MERRY DIGITAL CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

This is what I call digital competence!

SINGING (AND SPEAKING) IN THE RAIN

These silent movie stars are taught how to speak properly by two exasperated diction coaches.

"And I can't stand him"!

"Moses supposes his toeses are Roses,
But Moses supposes Erroneously" 

DO YOU DARE?

A great opportunity to play the fool.

YOU HAVE A FUTURE AS PERFORMERS

If you watch the whole video, you may end up like king Juan Carlos' mother.  You'll see why.

WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?

These two Norwegian brothers look so serious singing this nonsensical song! This parody of contemporary music has gone viral but the melody is also catchy and the dance very funny.

MACARENAS OF THE UNIVERSE. THIS SONG GOES TO YOU.

WHEN I DANCE THEY CALL ME MACARENA

Had you ever thought of learning the first conditional, the present simple, the past simple and the present continuous with Los del Río? Yes, hard to believe.

ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO MY STUDENTS.

 SWEET CAROLINE

Conditional and Past Simple with honeyed Neil Diamond

A SONG TO THE ANGIES

Your wish is my command!

Learn the Future Simple and the Past Simple with The Rolling Stones.

OLIVER TWIST

Wikipedia information and audio material.

First part of the whole TV series.

NURSE MATILDA

Information about Nurse Matilda books., Activities and audio material.

Emma Thompson's beautiful English talking about what attracted her about this not very beautiful character.

PREHISTORIC ART, VENUS OF WILLENDORF

Some help for bilingual first formers. 25 thousand years ago art was already essential to man.

FRENCH REVOLUTION (PART 1)

Here you have some help for your history classes in 4º.  I hope you find it interesting and helpful.

SPANISH SECRET MESSAGES HIDDEN IN ENGLISH SONGS

Impossible to sing these songs once you have been told their hidden messages in Spanish.

Bebiendo Schweppes como mejor.  Their innocence will pull me through.

¿Quieres una manzana?: The kid's not my son.

Baby quiero queso roñoso.  Maybe get a blister on

Pingüino Rodríguez: I think we're gonna make it.

Un chinito pecando: And she lit up the candle.

Te traigo pasta: To drag the past out.

Raro, raro: Right on, right on.

Me gusta el tenis: There goes my baby.

Se ha ido al cine: Same old city.

Y en los ojos vees, una rama de olivo, ¿no lo crees?: Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer.

SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVING IS EASY!

Courses in Exmouth, London Cultural Experience, Courses in Totnes

If you have no plans for next summer and a little money,  have a look at this!!

London Summer 2013

 When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Samuel Johnson 
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/london.html#8MHFXxFTjugt0gfv.99

SPANGLISH FROM GIBRALTAR

Spanish and English, two languages united (or separated?) by the same people.

MONIKA SAVOVA'S MOVING COMPOSITION ABOUT HER FIRST YEAR IN OUR SCHOOL.

This is a  perfect and comprehensive summary of this school year in 3ºA.  Congrats to you all.  Well done, guys and gals!

   This year for me was so so different. All for me here is so different. But i'm going to start of the beginning. So...

      At the beginning of the year i was very excited, because i'll be with other people, with other teachers, in a completely different place and and etc. Well, but at the same time and I was very worried. It's normal, right? And when we started the year, honestly, I was ready to give up. It was very difficult for me. Specially the spanish. But over time, all ranks well. 

      I like the people here. There were so kind and friendly with me. They helped me all the time and the most important thing is that now i have a lot of friend... true friends. The people here are different than the people in Bulgaria. I saw that a lot of times. For example, in my country they won't help you. Not all the people but if i can say 60% are the people who aren't going to help you. They don't care. It's sad but... yeah. Here all the people repeat me that if i need something i can tell them. I needed to hear that. The people are more relaxed, funny... 

     The teachers who i met this year are so so so good. From the beginning I saw that they were so kind to me. I didn't know if it was because I'm new here, or just because they are. But i saw what I had not seen in Bulgaria. They are amazing for me.  I remember my first day with 2ºC and i was late for my hour ... but this was a lesson with you. Haha I had English. And i won't forget it. I don't know why. 

