MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Lovely people, thank you for the nice time we shared together.
 I wish you all the class a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

What does CHRISTMAS mean to you? Have a look at this video where some people explain what Christmas means for them.

EDUCATION

Teachers are said to be essential for you to learn. But what makes a good teacher?




And what makes a good and successful student? Listen to a few teachers answering that question.









Here you are the three listening activities we did in class about education, so you can give it a second try.



 



VOCABULARY EXERCISES:
Education Vocabulary 1.
Education Vocabulary 2.
Education Vocabulary 3.
Education Vocabulary with sound.
 Idioms connected to Education.

WEBSITE TO PRACTISE BOTH LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Here you are a very interesting website for you to listen to people giving presentations on a wide range of topics. Not only is it useful to practise listening, but it's also a good way to develop your speaking skill.

TED Talks.

ENGLISH IS A NICE LANGUAGE, ISN'T IT?

Question Tags from inmaherrezuelo

INTONATION IN QUESTION TAGS.

Question Tags exercise 1.
Question Tags exercise 2.
Question Tags exercise 3.
Question Tags exercise 4.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Have a look at the  Sustainable Development Goals which are closely related to the Environment.
SDG 13: CLIMATE ACTION.
SDG 14: LIFE BELOW WATER.
SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND.

It's time to take action, so get inspired by what people are doing all around the world.
CLIMATE ACTIONS TAKEN AROUND THE WORLD.


ACT NOW.

TAKING ACTION TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Have you ever heard of the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
Here you are the video we watched in class today. Click here to get the worksheet with the key.

THE ENVIRONMENT VOCABULARY

Talking about the Environment.

MEET CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG

FUTURE PROBABILITY: FUTURE CONTINUOUS AND FUTURE PERFECT

FUTURE CONTINUOUS AND FUTURE PERFECT

THE ENVIRONMENT WORKSHEET KEY

VIDEO-BASED ACTIVITY

Here you are the video we watched in class today, so youu can give it another try.
Click here for the answers.

CHRISTMAS AT THE EOI

CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

CHRISTMAS TREASURE HUNT.

GIVING TUESDAY

After BLACK FRIDAY and CYBER MONDAY, today we have GIVING TUESDAY. Do you know what it is?

Click here to find out what Giving Tuesday is.

THE ENVIRONMENT

The Environment Vocabulary.
The Environment Worksheet.
Disasters and Animals Vocabulary.
 Disasters and Animals Vocabulary Key.
 

SHORT FILMS

The Present from Jacob Frey on Vimeo.



Extinguished from Extinguished Short Film on Vimeo.

SHORT STORY COMPETITION

Here you are two of the short stories you wrote in groups today. I'll post the other two stories when I get them by email. Please, read them and decide which one you think is the best .

WRITING ASSIGMENT: A NARRATIVE

As part of next week's homework, I'd like you to write a story . Have a look at this powerpoint and the writing template to help you organise your composition. You have to hand it in by 3rd December.

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR PRONUNCIATION

A SURVIVAL STORY

Here you can read the incredible story of Aron Ralston which you worked on in class today.
Click here to get more information about Aron Ralston.

After that frightening experience, he wrote a book, called "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" and his story was made into a film called "127 Hours", which was nominated for six Oscars.

NARRATIVE TENSES

Past Tenses. Past Perfect, Past Simple and Continuous from José Antonio Romero Tena

LEISURE TIME LISTENING TEST

LEISURE TIME IN AMERICA.

OPEN CLASSES

WEIRD HOBBIES

Click here to download the activity about WEIRD HOBBIES you worked on in groups in today's lesson.

 Watch this video to know what the Top Five Strangest Hobbies in the world are.

    
What are you up to later?
Small Talk Phrases.

TAKE IT EASY

 How do you get away from your daily routine?

Click here to listen to the activity we  did in class about how people swtich off from their day-to-day routines.

You might get some ideas about what to do to relax with Bruno Mars' "The Lazy Song" .

 

LEISURE TIME

To get some ideas, here you are the video in which different people in the street mentioned the activities they enjoyed doing in their spare time: 




List of Hobbies and Interests.

EXTRA VIDEO-BASED ACTIVITY

Here you are an extra video activity about Celebrities' Weird Hobbies. Click here to download the worksheet and the key.

