Cristina-eoi

BASIC LEVEL-1

2010-10-14T10:35:00.002+02:00

UNIT 1:
-The history of the "Union Jack":
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/geography/unionjack.html

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2010-10-14T10:24:00.004+02:00

UNIT 1:
LISTENING:
1. You can watch "The Social Network" Offical Trailer again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4
2. Listen to an interview to Zark Zuckerberg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hu3iG8B2g&feature=related
READING:
1. Here you have the European CV:
http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europass+Documents/Europass+CV.csp;jsessionid=5F56B6077EA57C10AFD8591D08502D36.wpc1
LISTENING TO THE NEWS:
1. Listen to it and write a summary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11625533

DATES FOR THE EXAM (SEPTEMBER)

2010-07-29T13:13:00.003+02:00

DATES FOR THE EXAM (SEPTEMBER)

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2
Written exam: Tuesday 7th - 16:00
Oral exam: Wednesday 8th - 16:00

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2
Written exam: Thursday 9th - 16:00
Oral exam: Thursday 9th - After the written exam

DATES FOR THE EXAMS

2010-05-31T08:34:00.002+02:00

DATES FOR THE EXAMS:
-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2:
Oral exam: Thursday, 3th June (16:00 h.)
Written exam: Tuesday, 8th June (16:00 h.)

-ADVANCED LEVEL - 2:
Written exam: Friday, 11th June (16:00 h.)
Oral exam: Friday, 11th June (after the written exam)

GOOD LUCK!

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2010-05-24T12:45:00.006+02:00

READY FOR THE EXAM?
-A mock exam!
http://www.educa.madrid.org/portal/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=3889.27&c=an
-Click on the "Upper-Intermediate" and "Advanced" sections and do the exercises. They'll be a good practice for you:
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/index.shtml
-Reading comprehension texts:
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/advanced.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/certificate+in+advanced+english.html
-Practise all the skills for the exam. Just click on each of them and the select your level:
http://www.eoi2zaragoza.org/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-05-24T12:42:00.007+02:00

READY FOR THE EXAM?
-A mock exam!
http://www.educa.madrid.org/portal/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=3889.26&c=an
-Click on the "Intermediate" sections and do the exercises. They'll be a good practice for you:
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/index.shtml
-Reading comprehension texts:
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/intermediate.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/first+certificate+in+english.html
-Practise all the skills for the exam. Just click on each of them and select your level:
http://www.eoi2zaragoza.org/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-05-21T10:02:00.002+02:00

REVISION EXERCISES:
-Here you have some practice about some/any and other related things:
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier2.htm
-Click on each modal verb first to revise the theory and then do the exercises:
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html
MORE ABOUT BRITISH CULTURE:
-Do you want to know more about British culture? Try this link:
http://www.learnenglish.de/britishculture.htm

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-04-21T12:33:00.002+02:00

Listening:
1. Do you remember Busted? Watch the video again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPleTbA9RI

ENGLISH FOR PHYSIOTHERAPY

2010-04-19T11:53:00.006+02:00

1. LISTENING:
-Click in the following link and do the exercises according to the instructions:
http://www.esl-lab.com/office/offrd1.htm

2. Play and learn:
-Here you have a funny trivial to learn many things:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__tech/health_and_human_biology/health_issues.html

3. Dictionaries and other useful links:
-In the following link you will find several dictionaries and other useful links:
http://eleaston.com/medicine.html

4. Other things:
-In these links you'll find useful information:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/ES/A/1
http://www.languageguide.org/english/grammar/esp/part4/med.jsp

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2010-03-17T08:28:00.003+01:00

UNIT - 12
LISTENING:
1. Do you want to listen again what happened to the British-Pakistani boy? Here you can read the news as well:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kidnapped-british-boy-found-safe-and-well-in-pakistan-1921969.html

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-03-17T07:55:00.004+01:00

UNIT - 11
READING:
1. Read the article about the British soldier again and write a summary (if this wasn't the article you read in class):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/16/soldier-wounded-afghanistan-dies-uk
2. Read the article about the kidnapped boy again and write a summary (if this wasn't the article you read in class):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/16/kidnapped-british-boy-sahil-saeed-found-safe-pakistan
GRAMMAR:
1. Passives: Some theory and a lot of exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
Here you have more practice about the passive voice:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm
2. Reading comprehension: Read the text "The Chocking Dog" and do the exercises:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2010-02-24T17:42:00.002+01:00

