ONLINE BOOKS

Do you feel like immersing yourself in a classic book?

Lit2Go is a great free online collection of stories and poems in text and MP3 to listen to, read or download. Check it out! Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along.

Project Gutenberg offers over 56,000 free eBooks in many languages, especially older works.You can download them to your Kindle, iPad/iPhone, computer, smart phone or ereader, or read them online.

The Great English Short-Story Writers is one of the books you can read online or download.

WRITING TEMPLATES

INTERESTING WEBSITES TO PRACTISE PRONUNCIATION

ACAPELA.
IVONA VOICES.

 Have a look at these webpages where you can type or paste a text and  they convert it into audio. It's not as good as human voices, but it's useful to help you to practise pronunciation. 

ENGLISHCLUB.COM PRONUNCIATION FOR ESL LEARNERS.

This website offers pronunciation lessons and exercises from various aspects of pronunciation training, ranging from the basic concepts of English sound system and clear explanation of pronunciation terms to useful exercises for both students and teachers, If users have questions about English pronunciation, they can ask a question at their discussion forum.

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH.
 This website is really useful to revise the sounds in English and improve your pronunciation. It's got two sections:

Tim's Pronunciation Workshop, which shows you how English is really spoken. It'll help you become a better listener and a more fluent speaker.
The Sounds of English, a video guide to all the consonant and vowel sounds in the English language. Watch, listen and repeat. It's as simple as that!

VOWEL SPOTTING.

This programme is designed to help you learn the spelling to sound correspondences for vowels of General British English.

SEPTEMBER EXAMS

EXAMS INFORMATION:

WRITTEN EXAM:Wednesday, 2nd September at 08.50 in Classroom  18, Acceso B.
            WRITING:  09:00 -10:15
            LISTENING: 10:25-10:55
            WRITTEN MEDIATION: 11:05- 11:20
            READING: 11:30-12:45

ORAL EXAMS: Monday, 7th  September at the school, The time and classroom will be published in September.

MARKS: Monday, 14th September at 14:00 on your email.
EXAM REVISION:  Tuesday, 15th September at 10:00 in Classroom 1.
ACTAS: Thursday, 17th September, from 14:00 in Mirador.
RECLAMACIONES: Thursday, 17th, Friday 18th and Monday 21st September, in the School Secretary office, from 09:00-13:00.

Break a leg!!! 

SPEECH SHADOWING TECHNIQUE

Have you ever heard of the Speech Shadowing technique? 

It involves repeating a piece of English audio word-for-word as you listen.You may also shadow when you sing along to your favorite English songs. 
Have a look at this webpage to learn how to apply this technique to help you practise the pronunciation of individual words and phrases. Shadowing gets your mouth muscles moving as you train on language that you know is correct.
The pronunciation practice aspect includes connected speech. That’s how – in the flow of real speech – individual words are compressed or merge into words that come before or after.
Besides, Shadowing is said to help with the melody of phrases. If you shadow well, you’re not only pronouncing the words correctly. You’re also using native intonation.This is important because intonation patterns differ between languages. It’s not just what you say, but the music with which you say that makes for (mis)communication in your target language.
Shadowing could also help you reinforce vocabulary, collocations and structures that you already know, when used as part of a wider study routine.
In conclusion, it'll help you to improve your pronunciation, boosting your confidence when speaking English. 

Have a look at this webpage to learn how to use the technique.
And you can practise this technique with some videos in this webpage. 

Here you have an example

You can also use https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/ which converts any written text into spoken words, so it’s useful for you to practise not only pronunciation, but also  grammar and vocabulary.
You have to open the document containing a text, or type one and then you can listen to it and read along to train your connected speech.

PRONUNCIATION

TOPICS REVIEW

FIRST TERM TOPICS.
SECOND TERM TOPICS.

TO ALL OUR STUDENTS AT THE EOI CT

GRAMMAR FOCUS 9A KEY

RELATIVE CLAUSES:

a. 1.who    2. -   3. whose   4. where  5. when  6. who/that  7. which                     8. that/which  9. where  10. whose

b. 1. This is the book
I was telling you about.
    2. There's the machine at the gym I think you would really like.
    3. We're travelling to Dubai, which I've always wanted to visit.
    4. I was worrying about my luggage, which I'd forgotten to weigh before we   left.
   5. Chris, whose father owns the company, always works really hard.
   6. I've finally had to replace my old car, which I've had since I passed my test.

c. 1.The band, who were supposed to start at eight-thirty, didn't come on stage until nine o'clock.
   2. The rail company refunds passengers whose trains are delayed.
   3. I looked in all places where I thought I might have left my phone.
   4. The idea that we came up with together worked wonderfully well.
  5. Morocco, where we spent our honeymoon, is my favourite place for a holiday.
 6. The neighbours, whose cat I'm looking after, get back from holiday tomorrow.