Power point presentation strange hobbies from romounier

WHAT IS FAMILY FOR YOU?

Listen to some people talking about what family is for them. The first video is the one you watch in class today and if  you  Click Here you'll have extra practice. Then share your own definition of FAMILY on the INTERACTIVE BOARD.

GUY FAWKES DAY

GUY FAWKES DAY,  also known as BONFIRE NIGHT,  is celebrated in Great Britain today. Here you can get some information about it.

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal Verbs for the Family.

FAMILY STRUCTURES

Have a look at this nice video to check the different types of families we have nowadays.



Click here to practise idioms related to FAMILY.

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Click here to practise vocabulary about Character and Personality with some quizzes with audio.

BLENDED FAMILIES

Have you heard Alicia Keys' song called "Blended Family" ? In this song she talks about her own experience and in the video she portrays this kind of family.









And the lyrics are here.

WE ARE FAMILY

FRIENDS AND FAMILY BOARD GAME.

FUTURE PROBABILITY

Making Predictions.

Talking About Probability and Making Predictions in English.

Probably, Definitely, Bound, Likely and Unlikely.

Click on the following words to practise their pronunciation: 
Probably.
Definitely.
Likely.
Unlikely.
Bound.

FAMILY ORIGINS

This is the video podcast we worked on in class today.

And here is the worksheet.



Talking about Family.

HALLOWEEN ACTIVITIES

INSPIRING PEOPLE

Here you are the four articles you worked in class last week, for you to read in more detail and work on vocabulary and pronunciation.


Inspiring People .

HOMEWORK

For those of you who couldn't attend today's lesson: we had a look at Unit 5A and we worked on the questionnaire on page 56 and the Vocabulary Focus on page 158.

 For homework you have to read the text on pages 56-57 and do exercises d and e.

KARAOKE TIME

The Logical Song, by Supertramp.

HOMEWORK

 As I told you in class, I'd like you to work on an oral presentation about a person you admire. I recommend that you talk about somebody you know very well, since you have to give details about him or her.

 You can use the worksheet A PERSON I ADMIRE to plan and organise what you're going to tell your partner next Tuesday.

It shouldn't be longer than 3 minutes, and please, don't write a composition, just take notes to help you remember all the points you want to mention.
Rehearse your presentation and record yourself, so you can check you sound fine;)

WHAT ARE YOU LIKE?

 CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY WORKSHEET.
 PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES WITH SOUND.
 PRONUNCIATION OF PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES.

 

SOUNDS AND SPELLING

Pronunciation Patterns.

vowel sounds and spelling from conchimena

Consonant sounds and spelling from conchimena

Silent Letters.





SILENT LETTERS GAME.
SILENT LETTERS QUIZ.
SILENT LETTERES EXERCISE.

ERASMUS DAYS

Have a look at this nice video:

CELEBRATING ERASMUS DAYS IN OUR SCHOOL.

ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE

What do you most enjoy about the English Language?
Listen to David Crystal, a British linguist, academic and author talking about this.

 


English has become a kind of "Lingua Franca" which enables people to communicate all around the world. But what factors contributed to its rise as a global language?

Watch theses videos to know  his opinion about that and about which English should be taught.





 

Click here for the video worksheet.

BENEFITS OF LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES

What are the benefits of learning a foreign language? Watch the video and get some ideas.


Click here to read an article about all the benefits learning a new language may have. 

 And you can also work on another text about how benefitial it is to be bilingual, which can help you practise for your future tests, since it is a real READING COMPREHENSION TASK.

Click here to download the text
Click here to check your answers

Thanks to Ana Mena for these activities.

ENTRY TEST

GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION ENTRY TEST.
READING AND LISTENING ENTRY TEST.
LISTENING EXERCISE 1.
LISTENING EXRECISE 2.
ENTRY TEST KEY.

LANGUAGE PROBLEMS

 With English Subtitles.

LEARNING ENGLISH

This is the questionnaire we worked on in class today. Remember you have
 to write a composition about your experience as a learner of English, using the questions in the worksheet. You should organise the information into paragraphs.

You have to hand it  in by 15th October.

USEFUL INFORMATION

WELCOME

Hi everybody!

I'd like to welcome you to my blog. I'll be posting lots of material for you to practise outside class.
If you have any favourite websites or you want to make any suggestions, send me an email.

Have a nice academic year.