1. READING:
-iPad or Microsoft? The die is cast:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/12/ipad-bill-gates-microsoft-opinion-iphone
-An international problem or just football?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/feb/23/rafael-benitez-fernando-torres-spain

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-02-24T17:29:00.002+01:00

1- GRAMMAR:
-Revise the English verbal tenses in the following link:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses
-Revise prepositions as well here and don't forget to do exercises that you find at the back of the page:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions
2-READING:
-Do you like siesta? Read the following article and try it:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/21/naps-improve-learning-ability

READING SESSIONS

2010-02-16T23:00:00.003+01:00

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2:
THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
-Read chapters 6 & 7 for next Tuesday 22 and do the exercises you can find at the end of the book.
ADVANCED LEVEL - 2:
HIGH FIDELITY
- We'll comment till chapter 10 next Thursday.

ENJOY YOUR READING

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-02-09T21:23:00.001+01:00

St. VALENTINE:

1. Listening:
Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8oy0nR1Nhw
Here you have the lyrics:
http://www.u2.com/discography/lyrics/lyric/song/81/
2. Reading:
What's love for you? Read the following famous quotes. Do you agree with them?
http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/wordsofwisdom/a/whatislovequote.htm
3. A Game:
A funny trivia just to have fun:
http://kidsturncentral.com/games/trivia/vtrivia.htm

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2010-02-09T21:08:00.000+01:00

UNIT 7:
-Listening:
1. Global Warming:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/jan/21/national-geographic-climate-change
2. Hot mail:
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2009/12/11/01
-Reading:
1. A very curious story:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/lesbian-albatrosses-to-raise-their-chick-1887658.html
2. What's "Climategate"?
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/scientist-in-climate-row-speaks-out-1887633.html
3. A consequence of climate change:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/global-warming-makes-trees-grow-at-fastest-rate-for-200-years-1886342.html

EXAMS

2010-01-20T18:37:00.001+01:00

JANUARY EXAMS:
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2:
ORAL EXAM: Tuesday 26th: If you haven't signed at any time, be there at 16:00.
Don't come after 17:00. Otherwise, you can't do the exam.

WRITTEN EXAM: Thursday 28th: Be there at 15:50. It'll take about 3 hours.

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2:
WRITTEN EXAM: Monday 25th: Be there at 15:50. It'll take about 4 hours.
ORAL EXAM: Tuesday 26th: Be there at 18:00.

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2010-01-19T21:34:00.001+01:00

UNIT 5:
Grammar:
-Narrative tenses:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit05/neup_grammar05/
http://www.projectx2002.org/english_hotpots/set_grammar.html?past_tenses_dracula.htm
http://www.projectx2002.org/english_hotpots/set_grammar.html?adrianmole1301_1401.htm

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2010-01-19T21:09:00.002+01:00

UNIT - 4:
Grammar:
1- Apart from the outline and exercises we did in class, here you have more practice (and some theory too!) about prepositions:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions
2- A very good summary of English VERBAL TENSES:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses
Listening:
-Do you like challenges? Try this link:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/daily-english

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

2009-12-18T20:42:00.002+01:00

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY!
We'll be 3 weeks without class. That's too much!
That's why I've prepared a handout (the one I gave you in class) for you to revise and practise something these holidays.
Remember the book we've selected for this year:
-Intermediate: "The Eagle of the Ninth". Read the first three chapters this Christmas.
-Advanced: "High Fidelity". Nick Hornby. Penguin. You can start reading it.
Try to listen to and read something in English (radio, TV, newspapers).
Click in any of these links and listen to short pieces of news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8419800.stm
http://www.cnn.com/video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_freevideo+%28RSS%3A+Video%29#/video/nitn/latest/nitn
Thank you very much to those who came to the special Christmas class. I hope you enjoyed it.
Here you have a website where you can learn many curiosities about this season:
http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Seasonal/Christmas.html
-Don't forget to practise the listening here:
http://esl-lab.com/gift/giftrd1.htm
-Do you have time for cooking? Do you want to surprise your family with new recipes?
http://www.dltk-kids.com/recipesdb/viewbycourse.asp?cid=7
-The Christmas message I've selected for this year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eih_ybKdVXU

I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

CHRISTMAS PARTY

2009-12-18T09:54:00.000+01:00

It's the last day of class for this year (2009) and we are having a special class related with Christmas. Then we will celebrate the end of the year together.
Enjoy us this Friday, 18 from 16:00 to 18:00.

