Weekly Planning: 13th & 15th June 2023

Weekly Planning: 13th & 15th June 2023

Let's start with a game to review useful vocabulary:

After that, a video with some useful tips about spoken mediation in the EOI exams:

Later, we can have a look at different models of spoken mediation to practice:

And here you can watch a video with an example of a B1 Monologue:

And finally, some useful expressions for your dialogue:

We are Andalucia

On February 28 we celebrate the day of Andalusia.

For this reason, we want to share a selection of videos of the most beautiful cities in our province: Jaén, Úbeda and Baeza.

Enjoy the visit!

JAÉN

ÚBEDA

BAEZA

After watching these videos, you have to do a Mediation activity, consisting of making a summary or tour of the most important places to visit in one of the cities.

You can prepare in written form and explain it orally later in class.

Weekly Planning: 7th & 9th February 2023

Weekly Planning: 7th & 9th February 2023

To start with, a game to review of prepositions:

And continue learning a bit more about prepositions:

Followed by some grammar review about the use of modals for obligation and prohibition:

After that, a little time to speak commenting on this smartphone habits:

And now, time to practice some listening and speaking:

Good manners, bad manners, not important?

And to finish this week, a mediation practice as homework:

Weekly Planning: 2nd June 2022

Weekly Planning: 2nd June 2022

Let's start with a game about the use of some, any, no ...

 And today, we will watch some interesting documentaries:

The World in 2050

Global Junk Food Conspiracy

Mass Extinction

Superhuman Geniuses

The Story of Life on Earth

Weekly Planning: 3rd May 2022

Weekly Planning: 3rd May 2022

Let's start with some vocabulary practice. A game to unscramble words about LANDSCAPES:

Then we will continue with a reading & listening activity about houses:

Audio 7.1

Here you can find some vocabulary about houses:

Time for some speaking practice too:

And more ...

The writing activity above would be also good practice (you can do it as homework)

You can also do this MEDIATION activity:

A friend of yours is looking for a house to buy in an area West of Cambridge.

You have found some housing adverts in a newspaper.

Her initial budget is of 250.000 GBP, but maybe she could obtain some more funds to buy the house if she really likes it.

For her, it would be ideal to have plenty of space and she doesn't like living in a flat.

She doesn't want to do any works in the property she buys.

TASK: 

Send her a short e-mail or message telling that you have found a house that would suit her needs, explaining the details of it and why you think it is ideal for her (no more than 80 words).

And to finish, as usual, a song:

LP "Lost On You"

 

Weekly Planning: 29th & 31st March 2022

Weekly Planning: 29th & 31st March 2022

For starters, a game about synonyms:

Regarding grammar, this week we are going to learn how to use certain passive voice structures that may come in helpful:

Don't miss this video explaining in detail how to form up impersonal passive sentences:

You can check your mastery about the passive voice with this game:

Let's have a look at these activities related to the cinema. First a listening activity:

Audio 6.7

Audio 6.9

And we mustn't forget to practice some speaking with this Cinema Interview:

And for homework, you have to write a film review:

And here you have a video explaining how to write a great film o series review:

We can have extra speaking practice, in a more relaxed way, with this game about "unpopular opinions", what do you think about it? State your opinion!

We  mustn't forget to practice some mediation activities:

And to finish, a song:

Roxette, "Spending My Time"

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)

Planning 26th October 2021

Planning 26th October 2021

Speaking activity based on previous lesson piece of news.

Now, let's review the order of the adjectives in the sentence:

And more about adjectives, in this case comparative and superlative adjectives:

Let's practice with this GAME!

And to conclude, let's a Mediation activity:

Weekly Planning: 12th November 2020

Weekly Planning: 12th November 2020

Today we have corrected our homework about the future and talked about our plans (for tonight, for tomorrow, for the weekend, for next summer, ...) using the differente forms of future we have learnt (present simple, present continuous, going to, will, ...)

GRAMMAR:

Present Perfect and its use with for / since

Here you can find a video explaining the use of the Present Perfect in conjunction with since/for:

And a very helpful summary:

MEDIATION:

We have started to train with mediation activities, since it is a new skill to be evaluated in our EOI exams.

Here you have a video explaining the importance of mediation:

And here you can find another video about mediation. This time it is a hands-on  example, including the production and correction:

So, now that you are a bit more familiar with mediation, you can try to do this mediation exercise:

And to conclude our lesson, a song to improve our listening skills and our vocabulary:

Song: 500 Miles by The Proclaimers