Watch this short clip about the problems the actress Emma Watson is having to continue acting in the Harry Potter films.
Self-study activity:
Watch the clip and say whether the statements below are true or false.
1 Warner Brothers didn�t want to renew Emma Watson�s contract.
2 Emma Watson didn�t love her character enough.
3 Emma finally decided not to do her university exams.
4 Warner Brothers are now looking for another actress.
Note: If you get the 411 on something, you get all the information about it.
You can check the answers by reading the transcript here.
Kamis, 16 Desember 2010
Phonemic chart
This is the new phonemic chart of the British Council site. You can listen to the pronunciation of all the sounds and some example words.
Rabu, 15 Desember 2010
Present finder
Do you find it difficult to choose the right present for your family and friends? Are you fed up with always giving the same presents? Have you been critisised for giving money as a present? Now that Christmas is round the corner lots of questions like those above will keep nagging you.
Put at an end to the excruciating task of present-choosing with The Present Finder, which will provide you with lots of original ideas for gifts for everybody.
Self-study activity:
Get together with some English speaking friend or relative and decide on a present for someone you both know, or for different members of your family, explaining the reasons for your choice.
Put at an end to the excruciating task of present-choosing with The Present Finder, which will provide you with lots of original ideas for gifts for everybody.
Self-study activity:
Get together with some English speaking friend or relative and decide on a present for someone you both know, or for different members of your family, explaining the reasons for your choice.
A chat with Mark Zuckerberg
Time Managing Director Rick Stengel interviews Time's Person of the Year: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Hill, from The English Blog, for bringing my attention to this video.
Many thanks to Jeffrey Hill, from The English Blog, for bringing my attention to this video.
Selasa, 14 Desember 2010
Teach Parents Tech
Google has launched a new site today, TeachParentsTech.org, with the aim to help those members of the family who find it harder to understand the new technology come to terms with it.
The site lets you send a sarcastic email to the person in your family you think needs extra help with basic tech tasks, along with a link to watch the video you have chosen.
For English students the site offers 50+ one-minute videos in English that is within the grasp of B�sico 2 students. To top it all, all the videos are subtitled.
Self-study activity:
Choose one video of your liking and watch it without subtitles. Watch it for a second time with the subtitles on to check your comprehension and deal with any difficulties.
As an example, here it is how to set up an email auto-responder.
The site lets you send a sarcastic email to the person in your family you think needs extra help with basic tech tasks, along with a link to watch the video you have chosen.
For English students the site offers 50+ one-minute videos in English that is within the grasp of B�sico 2 students. To top it all, all the videos are subtitled.
Self-study activity:
Choose one video of your liking and watch it without subtitles. Watch it for a second time with the subtitles on to check your comprehension and deal with any difficulties.
As an example, here it is how to set up an email auto-responder.
Just so Stories
Just so Stories by Rudyard Kipling is accessible and downloadable to everybody. How the Whale got his Throat and eleven more stories can be read online or downloaded on our computer.
To make things even better, I have come across The Cat that Walked by himself on You Tube, so we can also listen to the narration of this story.
To make things even better, I have come across The Cat that Walked by himself on You Tube, so we can also listen to the narration of this story.
Senin, 13 Desember 2010
Language lessons
Some authentic material is well within the reach of lower level students, as the following clip from Fawlty Towers, the world-famous British series, shows.
This clip presents the misunderstandings between Basil Fawlty, the hotel owner, and Manuel, the Spanish waiter, who finds it difficult to understand and make himself understood in English.
Just enjoy the video, and see what happens when there are communication problems.
This clip presents the misunderstandings between Basil Fawlty, the hotel owner, and Manuel, the Spanish waiter, who finds it difficult to understand and make himself understood in English.
Just enjoy the video, and see what happens when there are communication problems.
Season's Greetings
Jeffrey Hill's entry on his blog about the controversy in the US over whether it is preferable to wish someone a "Merry Chrismtas" or something more generic like "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" is worth reading because it mirrors the ongoing debate in many places about the changing nature of these celebrations. He gives a lot of background information about the issue and offers a lot of links to go deeper into the roots of the controversy.
The cartoon below by Clay Bennet was published on the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
The cartoon below by Clay Bennet was published on the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Mr Bean Chritsmas
From David Deubel comes this Mr Bean activity.
