Click here and you'll see what I mean. The good thing is that you can choose!
I suggest this one to start with, and then you can try others on your own.
May 11, 2015
Apr 28, 2015
EXAM DATES
This is just a reminder of the dates of your finals:
4ºB / 4ºC (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Usual class time and room
Wednesday 13th May: Writing.
Monday 18th May: Listening, Reading. (As usual, we start with the listening test. Please don't be late or you'll miss it).
Wednesday 20th & Monday 25th May: Speaking. Please contact me for the exact day and time.
Wednesday 27th May: Results. You can have a look at your exams too.
Good luck to everyone!
4ºB / 4ºC (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Usual class time and room
Wednesday 13th May: Writing.
Monday 18th May: Listening, Reading. (As usual, we start with the listening test. Please don't be late or you'll miss it).
Wednesday 20th & Monday 25th May: Speaking. Please contact me for the exact day and time.
Wednesday 27th May: Results. You can have a look at your exams too.
Good luck to everyone!
Apr 27, 2015
Crime
Listen to a woman talking about crime in the part of the United States where she lives.
Click here, hide the transcript and click on 'Comprehension Quiz' to scroll down some comprehension questions.
Here you can listen to a crime story being told. You also have comprehension questions, and don't forget to hide the script.
Finally, a 'live' crime: click here.
Click here, hide the transcript and click on 'Comprehension Quiz' to scroll down some comprehension questions.
Here you can listen to a crime story being told. You also have comprehension questions, and don't forget to hide the script.
Finally, a 'live' crime: click here.
Apr 20, 2015
Actors acting
I'm sure you remember Simon Callow from our last class. Watch him in a BBC advertisement telling tell a story about a princess who lived on the moon and an evil space hedgehog.
Story Time. from Itch Film on Vimeo.
Story Time. from Itch Film on Vimeo.
Apr 13, 2015
Body language
A different view of body language: Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist talks about how our body language can shape our mind:
Mar 26, 2015
Men and women
Do you remember John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus)? Now you can watch him on TedTalks:
Mar 20, 2015
Women's Day
We've just begun the topic of men and women, so why not start with some information about how Women's Day has been celebrated around the world this year:
Feb 23, 2015
A world without music
From the BBC:
"6 December 2012 Last updated at 17:18 GMT
"6 December 2012 Last updated at 17:18 GMT
A ban on all music is just one of a number of strict social codes rebel
groups in northern Mali have imposed on citizens.
Dozens of musicians have headed south where singing is not a crime after Islamists in the north jammed radio airwaves and confiscated mobile phones, replacing ringtones with Koranic verses."
Watch this video for the full story.
Dozens of musicians have headed south where singing is not a crime after Islamists in the north jammed radio airwaves and confiscated mobile phones, replacing ringtones with Koranic verses."
Watch this video for the full story.
Feb 21, 2015
Emotions and the Oscars
Watch this BBC video to learn how to react when you find out you've won an Oscar, in case it ever happens to you, you never know, and how to prepare the perfect Oscars speech.
Gerunds and infinitives
Feb 9, 2015
MARCH EXAMS DATES
Just below you'll find the dates for your March 2015 exams, for both 4ºB and 4ºC (at our usual class time and room):
4 March: Writing.
9 March: Listening and Reading (Starting with the listening test. Please don't be late because you won't be allowed to go into the room until it finishes).
11 and 16 March: Speaking. Please contact me for the exact day and time.
18 March: Results.
Good luck to everyone!
4 March: Writing.
9 March: Listening and Reading (Starting with the listening test. Please don't be late because you won't be allowed to go into the room until it finishes).
11 and 16 March: Speaking. Please contact me for the exact day and time.
18 March: Results.
Good luck to everyone!
Feb 4, 2015
Survivors
I've reconstructed the story of the four young men who went to the Amazon in search of an Indian village. As the videos don't last very long, you can watch them 'one bite at a time'.
How the backpackers meet:
Shattered dreams: they can't find the Indian village and Marcus begins to have real problems with his festering feet.
So they forget their initial idea of the Indian village and decide to build a raft:
After these awful rows, Yossi and Kevin separate and continue on their raft down the river. But they have an accident
After the accident everything becomes much worse, now they're on their own
The weather also gets worse
Yossi keeps walking in circles. Kevin's situation is not much better, but he has a stroke of luck
Kevin starts Yossi's rescue
He tries it another way:
How the backpackers meet:
Shattered dreams: they can't find the Indian village and Marcus begins to have real problems with his festering feet.
