1NA - PHILIPPINES TYPHOON (LISTENING AND READING COMPREHENSION)

Still shocked by the devastating effects of the typhoon in the Philippines, have a look at this video from the CNN to get first-hand information and read the article found on the BBC to practise some vocabulary connected with natural disasters (Match the highlighted words with their definitions).

GUY FAWKES NIGHT - AN INTERACTIVE GAME (INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/gunpowder/index_embed.shtml

DO YOU HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT?

If the answer to the question above is YES and you want to improve your English while you surf this great social network, then you cannot miss these Facebook pages. Some of my favourite ones are:

- Learn English
- English is Fun
- English Idioms
- Multimedia English

- Real English
- Break Into English
- Learn English as a Second Language
- Pronunciation Studio
- Cambridge English Language Assessment
- News in Levels

1NB - THE ALPHABET, NUMBERS, WHAT´S YOUR NAME, COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

2NI - FOOD

Don´t you feel hungry after all these days talking about food in class?? I do!!! ;)

If you want more practice on this topic you can have a look at these interesting links where you can learn many things related to food. Hope you enjoy them!!! Bon appetit!!! :)

LISTENING EXERCISE (PUB LUNCH):

http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/publunch/menu.php

2 ARTICLES ON BRITISH FOOD:

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Britain/Food.htm

http://h2g2.com/approved_entry/A103177

QUIZ ON HEALTHY EATING:

http://www.nhs.uk/tools/pages/healthyeating.aspx

1NA - SPEEDFLATMATING

New course, new expectations, new emotions, new resolutions...Welcome to your first advanced year!!! :)

We don´t know each other very well yet but, after this evening´s lesson, I´m sure that will have changed. Probably we will have found someone we click and, even, a potential flatmate!!! ;)

Have a look at the official Speedflatmating website (link below the video) for opinions on the site and then leave a comment answering this question: "Would you use Speedflatmating to find or to rent out a room?". Think about advantages, disadvantages, tips...

http://www.speedflatmating.co.uk/

1NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve done the reading, vocabulary and grammar on page 62 and 63 and the vocabulary on page 64.

Homework: revision exercises on page 61 + extra grammar exercises.

Happy weekend!!

QUEEN´S SPEECH 2013

Queen´s speech to feature new curbs on migrants from the EU
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/08/queens-speech-curb-eu-migrants?CMP=SOCNETTXT6966

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve corrected your homework and we´ve done the Journeys section on page 77 and we´ve done the vocabulary and reading on page 82 and 83.

Homework: exercise on prepositions.

See you on Thursday!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve corrected your homework and we´ve done the target activity and the Keyword section on page 59.

Homework: Exercise 2 from the Across Cultures section on page 60.

See you on Wednesday!

1NA - TV, INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

TV guide: listening
http://www.esl-lab.com/tvguide/tvguiderd1.htm

Is TV a good or bad thing? - listening
http://www.elllo.org/00MXPages/24-MX-TV.htm

Turn the TV off - Vocabulary exercises
http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/interactivelesson20.html

Television cloze test
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/bltv.htm

Reading / listening comprehension - Viral marketing
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/viral-marketing

Reading / listening comprehension - Information society
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/information-society

Reading / listening comprehension - Be your own investigative journalist
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/be-your-own-investigative-journalist

Reading / listening comprehension - Mobile phones
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/mobile-phones

Reading / listening comprehension- Soap operas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/newsaboutbritain/2009/02/090127_soaps.shtml

2NB

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we did the Target activity on page 70.

Homework: cloze test, Keyword section on page 71 and eercise 1a and 3a on page 73.

Happy weekend!

1NA

Hi there,

On Thursday we corrected your homework and we explaines the grammar on page 81 (quantifiers).

Homework: Practice 7A on page 81 and the grammar exercises on page 141.

See you on Tuesday!

1NI

Hi there,

On Wenesday we did the task on page 62 and we started unit 8 ( we did the listening activity on page 66).

Homework: cloze test "You are what you eat"

See you on Monday!

1NB

Hi there,

Today we´ver studied the past of the verb to be.

Homework: page 56 exercise 2b and 3 and page 57 exercise 3 + the cloze test.

