The Press in English

Hi everyone,

I told you this week that you have the opportunity to read the press in English. I found the link to the English Issue of El Pais. If you like other newspapers, maybe there is also an online version in English.And I think both students from Intermediate One and Intermediate Two will benefit extraordinarily if you start reading the press in English on a regular basis.

Here is the version I found:

http://www.elpais.com/misc/herald/herald.pdf

Happy Weekend!!!

And examples of the exam

And here is a link to one model of the INTERM.TWO exam. But this exam is from the EOI Pamplona. The exam in Madrid doesn't have to be exactly like this. However, it is good for you to see how the structure could be:

http://www.pnte.cfnavarra.es/eoip/
In Departamentos de Idiomas, go to Programas Inglés Basico e Intermedio, and in the "programacion", there is a link at the end which says "modelo de prueba"

And also the website to the model of the exam in the EOI Tudela:

http://www.pnte.cfnavarra.es/eitudela/destrezasNI.htm

Hope it is useful!!

Tips to Improve Listening Comprehension

Hi students,
I just found that these tips to improve your listening.

Here's the link from the EOI Almansa

http://www.jccm.es/edu/eoi/almansa/mejorarco.htm

And the link to the tips for the rest of skills:

http://www.jccm.es/edu/eoi/almansa/indicedestrezas.htm

But remember that the best when you learn is to have constancy!!!

See you tomorrow

Something Written by Jung

Hi!!
I found this interesting article in Scribd on the kind of things that Carl Jung was interested in. Those students of Intermediate Level(specially Internmediate Two)interested in reading something more than the text on introverts and extroverts, just click on this link!!
See you in class!!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/3836441/Volume-9-The-Archetypes-of-the-Collective-Unconscious

WELCOME

Hi everyone,Today I had the first class with one of my Intermediate Two Groups. And we spoke a bit about the Phonemes of English.

I will try to photocopy a good chart that I have at home so that you can use it to improve your spoken English and pronunciation.

And I will also try to fill your Intermediate Two section with links for you to practise at home...Meanwhile, have a look at the links already available in the different sections of my blog. And also this link on different accents(in Britain only!!)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/index.shtmlPS Please click on the image to see the phonemes properly....
Happy Weekend!
Patricia

Some Music

Close your eyes,
Have no fear,
The monsters gone,
He's on the run and your daddy's here,

Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,

Before you go to sleep,
Say a little prayer,
Every day in every way,
It's getting better and better,

Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,

Out on the ocean sailing away,
I can hardly wait,
To see you to come of age,
But I guess we'll both,
Just have to be patient,
Yes it's a long way to go,
But in the meantime,

Before you cross the street,
Take my hand,
Life is just what happens to you,
While your busy making other plans,

Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy,
Darling,
Darling,
Darling Sean.

Listening to Podcasts

Good morning:
Here's a link to loads of great podcasts on the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/genre/

If you start listening to the radio every day (10 mins, 15 mins, 20 mins etc etc etc)you will see how your listening skills improve...

At the beginning it will be a bit difficult because you won't understand much, but it takes time, it's like when you start going to the gym, you need time to build muscles!!!

I hope you like the podcasts here!!!

Some Listening Practice

Hello Everyone,
I hope you are having a wonderful summer...
Here's the link to some listening exercises for Basico 2 students, something easy!!!

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/listening.htm

And the links to many more websites...

http://www.rong-chang.com/listen.htm

I'll include some more links for you and for Intermediate Students as soon as possible...

Have a nice day
Patricia

Some Music

hi everyone,
something from Jose Padilla...I hope you like it...


have a wonderful summer!!!

ANSWERS TO THE EXERCISE ON PAST PASSIVE

Hi students of second year,
this is the link with the answers to the photocopy I gave you last week, when I have some more free time, I will publish the answers to the exercises from the workbook...

http://www.pearsonlongman.com/totalenglish/pdfs/downloads/pre-intermediate/preint_unit09_grammar03.pdf
See you soon!!!
Patricia

A wonderful website

look at this link:
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/litmain.html

It is a website with books online of very famous writers...I loved it. Please have a look...

EXAMPLES OF TESTS

Like I promised...below you will find an example of tests for Basic and Intermediate levels...samples of texts, speaking, writing, etc

http://www.eoieuskadi.net/es/idiomas.php?idiom=3

Please, do it, you need to practise a lot...!!!

Patricia

Some Practice for you

I want to recommend you this wonderful website to practice all skills,

http://esl.about.com/


And this in particular to intermediate students, the listening I was talking about this afternoon:

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_customer1.htm

Also check this out:
THE REPORTED SPEECH SECTION AT ESL ABOUT

Something for the Heart

And a little jewel by Stevie Wonder:

Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I am Singing

FOR INTERMEDIATE 1

Hi guys,
Here's the website which I was talking about earlier in class, in which you can test your knowledge of modal verbs. Don't worry if you don't answer correctly to all the sentences.

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/interactivemodal8.htm

And also the listening that I mentioned this afternoon for you to practice with the information needed to rent a flat. It was from ESL ABOUT.

http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blhouse.htm

Finally,two extra listenings from ESL LAB if you want to do something a bit more complicated:

Home Repairs: http://www.esl-lab.com/home/homerd1.htm
Housing Complaints: http://www.esl-lab.com/complain/complainrd1.htm

I hope you like them!!!
See you on Thursday!
Patricia

MODAL VERBS TUTORIALS

Hi everyone,

Here's a website where you can find explanations and exercises for understanding MODAL VERBS. I took the link from ENGLISH PAGE:

MODAL VERBS TUTORIAL

Happy Sunday!!!