Self-study activity:
Watch David's presentation and follow his instructions. The activity is meant to be done in class, but I think you can manage OK if you are working on your own or with someone who speaks English. You'll get to learn some Christmas vocabulary, develop your oral skills and have lots of fun.
You can watch the video here:
If you liked the first part, you can watch the second part here and the third part here.
Self-study activity:
Watch David's presentation and follow his instructions. The activity is meant to be done in class, but I think you can manage OK if you are working on your own or with someone who speaks English. You'll get to learn some Christmas vocabulary, develop your oral skills and have lots of fun.
You can watch the video here:
If you liked the first part, you can watch the second part here and the third part here.
Burlesque
Burlesque, starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, was released in Spanish cinemas over the weekend. This is a videoclip on which, together with some scenes of the film, you can watch snippets of an interview with Christima Aguilera and Cher.
Self-study activity:
Complete the gaps in the extracts of Christina Aguilera's and Cher's interviews.
CA: I�ve been (1) ______ about uh, actually accepting a (2) _____ in the first place, uhh� because I wanted it to feel (3) ______ about it, and I really wanted it to be the right fit. The, uhm, essence of, do you know�just how the whole burlesque club feels and how (4) _____ it i it�s like no other musical that has ever been done before, and I think that it holds its own ve- quite nicely.
CHER: I was working; I wasn�t thinking about it; I � I mean, I, I�d, I never thought that I went � oh my God, why haven�t I done a movie lately? There just was nothing. I � there was one movie that with Meryl, Mamma Mia!, but I couldn�t, �cause I was (5) _____. And then this guy came up.
CA: That very same day that she was putting my (6) _____on, we sat on a couch and they had to drag us to set because it was like, it�s one in the morning, we have a scene to (7) ______ , and because we were just in heavy, girl-talk mode, and, uhm it�s nice to leave this movie having found � actually, a, a great (8) ______ through Cher, in this movie.
CHER: I tried to be there to (9) ______ her. You know? That was my (10) ______ , was to be there to (9) ______ her and if I could help her in any way, that�s what I tried to do.
KEY:1. reserved; 2. role; 3. passionate; 4. specific; 5. on tour; 6. make-up; 7. shoot; 8. friend; 9. support; 10. goal
Self-study activity:
Complete the gaps in the extracts of Christina Aguilera's and Cher's interviews.
CA: I�ve been (1) ______ about uh, actually accepting a (2) _____ in the first place, uhh� because I wanted it to feel (3) ______ about it, and I really wanted it to be the right fit. The, uhm, essence of, do you know�just how the whole burlesque club feels and how (4) _____ it i it�s like no other musical that has ever been done before, and I think that it holds its own ve- quite nicely.
CHER: I was working; I wasn�t thinking about it; I � I mean, I, I�d, I never thought that I went � oh my God, why haven�t I done a movie lately? There just was nothing. I � there was one movie that with Meryl, Mamma Mia!, but I couldn�t, �cause I was (5) _____. And then this guy came up.
CA: That very same day that she was putting my (6) _____on, we sat on a couch and they had to drag us to set because it was like, it�s one in the morning, we have a scene to (7) ______ , and because we were just in heavy, girl-talk mode, and, uhm it�s nice to leave this movie having found � actually, a, a great (8) ______ through Cher, in this movie.
CHER: I tried to be there to (9) ______ her. You know? That was my (10) ______ , was to be there to (9) ______ her and if I could help her in any way, that�s what I tried to do.
KEY:1. reserved; 2. role; 3. passionate; 4. specific; 5. on tour; 6. make-up; 7. shoot; 8. friend; 9. support; 10. goal
Minggu, 12 Desember 2010
14 actors
Javier Bardem, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Jesse Eisenberg, Chlo� Moretz, Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Jennifer Lawrence, Noomi Rapace, Vicent Cassel, Anthony Mackie, Robert Duvall, Leslie Manville, Tilda Swinton have made a one-minute video creating 14 classic acting moments, where the art and energy of their performance is revealed.
Self-study activity:
Get together with an English speaking friend, a classmate or a relative and discuss the feeling that each of the actors is conveying on each clip. Try to tell the visual story in your own words, describe what you are seeing on the video but figure out what happened before and will happen afterwards.
The 14 Decisive Moments may come in handy when studying the modal verbs for speculation:
Javier Bardem must be going through a crisis. He may not have been give a part in a film.
Tilda Swinton must have received very bad news.
