BUTTERFLY FISH

The head of studies has sent me this important piece of news some of you may be interested in. Read it in detail,please.

SOLICITUD DE TÍTULOS

Los alumnos que hayan superado las Pruebas de Certificación en el
curso 2008/09 deberán solicitar el título correspondiente al idioma y
nivel superado, antes del 06/11/2009. Para ello deberán dirigirse a
secretaría para recoger el impreso de solicitud y carta de pago
(22,34€).
Los alumnos que hayan superado los cursos/pruebas mencionados a
continuación no deberán hacer ningún trámite. Se han solicitado todos
de oficio ya que no conlleva pago alguno y avisaremos cuando estén
disponibles:
* Nivel Básico en el curso 2006/07
* Nivel Básico o Nivel Intermedio en el curso 2007/08

NB2
- Listening: "At The Airport" . St.B. p. 12 Answer questions , complete sentences and Social English with useful expressions for certain situations.
- Vocabulary: Unit 2 "Right Place, Wrong Time" St. B. p. 147 about holidays and the weather .
- Reading: three pieces of reading about bad experiences using the simple past tense. Pronunciation mistakes were checked. An exercise on p. 17 about who did some activities and positve and negative adjectives in the reading.
- Grammar. grammar Bank. ST.b. p. 128 about the formation of the simple past, rules and exercises.
- Homework: A composition "Describing yourself" , study unit 1 for a test on Tuesday and Workbook, p. 14,15.
NI2
- Class at the lab where we worked the exercises related to unit 1 In the web page New english file Intermediate Plus Activities.
- Grammar: Adverbs. St.B.p.146.
- Homework: study for the test on Wednesday

DIVING IN A CAVE

This is one of the most thrilling experiences I´ve ever had. It´s not dangerous if you follow the instructions given by your diving instructor. What you can´t do is to panic because you lose control of yourself and your emotions and then you´re lost since nothing can be done unless you get over it and keep your mind cold. Diving a a very good way of controlling your mind and subconscious feelings of fear. When you overcome it, you´re proud of yourself and you´ll find it easier to sort out problems in your daily life.

NB2
- Homework:Grammar,unit 9 :I have/I´ve got. Workbook,p.10,11.
- Listening: St.B. p. 11. "What´s the word?" , a contest where the contestants have to find out a word with a given definition.
- Vocabulary. Paraphrasing: an interesting way to make yourself understood when you don´t know the exact word. e.g: it´s something, it´s how you feel, it´s like....Some words to be defined as a practice.
- Speaking: Two activities : a gap filling activity and a card game to use relative pronouns
- Writing: St.B. p. 13. Describing yourself, an e-mail with some mistakes , reading of the mail and answering questions about it.
_ Homework: Grammar, unit 101. Relative clauses:who, that,which. Wk: p. 12. A composition for 4th of November: a description of yourself

Here you have a song, Alberto Pintos has sent me. He´s a former student of mine who still sends me songs, so take him as an example and do the same!

VIKINGS 1

THE VIKINGS 1

A Viking is one of ten Norse Escandinavian explorers , warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century. These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinopla and the Volga River inRussia , and as far west asIceland ,Greenland , andNewfoundland . This period of Viking expansion is known as theViking Age , and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia , the British Isles and Europe in general.The period from the earliest recorded raids in the 790s until the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is commonly known as the Viking Age of Scandinavian History .Many of the medieval kings of Norway and Denmark married into English and Scottish royalty and occasionally got involved in dynastic

There is archaeological evidence that Vikings reached the city of Baghdad , the center of the Islamic Empire . They regularly plied the Volga with their trade goods: furs, tusks, seal fat for boat sealant and slaves . However, they were far less successful in establishing settlements in the Middle East, due to the more centralized Islamic power.

Generally speaking, the Norwegians expanded to the north and west to places such as Ireland, Iceland and Greenland; the Danes to England and France, settling in the Danelaw (northern/eastern England) and Normando and the Swedes to the east. These nations, although distinct, were similar in culture and language. The names of Scandinavian kings are known only for the later part of the Viking Age. Only after the end of the Viking Age did the separate kingdoms acquire distinct identities as nations, which went hand in hand with their Christianization . Thus the end of the Viking Age for the Scandinavians also marks the start of their relatively brief Middle Ages.

