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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

It's a pity that most of you did not show up. This film is one of those unpretentious rare jewels that deals with a seemingly marginal topic while addressing very important issues about the 80's United Kingdom and probably nowadays European Union, especially countries like ours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqzFuJbGY2o&feature=related

Monday, May 12, 2008

Shakespearean surprises...

http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html?

Three great interactive children's stories. A1 students can practice shadow reading and listening.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/story/sbi.shtml

Fun interactive game for those of you want to focus on the sound English consonants.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml

Have a go at all this fantastic link. If you like doing while you learn these are your games.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/fun/

great interactive children story. A1 students can practice

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=-9IdOAQU-wQ

Monday, May 05, 2008

Short, off-the-hinges doc about parkour shot in London. Look out for the part where a group of children talk about the monkey men.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkHPQPozDRs&feature=user

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Almost everything is on you tube 4 u to check out!!! This is a very useful activity if you want to focus on pronunciation , rhythm and ultimately speed.

Remember you have these rhymes printed out. A good exercise progression could be identifying sound patterns such as rhyme and vowel repetition. Then, you can proceed to say the patterns aloud following the artist's flow. Finally, you can start learning some lines by heart parroting pronunciation and rhythm. Once you know a good old chunk you can use it as a kind of mantra to warm your tongue up to prepare for some real English.

Wu banga 101 by Ghostface Killah
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4HD1KykTG2o

Lalala by Saul Williams
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yaFhd_xYz0o&feature=related

Underground by KRS-One
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hJdYk15A

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Bus news.

The bus will cost 500 euros as expected. We will depart from the EOI at 6: 30 a.m. Make sure you make it here on time. We will NOT wait more than 5 minutes.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Next Monday we will be holding a meeting to talk about the trip to Manchester. We will discuss different aspects, namely activities, timetable, the role of the students in the trip, etc.

APRIL 21ST room 3009 at 16:00

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Manchester vs. London. Mancs talking about their city and London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1izS-UJk7Y

Mancunian videopost. Get used to the accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHLslJRrp2U&feature=related

Monday, March 31, 2008

Food from all over the world.

Those who already have their tickets can start having a look at webs and decide what they would like to do one we land in mancland. Here are some culinary tips.

http://www.visitmanchester.com/Parts3.aspx?ExperienceId=1&PartId=131

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_Mile

http://www.rusholmecurry.co.uk/

Friday, March 28, 2008

Price has gone down to 312 euros off taxes. 5 people got their tickets already!!!

CARPE DIEM!!!

Trip to the UK. These are the latest news. MANCHESTER, from the 1st to the 4th of May. It all adds up to 330 euros off taxes (half board - that means room and breakfast included). We'll depart from Málaga, but you'll have to get there by yourselves. And I remind you that those of you who are under 18 must travel accompanied by a senior. If you are interested, or you've grown interested just now, remember that tickets are now available at Viajes Sacromonte (pasaje de la avenida de la estacion).

As early as tomorrow morning tickets will be sold at the above mentioned agency. It is first come first served so make sure you're early birds.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

WE ARE GOING TO MANCHASTA, home of the mancs!!!. Get busy. Go to the agency to buy your tickets as soon as possible.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Amazingly complete webpage. Suitalble for A1, A2, B1 and B2

http://www.agendaweb.org/

4th year students. Those of you who contracted the spring syndrome and did not show up on Wednesday or Thursday need to know that you should deal with topic 5 during the Easter break. I have suggested in class that a good old spidergram (or any other association technique) could help you in acquiring the vocab, linguistic funtions and grammar in the chapter.

Ask yourselves questions such as these ones: Why is the topic called rituals? What characterises ritualistic behavior? What kind of rituals are covered in the topic? Do you know any other kinds of rituals? How many words about football do you know? How sophisticated is your vocabulary when it comes to talking about religions? Do you know how to show that you are angy at someone's annoying habits?

Do not forget to do some verb string exercises ( verb+ ing or verb + to infinitive) online.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Great brief dialogues which make perfect practice if you want to polish your pronunciation and intonation in real life situations.

Elementary (A1)
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/elementary/f_everydayenglish/

Intermediate (B1)
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/intermediate/f_everydayenglish/

Advanced (B2)
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/advanced/f_everydayenglish/

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

More resourses to explore.

http://www.languageguide.org/english/esp/

http://www.languageguide.org/english/esp/grammar.jsp

Good grammar web.

www.agendaweb.org/grammar

Listening practice galore.

www.agendaweb.org/listening/intermediate

http://club.telepolis.com/phonetics/

Monday, March 03, 2008

Grammar games ranging from A1 to B2. Take your pick and have fun!

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-grammar-games-archive.htm