MERRY XMAS

Hi everyone,

I wanna wish you a wonderful Christmas and that all your wishes come true next year: love, work, good luck, new friendships and new objectives for 2010.

Meanwhile, and before we come back to school, here's a great compilation of exercises and activities related to Christmas, created by the wonderful ISABEL PEREZ.

CHRISTMAS AT ISABEL PEREZ'S WEBSITE

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!
Patricia

RECIPES for Intermediate

hi everyone,
this is for all my students, although it corresponds to what we've seen this class in intermediate groups: food and cooking methods.
You have videos, recipes and lots and lots of vocabulary!!! you can even try the recipes!!!
Enjoy!

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes

ps I like Jamie Oliver, I love all his initiatives to promote good and healthy eating in the UK and worldwide.

POSSESSIVE AND GERUNDS: Uncomfortable about us working

Hi Advanced ones,
an example of one of the new structures we've seen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDKnpUZ2SZs
In the video, go to minute 1.12...and see how Hugh says:
INFORMAL:I'm starting to feel a bit uncomfortable about us working in such close proximity every day and me knowing so little about you..... It seems elitist and wrong...

He may have said as well(FORMAL): Our working in such close proximity every day and my knowing so little about you...

See you!!!

Some Culture

Hi everyone,
this is a post for both ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE students,

First of all, I want you guys to have a nice link to go to if you want to work a bit on the topic of THNKSGIVING: I really recommend Isabel Perez's website:


http://www.isabelperez.com/thanksgiving.htm

Please see the slide presentation (Powerpoint Presentation) on the Pilgrims...and then check out the rest of the information and exercises...

And also a website which may be more suitable for my people in ADVANCED groups. You can start by reading the FUN FACTS about THANKSGIVING, and then you can browse the rest of pages in this site:

http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving

Enjoy!

THANKSGIVING

Hi everyone,
As you'll probably now, a very famous festivity is coming next Thursday. Lots and lots of people in the US celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourtht Thursday of November. We've talked about this today, and we will talk about it tomorrow. But here is a historical introduction to this holiday:

http://wilstar.com/holidays/thankstr.htm
We will be talking and doing things about this holiday during the whole week! See you guys in class!

On Accent and Pronunciation

Hi everyone,

Please watch this video in which a teacher explains some interesting things on accent and pronunciation.

If you're interested in what he says here, you can watch more of his videos at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/duncaninchina?gl=GB&hl=en-GB
Enjoy!!
Ps I wanna thank Paul Silles, another teacher of English
See you kids in class

Varieties of English

Hi everyone,
You'll flip out with this website, please click on any continent and the countries you're interested in to see how accent changes from country to country.You'll listen to the speaker reading the same text, but in a different accent every time.

I'm sure you'll like this!!!
Enjoy!
PS (Please check the Maltese accent as well)
ACCENT ARCHIVE: http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_atlas.php