Do this WEB QUEST ABOUT THE VIKINGS

NI2

• Homework: Wk,p.7,9.
• Vocabulary review: the media.St.B.p.145
• Grammar: question formation. A handout with a very good summary of the way questions are formed.
• EO. Interview with a star . St.B.p. 10 Student A,p.114, student B.p.119. The journalist has to ask questions to a celebrity who tries to avoid some too personal questions.
• Vocabulary: St.B.p. 145. TV and radio. Important vocabulary for both speaking and writing activities.
• EO: St.B.p. 11. Interview your partner about Tv and Radio. More quetions to practise with.
• CO.St.B.p. 11. 6 speakers talking about the media in general. which topics are being discussed?, does the speaker agree or disagree with the statements?
• Homework: Wk.p. 8. Grammar, chapter 49 (about questions) and please, study the vocabulary.

BOOK REVIEWS

NB2
- Homework:Grammar, unit 94 about frequency adverbs. Wk:p.6,7
- Phonetics: Rules for the 3rd person singular in the simple Present tense. Repetition of sounds and words.
- Vocabulary: Part of the Body. St.B. p. 8: match the words to their drawings. Vocabulary Bank. p. 146. Another matching exercise . Test your partner.
- Phonetics: vowel sounds. Diptongs . St. B. p.8. Read and classify the words under the correct phonetic symbol.
- Grammar: "At the Moulin Rouge". St. B. p. 8. Picture description using the present continuous and prepositions of place. Answer the questions about the painting . Choose between the simple present or the present continuous. Grammar Bank. p. 126 . The basic rules and two exercises. Grammar, unit 8, the rules.
- Listening: Answer questions about "The Moulin Rouge" and match the numbers with the people in the painting.
- Homework: Grammar, unit 8. Wk: p. 8,9.

Here you have some useful words and expressions for your book reviews. You can start working right now! BOOK REVIEWS.

NI2
- Homework: Wk: 1A, Grammar, unit 49.
- Listening: Abba, a song. St.B.p. 10. A matching exercise, e.g. shake---hands, a reading of the song and vocabulary. A fill in the blanks exercise.
- Vocabulary: TV and Radio. Vocabulary Bank.p. 145. We checked the words and completed a passage . We found examples for different kinds of programmes.e.g: documentaries, talk shows, the news.... Test your partner to see how many of these words he can remember.
- Speaking: St. B. p. 11 about the previous topic. An exercise to improve fluency, that is, the ability of keeping a speech going without hesitations or lack of ideas.
- Listening. St.B. p. 11. Order the ideas states and tick the statement in which the speaker agrees or disagrees with them.
- Grammar: Agreeing and disagreeing with "SO and NEITHER" . We did the activity and I handed you in a photocopy with more exercises about it.
- Homework: Wk. section 1B and photocophy with "so and neither".
Exercises with SO/NEITHER

ALUN LEWIS

Alum Lewis was a Welsh poet and soldier who dies in WW2. I´ve come accross with one of his books and it´s a real wonder. Listen to the poem "All Day it has Rained" read by Dylan Thomas. You´ll see the poem below.



All Day it has Rained

All day it has rained, and we on the edge of the moors
Have sprawled in our bell-tents, moody and dull as boors,
Groundsheets and blankets spread on the muddy ground
And from the first grey wakening we have found

No refuge from the skirmishing fine rain
And the wind that made the canvas heave and flap
And the taut wet guy-ropes ravel out and snap,
All day the rain has glided, wave and mist and dream,
Drenching the gorse and heather, a gossamer stream
Too light to stir the acorns that suddenly
Snatched from their cups by the wild south-westerly
Pattered against the tent and our upturned dreaming faces.
And we stretched out, unbuttoning our braces,
Smoking a Woodbine, darning dirty socks,
Reading the Sunday papers - I saw a fox
And mentioned it in the note I scribbled home;

And we talked of girls and dropping bombs on Rome,
And thought of the quiet dead and the loud celebrities
Exhorting us to slaughter, and the herded refugees;
-Yet thought softly, morosely of them, and as indifferently
As of ourselves or those whom we
For years have loved, and will again
Tomorrow maybe love; but now it is the rain
Possesses us entirely, the twilight and the rain.

And I can remember nothing dearer or more to my heart
Than the children I watched in the woods on Saturday
Shaking down burning chestnuts for the schoolyard's merry play
Or the shaggy patient dog who followed me
By Sheet and Steep and up the wooded scree
To the Shoulder o' Mutton where Edward Thomas brooded long
On death and beauty - till a bullet stopped his song.