HUMAN RIGHTS WORLD DAY

2009-12-12T09:03:00.001+01:00

1º- Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
2º-Here you have the videos we listened to in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9_IvXFEyJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Qw9QFHrZc

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2009-11-26T10:01:00.004+01:00

UNIT 3:
1. LISTENING:
-Here you have the radio programme we listened to in class:
http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/01/11/03
-Alicia Keys' invitation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6D7xs1qMY
-World AIDS Day: Watch these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G2PpO7DwsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4GMYQx58OE
2. READING:
-An article about fashion:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/25/amazing-lace
3. GRAMMAR:
-Relative and participle clauses:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit10/neup_grammar10_exp/
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit10/neup_grammar10_3/
http://www.carmenlu.com/fifth/grammar/participles51.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?13
http://www.testyourenglish.net/english-online/grammarquiz/relative.html
4. VOCABULARY:
-A dictionary of slang:
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2009-11-18T10:47:00.006+01:00

UNIT - 6:
1- GRAMMAR:
-Read these curious future predictions:
http://www.zuzu.org/pre.html
-Try the following exercises:
http://www.englishtenseswithcartoons.com/exercise/future_for_predictions_test
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html
http://www.past-simple.com/Future-Simple.htm
-Future with time clauses:
http://www.buowl.boun.edu.tr/students/grammar/beg/begfut2.htm
2. READING:
-Discover Ireland:
http://www.discoverireland.ie/
3. LISTENING:
-Do you want to live a concert in youtube.com? Listen to Alicia Keys' invitation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6D7xs1qMY&feature=featured
-World AIDS Day: Watch these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G2PpO7DwsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4GMYQx58OE
-What's the 'tree lightening ceremony'? Guess it with Shakira
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Lsz3_OU9U

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2009-11-04T16:17:00.003+01:00

UNIT - 2:
1º- LISTENING:
-Here you have the video about a Mexican special celebration we listened to in class:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=114042
-Try this challenge and be ready to practise it in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuv_3ubMabM&feature=related
2º - READING:
-Would you like to travel somewhere in Europe? Know more about the most interesting places:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/europe?openMap=true

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2009-11-04T15:52:00.003+01:00

UNIT - 2:
1. LISTENING:
-Here you have the video we listened to in class:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=114039&videoChannel=1
-and another piece of news related to Germany:
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=114196&videoChannel=1
2. GRAMMAR:
-Habits:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/solutions/ui_unit_page/unit9/grammar/exercise1
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/solutions/ad_unit_page/unit1/grammar1/exercise1
3. VOCABULARY:
-Some collocations:
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-lists.htm
http://www.ilo.uva.nl/english/pgdiploma/docs/hot_potatoes-KO/JMatch1.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blcollocation_5.htm

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2009-10-30T09:57:00.003+01:00

IT'S HALLOWEEN:
1. Are you ready for Halloween? Read this article and check it:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/30/halloween-neednt-be-a-nightmare
2. The history of Halloween:
http://www.scottishradiance.com/halstory.htm
http://www.holidays.net/halloween/story.htm
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/halloween/halloween.html
and another curious story. Listen to it:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/01/fashion/2008112-street-feature/index.html#
3. Typical meals you can try:
http://www.verybestbaking.com/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=18470
http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-recipes/
4. Have some fun with these games:
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/halloween_pumpkins.htm
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/halloween-cc.htm
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/halloween-cw.htm
5. DO YOU WANT TO READ MORE?
Some short stories written by classic authors related with Halloween:
http://www.halloween.com/halloween-stories.php

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2009-10-09T10:42:00.007+02:00

