Friday 30 September 2011

Irregular Verbs















Problems with the irregular verbs?
Perhaps you need some help. Why don't you have a look on this list? If you click on each infinitive form you'll get an image and some examples of its use.


And you can solve some doubts about those verbs easily confused.

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Crisis in Spain = Learning English


Spain is in a recession. More than one in five Spaniards don’t have jobs. Spain’s unemployment is the highest of the seventeen countries that use the Euro. However, one part of the economy is doing well in Spain – English classes.
The EF Education First Company said Spain is a “low proficiency” country in English. Spain is below Italy and a little above Taiwan.
A fifth of the world speaks Spanish. There are many Spanish language TV shows and movies. Spaniards can also watch Hollywood movies dubbed in Spanish. They can watch news from Latin AmericaRichard Vaughan is one of the few English voices on Spanish TV.
“Hello and welcome back to another half-hour segment of Cloverdale’s Corner. Today is Tuesday, and Lourdes has had to leave, but we still have four people here . . .”
Richard Vaughan is from Texas. For thirty-five years, he’s lived in Spain. He owns that country’s biggest English teaching company. His company has its own TV channel. “Aprende Ingles” – Learn English – is Spain’s only national channel in English. People watch his channel and take his classes to get a better job.
“People don’t learn English here for cultural reasons. Some do. But the motive is always, 99% of the time, professional.”
Go on reading with VOA and practice on this topic using some flash gadgets on vocabulary and general comprehension as you can see on the picture.



And if you are brave enough, try to listen before reading.

Saturday 24 September 2011

Amy Winehouse's Tribute



'Tributes to the late singer Amy Winehouse are still being paid by artists, friends and family around the world.
The Back To Black star was found dead at her north London home on Saturday 23rd July.
The Brit and Grammy award winner had struggled with drink and drug addiction in recent years and had latterly spent time in rehab.'

Go on reading about other artist tribute on BBC news.

Now lets work on listening with this worksheet and the audio below.

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Reading on-line



This is one of the tittles you can find on manolosanctis' page, enter and select some other to enjoy reading!

Sunday 18 September 2011

Dr Grammar


Reparing some lost audios in some old posts I've found this suggestion form a very good ex-student.
Dr Grammar can help you to improve your writing skills.

Thanks Iria

Friday 16 September 2011

Hugs and High-Fives



Do you know who these men are?
Do you know what they are doing? and why?
Learn about what happened in UK after this photo and revise your language reading and listening with this worksheet.


(If this audio player doesn't work, click here)

Thursday 15 September 2011

English Culture Quiz


Are you interested in testing your knowledge on English culture?
Try this quiz online, or print this one to hand in to your teacher and guess it?

Saturday 10 September 2011

My StoryMaker



Would you like to be the main character of your own story?
Enter My StoryMaker and you will choose your story’s characters, setting and certain objects. You can start by writing your name, then choose your main character, the general theme of story (love, making friends, travel…) and a third variable (who the main character falls in love with, what the main character wants to find, etc.). This is usually a lot of fun for you and moreover you'll be learning at the same time.

Enter and write your story!

Thursday 1 September 2011

New Year, New Activities


This year we are starting with a bit of laugh. Let's see how much you understand from this funny chapter of Friends, a popular serie..., you remember them,don't you? if not try this character info from their official page.

So open your earrrrsss and answer the questions on this worksheet to hand in.