What are Mind Maps?

Hi everyone,
I have been talking this week about a very useful strategy that you can use when you have to organise your ideas and the information you have to develop on a certain topic...It may therefore be quite useful if you have to prepare a presentation or write the draft for a composition...

If you see some examples, then you may confirm whether this strategy would be useful for you or not...

Here you have a text form the Wikipedia explaining what mind maps are:

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

And below there are some examples of mind maps for developing the ideas on different concepts...REMEMBER: YOU have to work with a wide range of strategies and learning techniques till you find out those which are most suitable for you!!!!

Common European Framework

Hi everyone,
Hope you're enjoying a fantastic weekend, I'd like you to check this out,
It is the online version in English of the CEFR( Common European Framework), a document that explains what students are supposed to do at each stage and level of competence.

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/CADRE_EN.asp

Have a look at it, it's interesting!!!!
Happy weekend!

And Examples of the Exam

And here you have some examples of the exam from the EEOOIIs at Pais Vasco Official Schools.

http://www.eoi-bilbo.net/es/departamento.php?Departamento=Inglés&Id_Departamento=3&Id_Seccion=76

These were taken from EOI Bilbao. Thanks for that, because at the website for EEOOIIs in Madrid, the examples of the exam uploaded are terribly old!!!

C U!!

William Shakespeare's Works

Hi students,
I have just found this website with the links to Shakespeare's complete works...

Hope you like it, sometimes it's difficult with some words, but start reading short pieces, and you'll see how you end up understanding...
eg when you see the words thee thee thee, several times, you'll understand it means you, thy means your etc...


http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

Enjoy!!

Intermediate One: Exam Practice

Hi guys,
I wanted to post also something for you people at Intermediate One....some links for you to practice the four skills...all right??

LISTENING:
http://www.newsinslowenglish.com/
podcasts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/ (those in radio four are nice for practicing comprehension, other radios are music and stuff)
And another page:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-podcast-english-listening-downloads-archive.htm
ALL SKILLS:
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
CNN's stories: http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html
http://www.elllo.org/
READING:
QUIZZES: http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/quiz.htm
Isabel perez's great materials: http://www.isabelperez.com/tests.htm
REALLY WORTH SEEING!!!!: http://www.eoi1zaragoza.org/dping140.php

See you on Thursday!!!
Patricia

INTERMEDIATE TWO: EXAM PRACTICE

Hi students!!!
Here you can find the links to the model of exam in the Autonomous Region of Cataluña.

Hope it's useful for you...after you've done the exercises you can click in order to correct your exam instantly:

READING COMPREHENSION:
http://phobos.xtec.net/eoi/index.php?module=detic_portal&ref=an_el_ce
LISTENING COMPREHENSION:
http://phobos.xtec.net/eoi/index.php?module=detic_portal&ref=an_el_co
EXAMPLES OF:
WRITING: http://phobos.xtec.net/eoi/index.php?module=detic_portal&ref=an_el_ee
SPEAKING: http://phobos.xtec.net/eoi/index.php?module=detic_portal&ref=an_el_eo

Hope you like the links!!!
See you next week!!! And remember to have glucose from time to time, for the brains!!
Patricia

THE GRAMMAR AQUARIUM

Hi everyone,
Look at this wonderful link to a "GRAMMAR AQUARIUM":

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/freeexercises.htm#MODAL

You have activities to practise tenses, MODAL verbs, a little bit of everything,I hope you like it and that you enjoy with the exercises.

ps. Thanks a lot to Monica Stacconi. I saw this link in her wonderful blog,Thanks!!!