UNIT 1:
1. WRITING:
-Here you have some tips to write an informal letter:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/letters.htm
http://www.xtec.cat/~vfeliu/writing/infl.htm
http://www.ang.pl/fce_informal_letter.html
http://www.beautiful-american-living.com/writing-informal-letters.html
2. LISTENING:
-Here you have the interview with Mika we listened to in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STJmavXY7Zs
-and his latest hit "We are Golden":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Gh1U14RZA
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HFEwg6G810
3.GRAMMAR:
-Stative and dynamic verbs:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/stat.htm
-Present simple & continuous:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1I.html
http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/present_simple_continuous_quiz_1.shtml
-Questions:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/fragen.htm
-Describing people in English:
http://www.english-at-home.com/vocabulary/describing-people-in-english/
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii152/esl-test.php
http://free-english-study.com/speaking/describing-people.html
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/describing.html
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2009-10-09T09:58:00.003+02:00

UNIT 1
1. WRITING:
-Do you need to look for a job? Have a look to this link and follow its recommendations:
http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europasss+Documents/Europass+CV.csp;jsessionid=BF4F8CF54B96465F72F3251FEB4BBC7D.worker_portal_cms
-Covering letters and other tips when looking for a job:
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/covletapp.htm
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Applications__CVs_and_interviews/p!eefmd
http://www.career.vt.edu/JOBSEARC/coversamples.htm
http://www.open.ac.uk/careers/application-letters.php
2. GRAMMAR:
-Emphatic structures:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1709
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs29practicetest.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs30finaltest.htm
-Rephrasing:
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_transform1.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_transform2.htm
-Time expressions:
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_timeexpress1.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/f/y/zz99maa.htm
-Negative structures:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/word-order/negative

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-10

2009-09-30T12:02:00.000+02:00

Dear Students,
I would like to welcome all of you to your new class. I hope that you'll enjoy the classes and you'll learn many things (and English as well!!!).
You'll find useful information, interesting links and extra activities and tasks in this blog. Visit it whenever you want and add comments after each entry. It will help me to improve it and your partners to know your opinion.
Feel free to check all the links posted here and take an advantage of all the information contained here.
Best regards,
your new English teacher: CRISTINA

ADVANCED LEVEL-2

2009-06-05T13:18:00.000+02:00

Don't forget the listening! Here you have some good practice:
1. Listen to the radio. You can download the news:
http://www.npr.org/
http://australianetwork.com/learningenglish/default.htm
2. Reading practice: Choose a story, read it and do the exercises:
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
3. Writing practice: Here you have some tips to improve your writings:
http://www.teacherjoe.us/Write.html
http://www.eslbee.com/

MORE PRACTICE FOR THE EXAM

2009-06-05T13:04:00.000+02:00

GOOD LUCK!!!
1. LISTENING PRACTICE:
Click on each piece of news, listen to it and do the activities. Then check your answers:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
2. READING PRACTICE:
Click on each text and do the cloze test:
http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/cloze/cloze.htm

SOME HELP FOR THE EXAMS (FOR EVERYBODY)

2009-05-28T18:13:00.000+02:00

HERE YOU HAVE SOME HELP FOR THE EXAMS:
1- Do you know how to write a letter? Check these models. They may help you:
http://www.parapal-online.co.uk/resources/letters.html
2- Sample exams:
http://www.eoidurango.net/es/departamento.php?Id_Departamento=3&Id_Seccion=262
3-Other sample exams. Firstly click on "Departamentos de Idiomas" and then go "Modelos de examen y criterios de evaluación" and select your level in the English part:
http://www.pnte.cfnavarra.es/eoip/

INTERMEDIEATE LEVEL - 2

2009-05-06T13:21:00.000+02:00

UNIT 8:
Would you like to practice more?
1-Conditionals:
http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/presentconditional.html
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_conditionals1.htm
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/if-then5.html
http://www.geocities.com/athens/olympus/7583/condless.html

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2009-03-31T10:33:00.000+02:00

UNIT 6:
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE...
1. about the American elections? Listen to the news and give me your impression:
http://www.onthemedia.org/topics/elections/1
2. about the 44th president of US? Read the overview and summarize the main ideas:
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/
3. about "Words we love too much"? Tell me the words they love too much and in which contexts they are used:
http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/after-deadline/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL-2

