Preparing for IWD (International Women's Day)

One of the topics we are going to deal with is "gender issues". Here are some of the resources we/you can use:

Domestic violence conference

The 10 best female pioneers

International Women's Day webpage

We are equals?

Clara Campoamor
Women's Rights Movement in the US. A timeline
Spain Struggles to Tackle Domestic Violence. The New York Times

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms

BBC Learning English. Product placement

It's an old news story, but it deals with the topic we're studying. Click here to listen to and read the story.

Bill Hicks on Marketing

The life of Charles Dickens

Advertising

Vocabulary

Vocabulary exercise 1

Vocabulary exercise 2

Vocabulary exercise 3.

Vocabulary exercise 4

Vocabulary exercise 5.

Killing us softly Part One with English subtitles

KIlling us softly Part Two with English subtitles

Camps and Costa found not guilty of corruption

Read the article in El País In English

Immigration in the European Union: problem or solution? - OECD Observer

Immigration in the European Union: problem or solution? - OECD Observer

Garzón's trial

Human Rights Watch : Spain: Garzón Trial Threatens Human Rights

El País in English: Fiscal crimes officer backs up Garzón in wiretap misconduct trial

The Gürtel suits case

Jury hears Camps phone calls in court in the Gürtel suits case

Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_33339.shtml#ixzz1jjqSgifG

Urdangarín's case

Click below to read the article:

Spanish duke Inaki Urdangarin to appear before judge

Do you remember Naomi Campbell's case?

Click below to read the article:

Campbell gets community service

Marta del Castillo: the verdict

Click below to read the articles:

Ex-boyfriend gets 20 years for Marta's murder

20 year prison sentence for Miguel Carcaño, Marta del Castillo's killer

Spanish killer gets 20 years for murder of Marta del Castillo

Fraga's death on the BBC

Spain Franco-era politician Fraga dies, aged 89

After 90 days, mother of missing kids speaks out

After 90 days, mother of missing kids speaks out, from El País In English.

More on crime and punishment

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/13/145179319/when-pardons-become-political-dynamite?sc=fb&cc=fp

For crime stories, check out this page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/crimewatch/

New Year's Resolutions

Click here to listen to and read what some people in London said.

Click below to read a short article

Psychological tricks to keep you on your new year diet

A Christmas Story - Journey Of The Angels/Silent Night by Enya.wmv

Damn You Auto Correct Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year

Damn You Auto Correct Reveals 9 Funniest Texts of the Year

Merry xmas to all my students and followers!!!

Xmas presents

Click here to listen and read this Express English question:

Is it best to give or receive presents?

Villa breaks his leg

I found this on the BBC site. I don't like football myself, but some of my students might, and this is a good source of football-related vocab. So, enjoy!

Traditional Xmas Carols

Here is a selection.

But my most favourite Xmas Carol is:



Although I like this version better!

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Some Xmas jokes!

• What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?
  Answer: It's Christmas, Eve!

• What did the big angel say to the little angel on Christmas Eve?
  Answer: Halo there!

• If Santa Claus is crossed with a detective then you would get what?
  Answer: Santa Clues!

• How do you know that Santa is a man?
  Answer: No woman wears the same attire every year.

• What do monkeys sing on Christmas Eve?
  Answer: Jungle Bells, Jungle bells!

Crime never pays.

Click below to read the BBC article

Spain duke Inaki Urdangarin suspended in fraud scandal

What do you think about it? Please write your comments!

Some grammar from files 2A&B

Click here to do an exercise about adjectives.
Click here to do an exercise about narrative tenses.
Click here to do an exercise about The structure " the more...the more"
Click here to do an exercise about "so/such...that"

Last Christmas

Click below to sing along and do the exercise. Special thanks to Juanma, fellow teacher who sent it!

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2249

Stereotypes

Watch the video and complete the notes:

A lot of people ask her weird things about Australia, here are some of the things she says:

" I got asked if I...............

Being on the bottom side, why......

Why....?

A lot of people from other countries think we....

The next one is we.....

We're all like........because we're all...

We're all..................

It's......................"

Now concentrate on the answers she gives.

And now, just for a laugh, watch this:

And another one, from Express English, suggested by dear fellow teacher Nieves

More on relationships with the BBC

• Some vocabulary about dating.
• A vocabulary quizz.
• What do you look for in a relationship?
• How can you tell if someone likes you? What are the signs?
• What's your ideal date?

Campaigning starts in Spain

Click here to read the BBC article.

Read about Halloween

Click here to read the article on Wikipedia.

Auxiliary verbs

Click here to practise auxiliary verbs.

Here, for emphatic "do"

Question tags:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4

At last, the end to ETA violence!

Click:

• here to read the BBC article
• here to read the The Channel 4 News article (pretty short).
• here to read the CNN one (pretty long!)

To watch the BBC report - and see if you understand what they say- click here.

After working with the article Spanish PM Zapatero hails end to Basque Eta violence
Read the following opinions and write a letter to the editor (250 words) with your opinion about it. Follow the instructions you'll find on the link below, and make sure you use the vocabulary and structures we've seen to talk about this issue.

http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/37971-How-to-write-a-letter-of-opinion

Please copy and paste the text you write on the body of the email.

Deadline: 13 November

See you in class!

World unites for 15-M-inspired protests

Click here to read the El País In English article. And here to read about the global protests on The Sydney Morning Herald.

Speed dating listening comprehension exercise

Click here to do the exercise.

Cayetana remarries

Here's the link to the BBC's article. In case you didn't get the document.

Welcome to a new academic year.

And to celebrate it, how about some news? Did you hear about the last bullfight in Catalonia? Click here to read the article that informed about the ban. Click below to see how it was reported by the BBC and complete the notes:

• To fans........................................................................................
• To critics......................................................................................
• Last year Catalonia's parliament.............................................
• The campaign was......................................................................
• For fans, this is .............................................................................
• Tickets for the last bullfight........................................................
• For trainee toreros......................................................................

Click on Comments below to read the script.

Ok, guys. After all the work we've done with Catalonia's bullfight ban, you are more than ready to write an opinion essay about it. Follow the instructions of the presentation you'll find below. Don't forget to include specific vocabulary on the issue. You have until 9 October to send your essays.

http://mariajesusq.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-write-for-and-against-essay.html

Tariq Jahan. A pacifist in the Birmingham riots

Tariq Jahan

Sir Ken Robinson: Collaboration in the 21st Century