Christmas time !(New Year's Resolutions)

Watch the interview and answer the following questions. Then check your answers in "comments".Glossary:
stick to something: to do something that you promised or decided you would do, or that you believe you should do.
downside: the disadvantage or negative aspect of something.
setback: a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse.
I. According to the presenter some people have brains that seem to expose to change. The psychologist says she’s one of those people and mentions a downside to it. Which one?
II. These are some of the tips the psychologist gives to help you to stick to your New Year’s Resolutions. Can you explain what she says about them?
1. A real desire of change:
2. Ability to change:
3. A supportive environment:
4. Confidence to change:How can you get it?
5. Instant feedback: new studies show that big dramatic changes cause a loop of feedback.
6. Good habits take time.What do people do when setbacks happen?

III. What is her New Year’s Resolution this year?
IV. She also says you have to put in a reward system. What will be her reward?
V. What is the presenter’s New Year’s Resolution

LINKS TO PRACTISE ENGLISH!!!

Dear students,
On the following link you can find different webpages to the different skills to practise your reading, listening, writing and speaking. I hope you find it useful!!

LISTEN,LISTEN AND LISTEN

Hi everyone!
A post to remind you that you should listen and read English as much as you can. A good way of doing so is visiting the followiing websites:
www.elllo.org
www.breakingnewsenglish.com

How to tell a story

DEAR STUDENTS,
Look at some ideas on how to tell stories. You might be asked to write one for the exam you will take next weeek.

Here you have some words you can use to sequence the events in your stories.

JOBS

1. Listen  and do the exercise.Have a look at the language and grammar tips.

2. Listen  tp the second part and do the same.

3. Read  the job advertisements and do the exercise.There's some useful vocabulary bout jobs. 

An example of an oral exam

Watch Lester taking an oral test. You can also see the script and some notes (the notes are really useful because they explain the good points and mistakes in his performance). Part two is similar to what you will do in the oral exam ( a bit shorter).

PRESENT PERFECT

Learn about the Present pefect with this video

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS

Hi everyone!! As we have seen the pronunciation of -ED endings and common irregular verbs in class this week, have a look at these websites that will help you to remember the correct way to pronunce them:

http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1413_gramchallenge26/

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/how-to-pronounce-ed.html

For irregular verbs: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTKPrMuCpTc

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

http://verbos-irregulares.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/verbos1.html

 

 

SECOND WIND

You can watch President Obama Victory Speech 2012 and hear new word here

NOTE: If someone has " a second wind" they have a new vigour or determination to do something some time after starting it.

Past Simple,Progressive Perfect

Dear students,

Here you will find a quiz about the tenses we have studied in class this week.Hope you find it useful!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

is an old tradition in Ireland and Scotland. In those countries, people dressed up and carried lanterns made of turnips. When people moved from Ireland and Scotland to the United States, they started using pumpkins. This is where the jack-o’-lantern comes from.
If you want to know more about the origins of Halloween click HERE to watch a video.

SPACE JUMP

Felix Baumgartner reached an estimated speed of 1,342.8 km/h or 834.4 mph(Mach 1.24) jumping from the stratosphere, which when certified will make him the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall and set several other records while delivering valuable data for future space exploration.
 Answer the questions or complete the sentences (key in 'comments').

1. Who does he thank first?
2. What did he want when he was on top of the world?
3. What has the experience made him understand?
4. He thought he was in trouble but he decided not to push the manual button so that he could...
5. Did he feel anything?
6. Why meeting Mike Todd at the landing area was the most beautiful moment?
7. What does he want?
8. How does he describe the experience?

INTONATION AND PRONUNCIATION

Hi guys,

If you want to improve your pronunciation, follow the link below:

http://www.englishmedialab.com/pronunciation.html

FEELINGS!

TRY TO THINK OF A TIME OR SITUATION WHEN YOU FEEL/FELT THIS WAY:

Exhausted, Confused, Ecstatic, Guilty ,Suspicious,
Angry,Hysterical,Sad,
Confident...

NOW…DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT A PERSON LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE THAT? CLICK HERE!!!

Listen and write

On this website you can listen and then do a dictation.
First listen to the whole text at once. Then you click to play the dictation and start writing. When your word is right it will appear and if the option auto repeat is on, you will listen to the same track once and again until you finish writing it. After that, go to the following track.
If you can't guess the word, click on hint and you'll get some help.
The story I have chosen is a news story from VOA News and it has a 10 level.
There's another option that allows you to complete sentences instead of writing everything down. Try clicking where it says 'To word'.
Try it!!

Pruebas Homologadas!!

Dear Lorenzo' students,
Click here to have a look at the exams from Madrid. I hope you find them useful!