FLEXITARIANS

 Do you know what a FLEXITARIAN is? Click on the links below to find out.

Flexitarians.
The Flexitarian Diet.

FOOD IDIOMS

food for thought

Fig. something for someone to think about; issues to be considered. Your essay has provided me with some interesting food for thought. My adviser gave me some food for thought about job opportunities.

Have a look at some other idioms connected to FOOD.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative Clauses from Deepak

 You can also click here and here to get some pdf docs. with information and examples related to relative sentences. 

To finish, here you have some links for you to revise and practice relative clauses:

* link 1

* link 2

* -EVER pronouns (whoever, whatever, wherever, however, whichever, whenever):
    - Activity 1
    - Activity 2


One of the "new" things included in this powerpoint is the use of Reduced Relative Sentences, in other words, using participle clauses:

*A present participle clause (-ing) can repleace:
  
a) a relative clause in the present or past continuous.

      "The woman singing that song is a famous actress"  
      (The woman who is singing ....)

      "The car going round the corner was the new BMW" 
       (the car which was going round ...)

  b) a relative clause describing a permanent state.

      "The people living in that house work in the theatre" 
       (the people who      live ..)

      "The flat belonging to my brother was the nicest" 
       (the flat which belongs to ...)

* A past participle clause (-ed) can replace a passive relative clause:

      "All TVs sold in this shop have a one-year guarantee"
       (All TVs which are sold ....)

      "The video released last week has sold a million" 
       (The video which was released ...)

Now try these online activities:

Activity 1

Activity 2

HEALTH

Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional (mainstream) medical treatments.

Complementary medicine describes alternative medicine used in conjunction with conventional medicine.
The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an umbrella term for both branches.
Integrative Medicine involves bringing conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way, addressing the whole person-mind, body and spirit-in order to achieve optimal health and wellness.


 

Click here to ckeck the pronunciation of some alternative therapies.
Click here to get a definition of those words.

And this is the video you watched in class today about INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, which goes with the activity above.


You can check you answers here.

 Look at some useful language to use when talking about CAM:

Why people turn to alternative medicine:

·        It doesn’t have nasty side effects.

·        It works for them./ It has a placebo effect.

·        Interaction between alternative practitioners and patients is more positive.

·        The media promotes alternative medicines.

·        Their friends recommend it.

·        They don’t realise that is has no scientific basis.

·        People are prone to magical thinking.

·        Alternative medicines may be cheaper.

In favour ...

·          My mum swears by homeopathic remedies.

·      There are things that science can’t explain like love or spirituality, psychics, auras, the afterlife, and the power of prayer.

·        There’s something to be said for Reiki.

·        I’m a great believer in alternative medicine.

·        I highly recommend it. / I can’t recommend it enough.

Against ...

·          By definition, alternative medicine, has either not been proved to work, or been proved, not to work.

·          If you ask me it’s absolute nonsense/ vacuous rubbish/ bunkum/ quackery/ poppycock/ dumb.

·          They’re snake oil salesmen.

·          A fool and his money are easily parted.

·          I find the very idea of it absolutely ridiculous.

·          It’s based on theories which are highly questionable.

·          There’s no such thing as chakra.

No clear opinion ...

·           I try to keep an open mind.

·           I’m on the fence.

·           I haven’t decided one way or the other.

·           It’s hard to know.

·           No-one knows for sure.

·           I’m in two minds about it.

Differences between alternative and conventional medicine:

ALTERNATIVEMEDICINE	CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE
Based on anecdotal evidence, belief or magical thinking. Administered by practitioners. Not recognised by the medical profession . Not scientifically proven. Many date back longer than conventional medicine.	Based on scientific knowledge and evidence. Administered by doctors and nurses. Recognised by the medical profession and taught in medical school. Scientifically proven to work.

In this link you can get more information about Integrative Medicine.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND YOU

These are the speaking cards you worked on in class today.

