Wednesday 21 December 2011

Xmas presents

Click here to listen and read this Express English question:

Is it best to give or receive presents?

Thursday 15 December 2011

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!

Wednesday 14 December 2011

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!

Tuesday 13 December 2011

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!

Monday 12 December 2011

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

Friday 18 November 2011

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


Friday 4 November 2011

Campaigning starts in Spain

Click here to read the BBC article.

Wednesday 26 October 2011

Read about Halloween

Click here to read the article on Wikipedia.

Monday 24 October 2011

Auxiliary verbs

Click here to practise auxiliary verbs.
Here, for emphatic "do"
Question tags:

Friday 21 October 2011

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.



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

Deadline: 13 November

See you in class!

Sunday 16 October 2011

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.

Wednesday 12 October 2011

Thursday 6 October 2011

Cayetana remarries

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

Monday 26 September 2011

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

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Will the 'Spanish Revolution' achieve anything?

I found this BBC blog which explains a bit more and has opinions about the so called "Spanish Revolution". Very interesting indeed. Only for those who, like me, love this movement.

E. coli cucumber scare: Spain angry at German claims

Click here to read the news on the BBC

Saturday 28 May 2011

Friday 27 May 2011

Wednesday 25 May 2011

Mouseland subtítulos en español

Revising Conditional Sentences

Click here and do the exercises.

More on 15 M and the electoral results.

Sorry to be such a bore, but this is soooooo interesting! Click here to read an article by one of the outraged, published in The Guardian.

Thursday 19 May 2011

Spanish youth rally in Madrid echoes Egypt protests

Click here to read the news story on BBC News, and here to read the same story on The Washington Post.

Thursday 12 May 2011

Earthquake in Lorca

Clcik here to read about it.

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Barça-Madrid semi-final. What do you think?

Click here to read about it in English. Get the vocabulary you need to express your opinions about Real's defeat to Barça.

Tuesday 3 May 2011

The Royal Wedding. THAT dress and another wedding.

Click here to read about the dress, and here to see the video highlights.
If, however, you want to compare it with another classic, much funnier wedding, click here.

Monday 2 May 2011

Obama: Osama bin Laden Dead - Full Video and transcript

Click here to see the video and read the full transcript of Obama's speach on Osama Bin Laden's death.

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Reporting verbs

Click on the following links to get some more practice on reporting verbs.

How to write letters of complaint

Click here to learn more about it. Make sure you do the exercises before you send your won letter of complaint.

Monday 14 March 2011

Sunday 13 March 2011

Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami

Click here to watch the BBC report on the causes.
For further explanation, click here.

Thursday 10 March 2011

How I trained my husband

From a very interesting blog. click here to listen to Amy Sutherland talking about the article you read "How I trained my husband"

Four great talks for International Women's Day

Here they are, with thanks to Monica and Our Blog.

Wednesday 9 March 2011

EQUALS

JAMES BOND SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2011
www.weareequals.org / www.weareequals.org/blog
The two-minute short, specially commissioned for International Women's Day, sees 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.

Directed by acclaimed 'Nowhere Boy' director/conceptual artist Sam Taylor-Wood, scripted by Jane Goldman ('Kick Ass') and featuring the voice of Dame Judi Dench reprising her role as 'M', the film will be screened in cinemas and streamed online in a bid to highlight the levels of inequality that persist between men and women in the UK and worldwide. It is the first film featuring Bond to be directed by a woman.

Darwin and gender. The Blog

Don't miss this blog to find out more about women and their role in history.

Wednesday 2 March 2011

Debate on speed limits

Click here to read El Pais article about the reduction of highway speed limits.

Friday 25 February 2011

Wednesday 23 February 2011

Tuesday 22 February 2011

23 F in the Wikipedia

Click here to read it.

Monday 14 February 2011

How to Fold A Fitted Sheet

Excellent tip for singles! And a nice St Valentine present. Happy Valentine, you guys!

BAFTA Awards

Did you see the Goya Awards? Here's the British counterpart, The BAFTA Awards. Click here for the pleasure of listening to Christopher Lee speaking his delightful native tongue.

Sunday 13 February 2011

More on Crime: Prosecutors want Valencia chief to stand trial for apparel payoffs

Read about Camps' sentence by clicking here. It comes from El País In English.

Thursday 10 February 2011

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Exp...

With thanks to Concha Lana, friend and fellow teacher, for sending it. Guys, don't miss this, it's really fast speech, but well worth watching it! For the full script, click here.

Riz Khan - Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian poli...

My friend and fellow teacher, Miguel, sends this. If you're interested in what's going on in Egypt, don't miss it.

Tuesday 8 February 2011

What are they afraid of? Click here and then click on the pictures to find out what these people are afraid of? Do you share their fears?

Gever Tulley 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do | Video on TED.com

Click here to access the script with gaps for you to fill. All of this brought to you thanks to dear friend and fellow teacher, Sara Pro.
Gever Tulley 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do | Video on TED.com

Friday 4 February 2011

An interview with Javier Bardem, in English, of course

Click here to listen to it. Thank you, sweet María, for your contributions.

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Check out Nieves's post on the weather.

It's so cool! Don't miss it! Click here to watch it.

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme, adapted from the American series Law & Order.Have you ever seen it? The opening statement of the series goes as follows: "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."

Click here to watch this hilarious advert to promote the British adaptation.

Tuesday 18 January 2011

Nothing Personal - Exclusive Official Trailer [HD]

Wanna go to the movies? Nothing Personal.

This Thursday 20th, at 20.30 at the Alcazaba Centre.
Watch the trailer here.

Monday 17 January 2011

The new anti-smoking legislation in Spain in detail.

Click here to read about it. Good for learning specific vocabulary. Plus we are going to work with it in class.

Thursday 13 January 2011

Dear friend and fellow teacher, María, sends this. Obama's speech at the memorial event for the victims of the tragic shootings in Arizona. It's easy to understand. See what you think.

Wednesday 12 January 2011

2010 reviewed by CNN

We already did our own 2010 top 10 headlines. Do you want to compare them to the CNN's? Click here to watch it. I took it from Our blog!. Thank you, Mónica.

And if you want to compare further, click here to see the BBC's Panorama:2010 in review.

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Revision and extension of vocabulary: Crime and punishment

Click here to revise and extend vocabulary for crime and punishment.
Click here to revise vocabulary and do exercises.
Click here to see vocabulary with Spanish translation.

Monday 10 January 2011

Breaking news: ETA's truce

Read about it here.
If you want to listen to it, click here to watch BBC's One-minute world news.
The latest update of January 11th here.

A nice little book about how to use the internet

Welcome back, you people. For no reason at all, but simply because my dear friend María sent it, and I thought it was a lovely gift to welcome you back to school, I bring you this lovely little book about the Internet and how to use it. Click on the title to read "20 THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT BROWSERS & THE WEB", and enjoy!