2009-03-17T16:04:00.000+01:00

UNIT - 6:
More practice:
1. Do you know this travel vocabulary?
http://iesitaza.educa.aragon.es/DAPARTAM/ingles/cursos/2_bach/Temas/HOLIDAY%20&%20TRAVEL/Vocabulary%20travel_holiday.pdf
2. Revise future tenses:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html
3. Time clauses:
-Here you have some theory:
http://khoaanh.hcmup.edu.vn/projects/grammar1_2007/1C07/Thuy.Nhien_Thu.Hang_Kieu.Loan/the%20future%20in%20time%20clause.htm
-And here some practice:
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii142/esl-test.php
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/time1.htm
http://www.quia.com/quiz/400709.html
-Time clauses: Revise the theory and then do the practice at the bottom of the page:
http://tillyer.net/GLOW/fsi101.htm
4-Book a flight:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/5flights.shtml http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-8087.php
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1- Are you travelling to London? Check this site:
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

ADVANCED LEVEL - 2

2009-02-02T11:59:00.000+01:00

UNIT - 5:
MORE PRACTICE:
1. Narrative tenses:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs14.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs15.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs17.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs29practicetest.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs30finaltest.htm
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit05/neup_grammar05/
2. Listen again to Francis Bacon's curator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5YvECU5kbc
3. Read the whole article about Francis Bacon:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/francis-bacon-tate-britain-lndon-929562.html
4. Read the whole article about David Cerny:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jan/14/david-cerny-eu-hoax
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1. Reading comprehension:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/570/pulp/index.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/490/wchild/index.htm
2. Obama's inaugural speech:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/us/politics/20text-obama.html
3. Guess more about Orlan:
http://www.orlan.net/
4. Want to know more about Frida Khalo?
http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/life/index.html
5. Read about "Girl with a Pearl Earring":
http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL - 2

2009-02-02T11:52:00.000+01:00

UNIT - 5
MORE PRACTICE:
1. Adjectives: Comparatives & superlatives:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom1.htm
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/words/activities/comparative_adjectives.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/45.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/243.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/54.html
2.The Office:
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/x/words.php?f=telephone
http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/games/v/words.php?f=stationery
3. Making a phone call:
http://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone.htm
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1. Reading Comprehension:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/reading/index.htm
2. Listening Comprehension:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/index.html
http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/
3. How to write a narrative text:
http://smasd.k12.pa.us/pssa/html/Reading/narrativ.htm#strategies
4. Environmental issues:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/specials/climate_change/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7268960.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/default.stm

SOMETHING TO DO AT CHRISTMAS

2008-12-10T13:37:00.000+01:00

1. Listen to the Queen Elisabeth II:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5323.asp
2.Some quizzes & traditions about Christmas in the UK:
-http://www.ego4u.com/en/chill-out/games/new-year-quiz
-http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/eve.html
3. 100 short stories to listen to, read and work with them:
http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/index.html

ADVANCED LEVEL-2

2008-12-01T13:05:00.001+01:00

UNIT - 4:
-Want to know more?
1. Help with phobias: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/phobia_symptoms_types_treatment.htm
2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL-2

2008-12-01T12:56:00.000+01:00

UNIT - 4:
-DO YOU WANT TO PRACTICE?
1.Past simple or Past continuous:
http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/4es3rdschedule.htm
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/menu.php
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm
2. Past perfect simple:
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-perfect-simple/exercises?05
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm
3. Time linkers:
http://monkey-tricks.net/writemonkey/quiz/001_01.htm
http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/001_01.htm
http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/001_03.htm
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson22/06.html
4. Injuries:
http://www.englishclub.com/english-for-work/medical-vocabulary.htm
http://www.eslall.com/exercises_276_l0.html
5. Agreement & disagreement:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/gr.sodo.i.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/68.html
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/both-either-neither-nor
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-26838.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4140.php
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-49198.php
-WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1. Lottery winners & good causes:
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=winnersandgc
2. British Supersitions:
http://www.norsknettskole.no/fag/ressurser/itstud/fuv/birteindresovde/
3. Autumn:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492277/Forget-New-England-Old-England-produces-spectacular-autumn-colours.html
http://www.livinglifefully.com/fall.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A18107129

