18 October 2019
Dear B2 and C1 students
Here are the links to our travel journals on Padlet. Click on the link to your level and you'll find a detailed description of what we have been doing in class in case you miss a lesson and want to catch up. Hope you enjoy the trip and the course!
B2.2 C1.1
18 May 2018
Dear B2 and C1 students
Dear B2 and C1 students
Here are the links to our travel journals on Padlet. Click on the link to your level and you'll find a detailed description of what we have been doing in class in case you miss a lesson and want to catch up. Hope you enjoy the trip and the course!
B2.2 C1.1
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Dear B2 and C1 students
Here are the links to sample certification exams taken all over Spain in recent years so that you can compare, practise and familiarise yourselves with the wide array of formats and requirements:
Dear B2 students
The Landlady is my all-time favourite short story by Roald Dahl. It was first published in ‘The New Yorker' magazine in 1959, and has since appeared in many anthologies of Dahl's stories, the first of which was ‘Kiss, Kiss' (published by Michael Joseph).You can find the BritLit kit courtesy of the British Council, including pre-reading activities, the story and its audio as well as after-reading tasks together with the answer key here.
Dear students
I know it's summer and the last thing you might want to hear about is WRITING... in English! That is why this is intended for those and only those of you who failed the writing test. The idea is that you practise a little bit but, of course, anyone who wants to take part is welcome to do so.
We are going to use Padlet (let's say a "board") where you can post your stories for everyone to see. Padlet is a web based means of collaborating online, so you’re going to create a COLLABORATIVE story. Follow the instructions at the top of the board and read a bit about "the DNA journey project"by clicking on the image below, - it will take you to the viral video on Vimeo. Win your DNA Journey here too.
Hope you enjoy the activity and have a nice summer!
Eva
Dear B2 students
Fewer or Less? Do you know when to use them?
Have a look at this interesting video by Scott Thornbury on this controversial issue.
10 March 2016
Dear B2.1. students
Related to the topic of crime, you might want to have a look at this free audio lesson by Hot English magazine to learn some slang words. You can listen to it online or download the free PDF and MP3 files for this and many other free lessons here.
8 December 2015
Dear B2.1. students
Here at last are the collaborative stories you've created on Padlet. I just wanted to thank you all for the effort and for your contributions. I'm impressed! You may well be working as screenwriters in some of the best Hollywood thrillers. I simply loved them, so only minor changes have been introduced when absolutely necessary for understanding pruposes. Click on the beginnings/ ending to read and enjoy the stories.
"We had been driving for four hours when we saw the sign for a small hotel and decided to stop"
"Alex had been working hard all day and was looking forward to going home"
"It was eleven o'clock at night when the phone rang"
"What goes around comes around"
5 October 2014
Dear B2.2. students
Today, and linking with file 1.A in your textbook NEF about motivation and success, I bring to your attention an interesting Ted-Ed Original Talk on the power of passion. Watch the video, answer the questions as you review and do dig deeper to find other inspiring stories and additional resources to explore.
Dear B2.2. students
Here's the link to the short story you need to read if you want to take part in the Reading Circle discussion we'll be having in the classroom after the Spring break. Alternatively, you can also watch a video version of the story by clicking on the top image.
Make sure you work on the story a bit before joining in ;-)
Worksheet here and short film!
Hope you like it.
E.
11 March 2012
Dear B2.1. students
This is the idea behind the collection of such letters written by personalities to their younger selves and first published in 2009 under the title Dear Me, a Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self and a more recent version Dear Me, More Letters to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self featuring writers such as JK Rowling, Hugh Jackman, or Stephen King, -click through to read their sample letters. Its website also extends the idea to the public and allows readers to submit their own letters here. So, why not send yours?
Dear B2.1. students
Dear A.S.
Following the idea suggested by one of my all time favourite bloggers and colleague Ian James (@ij64), I dare copy the links to a good bunch of "hidden camera" videos belonging to a moral dilemma American TV series called "What would you do?" for you here.
Here's a sample episode. Ask yourself the following question, then watch the video (you may need to go to youtube).
"What would you do if you're sitting in a bar and you saw an attractive young woman being persistently harrassed by a male stranger?"
Here's some more:
Video 1 : What would you do if you were viewing a house for sale when you saw one of the other potential house-buyers putting things in her handbag?
Video 2 : What would you do if you were in a restaurant when you saw the waiter drop some food on the floor and then put it back on the plate that he was going to serve?
Video 3 : What would you do if you were in a bar and you saw a drunken young woman being led away by a man that she had just met?
Video 4 : What would you do if you were in a bar and you saw a couple of pilots who were about to leave for the airport obviously drinking too much alcohol?
Video 5 : What would you do if you witnessed somebody trying to commit fraud by deliberately slipping in a supermarket and then threatening to sue for damages?
Video 6 : How would you react if you were in a restaurant sitting next to a couple whose kids were screaming and generally misbehaving?
Video 7 : What would you do if you were in a café and you overheard a young man trying to persuade his pregnant teenage girlfriend to have an abortion?
Video 8 : What would you do if you saw a group of girls harrassing and insulting another girl for being overweight?
Video 9 : What would you do if the person you had just let in front of you in a supermarket queue won an enormous cash prize for being “5 Millionth Customer”?
Video 10 : What would you do if you saw a mother using her child to shoplift from a clothes shop?
Video 11 : What would you do if you were walking down the street and somebody collapsed on the pavement right in front of you?
Video 12 : What would you do if you were in a bar and saw a man drugging a young woman’s drink while she was in the toilet?
Choose one of these videos to watch for homework and be ready to report your findings to the group in the classroom. Try to explain what's happening and what you would do in that situation.
Hope you like it!
E.
JANUARY 2015 UPDATE
SORRY MOST OF THE LINKS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANY LONGER.
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