Self-study activity:
Get together with an English speaking friend, a classmate or a relative and discuss the feeling that each of the actors is conveying on each clip. Try to tell the visual story in your own words, describe what you are seeing on the video but figure out what happened before and will happen afterwards.
The 14 Decisive Moments may come in handy when studying the modal verbs for speculation:
Javier Bardem must be going through a crisis. He may not have been give a part in a film.
Tilda Swinton must have received very bad news.
Animated alphabet
Through The Spelling Blog I have discovered the Poison Rouge Animated Alphabet. You can hover over the letters to see a word and image for that letter as well as listening to the pronunciation of the word. What's more, if you click on an image a little animation or a game comes up.
Self-study activity:
To practise the English alphabet with Poison Rouge you can do the following with all the letters of the alphabet.
/ ?e? / for jug.
/ a: / for rocket.
If you want extra practice, you can spell all the letters in a word:
jug / ?e? / / ju: / / ?i: /
If you need to revise how the letters of the alphabet are pronounced, try this Sesame Street video. It's good fun and makes the task easy.
Self-study activity:
To practise the English alphabet with Poison Rouge you can do the following with all the letters of the alphabet.
/ ?e? / for jug.
/ a: / for rocket.
If you want extra practice, you can spell all the letters in a word:
jug / ?e? / / ju: / / ?i: /
If you need to revise how the letters of the alphabet are pronounced, try this Sesame Street video. It's good fun and makes the task easy.
Sabtu, 11 Desember 2010
Royal Couple attacked!
Watch this Newsy video about the attack on Camilla and Prince Charles by a group of violent students protesting for the rise of university fees.
You can read the transcript here.
You can read the transcript here.
English Attack!
English Attack! is a real find. On this site you have access to videos for different levels, ranging from 'easy' to 'advanced' which come complete with an activity pack: Listening comprehension questions, vocabulary tests, transcript, and so on. In short, there's lots of work on each of the videos, most of which are film clips. They are also quite short, somewhere in the region of 3-5 minutes.
Another interesting asset of English Attack! is the vocabulary section of the site. Vocabulary items are presented in fields, and we can listen to the pronunciation of words and read sentences in which the items are used.
The only minus is that you have to register to gain access to the site, but I think it is worth it.
Another interesting asset of English Attack! is the vocabulary section of the site. Vocabulary items are presented in fields, and we can listen to the pronunciation of words and read sentences in which the items are used.
The only minus is that you have to register to gain access to the site, but I think it is worth it.
A Christmas Carol
This is a completely type of activity that I have found on Michelle Henry's website. It is a webquest based on A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.
The activity is meant to be done in four groups of students, but I think that if you are working on your own, you can do it all the same, although it will take you longer and you won't be able to do the collaborative final stage, where all the information is shared among the people who took part in the webquest.
The activity is meant to be done in four groups of students, but I think that if you are working on your own, you can do it all the same, although it will take you longer and you won't be able to do the collaborative final stage, where all the information is shared among the people who took part in the webquest.
Jumat, 10 Desember 2010
Listen a Minute
Students at B�sico 2 and Intermediate 1 level may find this site really interesting: Listen a Minute by Sean Banville. The site has many interesting features: Short listening stories (one minute), the possibility of downloading the audio file, listening comprehension and vocabulary activities which we can also download on a pdf.
The Genesis of a Theme Park
The New York Times article about a project for a new theme park based on a replica of Noah's ark.
Read the article and answer the following questions, which I have taken from The New York Times learning blogs:
WHO plans to create a theme park based on a replica of Noah�s ark?
WHAT are the planned features of the park?
WHERE will the theme park be located?
WHEN is the theme park expected to be completed?
WHY has the idea raised questions about constitutional issues?
HOW many people do the developers expect to employ?
Read the article and answer the following questions, which I have taken from The New York Times learning blogs:
WHO plans to create a theme park based on a replica of Noah�s ark?
WHAT are the planned features of the park?
WHERE will the theme park be located?
WHEN is the theme park expected to be completed?
WHY has the idea raised questions about constitutional issues?
HOW many people do the developers expect to employ?
The Story Home
Amazing site created by Sharon and Alan Scofield where we can listen to lots of children's stories and traditional tales. We can even download them as a podcast.
The only 'but' is that no transcript is available, but a lot of the stories are well known and they are read in a very emphatic and theatrical way, which makes comprehension easier.
