12 Days Of Christmas Sing-a-long

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

Bonfire Night

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

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

See you...

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Simple Present vs. Present Continuous Tense

The Past Simple Tense in Songs

Film English: Coca-Cola Ad

http://film-english.com/2013/10/07/coca-cola-ad/

British and American English

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/british-english-and-american-english

http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blbritam.htm

How to understand the differences between British and American English

BBC Bitesize: Speaking skills

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english/speaking/speakingact.shtml

This, That, These and Those

English Grammar in Use: Past Simple

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...

Wordplays

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

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.

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)



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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!!!

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