Weekly Planning: 11th & 13th April 2023

Weekly Planning: 11th & 13th April 2023

Let's start with a game to review the use of prepositions:

Then we will continue with a revision of contents:

Revise & Check

After that, we will learn some vocabulary about sports and practice some speaking with this questionnaire:

Later, time to be all ears with this listening exercise:

Regarding writing, you can learn at home and test yourself with this online exercise:

And to conclude, a song:

Beautiful Day, U2

Weekly Planning: 28th & 30th March 2023

Weekly Planning: 28th & 30th March 2023

Let's start with a game to review the use of prepositions:

Then we will continue with a revision of contents:

Revise & Check

After that, we will learn some vocabulary about sports and practice some speaking with this questionnaire:

Later, time to be all ears with this listening exercise:

Regarding writing, you can learn at home and test yourself with this online exercise:

And to conclude, a song:

Beautiful Day, U2

Weekly Planning: 14th & 16th March 2023

Weekly Planning: 14th & 16th March 2023

To start with, a fun game with tonguetwisters:

And another one, to learn the differences between British and American English:

Next, time to learn some vocabulary:

And practice some speaking with this questionnaire:

As homework, a reading activity to test your use of English:

And to finish, a song:

Graham Lukas, 7 Years Old

Weekly Planning: 14th & 16th February 2023

Weekly Planning: 14th & 16th February 2023

Let's start reviewing again some prepositions:

Let's check if we got it right with this game:

And this wordwall to master them all:

And since we have our first EOI exams, here you can find some helpful tips to nail your speaking test:

1. Have some ideas ready to use (ready made sentences, introductions, structures, turn taking expressions, agreement, idioms, ...)

2. Prepare and use a certain amount of high-level vocabulary (strong adjectives, adverbs, specific or topic-related vocab, ...)

3. Improve your pronunciation (be careful not to repeat basic pronunciation errors and practice using phonetics and different sources)

4. Linking words (there are never enough!)

5. Use grammar structures in accordance to the level (passive voice, reported speech, conditionals, modal verbs, infinitives and gerunds, perfect tenses, relative clauses, comparatives and superlatives, ...)

And a video with some extra tips for your monologueÇ:

Now, time to put everything into practice!

Choose one of these topics, prepare your script for 10 minutes and be ready to talk for 2-3 minutes!

Remember:

Make an introduction (Good afternoon, my name is XXX and I am going to talk about ...)

Develop the ideas in an organized way 

Use plenty of connectors (linkers)

Make an appropriate use of:

• Strong adjectives (exhausted, amazing, awesome, ...)
• Passive voice (It was built by ...)
• Modal verbs (can, could, should, must, might, ...)
• Use relative clauses for descriptions (who, that, which)
• Comparative and superlative adjectives (the more the better)
• Idioms ("Piece of cake")
• Infinitives with -ing (Smoking is bad ...)
• Phrasal verbs (get on well, bring up, carry on, ...)

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: 10th March 2022

Weekly Planning: 10th March 2022

To commence our lesson, a game about WH- questions:

It is important to know well how to use verbs, prepositions and -ING forms, so here you can find a worksheet about it:

Now, have a look at this video about prepositions and verbs:

Let's practice what we have learnt about prepositions with this game:

Another interesting and useful point of grammar is that of indirect questions. Here you can find a video and a worksheet about it:

Moving on to the next part of the lesson, here we can find a very interesting video explaining how to speak in public which will help us not only for our speaking exams, but also for those moments that we have to speak in public in our lives:

After watching the video, it is time that you practice your oral skills. So, try to produce a speech about something you know well (your job, your hobby, a dream place, ...) and speak up in front of the class (or record it).

You can use this helpful phrases:

And to conclude, a song:

Bobby Womack "Across 110th Street"

 

Weekly Planning: 3rd March 2022

Weekly Planning: 3rd March 2022 

Let's start reviewing the use of dependant prepositions with this game:

Learn more about the use of the modal verb "should" to give some advice:

Use this game to check your understanding about the usage of "should/should have done":

And now let's practice some speaking with this list:

Time now for some reading and further discussing:

And we mustn't forget to practice some listening. Let's do it with this radio programme about good manners:

Audio 4.9

Audio 4.10

Audio 4.11

To keep our writing in good shape, here you can find some writing guidelines for the different types of texts you may be requerided to write:

And to conclude our lesson, a song:

Alicia Keys "Holy War"