Friday 28 November 2008

Comparatives and superlatives

Dear students,
Here's the Real English video about the use of comparative and superlatives. Hope you like it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLE5yPZa_Ow
See you soon

Wednesday 26 November 2008

Obama's speech (Chicago)

Dear students,
Here you can have a look at part of Obama's speech in Chicago once he was elected President of the USA.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7c8wm_president-barack-obama-speech-part1_news
It's quite easy to understand. Why don't you try?
See you soon.

Saturday 22 November 2008

English 180

Dear students,
This is a nice listening activity about a market where we can see different kinds of fruit and vegetables. Have a look!
http://video.google.es/videosearch?q=english180&hl=es&emb=0&aq=f#
See you soon.

SONGS (II)

Dear ESO students,
Some more links to songs we've been using in class. I hope you like them.
Toploader - Dancing in the moonlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkmLEhFq44
James Morrison - You give me something
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWdC-ELzfYE
See you in class.

Saturday 15 November 2008

Can you tell me the way to..? (Real English)

Dear ESO students,
Here's a Real English video that we're going to use in our 2n ESO classes about asking for directions, etc. I think it's quite useful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auRTQeR9IVo&feature=channel
See you soon

A, an, some, any...

Dear ESO students,
Maria (2n B) sent me these links to some useful websites so you can work on countable and uncountable nouns, some/any, a/an, etc.
http://www.folkuniversitetet.ee/harjutused/Beginners/SomeAny.htm
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/counta.htm
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/flashmultiplechoice/mc_aansomeany.html
http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/gramatica/SomeanyImag3-16.htm
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/cloze/aansomeany.html
And Judit L. and Ares(2n B) and Clàudia (2n A) also found this list of nouns that are both countable and uncountable:
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable_3.htm
Thanks a lot Maria, Judit, Ares and Clàudia
See you soon

The most horrible English words

Dear ESO students,
Alejandro (3r A) told me about this website where you can find some of the most horrible words in English. I think they aren't so frequently used...I mean they are so long and HORRIBLE!! But they're fun after all. Why don't you have a look?
http://www.writinghood.com/Style/The-Most-Horrible-English-Words.78741
Thanks Alejandro
See you soon

Songs (I)

Dear ESO students,
So you love music...Me too. It's fun and we can learn so much English from songs. Some students keep on sending me some of their favourite songs so we can use them in class:
Eva (2n B)
Cascada - Miracle- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCzz4_FPbug
Jonas & Lovato- This is me -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr3VZtj2D8U
Pol (2n A)
Katy Perry - Hot'n'cold -http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=y-LhyAVzDBI
Nikol (2n B)
Aly and AJ - Collapsed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aAmEdp2eKE&feature=related
Aly and AJ - Out of the blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPJ-jJ73xQ8&feature=related
Thanks everyone
See you soon

Tuesday 4 November 2008

Present simple or continuous? (2n ESO)

Dear ESO students,
Have a look at these activities about present simple or continuous. They are useful for the exam. http://eslprograms.vcc.ca/ESLWEB/gramrev1.htm
See you soon