Self-study activity:
Listen to one of the stories on the web and try to retell the story later on in your own words.
The only 'but' is that no transcript is available, but a lot of the stories are well known and they are read in a very emphatic and theatrical way, which makes comprehension easier.
Self-study activity:
Listen to one of the stories on the web and try to retell the story later on in your own words.
Kamis, 09 Desember 2010
Reese Witherspoon with David Litterman
Self-study activity:
Watch part of the interview of Reese Witherspoon on the David Litterman show and say what the phrases below refer to.
3 years; Academy Award; having to give a speech; wonderful actresses; two kids; my daughter
For self-correction, you can read the transcript here.
Watch part of the interview of Reese Witherspoon on the David Litterman show and say what the phrases below refer to.
3 years; Academy Award; having to give a speech; wonderful actresses; two kids; my daughter
For self-correction, you can read the transcript here.
Give peace a chance
David Deubel let me know about this Lennon's song with lyrics. I think it is a good tribute for the man shot in the back 30 years ago.
Rabu, 08 Desember 2010
Nobel Prize video
On 10 December the Nobel Prize Laureates will receive their prizes at an Award Ceremony. In preparation for this event, you can watch this animated CBS video from their Fast Draw team where the history of the Nobel Prize is told to us.
I hope you enjoy it.
I hope you enjoy it.
30 years since Lennon's death
John Lennon was shot to death by Mark David Chapman when he was on his way home after 10.30 pm on 8 December 1980.
The New York Times has created a thread where readers express their views on this event and remember what they were doing when they found out that Lennon had been killed.
Discussing what someone was doing at momentous historical times is a classic conversation topic. In the English speaking world people used to talk about John F. Kennedy's death in Dallas on 22nd November 1963, or about Apollo 11's first landing on the moon on 20th July 1969.
More recently, these events have also had great relevance:
- Franco's death on 20th November 1975.
- Tejero coup on 23rd February 1981.
- The fall of the Berlin Wall on 3rd October 1990.
- The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers on 11th September 2001.
- The announcement of Prince Philip's engagement to Leticia on 1 November 2003.
- The terrorist attack in Madrid on 11th March 2004.
Self-study activity:
Get together with an English speaking friend or relative and discuss what you were doing when you were told about any of the above-mentioned events or other momentous events you can think of.
As well as conversation practise, the activity will be good revision to practise the past simple, past continuous and past perfect. Example:
When I found out about the 11 March attack in Madrid I was driving on my way to work. I had dropped my daughter at school and was heading for work. I decided to tune in the radio to keep me company and there was this talk show on the station that came on. In the beginning I could make no sense of what they were talking about...
The New York Times has created a thread where readers express their views on this event and remember what they were doing when they found out that Lennon had been killed.
Discussing what someone was doing at momentous historical times is a classic conversation topic. In the English speaking world people used to talk about John F. Kennedy's death in Dallas on 22nd November 1963, or about Apollo 11's first landing on the moon on 20th July 1969.
More recently, these events have also had great relevance:
- Franco's death on 20th November 1975.
- Tejero coup on 23rd February 1981.
- The fall of the Berlin Wall on 3rd October 1990.
- The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers on 11th September 2001.
- The announcement of Prince Philip's engagement to Leticia on 1 November 2003.
- The terrorist attack in Madrid on 11th March 2004.
Self-study activity:
Get together with an English speaking friend or relative and discuss what you were doing when you were told about any of the above-mentioned events or other momentous events you can think of.
As well as conversation practise, the activity will be good revision to practise the past simple, past continuous and past perfect. Example:
When I found out about the 11 March attack in Madrid I was driving on my way to work. I had dropped my daughter at school and was heading for work. I decided to tune in the radio to keep me company and there was this talk show on the station that came on. In the beginning I could make no sense of what they were talking about...
Selasa, 07 Desember 2010
Shopping Glogster
Daniela Tomatis, from The Machine Goes on, has released a new glogster (interactive poster), about shopping this time.
Here you can practise vocabulary and listening with has to do with shopping.
The vocabulary part is suitable, in my opinion, for B�sico 1 and B�sico 2 students, whereas the listening component is aimed at B�sico 2 (the 'Listen to the conversation' part) and Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 the videos.
Here you can practise vocabulary and listening with has to do with shopping.