For more details about his biography click HERE. Check 17/10/2009 post.

NB2A/C
- Homework : Grammar, units 5,6,7.
- Grammar: a review on frequency adverbs, grammar,unit 94
- Vocabulary: a review on physical and personality adjectives. St. B. pg 145.
- Speaking: your ideal partner. With the adjectives seen before you had to make a short speech about what your ideal partner should be like.
- Speaking: a pair work activity to match different people with their IDEAL PARTNERS.
- Homework: Grammar, unit 94 (frequency adverbs) and workbook pg, 6,7.

NI2
- Homework: Grammar, units 3,4,5. Simple present-present continuous and simple past.
I collected the compositions about "National Stereotypes"
- Listening : Abba. St.B. p.9. Listen for details. Take notes and discuss them . Listen and read with the script at sight.
_ Phonetics: Intonation in questions.
- Vocabulary: The media. St.B. p145. Words related to the press and a filling the blanks exercise.
- Grammar: St.B. p11.Question formation. correct the mistakes in questions. Grammar Bank p130 with the rules and p. 131 with a couple of exercises. Grammar, unit 49. Questions (the first unit)
- Speaking: a handout with QUESTIONS to interview your partner. Remember you have to make a serious effort to keep a conversation or a speech going. If you run out of words or ideas make them up.
- Homework: Grammar, unit 49 about questions , workbook 1A: the reading

CORAL

Remember that there is no class next Monday.
The supplementary classes start on Wednesday at 18,00 for the Basic Level.

NB2
Three students came to class late.As a result of this , they have to give me a note from their parents to make sure they know what happened . Underage students must bring parents´notes when they don´t come to class , arrive late or have to go out early. These are EOI rules.

- Homework:Grammar, unit 44 and I collected the compositions you had to do . Let me remind students from NB2C that they still have to do this assignment and I´ll collect them next Tuesday.
- Vocabulary: A crosswords on St.B. pg.6 and adjectives on Vocabulary Bank, pg 145.
- Reading: St. B. pg.6. "Who Knows you better, your Family or your friends?". Read out the first sections and answer questions on a. Read the rest of the article and do the True-False exercise.
- Grammar. St. B.pg 7. to comple some questions in the simple present tense. Grammar bank, pg 126 :rules and exercises about the simple present and Grammar books, units 5,6,7 to see the rules in more datail.
- Speaking. a pair work activity: Student A goes to pg 108 and student B goes to page 112. Ask question about the identity of the women chosen by Richard´s mother and Richard´s friend. Complete the chart.
- Listening: St.B. pg.7. richard talks about his dates with the two women. Note down the adjectives he uses to describe them and the problems he had with them.
- Homework: Grammar. Unit 5,6,7.

NI2
-Homework: Grammar. Unit 1,2
- Grammar: I explained to you the differences between the simple present and the present continuous in units 3,4.
- Speaking. St.B. pg 8. 1B. "The Winner Takes it All" ,about the famous group ABBA. Y7our take in music, live performances, the Top 20, tunes and lyrics. Everybody has an opinion about music.This is not philosophy or science.
- Reading: pg8. Student A reads part one, while student B listens and takes notes and viceversa. Once done the activity you read it all and check the vocabulary .
- Listening: ST.B.pg. 9. Write the 7 questions a journalist ask ABBa in an interview . We didn´t have time to finish ,so next Wednesday we´ll start the class with this listening.
- Homework: A composition about National Stereotypes for Wednesday and Grammar,units 3,4,5.

NUDIBRANCH

Nudibranchs crawl through life as slick and naked as a newborn. They are just skin, muscle, and organs sliding on trails of slime across ocean floors and coral heads the world over.

Found from sandy shallows and reefs to the murky seabed nearly a mile down, nudibranchs thrive in waters both warm and cold and even around deep-sea vents. Members of the gastropod class, and more broadly the mollusks, their gills forming tufts on their backs. (Nudibranch means "naked gill," a feature that separates them from other sea slugs.) Although they can release their muscular foothold to tumble in a current—a few can even swim freely—they are rarely in a hurry.

