More songs!!!

Dear ESO students,

You keep on sending me nice songs to use in class so here you can have a look at these nice videos.

Thanks a lot for your contributions.

Sum 41 - Pieces (Andrea 3r A)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2rG_MFuHuY

Coldplay - Viva la Vida (Eva 2n B)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1rXfEgMQA

Linkin Park - Points of authority (Alex 3r A)

http://linkinpark.com/

Rihanna - Please don't stop the music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=ES&hl=es&v=3iKj9EI59to

See you around

Past simple or past continuous

Dear ESO students,

Once more I have to thank another student, Núria (2n A), for her contribution to the blog with some useful activities on past simple and past continuous - specially recommended for 2n ESO students. Have a look!

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php

See you soon

Visual Dictionary Online

Dear ESO students,

This is a very good website to improve your vocabulary about different topics.  Have a look! I think it's really useful.

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/
See you soon.

Adjectives and adverbs

Dear ESO students,

2n ESO students are dealing with adjectives and adverbs in English. Adriana, Jordi and Núria (2n A) sent me links to some nice websites where you can test your knowledge of this topic. Have a look!

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/adjadv.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/adjadv1.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs

Thanks to Adriana, Jordi, and Núria

See you soon

I have a dream

Dear ESO students,
On January 30th, we celebrate el "Dia Escolar de la Noviolència i la Pau" (DENIP). I think it's a good chance to watch some videos related to peace. Have a look!!!
Martin Luther King - I have a dream

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=wt4v9Zg2unU

Short films about peace

http://www.fundacioperlapau.org/concurs/

John Lennon-Give peace a chance

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=I-NRriHlLUk

See you soon

Irregular verbs

Dear ESO students,

This is a nice list with categories of irregular verbs. Have a look because I think it's quite useful, especially for 2n ESO students. Thanks Judit L. (2n B)

http://laproff.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/classification-of-irregular-verbs/

See you soon

SONGS!!!

Dear ESO students,
Here you can find some more songs we've been using in class. Thanks Judit L., Nikol, Ares and Arnau (2n B)
Fall Out Boy - Thanks for the Memories
Hillary Duff - Come clean
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1. Official videoclip) Eye of the Tiger (2. "Lord of the Rings" video)

Daniel Powter-Bad Day

U2- Vertigo

Thanks a lot. See you soon

Yappr

Dear ESO students,
I found this website where you can watch videos in English with subtitles in different languages. Isn't it great? Have a look!!!
http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action?videos_pageIndex=0
See you soon

Jennifer ESL

Dear ESO students,
Just another resource if you want to improve your skills with this great channel on YouTube where you can watch videos about different topics.
http://es.youtube.com/user/JenniferESL
I think it's great and really useful.
See you soon

Karaoke party

Dear ESO students,
First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone!!!
Back to school and back to the blog. After Xmas, I think this can be a good way to start again with your English lessons with this great website. If you like singing, KARAOKE PARTY is 4 U!!!! Have fun!!!
http://www.karaokeparty.com/
See you soon

Punctuation marks

Dear students,
Mariona (2n B) sent me this link to this nice site about punctuation marks. Have a look!!
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/marks.htm
See you soon.

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

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.

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.

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

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