Happy weekend!!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve corrected your homework and we´ve done the Your weekend section on page 57 and we´ve started the next lesson.

Enjouy your free day tomorrow!!

See you on Wednesday.

1NA - PURPOSE CLAUSES

Exercises:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6268

Exercises + explanation:
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap/2004/u2/purposereasonresultclauses.htm

Explanation (slideshare):
http://www.slideshare.net/englishatchabacier/purpose-clauses-2970250

Explanation + exercises:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/gerund3b.html

1NI - TRAVEL

Nee York Listening:
http://esl-lab.com/newyorktravel/newyork-travelrd1.htm
Video about Great Britain +Activities:
http://www.quia.com/cz/312926.html?AP_rand=1478420859

Around the World in 80 Days (Video + Exercise):
http://www.quia.com/cz/365794.html?AP_rand=879798253

Direction Game (Listening Activity):
http://www.elllo.org/yeartwo/feb7th/directions.htm

Travel and Sightseeing (Listenig - Easy):
http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/travel-sightseeing-1.htm

1NI

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we started lesson 7.2 and we also did the listening section on directions.

Homework: grammar exercises + extra reading comprehension.

Have a nice weekend!!!

2NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve done the reading, vocabulary and speaking sections on page 67.

Homework: exercise 1a, 1b and 2a on page 65 and the extra reading and vocabulary (for Thursday 25th).

Happy weekend!!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve started unit 7 and we´ve done the vocabulary, listening and reading on page 54. Besides, we´ve also explained the grammar on page 55 and we´ve done exercise 2.

Homework: cloze test and the revision exercises on page 53 (except 5b and 6).

Have a nice weekend!!

1NI

Hi there,

Yesterday we corrected the cloze test and we explained the vocabulary from the text about "urbanisation" aqnd we explained the grammar "may, might, will".

See you on Wednesday!

2NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve done the task on page 62 and we´ve started unit 7. We´ve done the vocabulary and listening on page 66.

Homework: vocabulary bank (family) on page 150.

See you on Thursday!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve done the grammar section on page 50 and the task onpage 51. We´ve also done the writing sectionon page 52.

Homework: grammar exercises from the extra worksheet and exercise 3b from the writing section on page 52.

See you on Wednesday!

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve done the target activity section on page 62, some practice on the present continuous and the pronunciation exercise on page 65.

Have a nice weekend!!

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve done the section called "I´m just watching the news" on page 60-61 and we´ve introduced the present continuous.

Homework (for Tuesday): cloze tests and the grammar exercises on page 138.

See you tomorrow.

MARGARET THATCHER

A short listening programme about her death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/04/130408_witn_margaret_thatcher.shtml

An article about this "lady who changed the world": (advanced)
http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2013/04/margaret-thatcher

And a video about her professional life:

2NB

Hi everyone,

Welcome back, ready for the last effort?? I hope so!!! :)

Today we´ve corrected your Easter homework and we´ve done the reading and vocabulary sections on page 59. Besides, we´ve introduced lesson 7.2.

Homework: exercise 3 on page 42 from your workbook.

See you on Thursday!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve corrected the reading comprehension on James Blunt, we´ve revised the vocabulary of daily routines nad we´ve started lesson 6.2.

Homework: exercise 2c on page 47.

See you on Wednesday!

1NI

Hi there,

Yesterday we did the pronunciation section and the grammar on comparatives and superlatives.

Homework: the reading comprehension on "Music and Life" and the grammar bank (comparatives).

See you on Monday!

1NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve corrected the exercises on page 45, we´ve done the Across Cultures section on page 44 and we´ve started unit 6. We´ve done the vocabulary and reading sections on page 46.

Homework: the reading comprehension I sent you by email.

Happy weekend!!!

1NB - DAILY ROUTINES

Hi guys,

If you click on the link below you have some videos to practise the vocabulary related to daily routines.

http://www.multimedia-english.com/contenido/ficha/5-e-daily-routine/878

See you!!1

2NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve corrected the cloze test and we´ve done the keyword section on page 37 and the Writing section on page 38.

Homework: exercise 5 and 6 on page 38 (only 1 message!).

See you on Thursday.

1NB

Hi guys,

Today we´ve corrected your cloze test and we´ve done the target activity and the keyword section on page 43.