So why, in habitats swirling with voracious eaters, aren't nudibranchs picked off like shrimp at a barbecue? The 3,000-plus known nudibranch species, it turns out, are well equipped to defend themselves. Not only can they be tough-skinned, bumpy, and abrasive, but they release toxic secretions and have stinging cells. A few make their own poisons, but most pilfer from the foods they eat. Species that dine on toxic sponges, for example, alter and store the irritating compounds in their bodies and secrete them from skin cells or glands when disturbed.

From :www.nationalgeographic.com

NI2

- Homework:Workbook,pg 4,5

- Listening: St. B. pg.7. National Sterotypes : a.What are they talking about?, b. adjectives, c. answer questions and give details.

- Speaking: Spanish Stereotypes : What opinion do you think other countries have about us? Pair work activity

- Writing: The layout and general ideas to write a composition about the same topic . Writing Bank. pg 156, sections A, B.

- Reading: a photocophy about National Stereotypes with the READING and EXERCISES

- Homework: A composition for next Wednesday. Grammar. Unit 1,2

Please, remember I won´t come to class on Monday 19th October.

Very good news : Herminio has fond a very good link to the English File Book Pre- Intermediate for NB2 and to the Enflish file Intermediate Plus for NI2 . you have grammar and vocabulary exercises, games and practical and communicative activities . It´s worth going through it at home. Yo´ll see the in the "Learning English" section of this blog.

Kike, thank you for reminding me about the book review . Here you have a simple scheme to do it. I hope everybody finds it useful. Everybody must hand me in a book review a term ,that is three book reviews .

How to Write a Book Report

Book reports are a way to show how well you understood a book and to tell what you think about it.

The following parts of a book report are very common and may be helpful.

Introduction

Things to include in the introduction:

• The title (underlined) and author of the book.
• Why you chose the book.
• What kind of story is it? (adventure/ family/ fantasy/ animal/ true life/ horror/science fiction/romance/historical…)

Body

In this section you want to describe the main parts of a story: theme, plot, setting, and characters. Then you can give your opinions about the book.

The Theme is the main idea of the story. Some examples might be the importance of friendship or how to be courageous in a difficult situation. Tell what you think the theme is and how you know.

The Setting is the time and place of the story. Is it set a long time ago or now. Does it take place in another country or in an imaginary place? How much time passes in the story—a day? a year? a lifetime?

The Plot is what happens. You want to tell what the story is mostly about. What is the main event or conflict? What things lead up to it? What happens as a result? How does the story end? (Sometimes you want to avoid telling the ending, or giving away the secrets of the story.)

Be careful not to re-tell the whole story in detail—you want room in your report to write about other things; instead, just say enough about it so the rest of your report will make sense.

The Characters are who the story is about. The main character is called the protagonist. Who are the other important characters? Do they help or hinder the protagonist?

Once you have summarized the book, you can tell what you think about it. You can write about whatever opinions you have. Some questions you might want to answer are:

• Did you like the story? Why or why not?
• What was the best part of the book? Why?
• How did the story make you feel? Did you feel different things at different points in the story?
• Would you recommend it to friends?
• Would you read other books by this author?
• What new things did you learn from this book?

Conclusion

This is just a sentence or two to sum up your report. Give your overall opinion of the book and the most important thing you want other people to know about it.

From:www.infoplease.com

SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSES

On 20th of October I´ll start giving supplementary classes. The timetable goes as follows:

- Tuesday: 19,30-21,00 . INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

- Wednesday: 16,00-17,30 . ADVANCED LEVEL

- Wednesday :18,00-19,30. BASIC LEVEL

Don´t miss this opportunity to improve your English.

RIO 2016

A strong economy and guaranteed funding Brazil's economy is now the tenth largest in the world - and predicted to be fifth by 2016. We are the world's second biggest food exporter, one of the world's largest oil and ore producers and the fifth largest advertising market. Our diverse economy is the engine of South America and one of the world's top 10 consumer markets. We have the highest levels of Internet use in the world. The enduring strength of our economy - even in the current global climate - has enabled the Government to guarantee the investments needed for the 2016 Games, including direct funding of US$700m for the OCOG.

Spirit, sport and a powerful legacy We will unite Rio's unique spirit with the power of sport to stage an exceptional event, full of Brazilian passion. Rio 2016 will provide memories of a lifetime for every athlete and all other members of the Games Family. And the Games will leave a powerful legacy by meeting the long-term needs of the city and its residents. Every aspect of the Rio Games concept has been designed to align with the strategy for the future of the city and country.