The vocabulary part is suitable, in my opinion, for B�sico 1 and B�sico 2 students, whereas the listening component is aimed at B�sico 2 (the 'Listen to the conversation' part) and Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 the videos.
No arms, no legs, no worries
Join the 13 million plus group of people who have already watched this motivational video by Nick Vujicic, where he explains the way he has overcome all his disabilities and constraints in life.
I hope you find his example inspiring and encouraging.
Terry Shell from the Teacher Boot Camp blog brought the video to my attention. I have obtained the transcript and the explanation of vocabulary items through Multimedia English Classroom.
I hope you find his example inspiring and encouraging.
Terry Shell from the Teacher Boot Camp blog brought the video to my attention. I have obtained the transcript and the explanation of vocabulary items through Multimedia English Classroom.
Senin, 06 Desember 2010
iPHONE AD
Students at lower levels must start getting familiar with authentic material. This i-phone ad is suitable for B�sico 2 learners.
Self-study activity:
Watch the ad and complete the gaps in the text with only one word.
Self-study activity:
Watch the ad and complete the gaps in the text with only one word.
What's so great about having the Internet in your (1) _______ ? Well, then you can see the trail map when you're on the (2) ______ � find a good place to eat in (3) ______ when you're hungry� and change your (4) ______ when you�re just not ready to go (5) ______ . That�s what�s so (6) ______ .
Key:
1. pocket 2. mountain 3. town 4. flight 5. home 6. great
Would
The pronunciation of the modal verb would gives Spanish people a lot of trouble. People mispronounce would in many different ways. They make:
/ bud / or
/ gud / or even
/ ud /.
All these pronunciations are wrong. The correct way to pronunce would is /wud/.
Let's listen to a teacher from Tarle Speech and Language giving us advice on how to pronounce this word.
She mentions three basic rules:
- Round your lips as much as possible to make / w /.
- Pull your lips back a little bit to make /?/.
- Make the sound very short.
So we must round our lips almost fully, more even than to pronounce / u: /. I said 'almost fully', because if we round our lips completely, the sound / b / will come out. Practise first with some words starting with / w /. This is no problem for Spanish people:
when, where, why, which, what, wet
Now the biggest difficulty for Spaniards, when / w / is followed by / u / or / u: /, as in would, wood, woman.
The English / w / here is quite similar to Spanish u in words like huevo or hueso.
As I said before, we round our lips as much as possible without closing them completely and pronounce / w / with energy and quickly, and move on to /?/.
Listen to more native speakers pronounce would in the great Forvo online pronunciation dictionary.
And also check this entry from the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, which offers lots of examples.
/ bud / or
/ gud / or even
/ ud /.
All these pronunciations are wrong. The correct way to pronunce would is /wud/.
Let's listen to a teacher from Tarle Speech and Language giving us advice on how to pronounce this word.
She mentions three basic rules:
- Round your lips as much as possible to make / w /.
- Pull your lips back a little bit to make /?/.
- Make the sound very short.
So we must round our lips almost fully, more even than to pronounce / u: /. I said 'almost fully', because if we round our lips completely, the sound / b / will come out. Practise first with some words starting with / w /. This is no problem for Spanish people:
when, where, why, which, what, wet
Now the biggest difficulty for Spaniards, when / w / is followed by / u / or / u: /, as in would, wood, woman.
The English / w / here is quite similar to Spanish u in words like huevo or hueso.
As I said before, we round our lips as much as possible without closing them completely and pronounce / w / with energy and quickly, and move on to /?/.
Listen to more native speakers pronounce would in the great Forvo online pronunciation dictionary.
And also check this entry from the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, which offers lots of examples.
Minggu, 05 Desember 2010
Writing on the net
Through Blog&Tech I have come across Protagonize. It is a site meant for people who want to write and share their stories with others.
Collaborative stories also have a place here. You can start with an introduction, write the first chapter, and invite everybody else to carry on with the story.
All in all I think that Protagonize can be a very interesting site for people who want to write on a regular basis to practise their writing skills and read stories written by others.
Collaborative stories also have a place here. You can start with an introduction, write the first chapter, and invite everybody else to carry on with the story.
All in all I think that Protagonize can be a very interesting site for people who want to write on a regular basis to practise their writing skills and read stories written by others.
Rap for reviewing news
The ESOL activity blog is one of the best blogs on the net for students to practise English on a regular basis. Here you can find everything: grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading, songs, authentic material, everything, for a wide variety of levels.