MODERN TIMES ADDICTIONS

At present, there seems to be a wider variety of addictions brought about by new technologies. One of them is the so-called NOMOPHOBIA ( No Mobile  Phobia), which is the fear of being without your mobile phone. Here you are the video you watched in class.


Today you also learnt about PHUBBING ("Phone" and "Snubbing"), which is the act of ignoring people in a social setting by looking at  your phone or other digital devices instead of paying attention to people around you.

Click here  to download the listening activity about Phubbing we did in class, and here to listen to the recording again.

Another technology-related illness or disorder is what is called  FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), which is how "screenagers" feel when they can`t check on social networking sites.


Have a look at the following article to learn about these problems.
NOMOPHOBIA.
TECHNOLOGICAL DISEASES.
BAD TECH HABITS AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM.

THE DIGITAL WORLD

Technology-related Vocabulary.
What would your life be like without a mobile phone?
The stress of social media.
The pros and cons of online shopping.
Robots for human environments.

JOB HUNTING

When it comes to looking for a job, there are people who take an unconventional approach. Listen to the song you and do the exercises on the wiorksheet. Later read a newspaper article about a determined job-seeker.

 

Song Worksheet.

"Please Give me a Job" Unemployed Man.

The most Common Job Interview Questions.

WRITING A COVER LETTER

Cover Letter Layout.

Have a look at these exercises to practise the layout and typical vocabulary used in covering letters:
Exercise 1.
Exercises 2.

And you can use this Cover Letter Template to write your own  cover letter.

READING PRACTICE

WORK-LIFE BALANCE READING TASK.

THOUGHT GROUPS: GROUPING WORDS IN SENTENCES

Grouping Words Exercises.

Audio 1.
Audio 2.

PRONUNCIATION: THOUGHT GROUPS.

GROUPING WORDS PRACTICE.

Audio 1.
Audio 2.
Audio 3.

WORK VOCABULARY

Job or Work?
Work Vocabulary.
Phrasal verbs related to Work.
Business Phrasal Verbs.
Work Collocations.

THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD

Watch this video advertising what was considered one of the best jobs in the world and answer the questions below.


Which job is offered and where?
What's the salary?
How long is it for?
What are the responsibilities of the job?
What perks are there?
How can you apply for the position?
How is the best candidate going to be selected?
How many video applications did they get?
Check the right answers here.

Now watch some of the video applications some people sent. Can you guess the winner?
  

AND THE CANDIDATE SELECTED WAS.....

Read here what the best job in the world was really like for the winner.

JOBS

Here you are the video you watched in class today.

EXAM PRACTICE

CTE SAMPLE 1.
CTO SAMPLE1.
AUDIO SAMPLE 1.
SAMPLE 1 ANSWERS.
CTE SAMPLE 2.
CTO SAMPLE 2.
AUDIO SAMPLE 2.
SAMPLE 2 ANSWERS.

MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

Noun- Verb Stress Exercise.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 8A-8B

GRAMMAR FOCUS 8A-8B ANSWERS.

UNIT 8A READING ANSWERS.

UNIT 8A READING ANSWERS

b. 2. To question some of the benefits of a cashless society.

c.   A sense of reality 4         The honesty of cash 5
     Were they so wrong? 6     Better for everybody 3
     Almost cashless now 2

d.
1. Most payments are now made by card rather than cash and most people probably haven't got any cash in their wallet or purse.
2. Businesses need to pay security companies to keep cash safe. Customers often pay fees for using cash machines.
3. Because the consequences of our spending are more remote from us.
4. There is an increased likelihood of dishonesty with digital payments.
5. Things are not as transparent as we might like to think they are and though we might be more efficient, we might not be happier.

MONEY TALKS

Money and Finance Worksheet.
Listening Task.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

UNLESS, AS LONG AS, PROVIDING, PROVIDED THAT.

NUMBERS IN ENGLISH

UNIT 6 TEST

UNIT 6 TEST.
LISTENING TASK.
ANSWERS.

SOME HELP WITH YOUR PRONUNCIATION

WRITING ASSIGNMENT: A COMPLAINT LETTER.

A COMPLAINT LETTER/ EMAIL TEMPLATE.

COMPLAINT LETTERS TEMPLATE.

FORMAL LETTERS LAYOUT.

WRITING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS.

SPEAKING PLUS 1E ANSWERS.

ANSWERS.
LISTENING 1.
LISTENING 2.

