Monday, 26 September 2016

Saturday, 24 September 2016

FORMAL LETTER / EMAIL - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVEL



Taken from http://www.fluentland.com/groups/english-grammar/forum/topic/how-to-write-formal-letter/

Saturday, 17 September 2016

OPINION PHRASES - INTERMEDIATE 2 AND ADVANCED LEVELS

HOW TO START OFF WITH AN ESSAY - INTERMEDIATE 2 AND ADVANCED LEVELS

If you seem to struggle to start off writing an essay, the video below might help you out. The video will teach you how to paraphrase successfully and how to change essay questions into your own words. These skills are very useful for university and high school students, as well as any students writing English proficiency exams like the TOEFL or IELTS.

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

21 PODCASTS FOR EVERY PERSONALITY - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Buzzfeed offers loads of podcasts to improve your listening. This website has thought of people with different likes and there are up to 21 different links, which will take you to another page with plenty of podcasts. The range goes from food to movies, TV programmes, DIY or fitness, to name just a few. I hope you enjoy this site.


Monday, 11 April 2016

Friday, 11 March 2016

FILM REVIEW - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

If you are interested in knowing how to write a film review you can have a look at the website of EOI Guía. You will find all you need to write good film reviews.

EOI Guia - film reviews

Tuesday, 8 March 2016

MODAL VERBS - MUST - HAVE TO - INTERMEDIO LEVEL



PRESENT SIMPLE
HAVE TO / HAS TO
( also have got to…)
 General (external) obligation / rules / laws
Some external circumstance makes the obligation necessary
Impersonal ‘you’ – ( ‘you’ mean ‘people in general’)
MUST
Your own obligation / personal obligation / rules
Some personal circumstance makes the obligation necessary (and the speaker almost certainly agrees with the obligation.)
DON’T HAVE TO
DOESN’T HAVE TO
(also haven’t got to …)
 It is not necessary / there is no obligation
MUSTN’T
Prohibition



EXAMPLES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND PRESENT:
I must stop smoking. (I want to.)
I have to stop smoking. (Doctor's orders)

This is a terrible party. We really must go home.
This is a lovely party, but we've (got) to go home because of the baby-sitter.

Must you wear dirty old jeans all the time? (Is it personally important for you?)
Do you have to wear a tie at work? (Is there a regulation?)















Monday, 15 February 2016

TIME FOR A HOLIDAY - LISTENING - INTERMEDIATE 1

We have been talking about slowing down in our daily life. Here are two videos using the topic of time. In the first video complete the blanks in the transcript with the missing words whereas in the second you might try to write down what they say, like a dictation. You can find the key after the second video.

My That's English!

Thursday, 11 February 2016

APPEARANCES - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are two commercials about appearances. Hope you can understand the message. Do you feel identified yourselves with the message?






Thursday, 4 February 2016

Friday, 29 January 2016

MEETING CLUB TO PRACTISE ENGLISH, FRENCH OR GERMAN

The Gran Canaria Language Exchange is a great initiative for the whole island created by Spanish and English tutor Theresa Coe (theresacoe@gmail.com). It is a free iniciative which offers oportunities to improve French, English or German. There are meetings over the island. For more information you could send Theresa an email.

There is also this link to find people close to where you live: http://www.meetup.com/English-Intermediate-Conversation-Group/

APPEARANCES LISTENING FOR PRACTICE - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are some links to work on appearances:

  1. http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixers/T095-Appearance.htm
  2. http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1183-Maria-Appearance.html
  3. http://elllo.org/video/1251/V1299-Adelina-Appearance.htm
  4. http://elllo.org/english/Mixer/09Fashion.html

JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - INTERMEDIATE 2

Here are some videos with ways to describe people physically. For extra vocabulary you have this link: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/appearance/vocab1.html









Sunday, 24 January 2016

PHOBIAS AND FEARS - LISTENING - INTERMEDIATE 1

Reading and listening activities on:

Phobias
http://listenaminute.com/p/phobias.html
http://www.elllo.org/mobile/VM1101/V1128-Encounter.htm

Fears
http://listenaminute.com/f/fear.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/0451/457-Ruth-AfraidOf.htm
http://www.elllo.org/video/M051/M056Fear.htm
http://www.elllo.org/english/0151/157-Naju-Fear.htm

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL



This is a link to a site which helps students to introduce, revise or practise comparatives and superlatives
The biggest and the best

SINCE / FOR - INTERMEDIATE 1

Quiz to know how to use since or for. Firstly, read the rules and then take a multiple choice grammar quiz.


Since / for 

MODALS FOR POSSIBILITY AND CERTAINTY - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

The EFL SMARTblog

Modals for possibility and certainty

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

FORMAL AND INFORMAL EMAIL - INTERMEDIATE 1

These are some tips on how to write a formal or informal email. I hope they are useful to you in your writing production.

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Friday, 20 November 2015

LISTENING ACTIVITIES - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

You can use these lesson plans to help develop listening and language skills. There are seven episodes of Virtually Anywhere so you can do one a week, or more frequently if you would like more intensive practice. This is more suitable for intermediate 2 but those in intermediate 1 can give it a try.

Sunday, 15 November 2015

Friday, 13 November 2015

SPEEDING INTO THE FUTURE - INTERMEDIATE 1

Technology's a good thing, right? It helps us stay in touch with friends and family wherever we are. But do we use it too much? In this session we do a fun quiz about how we use technology, and also learn the vocabulary.

Too much tech? - At the end of the page, click on next activity. This lesson has three different types of activities.

 Is technology good for children? - The following activity is a reading comprehension on technology with questions. 

EXTREME COMMUTERS - INTERMEDIATE 1

This news report is about extreme commuting - and you'll find out about one very long commute. While you are listening, try to fill in the gaps in the text below. Once you have finished it, click on the transcript below the video to see the correct words. You can use the vocabulary list to help you learn some new words while you're listening.



EXTREME COMMUTERS


The average worker in Britain _________ 54 minutes commuting each day. But some travel for much longer. These are the UK's 'extreme commuters'.
Gary Egen lives in Wales and ____________ five days a week to Watford, which is 170 miles away.
"My alarm goes off at 03:30 each day and my ________ takes two-and-a-half to three hours," he says.
But he says he enjoys the time spent travelling: "I have quite a ____________job so I use the journey home to sort my day out in my ___________ and to make a plan for the following day."
Research from the Office for National Statistics says ______________- commuting is becoming more _______________, and that a travel time of three hours or more is often a happier experience than ____________ journeys.
This may be because these extra-long journeys are a _______________ choice for extreme commuters. They often have a higher than ___________ income and can therefore use their travel time more productively.

Thursday, 12 November 2015

PAST SIMPLE - BASIC LEVEL

Do you like singing karaoke? You are going to listen to a rap made to practise the pronunciation of past verbs. I am sure you are going to have a lot of fun singing at home.





Friday, 6 November 2015

GUY FAWKES DAY - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

On November 5th people remember the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by celebrating 'Bonfire Night'. All over Britain there are firework displays and bonfires with models of Guy Fawkes, which are burned on the fire. This video from The British Council's LearnEnglish site explores the origins of the festival and looks at how it's celebrated now.









After watching the video, try this game