21st December: Before Christmas

21st December: Before Christmas 

To start with, a game about Christmas Traditions over the world:

You can even play "Taboo" with this one:

And maybe we cannot travel this year around Europe to visit some of the most beautiful Christmas Markets, so here you can enjoy this free tour:

And once you have visited a Christmas Market, you'd better try the Glühwein (mulled wine), a traditional german recipe that will make you feel warmer these Christmas nights...

For those who have run out of ideas for their dinner dishes, here you have a bunch:

And of course, there must be some Christmas carols:

And to finish with high spirits, a classical song from this time of the year:

"Last Christmas" Wham (1984)

And finally, for those of you who love a good book, here you are "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens:

And an illustrated graded reader for your kids:

(It takes a while to open due to its size)

December 2021 - End of Term Assessment

December 2021 - End of Term Assessment

We have finished the first term of our course and it is time to assess what we have learnt so far.

Here you can find the tests on the different skills to be assessed:

LISTENING:

READING:

WRITING & MEDIATION:

SPEAKING (MONOLOGUES):

SPEAKING (DIALOGUES):

Weekly Planning: 9th December 2021

Weekly Planning: 9th December 2021

To start with, a game about occupations:

And we can even practice our First Conditional:

Let's continue with some Reading+Listening:

<< Click on the dog to listen >>

Next stop, practicing our mediation skills:

And we can also discuss in class about this current and controversial topic, after watching this TedTalk video:

Discuss with your peers what you have seen on the video. 

And to finish, a song:

"Eye of the tiger" (1982)

Weekly Planning: 23rd & 25th November 2021

Weekly Planning: 23rd & 25th November 2021

Let's start reveiwing the passive voice:

And then move on to the First Conditional:

Here you can find some exercises in these worksheets:

We can practice a bit more with this game:

We mustn't forget that today is the 25N and we celebrate the Day for the Erradication of Violence Against Women. Therefore, we are going to participate in this Padlet Wall:

And to finish, a song:

Bruno Mars 'Count on me'

Weekly Planning: 16th & 18th November 2021

Weekly Planning: 16th & 18th November 2021.

Let's start with a quick review of all simple tenses:

And now the Passive Voice:

We can learn more about the passive voice with this worksheets:

Weekly Planning: 9th & 11th November 2021

Weekly Planning: 9th & 11th November 2021 

As a warm-up activity let's play&learn about weather vocab and idioms:

Then, have a look at this video about Past Tenses:

And a quick review with a game:

To improve even more our knowledge about the use of the Past, we wil continue with the expression of habits in the past:

Time to practice some listening, reading and speaking with this piece of news:

You can listen to this piece of news here:

And you can practice your listening skills with these questions:

We mustn't forget to practice speaking:

You will be given one of these profiles above and you have to discuss it with your fellow students.

It is also about time that we practice our writing, so let's start with something, easy: Informal letters and e-mails

HOMEWORK: You have to write a letter or e-mail to a friend who is planning to visit your area during Christmas. You have to tell him:

- Places to go/visit

- Things to do (must do)

- Weather/temperature they can expect and clothes to bring

- Best way to arrive/move around (plane, car, ...)

- Other information that you consider relevant

And to finish, a song, as usual:

Nancy Sinatra Bang, bang! (1966)

Planning: 2nd & 4th November 2021

Planning: 2nd & 4th November 2021

Let's start learning some useful everyday English expressions:

And then some necessary Grammar:

Have to / Must

Mustn't / Needn't

Should

Let's check if we got it right with this GAME!

And a piece of news to practice our reading and listening skills:

And to conclude, a song by R.E.M. 'Losing my religion'

Planning: 28th October 2021

Planning 28th October 2021

Warm-up: Halloween 

And a fun board game about Halloween:

Today we have practiced a bit for the Speaking part of the exam.

We have used this topic:

'Do you think diets can be potentially dangerous for your health? Should the Government advise us on what sort of food we should eat?'

So, here you can find a draft of a script to prepare this monologue, as an example:

And to conclude, a song by The Cure "Friday I'm in love"