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Christmas resources

Listening, reading, vocabulary, interesting information. All here!!!!!

Pronunciation: About.com

In this website you'll find a lot of activities that are useful to improve your pronunciation.

Randall's ESL

Here you have a lot of listenings to get used to the exam.

Randall's ESL

Here you have a lot of listenings to get used to the exam.

Christmas Shopping

Listen to this podcast about Christmas shopping and the economic crisis.

Christmas Shopping

Listen to this podcast about Christmas shopping and the economic crisis.

Christmas Alfabet

Here you have a Christmas Alfabet. Enjoy it!

Twelve days of Christmas

All I want for Christmas is you

Put up a Christmas tree

Mr Bean

Do you like reading?

Why don't you make the most of your Christmas holidays and read a book in English?. I personally think that it would be a great idea. Go to the Multimedia Room and borrow a book, it doesn't need to be very long. This will help you with your vocabulary and use of English. Don't hesitate and go now!

Before starting please read this good advice.

Charts- Bleeding Love

Watch the video

Read the Lyrics

Charts- If I were a boy

Read the lyrics here

Flow English Podcast

Listen and learn different idioms here. Find the Direct Download section. mp3.

She is good at languages

She is good at languages

My car isn't working

My car isn't working

I'm staying in bed

I'm staying in bed

Where are you from?

Where are you from?

I'm calling from Australia

I'm calling from Australia

Charts- The man who can't be moved.

Read the lyrics here.

Charts: Closer

Read the lyrics. Click here.

Charts: Viva la vida

Read the lyrics here.

Charts: I kissed a girl

Read the lyrics here.

Pronunciation

Click on this link and listen to the pronunciation!

List of Connectors

Here you have an important list of connectors that will help you with your compositions.

Prepositions of Time

Prepositions of time for you.

Prepositions of location

Do you remember the prepositions in English?Click here.

Housework: make and do

Try this activity. It will help you a lot.

Babies

Funny Funny Funny!!!!!!!!

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

Vaughan Method- Catch you

Click here.

Vocabulary about everything!

Learn and expand your vocabulary with this entertaining web page.

Allo Allo!

Are you coming to see this play??? Here you have more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Allo_%27Allo!

Click on it and read!

4th December 2008. Orfeón Mahonés.

See you at 18.00.

Price: 10 euros

Important: After seeing it, write your comments, please. What did you like most?

Reference Letter

• Read some examples of different reference letters.

• You can also read these opinions about reference letters. It is very interesting to know what people say about them.

First activity: 01-12- 08

Here you have the activities I prepared for you last Monday. Do it and send it to me by e-mail.

Thanks very much.

Idioms and Expressions

Idioms Dictionary

Listen to English

On this web site you will find an archive which has plenty of easy and interesting listenings. Don't hesitate and start listening right now.

The Importance of learning English

Tom Cruise's Future

Tom Cruise's Future- Watch this video in which Peter Bart, the editor for "Variety," discusses the impact, if any, Tom Cruise's split from Paramount Pictures will have on his career.

August 23, 2006

Google Documentary (BBC)

Google Documentary: This is a documentary about the company named Google (45min)

UNIT 3- CHECKING THE FRIDGE BY TEXT

Google Vice President Vint Cerf talks to BBC Breakfast about the technology linking household appliances with the internet, and how good ideas come from children.

KEY: English in Use

PART 1 History Set in Stone

1. D
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. B

PART 2 - LANGUAGE VARIETY

16. within
17. there
18. much/strong/such
19. all
20. ever
21. what
22. even
23. though
24. a
25. did
26. longer
27. this
28. least
29. will
30. as

PART 3: INSINCERITY

• 31. up
• 32. the
• 33. those
• 34. such
• 35.
  
• 36. with
• 37. unique
• 38.
  
• 39. sharp
• 40. of
• 41. themselves
  
• 42
• 43. have
• 44.
  
• 45. some
• 46. is
  

Unit 3- We are all born free

We Are All Born Free
Julian Rhind-Tutt and an all-star cast narrate an animated film about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Take notes about the main points in this film. What are our rights?.
• What is your opinion about this animated film?

Unit 3- What the future holds

Rick Rashid "What the future holds"

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Rick Rashid, senior vice-president, research, discuss the work of its research base in Asia

Answer these questions:

1. Take notes about what he says.
2. Summarize what you have heard.

Unit 3- Technology

Audio:

Listen to the programme and answer the questions. Don't look at the tapescript.

• What's the purpose of these meetings?
• Are men allowed to attend the meetings?
• Can you join Girl Geek Dinner? What do you have to do if you want to join them?
• What is a geek? Write an example.
• What kind of women attend these meetings?
• What is Eileen Brown's opinion about it?

Once you have answered the questions, you can read the Programme script.

The Rivals

1st DECEMBER!!

The Rivals Here you have the questions for the next short story!! This time you just have to answer them, you don't have to write an essay. Remember to use the dictionaries you find in this blog! Good Luck.

Pronunciation: /'raivl/

BBC Radio

Radio in English!!

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Cambridge Dictionaries Online- Idioms Dictionary- Monolingual...

Choose the one that you prefer, these dictionaries are great.

Wordreference

Wordreference- Do you want a good translation??. Useful forums as well.

Merriam Webster Online

Merriam Webster Online- Are you looking for a good definition??

BBC learning English

BBC Learning English

Important: Key Vocabulary from Each Unit

CAE RESULT! Vocabulary of the book

Unit 2 - Lesson Plan 2- Homework: defining and non defining relative clauses

1- Listen to the story. It is full of relative pronouns-

2- Choose the correct answer for the defining relative clauses

UNIT 1- "Gerunds and Infinitives"

Gerunds and Infinitives

UNIT 1- "Adjectives describing people"

Adjectives

UNIT 1- "Idioms describing people"

Idioms

UNIT 2- Grammar 'Collocations 2"

Activity in Pairs

UNIT 2- Grammar 'Collocations'

Collocations (Page 24 + Collocations Photocopy)

Unit 2- Reading "Festival in the desert"

Festival in the desert (Page 22-23 CAE RESULT)

Unit 2- Listening "Customs and Traditions"

La Tomatina- Kattenwoensdog (Page 21-CAE RESULT)

Welcome to my blog!

Hi, how are you??

If you are here it's because you want to improve your English and this makes me happy!. As you will see, I've prepared lots of activities to help you with your English learning: power-point, vocabulary, videos... So now, it's your turn...

I hope you make the most of it!!

Patricia.

P.D- Don't hesitate to e-mail me if you need help. :-)
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