Homework: exercise 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 on page 45.

See you on Wednesday!

1NA

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we corrected the exercise on articles on page 57 and we did the practise section (exercise 4) on that page. We revised the compound nouns we studied on Tuesday and we did a cloze test. Besides, we did the listening section on page 59 and the vocabulary on page 61.

Homework: the extra worksheet on articles and the vocabulary bank (compound adjectives) on page 152.

Have a nice weekend!

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve corrected your homework and we´ve done some listening and speaking practice with the topic "At  a restaurant".

Homework: the cloze test (for Tuesday).

See you tomorrow!!!

1NA

Hi there,

Today we´ve corrected the grammar exercises on articles and we´ve done exercise 3 on page 57. We´ve also done some listening practice and we´ve done the Vocabulary and Vocabulary Plus sections on page 58.

Homework: exercise 4 on page 57.

See you on Thursday!

2NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve made some more practise with countable and uncountable nouns and we´ve started lesson 6.3 (the listening and vocabulary sections).

Homework: all the exercises on page 37 from your workbook.

See you on Thursday!

1NI

Hi there,

Today we´ve corrected your homework, we´ve done some listening and pronunciation practice and we´ve started unit 6.

Homework: exercise 1a and 3a on page 49.

See you tomorrow!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve corrected the cloze test and we´ve studied the object pronouns. We´ve also done the pronunciation section on page 41, the grammar section on page 42 and the Explore Speaking section on page 44.

Homework: exercise 3A and 3B from the extra worksheet (object pronouns).

See you on Wednesday!

1NA - YOUR BIGGEST REGRET

I open this post for you to leave comments on your biggest regret. Remember that the deadline is next Tuesday.

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve corrected the cloze test and we´ve done the Reading, Vocabulary and Speaking sections on pages 52 and 53.

Homework: page 36 from your workbook.

See you on Thursday!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve corrected the cloze test and we´ve done exercise 2 and 3 from the Prices section on page 39. (We´ve also done some extra listening practice on that).

Besides, We´ve started lesson 5.2 on Clothes and we´ve done exercise 1 and b from that section.

Homework: exercise 1 and 2 from your workbook.

See you on Monday!!

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve done some listening and speaking practice about shopping and we´ve started lesson 6.2 (we´ve seen the vocabulary on page 147).

See you tomorrow!

1NA - BOOKS EVERYONE SHOULD READ

Short of ideas about what to read next??? Have a look at this cloud...it might help you!!!

1NA - 12 BOOKS THAT HAVE (IRONICALLY) BEEN BANNED IN THE US

Some of the news from the US never cease to amaze me...What do you think??

http://www.neatorama.com/2011/09/29/12-books-that-have-ironically-been-banned-in-the-u-s/

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´ve done the vocabulary, grammar, listening and speaking sections on page 38 and 39.

Homework: the cloze test I´m sending you.

See you on Monday!

2NB

Hi there,

Today we´ve done exercise 5 on page 48 and the quiz on page 124. We´ve also started unit 6 and we´ve done the Listening & speaking sections on page 50 and the Listening and vocabulary sections on page 51.

Homework: exercise 4b on page 51 (What other things can you buy in each shop?).

See you on Thursday!

1NI

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we continued with our unit on mony and we did the reading and listening sections plus some extra exercises.

Homework: the cloze test I gave you yesterday (FOR MONDAY!!!)

See you tomorrow!

1NB

Hi everyone,

Today we´´ve revised the grammar on page 34 and we´ve done the speaking section on that page. Besides, we´ve done the task and keyword sections on page 35 and we´ve also done the writing and across cultures sections on page 36 (plus exercises 5 and 6 on pge 37).

Homework: from your workbook exercises 5 and 6 on page 23 and all the exercises on pge 24.

See you on Wednesday!

URDANGARÍN & HIS "ENGLISH"

Hi everyone,

If you want to have a laugh and realize how important learning English well is...read this article that Benito, one of your classmates, has just sent me:

http://blogs.elpais.com/tuitologia/2013/02/estoy-sementaleando-tu-propuesta-el-ingles-en-los-correos-de-urdangar%C3%ADn.html

Hope you enjoy it!!! :)