BOXING DAY

Do you remember we spoke about Boxing Day in our last session? Well, here you've got two good articles about it:

• TIME
• THE GUARDIAN

MORE HELP WITH YOUR ESSAYS

How to write an opinion essay:

• BRITISH COUNCIL

CHRISTMAS CREEP

Do you feel that Christmas starts earlier every year?
Take a look at this very interesting reading about Christams creep.

• BBC News

NPR NEWS

Here you have the two last listenings from NPR News that we've done in class:

ESSAYS

You'll have to write an essay during the holidays. Here you have some good pieces of advice on how to write one and corrected examples of different kinds of essays.

• WRITEFIX
• ESSAY 1
• ESSAY 2
• ESSAY 3

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!

ARE YOU A SHOPAHOLIC?

Here you have the LINK to the listening we did in class.

LINKERS OF CONCESSION

Hope this LINK helps you!

VIDEO

Here you have the video we watched in class:

• DOWN TO EARTH - OPEN MIND ADVANCED
• SUBTITLED

ED ENDINGS

Here you have the link to the power point I showed you in class and the exercise we did.
ED ENDINGS

REPORTS

Check these pages to get some more information on how to write reports:

• RUBEN VALERO
• FLO-JOE

CONNECTORS

LINKERS

INTERRUPTING SOMEONE

Here you have some very good expressions for you to use in the second task of your oral exam. Remember that task is a conversation in which you will have to discuss a topic with another student. Try to be polite if you wish to interrupt, please!

PHRASES TO POLITELY INTERRUPT

IMPOLITE PHRASES FOR INTERRUPTIONS

INTENTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS

Click HERE to see the power point I showed you in class.

GRADABLE/UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES

Click on the link below to see a powerpoint which may help you with gradable and ungradable adjectives:

• GRADABLE / UNGRADABLE ADJECTIVES

And check the following pages to get more practice on them:

• ECENGLISH
• BRITISH COUNCIL

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

We've been talking about vows of silence and about using nonverbal communication to relate to other people, here you have a good talk about the importance of our body language:

HALLOWEEN

Here you have the video I showed (or wanted to show) you in class:

And the answers to the exercise:

1. trick-or-treating / parades / bobbing for apples
2. 2000 / November 1
3. dead / ghosts
4. food / wine / rowming spirits
5. All Saints' Day / Halloween
6. souling / guising
7. medieval Britain
8. soul cakes
9. costumes / food / wine / money
10. revived / trick-or-treaing
11. tricks / treats
12. 1950 / kid-centered
13. business / 6 billion
14. the second most / Christmas

MORE ABOUT ADVERBS

Some of you told me you were having problems with adverbs. Here you have some links you might find useful when working with this type of words:

• GRAMMAR REVOLUTION
• MOMS WHO THINK

MORE ABOUT COMPARATIVES

Here you have some more help on comparisons:
COMPARISONS

COMPARATIVE PATTERNS

Here you have the link to the power point about comparative patterns I showed you in class:

• COMPARATIVE PATTERNS

And some links to pages which explain the differenece between gradable and ungradable adjectives:

• EC ENGLISH 
• BRITISH COUNCIL 
  

REVISION OF VERB TENSES

What about working with verb tenses? Click here for some exercises.

And just in case you need some more help

Now, here you have some exercises:

• exercise one.
• exercise two.

MORE ABOUT WRITINGS

On these pages you will find very useful information and practice exercises to improve your writings:

• FLO-JOE: LINKERS
• FLO-JOE: FORMAL VS INFORMAL LANGUAGE
• FLO-JOE: MAKEOVERS (Authentic answers to some C1 tasks corrected by teachers)

WRITINGS

Take a look at this page to review when to use different punctuation marks in English:

• OXFORD DICTIONARIES

And check this other page about common expressions used in formal letters:

• FLO-JOE

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Check this page for more info on collective nouns:

• ENGLISH LEAP

UNIT 1 LISTENINGS

Here you have some of the listenings we've done in class:

• LISTENINGS: WHALES + MEDIA
• LISTENING: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER

THE PERFECT ASPECT

Click on the image to see the power point I showed you in class.

ADVERBS AND ADVERBIAL PHRASES

Click HERE to see the power point I showed you in class.

MONOLOGUES - PRESENTATIONS

I hope you fnd this helpful:

• USEFUL PHRASES.

LANGUAGES

Does using a different language change the way you see the world?
Take a look at this article:

• THE INDEPENDENT

And at this Ted-Ed lesson:

• TED-ED

KEEP CONVERSATIONS GOING

Take a look at these charts with great expressions to use when discussing a topic in English:

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

We all need to learn languages and we all make mistakes: BBC

BASQUE - A LANGUAGE OF MYSTERY

ORAL PRACTICE

Here you have a page with good advice for your oral exam. I hope you find it useful!

WELCOME TO OUR BLOG!!!

Hi, we hope you like our blog and find it useful. Here you have a funny welcome video!!!