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.