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: 31st January & 2nd February 2023

Weekly Planning: 31st January & 2nd February 2023

To start, a game to review the use of comparatives and superlatives:

Now it is time to get rid of some obsolete stereotypes with this reading and speaking activities:

Regarding grammar, let's see the use of articles:

Try this game to check whether you got it right or not:

Let's practice with this online exercises:

Time to practice some listening with this video activity:

And you can practice some writing & speaking, showing your ideas on how to reduce/reuse/recycle plastic. Write a short essay (80 words) on that topic. We will read it in class and discuss about it.

And to finish, a song:

"If I were a boy", Beyoncé

Weekly Planning: 24th & 26th January 2023.

Weekly Planning: 17th & 19th January 2023

To commence with our lesson, a game to learn some transport vocabulary:

Let's continue with this text and exercises related to driving:

Grammar: comparatives and superlatives

And develop our listening and speaking skills with this exercises:

Audio 3.15

Audio 3.16

We can improve our writing with this practice: an article for a website.

And to conclude, a song:

Long Way Round, by Stereophonics

Weekly Planning: 10th & 12th January 2023

Weekly Planning: 10th & 12th January 2023

There is nothing more traditional at this time of the year than the New Year's Resolutions. So, let's find out more about them with this game:

Write down your own New Year's Resolutions and share them with the rest of the class!

And now time to practice some speaking with this prompts:

Here you can find an interesting article related to money for you to practice your reading and acquire some new vocabulary:

Let's continue with an exercise about grammar. This time on the use of the Present Perfect and the Past Simple:

Have a look at the Grammar Bank:

We mustn't forget to practice listening. This time about a very current topic: scasms.

Audio 2.12

And to finish, a song from ABBA: Happy New Year

Weekly Planning: 20th & 22nd December 2023

Weekly Planning: 20th & 22nd December 2023

Let's start with a communicative game:

And now that we have already warmed-up a bit, time to practice some speaking with this prompts:

Once we are done with our tasks, time to learn English and enjoy with some Christmas contents.

Christmas Markets:

Have a look at this reading about Christmas Traditions around the World:

Click on image to download

And a great way to celebrate during this cold winter Christmas nights is having a nice and warm glass of Mulled Wine. Here you can find the recipe:

And a video explaining the process:

And to finish, a few Christmas songs:

And just wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy 2023:

Weekly Planning: 13th & 15th December 2022

Weekly Planning: 13th & 15th December 2022

This week will be devoted to the evaluation tasks for this term.

Here you can find the different tests for each skill:

LISTENING

Listening 1

Listening 2

READING

WRITING

MEDIATION

SPEAKING

Monologue:

Dialogue: