Tips on accent reduction

Dear students,
This is a video in which an expert gives us some advice on accent reduction. http://youtu.be/xaoZolMx5Ng

CONDITIONALS

Hi everyone,
Here you are a brief grammar summary about these clauses and some exercises to practice each type of conditonal sentences.
Zero Conditional Exercise

First Conditional Exercise
Second Conditional Exercise
Third Conditional Exercise
All the Conditionals

CLOZE TESTS

Dear students,
I found out these cloze tests in another teacher's blog. Do all of them, PLEASE!!!

CNN Student News

Watch the news and take notes. Then read the script and check your notes.

Reported Speech

Dear students,
Here you are a grammar explanation about reported speech  and some exercises. I hope you find them useful.

Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4

April Fool's Day

Hi Everyone,

Today is April the 1st and in many countries this is a special day, do you know why?

1. Read the origins of the day. 

2. Do the  quiz to check your understanding of the text. 

3. Try this quiz  and see if you can spot the April's fool's gags. 

4,. Listen to a  discussion about some of the better hoaxes and learn some vocabulary associated with the day.  

EASTER

Watch this video , do the quiz and learn about Easter and some traditions.

St. Patrick's Day

1.- Watch this video and learn some facts about Ireland.
2.- Learn some vocabulary about St. Patrick and other expressions.

3.- Finally watch a  video   about how to celebrate St. Patrick's Day like an Irishman.

Tips for the oral exam!

Dear students,

I came across two websites that will give you some very useful tips to prepare the monologue and the interaction for the oral exam. Make the most of them!

Animal species 'extinction crisis'.

Listen to Rob and Feife talking about the problem of illegal trade in wildlife.( The glossary has been included).

Articles

1.. First do the vocabulary activity. Listen to the  article about Environmental Protest Groups.  
and take notes. Then do the comprehension activity and finally listen and read the script.
2. Do the same with this article about Ecotourism

Eco Tips

Listen to a student from Costa Rica, talks with Rachel about how he tries to help the environment.

Passive Voice

Dear students,
Watch  this video to know more about the uses of passive voice in English. Then, click. Then click here to see the second part.
Here are some exercise:
Activity 1
Activity 2

Natural disasters

1. Have a look at these Have a look  animated guides  about different natural disasters.
2. Listen to six people talking about natural disasters.
3. Listen  to Tarta talking about how she responded to the 2006 Tsunami
4. Watch  this funny video. They laugh at how Bp responde to the oil spill.

Catching a movie

Listen  to a Canadian podcast about going to the movies. Follow the instructions to make the most of it.

MODAL VERBS (making deductions)

Dear students,
Here you are a few tips about what we saw in class yesterday.
Must, can't ,must have + past participle, can't have +past participle... can be used when we want to say how sure we are that something happened / is happening / will happen. We often call these 'modals of deduction' or 'speculation' or 'certainty' or 'probability'.

For example:

It is snowing so it must be  very cold outside.

I don't know where John is. He could have missed the train.

This bill can't be right. $200 for two cups of coffee.

Activity 1
Activity 2

VERB PATTERNS

PART A
1. Listen to this episode of flatmates.

2.Now read the language point and do the quiz.

3 Do this exercise

PART B
1.Watch this video  about verbs that are followed by infinitive or -ing.
2. Another video: verbs that change their meaning depending on the verb pattern. 
 3. Watch video  and learn some expresiion with some new and old songs.

Computers and the Internet!

Dear students,
In this unit we will deal with the topic of new technologies. Here you will find some links to get more information about them.
1.Listen and read some words related to computers and the Internet.
 2. Listen to a man talking to a man about  his addiction to computer games. 
3. Listen  to this pieces of news about Internet addiction.