The story so far (1)

For those of you who can't attend all lessons, and for those of you who can and want to remember all we've done so far...
-A great deal of speaking: class introductions, question revision and speaking in pairs
-Error correction with the text about Arnost (photocopy: grammar-introduction)
-First composition: a similar text about yourself
-We've completed file 1A: we've talked and read about names, we've discussed our names, we've listened to people talking about their names. Apart from names, our first grammar topic has been phrasal verbs. Also, we've revised character and personality vocabulary: we've talked about national stereotypes and we listened to this German guy talking about what he thinks about German people and stereotypes.
-We've also been discussing strategies to improve  your reading and your listening skills.
 By now, you should have completed all activities for file 1A, including the workbook exercises, Grammar Bank 1a on phrasal verbs and the Vocabulary Bank on phrasal verbs.
The last thing we did in class was a brainstorming of some ideas about stereotypes of Spanish people: remember you should write the first paragraph of an informal writing about people from Spain. Check out sections A and B in the Writing Bank (page 156) before you write that 50-word first paragraph.