Uniting sport and youth Rio is committed to bringing together Brazil's youthful population - including 65 million under 18s - with the full range of Olympic and Paralympic sport. One example is the X Park, a sports complex that will combine Olympic disciplines with many of the modern sports that have emerged in recent years . In keeping with Rio 2016's clear strategy to align Games plans with the long-term development of the city, the X Park will be built in Deodoro - the area of Rio with the youngest population and a recognised need for more sports facilities.

From :www.rio2016.org

NB2A/C
- Homework: We checked Grammar, unit 59 about object pronouns.
- Grammar: St. b. pg 5. word order in questions . A re-order the words exercise. Page 126 . grammar Bank Word Order in Questions. We saw the rules and did the exercises on the following page.
_Speaking: a photocopy with questions about your partner: name, age,nationality called STUDENT´S PROFILE. you had to note down the answers of the interview because on Thursday I´ll collect the compositions made out of these questions.
- Listening: St. b. pg 5 . LISTENING DATES AND NUMBERS AUDIO , to see the exercises LISTENING DATES AND NUMBER ACTIVITIES, to see the answers LISTENING DATES AND NUMBERS ANSWERS
- Vocabulary . Section 1B. St.b. pg .4. Who Knows you Better? About members of the family and adjectives. Vocabulary Bank, pg 145. Personality adjectives
- Homework : Composition for next thursday and Grammar, unit 44

FIRE CORAL

Fire corals are so called because of their powerful stinging hairs or nematocysts. These are used primarily for defence against fish like parrotfish which would otherwise nibble the coral. However, they are strong enough to injure divers who brush their skin against them, causing burning and itching. If this happens rinse with seawater and apply vinegar or methylated alcohol on the affected area. In a severe case anti-histamines can help, but seek medical advice.Colonies of fire coral are extremely important in building coral reefs. However, they are not true corals. They are, in fact, hydroids. The word hydroid means water animals. Other hydroids often look like ferny fronds growing from rocks. The fire coral is different: it looks like a hard coral.Fire corals are yellowish to brown in colour, often with white tips. There are several species, with different growth forms. Some look like plates, some are encrusting but maybe the most familiar is the branching form shown in our photo .
.From :www.scubatravel.co.uk/firecoral.html)

NB2A/C
-Vocabulary: time ,seasons,days of the week, dates and other time expressions with their prepositions. Click in TIME EXPRESSIONS and TIMES AND DATES EXTRA which is another photocopy with more detailed information about the same topic.
-Grammar: We checked the entry tests you dad done the week before and made special emphasis on the most common mistakes: simple present, simple past , countable and uncountable nouns, object pronouns and so on.
- Homework: Grammar book .Unit 59 about subject and object pronouns.

NI2E
- Grammar: Student´s book. pg 6. Phrasal verbs : Those with literal meanings, other with non-literal meanings,the same verb with different particles and different meanings , phrasal verbs with more than one meaning. pg 130 and 131 : Basic rules and excises. We focussed on verbs with objects separable and non-separable. A pair work activity titled PHRASAL VERBS and the ANSWERS TO PHRASAL VERBS
- Speaking: we just started to talk about national stereotypes. St.B.pg 7
- Homework: workbook, pg 4,5

THE SWINE FLU

Coral polyps: Coral reefs consist of hundreds and thousands of soft-bodied, invertebrate animals, having no backbone. These animals are called coral polyps. The individual polyp is radially symmetrical and has a tubular body with tentacles surrounding the mouth at the upper end. Each polyp’s body wall consists of two layers of cells, an outer layer called the ectoderm and an inner endoderm layer. A gelatinous material called mesogloea is found in between these two layers.

From.www.barrierreefaustralia.com.

NB2A/C
-Speaking: Numbers
-Listening: Numbers, telephone numbers and addresses.
- Grammar: Student´s book, pg 4 .1A. Make questions about very common topics: home and family, job/studies, free time activities, the future and the past . First a completion of questions
- Speaking: work pair activity. Ask your partner these questions and note down the answers.
- Writing: write a short composition about your partner with the answers you have.
- Homework: workbook, pg 4, 5
NI 2E
- Phonetics: phonetic symbols pg.159 . We devoted quite a long time to this activity as it´s essential for you to know the symbols and how to say them when you come across a new word.
- Pronouncing names. St.B. pg 4 .Match the name with their phonetic transcriptions. Listen and repeat.
- Reading:st. B. pg. 5 It took us time to do this activity since it was the first reading of the courde. You were told the procedures and techniques to cope with readings.
- Vocabulary: St. B. pg 6 Words highlighted from the reading and synonyms
- Speaking: "What´s in a name"? in pairs you followed a series of questions and made a speech . Please, make a serious efffort whoever shy you can be , you must bear in mind that unless you improve your accuracy and fluency you´ll be in trouble.
The following link is about the flu.It´s worth watching it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J2ftrIdGnE&feature=player_embedded