The activity they presented today is a song, a rap, in which they review this week's main events. Enjoy the rap, and then click here to do a multiple choice activity which tests comprehension.
Ah, don't forget to bookmark The ESOL blog. It is great practice on a regular basis!
The Week in Rap - Dec 3rd from Week in Rap on Vimeo.
The activity they presented today is a song, a rap, in which they review this week's main events. Enjoy the rap, and then click here to do a multiple choice activity which tests comprehension.
Ah, don't forget to bookmark The ESOL blog. It is great practice on a regular basis!
The Week in Rap - Dec 3rd from Week in Rap on Vimeo.
Sabtu, 04 Desember 2010
Lonely Planet's top 10 regions for 2011
The travel guide Lonely Planet has published this slideshow to present their choice of tourist destinations for 2011. Enjoy the aesthetic value of the pictures and have a good read in English while you give a thought to the destination for your holidays next year.
Lifeline
A 'lifeline' is a rope used for saving people in danger, especially at sea. It is also something which someone depends on completely.
The people who talk on this clip claim that the unemployment benefit is their lifeline, and demand its duration to be extended by the US government.
Beyond the dramatic personal and social situation of the video, so much so for its universal value and relevance in today's crisis-hit world, the video may help us get familiar with some vocabulary to do with unemployment:
to be laid off (=to lose one's job); to be out of work; unemployed worker, unemployment benefit, unemployment rate; the benefit will run out (expire)
It is also good to practise figures and get to know the names of jobs and people's everyday bills.
Anyway, if you want to understand everything, here's the script.
The people who talk on this clip claim that the unemployment benefit is their lifeline, and demand its duration to be extended by the US government.
Beyond the dramatic personal and social situation of the video, so much so for its universal value and relevance in today's crisis-hit world, the video may help us get familiar with some vocabulary to do with unemployment:
to be laid off (=to lose one's job); to be out of work; unemployed worker, unemployment benefit, unemployment rate; the benefit will run out (expire)
It is also good to practise figures and get to know the names of jobs and people's everyday bills.
Anyway, if you want to understand everything, here's the script.
Kamis, 02 Desember 2010
Interactive laboratory
Oxford University Press has launched Step Forward Online, an interactive sited aimed at lower levels like B�sico 1 and B�sico 2. It offers work on grammar, vocabulary and skills, including lots of listening activities on a wide variety of topics.
All in all, the site offers upwards of 300 activities and games of a really high quality.
All in all, the site offers upwards of 300 activities and games of a really high quality.
2010 in review
Yahoo has published this infographic about the most important events of 2010. Enlarge the image by left-clicking on it.
Self-study activity:
Get together with an English-speaking friend and share the information you know about these events.
You may also find of interest the information Yahoo publishes about the top 10 searches of the year.
Self-study activity:
Get together with an English-speaking friend and share the information you know about these events.
You may also find of interest the information Yahoo publishes about the top 10 searches of the year.
Good oral practice for the monologue
It is quite hard to come across interesting material which fits the needs of EOI or That's English! students. Sometimes, however, we strike lucky and find a gold mine.
Dominic Coles IETLS Blog is, as we can work out from its name, a blog that aims at preparing students for the IELTS exam, which is beyond our scope, but which has lots of resources that we can use to our advantage.
By clicking on the image below you will be directed to an entry in Dominic's blog which can come in very handy to prepare the monologue part of the oral exam from B�sico 2 up to Intermediate 2 students. As well as very useful advice and a standard oral exam topic ("Talking about a childhood friend") we can hear a student perform the task.
But there is much more to it. On this link you will find a list of topics with further practise.
Dominic Coles IETLS Blog is, as we can work out from its name, a blog that aims at preparing students for the IELTS exam, which is beyond our scope, but which has lots of resources that we can use to our advantage.
By clicking on the image below you will be directed to an entry in Dominic's blog which can come in very handy to prepare the monologue part of the oral exam from B�sico 2 up to Intermediate 2 students. As well as very useful advice and a standard oral exam topic ("Talking about a childhood friend") we can hear a student perform the task.
But there is much more to it. On this link you will find a list of topics with further practise.
Should we drink bottled water?
Interesting infographic from Term Life Insurance which shows lots of reasons why we shouldn't drink bottled water. It may give rise to an interesting discussion about health, spending habits and the environment.
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