viernes, 14 de septiembre de 2012

WELCOME
Hi, everyone!!

In this blog you will find links to exercises, listenings, songs as well as useful links for the development of your projects.

The point is that you will be able to access it both from school and from home (well, from anywhere, in fact!) There are lots of English learning materials online - you can choose grammar and vocabulary, but do not miss the chance to practise your listening and reading skills.

Internet offers you the possibility of watching hundreds of videos on different subjects.There are chats for learners of English as well. You can try these out, but remember to hand in a printed copy of the exercise you choose! And remember, use only FREE materials, do not buy anything! As you know, the easiest way to find something on the web is with http://www.google.com, a search engine. You can type in ESL exercises free, or whatever you are looking for, for example, "infinitives and gerunds". You'll be surprised at the results.

This may be time consuming, however.




LISTENING



Improve your listening skills by listening to real conversations:
http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.htmnglish.com/index.htm

or by listening to classical books through the audio book:
http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

PRONUNCIATION


Here you have a wonderful resource to improve your pronunciation: http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus




SONGS

Videoclips of the most famous bands and singers (organized into decades).




http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=411


Language activities with self-check answers.

UNIT 1. FACES


PRESENT SIMPLE & PRESENT CONTINUOUS



A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

As I told you, you will be writing a description of a person.

First of all, open the following link, take note of the different categories to describe a person: face, hair, features. Next lesson, we´ll be commenting them in classroom.

Then choose a character from the Image Gallery and write a description of him or her.

Finally, hand it in to the teacher.
 
                                                              USEFUL VOCABULARY

 
 
 
 
 
 
WRITING - Punctuation
 
 


PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS & PAST PERFECT SIMPLE


 



You will be watching a fragment  from the film SEX & THE CITY.

You will find several activities divided into three steps: BEFORE, DURING and AFTER the video.

First of all, dowload the handout below. Then, click in the following link:

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.es/search/label/past%20continuous

As you can see there is a selection of segments taken from different films. Go to the second one and watch  two segments which have been taken from the film SEX & THE CITY.


Once you have done all the activities, take the handout to the next lesson and hand it in to your teacher.

  




 
 
 


 

 

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE & PAST SIMPLE


OSCAR PISTORIOUS

Should a handicapped racer be allowed to race against able-bodied runners? South Africa's Oscar Pistorious is known as the Blade Runner, because he runs on artificial legs. And, as Len Berman reports, he has fought his way to the World Championships. His goal, despite all obstacles thrown in his path, is the Olympics.

http://youtu.be/z3M9cdo-eYI

Why Dubai Was The Most Obvious Bubble Ever


http://www.businessinsider.com/why-dubai-was-obviously-a-bubble-2009-11?op=1

 http://youtu.be/zmlsJm2yn3s



FUTURE SIMPLE, BE GOING TO, FUTURE CONTINUOUS & FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE





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