miércoles, 26 de octubre de 2011

Links to revise for your exams!

Hi babies!                           

here you have a good site you can use to revise for your grammar exam. Click on:
                       http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar
If you want to practise some listening, try :
                       http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm
For practising some reading, click on:
                      http://www.mansioningles.com/Lectura01.htm
                                                 or
                      http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries

There are many other sites on the Internet you can use to revise and practise your English. These are only a couple of examples. So go ahead and make a good use of the Internet to improve your English skills.

Steve Jobs's Speech at Stanford University

Hi my dears!            

As I promised you today in class, here you have the link to the Youtube video where Steve Jobs gives his famous speech at Stanford University in 2005. This video has inspired lots of people all around the world so I hope it will inspire you, too.  Have a look and do the listening exercises:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO6cFMRqXqU  ( with English subtitles)



sábado, 22 de octubre de 2011

Wishing you a frightening Halloween Night!!!


Be careful! Anybody could visit you on Halloween night! ... Boooooooo!! . Try this link:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

Halloween is coming!!! It's a special time for both British and Americans. On the night of the 31st October, children all around the world, mainly in the UK and the USA, wear spooky costumes and knock on their neighbours' houses to ask for sweets while they shout "trick or treat". It's a very ancient custom whose origins go back to Celtic times. It's a time for listening to frightening stories about ghosts, witches, vampires and all kind of freaky monsters. There are very good films you could see at this time of the year, if you are daring enough!! The world of cinema is full of horror stories but I've found others which combine horror with tenderness and love. Don't lose films such as "Corpse Bride" (La Novia Cadáver) by Tim Burton or "Coraline" (Los Mundos de Coraline) by Henry  Selick. You'll have a nice surprise!! But, above all, I'd like to recommend you a film from 1993 which I consider a  masterpiece: "HOCUS POCUS". It's a surprising story taking place during Halloween which mixes horror, magic, friendship, love and lots of fun. And don't miss the fancy dress party scene ! You'll love the witches singing "I put a spell on you"!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yD8VuiK0W8).

And if have are into Michael Jackson's music, don't miss his most terrifying video, "Thriller", on  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA&ob=av2n . 
If you want you can listen to  the song and then do some listening exercise on: 
http://promo.oupe.es/halloween/activities/eoi/HC_EOI_ADV_LISTENING.pdf

Have fun and HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everybody!
Hi and welcome to my English blog!!            

This is a project created to help my students of 1º Bachillerato at the IES Vecindario to enhance their skills in English. I hope we can use it to share interesting information while we have fun discovering other ways of  improving our knowledge of the English language!! Let's get started!