So they forget their initial idea of the Indian village and decide to build a raft:
After these awful rows, Yossi and Kevin separate and continue on their raft down the river. But they have an accident
After the accident everything becomes much worse, now they're on their own
The weather also gets worse
Yossi keeps walking in circles. Kevin's situation is not much better, but he has a stroke of luck
Kevin starts Yossi's rescue
He tries it another way:
Jan 28, 2015
Jan 26, 2015
Road safety
This video is a very short version of an award winning BBC3 documentary, and it gives vivid accounts of road accidents and their consequences.
Jan 19, 2015
Dictations online
A good way to practise listening comprehension is with dictations, especially if you have to try to recognise a specific word.
There is a website where you can try this:
Listen and Write
First you have to sign up (if you don't feel very happy about this, don't give your real name or your main email address. It's a good idea to have an alternative one for these internet things) and you'll have to log in every time with the same user name and password.
There are many different types of exercises for you, but I suggest that you go to level 20 and try the 'blank mode' dictations, which are not so very different to some listenings we do in class.
I hope it proves useful.
There is a website where you can try this:
Listen and Write
First you have to sign up (if you don't feel very happy about this, don't give your real name or your main email address. It's a good idea to have an alternative one for these internet things) and you'll have to log in every time with the same user name and password.
There are many different types of exercises for you, but I suggest that you go to level 20 and try the 'blank mode' dictations, which are not so very different to some listenings we do in class.
I hope it proves useful.
Jan 14, 2015
Alternative energies and sustainability
Click here to watch a TIME video which weighs the pros and cons of solar energy.
And below you can watch a talk about sustainability.
And below you can watch a talk about sustainability.
Dec 17, 2014
This year's reading list
At last it's here.
On the left-hand side bar you'll find the books I propose for this year. I've tried to include some variety, in genres, styles and writers' origins. Yet all of them have something in common: they're neither too long or too difficult.
However, I must admit that it took me a long time to decide whether to include the last one on the list, Too Much Happiness, a collection of short stories by Alice Munro. Her prose is limpid but deep at the same time, so perhaps it would be a good idea to read one or two of her stories to embark on the wonderful adventure of peeping into the world she shows us before making any final decision.
Here, on this link to The New Yorker, you'll find some of her stories.
Once you've made up your mind and chosen one, sit back and enjoy it!
On the left-hand side bar you'll find the books I propose for this year. I've tried to include some variety, in genres, styles and writers' origins. Yet all of them have something in common: they're neither too long or too difficult.
However, I must admit that it took me a long time to decide whether to include the last one on the list, Too Much Happiness, a collection of short stories by Alice Munro. Her prose is limpid but deep at the same time, so perhaps it would be a good idea to read one or two of her stories to embark on the wonderful adventure of peeping into the world she shows us before making any final decision.
Here, on this link to The New Yorker, you'll find some of her stories.
Once you've made up your mind and chosen one, sit back and enjoy it!
Nov 30, 2014
DECEMBER EXAM DATES
These are the dates for the December exams, for both 4ºB and 4ºC (at our usual class time and room):
10 December: Listening, Reading, Writing. (Starting with the listening test. Please don't be late because you won't be allowed to go into the room until it finishes).
15 & 17 December: Speaking. Contact your teacher (that's me!) for the exact day and time.
22 December: Results.
Good luck to everyone!
10 December: Listening, Reading, Writing. (Starting with the listening test. Please don't be late because you won't be allowed to go into the room until it finishes).
15 & 17 December: Speaking. Contact your teacher (that's me!) for the exact day and time.
22 December: Results.
Good luck to everyone!
Nov 28, 2014
Stories to listen to
All week long we've been working with stories: tenses to use, adverbs to make them sound interesting; we've also read fifty word stories and even written one.
Now I propose listening to some children's stories read by actors. Sit back, click here and enjoy.
Now I propose listening to some children's stories read by actors. Sit back, click here and enjoy.
Nov 25, 2014
Airplane safety
Watch this video to find out what passengers need to know about safety on light aircrafts, and you'll see that you understand almost everything.
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