Bishops' Halloween Advice

You can check your answers to the exercise in the original article: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2010/10/13/bishops-halloween-advice-dress-children-up-as-saints-not-witches/

Halloween Advice

Trouble in the in the pumpkin patch

You can check your answer here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/7033413.stm

Trouble in the Pumpkin Patch

Only Stupid Cows Text n Drive

Talking about "shocking campaigns" here you have the video we watched in class. It shows the harsh reality of what can happen if you text and drive. Maybe it's "too harsh" for some of you, sorry! Comments welcome.

Shocking Campaigns!

Here you have the posters we saw in class, but in full colour this time. You can either prepare a short class speech about one of the campaigns or post some comments about the pictures that you liked the most.

Shocking Campaigns

Peace Talks in the Basque Country. Multiple choice reading comprehension.

Peace Talks in Spain Oct 2011

Randy Pausch's last lecture. Listening comprehension.

RANDY PAUSCH the Last Lecture

Randy Pausch's last lecture

Here you have the clip we watched in class, though there are dozens more on youtube. Some of them are over an hour long, so if you liked Randy you can try the longer version. Please post your comments and tell me what you think of the man and his vision of life.

The Kite Runner Written Assignment

Here you are the assignment you have to write about this year's first book, "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. It's a great story that I'm sure you'll love!

The KITE RUNNER Written Assignment

Homer Simpson and King Juan Carlos????

Gap-filling reading comprehension exercise based on a truly funny piece of news I came across some time ago. Pay special attention to adjectives like "bald-headed" or "beer-glugging" and adverbs like "seamlessly"

Homer and Juancar

Steve Jobs' speech

Watch this superb, thought-provoking speech by late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple who passed away yesterday. Rest in peace

BBC news listening comprehension activities

For those of you who missed this lesson, try this gap-filling listening comprehension activity after you watch the two clips I uploaded about the ban of bullfighting in Catalonia and the future of TV. Comments welcome!

Last Bullfight in Barcelona and Tv of the Future

The TV of the future

This is the second piece of news we watched in class about what TVs hold in stock for us:

Idioms galore!

This year we'll be learning a lot of idioms in class. Here you have links to three good idioms websites.
1.- A large collection of idioms listed alphabetically, with brief definitions: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
2.- A selection of "self-study idiom quizes" with answers: http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html
3.- A website explainig the origins of dozens of popular idioms: http:// www.idiomsite.com/

What does virgin mean?

Sooooo good!

Last bullfight in Catalonia

This is the clip we watched in class about the ban of bullfights in Catalonia. Any comments?

The English Language in 24 accents!

I've found this very funny video in which a guy says (random) things in 24 different accents of English. Sorry about all the swearing!

The Week Magazine

Here you haven a multiple-matching reading comprehension activity about The Week, a fantastic magazine which boasts to include "all you need to know about everything that matters". I strongly encourage you to borrow it from our library. It'll help you boost your English! Guaranteed!

The Week Reading Exercise