Monday, September 21, 2015

C1.1 VIDEOS ORGANIZED BY SEMANTIC FIELDS


1a work, personal motivation


2a stories

2b multitasking



4c phone addiction






Self-study resources


Yet again...I can't believe all this is free of charge.

Crashcourses (15 min presentations with pretty accurate closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

Full semesters organized by subject (Higher learning. Verbatim closed captions available)
http://oyc.yale.edu/courses
https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses/playlists

Short clips organized by topic. (clowny approach)
https://www.youtube.com/user/OUlearn

In-depth documentaries (full transcripts available)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/topics/

In-depths investigative reports (full transcripts available)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/episodes/

Debate sites (Closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
https://www.youtube.com/user/IntelligenceSquared

Short clips on a variety of topics (closed captions in several languages available)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

Animated interviews with 20th century personalities.
https://www.youtube.com/user/blankonblank

Long articles on a variety of issues available as downloadable audio files
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

Podcast dealing with different aspects of global development (full transcripts available)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/series/global-development-podcast



Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Challenge of the week: time to sound like a film star...put on their accents, imitate their mannerisms, be them!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjwWY-goyZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-gwnsxBFO0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSfnlBkUr8A

Friday, May 15, 2015

The C1 speaking tests for groups A and B will be held on June 3.

Thursday, May 07, 2015

Saturday, April 11, 2015


Free sample tests!
http://exams.richmondelt.com/index.php?practice_tests_pet_en
http://olpt.s3.amazonaws.com/online-practice-pet/index.html
http://eslcommunity.org/cambridge/pet-tests/pet-for-schools-practice-test/
https://sites.google.com/site/programabeda/home/alumnos/pet/pet-materials
https://clilcolonna.wikispaces.com/PET+Listening+Practice


Inspiring life stories coming from completely diferent angles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05300dh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0524f4k
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039b7rj

France, religious fundamentalism, secularism and arab jazz...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051cpx8

Ground-breaking photos
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052gskq

Moving to Venice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xrslb

Immigration in Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05304sh

An uneasy feeling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vd60g#auto

C1 videos organised by topic

7C. Humour.

Stand-up masters' views on comedy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKY6BGcx37k
(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fke5w8gmLhc

Mock the Week

(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VODW3QMrgyQ

Russell Peters
(subtitled in ENGLISH!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRmUzEatFw

Louis C K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGI7n0eYeak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2awBCDEajI
(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1jV076MlYQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_ltFxgJOHI


Gervais
full show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7wIDFzkJXU
(subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTF8JWu1RAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uu12ppRbp0

George Carlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2SWE15zms

(Subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZdFPM4fSbk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFvd1R_TB4

Chris Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfi4_IsebyA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igQDvYOt_iA
(Subtitled in Spanish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B97w0QrDmZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGmKmN8e8JI




Tuesday, February 17, 2015


Here's a platinum vocab list taken from the transcript of ABC Four Corners: Being me
https://es.scribd.com/doc/256033901/Being-Me-Vocab

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Looking forward to hearing your impressions and activating all those fantastic expressions the transcript is packed with.

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/11/17/4127631.htm

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Listen to this brilliantly fresh slice of London (minutes 1:00  to 7:20) and make a list of questions you'd ask the author and another list of dodgy questions for your classmates.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2013/jul/26/zadie-smith-nw-london-podcast

Tuesday, February 03, 2015