Saturday 9 November 2013

Literature is great!

Dear students,
If you want to know more about English literature, from Shakespeare to J.K. Rowling, take a look at this great British Council resource:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/britain-great/literature-great-part-1

See you around

Monday 4 November 2013

Bonfire Night

Dear students,
Remember, remember the 5th of November.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcyXMLz3fK0


See you...

Friday 5 July 2013

The UK - Four Nations

Dear students,
What do you know about the UK? Watch this great clip and you'll learn loads of things about the United Kingdom.
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/english-skills-practice/video-uk/four-nations
By the way, http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/ is a great website if you want to improve your English skills and have fun at the same time.
See you around...

Tuesday 4 June 2013

Wordplays

Dear students,
Wordplays is a useful webpage to play different games, like Boggle or Scrabble. Why don't you give it a try?


Tuesday 9 April 2013

How to say zero in English

Dear students,
What's the difference between "zero" and "nought"? Do you know when to say "oh" or "nil"? Have a look at the following article where you'll find all you need to know about how to say 0 in English.
http://englishwithatwist.com/ShanthiBlog/2013/04/09/how-to-say-zero-in-english/
See you in class.

Friday 5 April 2013

Countable and uncountable nouns

Dear students,
Here you are some videos if you want to learn more about countable and uncountable nouns in English. Take a look!
1. Countable and uncountable nouns (www.engvid.com)

2. Quantifiers: much, many, a lot of (www.engvid.com)



See you in class

Students' blogs (3r ESO A)


Dear students,
Once more, our 3r ESO students have created some amazing blogs where you'll find loads of information about their latest crazes (COD, nails, fashion, guitar players, football, basketball, music, technology, fast cars, women, photos,even wrestling etc.). Take a look because it's worth it (even if some of them still have to improve their English a lot ;)

1. Pol G.: Motorbikes
2. Ares and Ariadna: Trends
3. Àngels: Games
4. Weixia and Lin: Chinese New Year
5. Pol I.: European football
6. Maria B. and Judit: Fashion
7. Albert M. and Enric: UEFA Champions League
8. Maria C.: Cody Simpson (under construction)
9. Gerard: Basketball
10. Paula B.: Metallica (oh yeah!!!)
11. Núria: Feminism (in a nutshell)
12. Josep and Carlos: Best bands ever
13. Pol O. and Killian: Football
14. Carlota and Maria P.: Fakes (weird, funny...)
15: Albert V. and Gonçallo: Call of Duty (again...)
16. Albert A: Music
17. Albert G.: YouTube
18. Paula M. and Antònia: Catalonia
19. Fran: TV Tropes (kind of funny, weird too)

Students' blogs (3r ESO B)

Dear students,
Once more, our 3r ESO students have created some amazing blogs where you'll find loads of information about their latest crazes (COD, nails, fashion, guitar players, football, basketball, music, technology, fast cars, women, photos,even wrestling etc.). Take a look because it's worth it (even if some of them still have to improve their English a lot ;)

1. Juliette: Nail art and design
2. Eudald and Adrià: Sport
3. Pau F.: FC Barcelona
4. Maria and Isel: TV programmes
5. Arnau: Call of Duty
6. Pau S.: Fast cars
7. Laura and Arantxa: Afraid of nothing (helpful pieces of advice)
8. Mar: A pinch of fashion
9. Claudi and Meritxell: Photos
10. Silvia: Hairstyles 
11. Marc and Sergi: Music addiction
12. Ramon: Wrestling
13. Laura and Anna: Shoes
14. Lourdes: Fashion trends
15. Alex C: Best bands
16. Alba and Alex F. Greenday
17. Oriol: Motorbikes
18. Sonia and Mariona: Dancing
19. Dani and Sergi: Games
20. Ismael and Alex B: History of Call of Duty

Well done!! See you around.

Saturday 16 March 2013

Can, must,...

Dear students,
These are some activities we're going to use in class about some important verbs in English called modal verbs. What do you know about them? Find out what you know with the following exercises
1. What can you do? (Ability)
2. What can you do? (Video)
3. Can I...? (Permission)
4. Must or mustn't (Obligation and prohibition)
5. Rules (must or mustn't)
Hope you find them useful.
See you in class.


Thursday 14 March 2013

Talking about the future

Dear students,
Here you are some activities to help you with the use of will / won't, predictions, the future...
1. Test (easy but useful)
2. Complete the sentences
3. Complete the sentences II (a bit more difficult)
4. Affirmative - Negative - Questions
5. Questions
See you around.



Friday 22 February 2013

Present perfect or past simple (3r ESO)

Dear students,
Some useful activities to help you with the difference between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple:
a) Some theory
1. Exercise 1
2. Exercise 2
3. Exercise 3
See you in class.

Tuesday 5 February 2013

A History of Modern Music

Dear students,
If you're crazy about music (I am), you should definitely look at this amazing history of music created by the critics of The Guardian -a British newspaper: A History of Modern Music: the timeline will make you travel through time and know more about modern music.
See you around.

Film English

Dear students,
Take a look at this great website called Film English where you will find some nice short films and lessons about them. We'll use one of them in class.
See you around

Saturday 12 January 2013

Grammar snacks

Dear students,
The British Council offers everyone who wants to learn English some amazing resources, for example these Grammar Snacks, which show some grammar used in a natural way. Really useful!!!

See you...