen on.../...is my life/I live for .../I love.../I´m really into ... etc.
dislikes: I don´t really like .../... is not very me/... sucks/... is not my thing/... is not my style etc.

We listened to several people about their musical preferences (you can listen to it again here).
Now listen to another recording - What music does Kate like?

How can we describe music?
So, we learnt some adjectives: upbeat, cheerful, bland, ambient, jazzy, jaunty, rocking etc.

Your homework is to prepare a Project "My favourite singer/band" and to find out what MUZAK is. Listen to the audio "What´s your favourite band?".

11/02 Tuesday. Class 6

Hello!
Today we´ve been practising making suggestions and responding to them. How to reach an agreement and find a suitable channel and programme for everybody?
Practise the expressions with a short video - Making Suggestions.

Also we started talking about Music and its genres (rap, rock, pop, R&B, jazz, blues, folk, country, techno, hip-hop etc.).

We did some Speaking where you shared your preferences about music:
What´s your favourite singer/band/music?
Is there a song/band/singer you specially like/hate?
How do you get music?
How do you find out about music?
Is there any special song/music that reminds you smth/smb? etc.

Your homework is to do the exercises in the copy "Popular Music" (a crossword, a text and sentences with the fixed phrases).

Extra task: watch the video and write down what the boys suggest each other. What happened in the end?
P.S. Search in the Internet - What is MUZAK?

04/02 Tuesday. Class 5

Hello!

Today we played a board game and did some speaking. You were talking about your preferences for TV programmes and films.

We also revised your homework and found different types of programmes in TV programming:
docu-soaps, sitcoms, news reports, weather forecast, soap operas, cartoons etc.

We learnt some new expressions to make suggestions and to respond to them:
Why don´t we + go to the cinema (Inf.) - That´s a good idea!
Let´s + go to the cinema (Inf.) - Sure. Why not?
We could + go to the cinema (Inf.) - You´re joking! No way!
I suggest we + go to the cinema (Inf.) - That sounds great!
How about + going ... (Gerund) - I´d rather say no.
Fancy + going ... (Gerund) etc. - I´d love to, but ...

We were practising making suggestions in different situations!

Also we did a pair dictation "Children´s Viewing Habits in UK"- practised some writing, spelling and listening.

Your homework is to read this text again and make a similar report about Children´s Viewing Habits in Spain: How many hours do children watch TV? Who watches more - girls or boys? What kind of programmes do they prefer? etc. Also learn the phrases of suggestions and complete the dialogue.

Extra Task (3 points for Olympic Games): What or who is a "couch potato"? Listen to the audio and answer.
Couch Potatoes podcast.