ANEMONE

Anemones areinvertebrates, as are 95% of the earth's creatures. Most invertebrates are insects. The phylum Cnidaria includes anemones, corals, jellyfish, and hydras. The 'cnidae' are the stinging cells which provide the animals a means of capturing prey and/or defending themselves with a painful sting. There is only one opening into this cavity, the mouth, through which everything passes in and out. The mouth is surrounded by several or many tentacles which contain the nematocysts (cnidae) at their tips. Sea anemones, being members of the Class Anthozoa, along with hard and soft corals are attached to rocks or the sea floor

Most anemones survive in a symbiotic relation with with a marine algae called. zooxanthellae The zooxanthellae are organisms whose waste products are used by the anemone for food. Since the zooxanthellae require light to carry on photosynthesis, anemones in turn require bright light to thrive in thesea. The zooxanthellae are generally a light brown color, the same color as the light brown leather corals that also harbor zooxanthellae. The loss of zooxanthellae, apparent by a whitening of the anemone, usually means the anemone will slowly grow smaller and smaller until it dies.

From: www.animal-world.com

NB2 A/C
We starte with a handout about the most common words, verbs and expressions used in the classroom, so from now on you should make good practise of them instead of speaking "Spanglish".Click on EXERCISE to see them. We went on with the alphabet and several exercises , finally a listening with spelling names.
NI2E
We had a review on the common expressions used in the classroom , just to make sure you address to each other in English with these basic functions. Click on EXERCISE to see them.
- Student´s Book (st bk) pg 4 "What´s in a name?" a quiz about vocabulary , spelling and pronunciation of names.
- Listening. four people taking about their names .
- Homework: a speaking activity on pag6 titled "What´s in a name?" Please, make a serious effort and do your best because speaking is a matter of daily practice.

HI EVERYBODY¡

Hi everybody! Believe it or not, that one with the orange T-Shirt is me diving inside a cave in the Red Sea.This is what I did practically during the summer, there ,in Egypt and other places on the Mediterranean coast. It´s an extraordinary sport I encourage you to take up if you enjoy water activities.

Scuba diving is popular, scuba diving is easy and scuba diving is fun. Scuba diving as outdoor recreation is gaining in popularity, while participation in other pastimes is diminishing. Why is scuba diving so popular?
Over 70% of the earth's surface is covered with water. The allure and mystery of the underwater world has inspired the human imagination since prehistory, from the mythological monsters described by seafaring people, to the science fiction of Jules Verne and the modern underwater adventures in Hollywood films. Breath-hold diving, dangerous though it can be, has been used to collect pearls, sponges and valuable commodities from the sea floor for many generations.
Advances in underwater exploration began nearly three centuries ago using diving bells and large cumbersome sealed suits using pumped air from the surface. Only very recently advances in technology and mechanics have allowed people to visit this domain safely for exploration using comfortable, self-contained air delivery systems.

Today, scuba diving is accessible to almost anyone with only a modest investment in equipment. Anywhere you want to dive you can usually find a dive shop near-at-hand to rent tanks, go on a guided dive with a master diver, take a chartered boat or just strap on the tanks and swim out from the shore.
From:www.thescubadive.com

NB2A/C and NI2E
Our first day of class! What expectation to meet your new classmates and teacher! Well, in spite of the fact that some classes are quite crowded I´m delighted to be with you this course.
In our first class I gave you basic information about the course ,books , rules to be followed and the flu. Students under 18 must contact me as I have to give you some important documents for your family to sign.
Remember to bring a photograph and also browse the EOI web page to check the books , grammars and interesting links to broaden your knowledge of the language.
After this long introduction you did an entry tests , just to check your level of English . I´ll try to have them marked by next week, but don´t expect miracles with so many students, it may take a little longer to get them ready.
Please, buy your books as soon as possible. Delays will always be a problem to follow the syllabus plans for the term.