ADVANCED LEVEL-2

2008-11-26T13:04:00.001+01:00

UNIT - 3
-MORE PRACTICE:
1. Participle clauses:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/participles/exercises?13
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit10/neup_grammar10_exp/ 2. A dictionary of English slang:
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/
3. Work with American slang:
http://www.manythings.org/slang/
4.Expressions with "look":
http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb-vm-look.html
5. Compound Adjectives:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv224.shtml
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=360
http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/advanced/compound%20adjectives%20match.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1115_quiznet
-WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1. Fashion Debate:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/webcast/070308_fashion_quiz/
2. Discussion techniques:
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/discform.html
3. Play with consonant clusters. Here you have a funny game:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL-2

2008-11-26T12:16:00.001+01:00

UNIT - 3
-MORE PRACTICE:
1. Modal verbs:
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/can/menu.php
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/could/menu.php
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/maymight/menu.php
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/musthaveto/menu.php
2. Accommodation vocabulary:
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_accommodation.htm
http://www.englishlanguageguide.com/english/vocabulary/accommodation.asp
http://esl.about.com/od/intermediatereading/a/r_tourism.htm
3. Listening about travelling:
http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/traveling/menu.php
4. Polite requests:
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-51114.php
-WANT TO KNOW MORE?
1. Find a new flatmate:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode77/index.shtml
2. UK student life:
http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Life/Accommodation/Guide.htm
http://www.itstudies.co.uk/london4students/accommodation_files/vocabulary.htm

ADVANCED LEVEL-2

2008-11-19T13:03:00.000+01:00

UNIT - 2
1. Practice listening:
-http://www.onthemedia.org/
2. Express your opinion:
-http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/dis04.html
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv281.shtml
3. Discussion techniques:
-http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/discform.html
4.- Past habits:
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode69/index.shtml
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1346_gramchallenge15/index.shtml
-http://eps.emu.edu.tr/dept/mld/sct/materials/EFL117/past_habits.htm
5.- Idioms:
-http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
-http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html
-http://www.idiomsite.com/
6.- DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
-Vegetarianism:
-http://www.vegsoc.org/
-http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/07/food.foodanddrink
-http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/09/09/do0901.xml

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL-2

2008-11-19T11:40:00.000+01:00

UNIT 2
1.-If you have problems with phrasal verbs, here you will find some help:
-http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html
-http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/
& some practice too:
-http://www.stuff.co.uk/phrasal.htm
-http://www.carolinebrownenglishlessons.com/
-http://www.eflnet.com/pverbs/index.php
2.-Present perfect or past simple?
-http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf2.htm
-http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/menu.php
-http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm
-http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/228.html
3.- Travelling:
-http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/survival/polite%20inquiries.htm
-http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/survival/ride%20downtown.htm
-http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/survival/checking%20in.htm
-http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/survival/can%20you%20can%20i%20modals%20for%20polite%20questions.htm
3.- DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
-About Australia:
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
-http://www.australia.com/
-About UK Parliament:
-http://www.parliament.uk/
-http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/default.stm
-http://www.number10.gov.uk/

ADVANCED LEVEL-2

2008-10-28T12:45:00.000+01:00

UNIT 1:
Useful links:
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/verb-tense-review-quiz
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/how-use-unless-and-as-long
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/adverbs-time
http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/europass/home/vernav/Europasss+Documents/Europass+CV/navigate.action
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Applications__CVs_and_interviews/CVs_and_covering_letters/Covering_letters/p!ejFdaLl
Do you want to know more?
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/talking-about-preferences-using-prefer-better-and-would-rather
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6241411.stm
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-big-question-are-apologies-for-historical-events-worthwhile-or-just-empty-gestures-426138.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6492291.stm
http://www.carbootjunction.com/index.php

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL-2

2008-10-28T11:09:00.000+01:00

UNIT 1:
Useful links:
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/lessons/what-are-state-verbs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode31/languagepoint.shtml
http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_advice.htm
http://learnenglish.ecenglish.com/lessons/giving-advice
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/whrev1.html
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/Interactive/who1.html
Do you want to know more?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5020000/newsid_5029400/5029400.stm
http://www.people.com/people/brad_pitt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_pitt
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm

ACADEMIC YEAR 2008-2009

2008-09-30T12:38:00.000+02:00

Welcome to this new academic year!
In this blog you'll find useful links and websites that you can use to improve your English and to know more about some interesting aspects of English-speaking countries.
Enjoy this course!!!
Cristina