STUDENT'S BOOK UNIT 7D ANSWERS

UNIT 7D ANSWERS.
LISTENING TRACK.

PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS

Have a look at the following videos which can help you improve your pronunciation. They also include some exercises.

SENTENCE STRESS.
WEAK FORMS VIDEO.
LINKING WORDS VIDEO.
VIDEO ON INTONATION.
ALL THE PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS HERE.

SMART CITIES

TALKING ABOUT CITY LIFE.

TOO, ENOUGH, SO AND SUCH

So - Such Too - Enough from Areti Gavalaki

The Use of Too, Enough, So and Such.
EXERCISE 1.
EXERCISE 2.

STUDENT'S BOOK UNIT 7A

Here you are what you have to work on for next Thursday's virtual lesson.

UNIT 7A: 

4.-Reading and Listening. Click here to get the audio.

5.- Vocabulary: Describing life in cities.

6.- Listening. Click here for the audio.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE STRUCTURES

The more...The more..
The more you practise the more you learn.
Repeated Comparatives.

HOUSING VOCABULARY

Houses copia from torrepacheco

Typical houses in the UK.


Talking about the Place you Live in.
Homes and Houses.
Buying a House.
House and Garden Vocabulary.

HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL

VIDEO WORKSHEET.

KEY.

THE PASSIVE PRACTICE

The Passive Board Game.
Passive Reporting Structures.

HOME SWEET HOME

KINDS OF ACCOMMODATION

Have you ever seen the film called "THE HOLIDAY"? In that film Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap their places. Here you are two scenes from the film.







Hve allok at HOME EXCHANGE, choose the place you'd like to visit and the browse all the housesavailable.

STUDENT’S BOOK LISTENING UNIT 6B

Here you are the audio of the LISTENING EXERCISE from UNIT 6B, for those of you who don’t have access to the audio from the book.

UNIT 6B LISTENING.

DISTANCE LEARNING SUMMARY

LESSON PLAN 1.

STUDENTS COMMON MISTAKES.

STUDENT'S BOOK: UNIT 6B ANSWERS.

UNIT 6B:

1. READING AND LISTENING:

b. 1. "Small languages", such as tribal languages in North Australia.

    2. An area where there are many languages, but they're spoken by very few people.
 
            Answers to the test: 1.b, 2.c, 3.c,  4.b,  5.b

2. VOCABULARY: Describing change.

 a. 1. preserve   2. be lost, die out, disappear
      3. increase   4.decrease, decline 
      5. revive   6. deteriorate

b. 1. increasing   2. decreasing/ declining
   3. being lost / dying out/ disappearing
   4. revive

c. The verbs have the stress on the second syllable; the nouns have the stress on the first syllable.

e.  1. disappearance   2. deterioration
     3. revival   4. preservation

3. READING:

a. The languages are similar in that they are very old and are/were spoken by a very small group of people. They are different in that one language has died out, one is likely to die out soon, but the other is being spoken by an increasing number of people.

b. Suggested answers: 
     
 NUMBER OF SPEAKERS     INCREASING/DECREASING     OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS

BO             0              lost                      65,000-year link to one of the  world's oldest   cultures; been spoken since pre-neolithic times.                                                                                 
NJU          8                              decreasing            During aparthheid, peope were discouraged from speaking Nju

WAMPANOAG  about 50          increasing             Jessie Little Doe and her husband are raising their three-year-old daughter in the language;
they organise a "language camp" every summer

4. GRAMMAR: The Passive.
a. 1. c  2. g   3. f   4. h   5. a   6. e   7. b   8. d

b. a

c. One which is being brought back ( present continous passive)
   Nju is now only spoken( present simple passive)
   were discouraged ( past simple passive)
   which is attended ( present simple passive)
   is spoken ( present simple passive)
   has been revived (present perfect passive)

e. The Nju language is in serious danger because it is only spoken in a few small villages. In the past, it was spoken in a large region of South africa and Namibia. It has now been recorded and written down and it is being taught to children in schools by teachers who have learnt the language themselves.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 6B:

a. 2. was sent   3. is used   4. will be informed   5. hasn't been caught   6. had already been taken/ were already taken

b. 2. were told about this restaurant by my sister 
    3. can only be dreamt of
    4. had already been built 1,000 years ago
    5. can't always be depended of
   6. will be looked after well

c. 2. from   3. by   4. with   5.of     6.from    7. by