Here you are some advice to help you write your essays for EFL classes:
and you can choose your topics from this list
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Sunday, September 14, 2014
First class
This presentation contains the main ideas for the first class of the year:
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Newspaper headlines
Newspaper headlines are usually written as incomplete sentences as they have to be short, so they are often difficult to understand. These are some of the conventions used:
- There is often no verb:
- Unexpected Visit (=There Has Been An Unexpected Visit)
- Three, four, or more words are linked together. Reading backwards -starting at the end- can help you:
- Furniture Factory Pay Cut Row (=There has been a row -disagreement- in a furniture factory over pay cuts)
- Some verb changes are commonly used:
- Simple tenses insted of continuous or perfect forms
- Forgotten Brother Appears (=A forgotten brother has appeared)
- Opposition Backs PM (=The opposition supports the Prime Minister)
- The infinitive refers to the future:
- PM To Visit Australia (=The Prime Minister is Going to Visit Australia)
- Auxiliary verbs are dropped in the passive form:
- Man Killed In Accicent (=A man has been killed in an accident)
- No articles
- President Declares Celebration (=The President has declared a celebration)
- Terror Alert In The Capital (=There has been a terror alert in the capital)
- Vocabulary. Short words are preferred, even if they are not commonly used anywhere else:
- ACT: take action
- AID (noun): military or financial help
- AID (verb): help
- ALLEDGE: make an accusation
- APPEAR: appear in court accused of a crime
- AXE (noun): abolition
- AXE (verb) abolish; close down
- BACK: support
- BAN: forbid
- BAR: refuse
- BID: attempt
- BLAST: explosion; criticise violently
- BLAZE: fire
- BLOW: bad news
- BOND: association
- BOOM: big increase
- BOOST: encourage
- CALL FOR: demand
- CAMPAIGN: organized effort
- CLAIM: make a statement that something is true
- CLASH: quarrel; fight
- CURB: restrict
- DRAMA: incident
- DUMP:dismiss
- EMBRACE: meet; agree to
- FEAR(S): worry; concern
- FEUD: quarrel
- FURY: anger
- GRAB:confiscate; steal
- HIT: affect
- HURDLE: difficulty; obstacle
- KEY: answer; solution
- OPT FOR: choose
- OUST: replace
- OUTRAGE: anger
- PLAN: proposal
- PLEA: request
- PLEDGE: promise
- PROBE: investigate
- PURGE: control
- PUSH FOR: ask for; insist on
- QUIT: leave; resign
- QUIZ: question
- RAP: criticize; reprove
- RAID: attack
- RIDDLE: mystery
- ROW: disagreement
- SOAP (OPERA): TV series
- SET TO: ready to
- SEX ROMP: sex affair
- SHAKE UP: reform
- SHUN: avoid
- SINK: destroy; eliminate
- SLAM: criticise
- SNAG: criticise
- SNUB: difficulty; problem
- SOAR: increase; rise
- SPLIT: division; separation
- STORM: attack; anger
- SWOOP: raid
- THREAT: possibility
- TURMOIL: controversy; chaoes
- VOW: promise
- WAR: rivalry
- WED: marry; get married
- WOES: problems
Monday, September 8, 2014
The most interesting websites for learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
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| BBC Learning English |
- News in levels will help you read news in English at your own level. Once you've understood it you might try a higher level, or the other way round, try the most difficult level and then an easier one.
- Activities for Esl/EFL students offers a wide range of activities, particularly quizzes, which are always fun.
- Isabel Pérez is probably one of the most interesting Spanish websites. You'll find all sorts of grammar and vocabulary exercises but also interesting texts on a variety of topics. It is also a good website for ESL teachers.
- Lyrics Training will let you listen to your favourite songs and learn English at the same time. Our former assistant, Sam, recommended it.
- Five minute English has short articles on different topics that will be useful for language learners, such as the difference between hear and listen to.
- ESL America has lots of activities with audio files so that you can focus on difficult aspects of pronunciation.
- Audio-Lingua has a large selection of mp3 files for learners of many European languages. You'll find files from A1 to C2 levels. Many of them are in English.
- BBC Learning English website has lots of different sections where you can find texts, audio files and activities designed for foreign students of English.
- Duolingo is a great website if you want to learn English (French, German or Portuguese) on your own. It uses translation and dictation as its main activities. It can be useful particularly if you want to reinforce what you have learnt in class. You can register using your Facebook or Google account.
- Newspapers in English. Here you'll find lots of online newspapers to read in English:
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Interesting websites for CLIL history classes
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Charlemagne |
General
http://www.isabelperez.com/clil/clicl_m_6.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
ESO-4: History
http://www.khanacademy.org/#history
http://www.historylastra.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
www.SchoolHistory.co.uk
www.artyclopedia.com
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/World_History
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Interesting CLIL websites for geography
This is a selection of interesting websites for Spanish CLIL students of social studies (ciencias sociais) in English.General
http://www.isabelperez.com/clil/clicl_m_6.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
ESO-3: Geography
www.europa.eu.int/abc/12lessons/index _en.htm
http://www.ieslamadraza.com/elena/websociales/geography3eso/indexgeography3.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://clilmodulegeography.blogspot.com.es/
http://countries.mrdonn.org/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
The Booming Twenties
This is the presentation that we have made for our ESO-4 CLIL history classes:
Unit 11 - The Booming Twenties from Ana Arias Castro
You'll find more CLIL resources for history classes in this page in our blog.
You'll find more CLIL resources for history classes in this page in our blog.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Social studies CLIL resources for 3º and 4º ESO
These resources that we have been elaborating and revising for the last decade have been designed to meet the requirements of the 3º and 4º ESO Spanish syllabus.
We hope you find them useful:
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