     Now about my class: They are amazing class. From the beginning they helped and i want to tell them one big THANKS for all, because without them and their help i don't know what i had to do, really. Everyone in this class has helped me a lot to find friends too, to start to speak with other people, to be one of them. I found friends in this class. And now i have 23 sisters and 7 brothers. I love them so so much. And if i have to repeat this year with other class... it's not going to be the same. I don't want to leave them. With them i feel good, i feel relaxed and i'm not nervous... With one word just they are AMAZING. Amazing. :) 

     Now i'm saying it was nice. It was fun. All this. But i'm glad i did it. That i didn't give up. And now i can speak spanish too. It's was the most important thing this year for me and i did it. I think i'm going to stay, live and study here. 

     That it.

JESÚS NAVAS SIGNS FOR CITY. WE'LL MISS HIM!

The offficial website of Manchester City announces the signing of Jesús Navas

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!!

If you are tired, bored and fed up with exams and sick of teachers, relax and have a glimpse at this marvellous video with the wonderful voice of David Attemborough, the father of wildlife documentaries, reciting the famous Louis Armstrong's song.

GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM. A SPACE ODISSEY-A SPACE ODDITY

Hadfield has become a social media rock star with his zero-gravity version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and a continuous stream of commentary on Twitter about his life in orbit. 
Below David Bowie's original song (1969)

NIGHTMARE IN JACARANDA STREET. SELECTIVIDAD STALKING

Evaluation criteria of the exam and relevant information you should be familiar with.

1ºBACHILLERATO; MAY 15th. Units 6 and 7

Grammar: Passive Voice, have something done, Reported Speech
Vocabulary: TV, Crime, Reporting Verbs, Adverbs of Manner, -ed -ing adjectives
Reading: Reality TV

Listening: Britain in Europe?

3ºESO TEST, MAY 15 th. UNITS 7 AND 8

Grammar: Present and past simple passive.Subject and Object Questions,Adverbs.
Vocabulary: Geography, The body, Sports Equipment, Compound Nouns.
Reading: Who was Shakespeare?
Listening:  Heritage Tourism 

 

AMANDA BERRY 911 CALL. "I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED!"

Hear the frantic 911 call placed by Amanda Berry after she escaped from being held against her will for 10 years. The dispatcher is under fire because of how he responded to Amanda. Cops are reviewing the way the police handled the call.

Amazing and dreadful story .   

BOBBY McFERRIN TEACHES THE PENTATONIC SCALE

All around the world, regardless of culture, we all seem to "get" the pentatonic scale. The reason for that lies very much in neuroscience and sociology.

Brilliant, funny and simple.

MURILLO IN ENGLAND. BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITION AND MEANINGFUL EXPLANATIONS

Murillo & Justino de Neve: The Art of Friendship

ONE HUNDREDTH POST OF THE BLOG! PASSIVE VOICE FOR DUMMIES.

Do you have an Android smartphone? Test your grammar with Johnny Grammar's Quizmaster app http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.or...

We use passives when we don't know who did the action. Only transitive verbs (verbs with an object) can be made passive. Passives are formed with the verb 'be' + past participle:

My bike has been stolen.

We also use passives when it isn't important who did the action, or it is obvious:

Yes, it was chained to a lamppost.

PRESENT PERFECT SONGS

"Standing on the Shore" Empire of the Sun

"Have You Seen Her" The Chi-Lites

"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" Creedence Clearwater Revival

"(I've Had) the Time of My Life" Bill Medly, Jennifer Warnes

Have you ever realy loved a woman, Bryan Adams

'Have You Ever" - Brandy

ROMEO AND JULIET FOR SHAKESPEAREAN KIDS

“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.” 

DO 2ºY STUDENTS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

I'm afraid they do.

TARANTINESQUE VERSION OF TREASURE ISLAND

I can't remember how many oscars this film was awarded.  Not many, I'm afraid.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. STILL, I THINK BLONDIE'S WAY IS DEFINETELY BETTER

2º BACHILLERATO, UNIT 5, RELATIVE CLAUSES

The link which you can find here is perfect for practicing the relative clauses, whose exercises are always difficult. Those who need more practice should do these exercises.

1º BACHILLERATO, UNIT 5, THIRD CONDITIONAL

If I were you, I would have a look at this.

3º ESO, UNIT 6, MODAL VERBS

I NEEDN'T SING IN CLASS,  THEY CAN DO IT FOR ME. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THESE SONGS, YOU MAY LEARN THE USE OF MODAL VERBS. YOU MUSTN'T FORGET, YOU HAVE TO STUDY FOR THE EXAM. Break your leg next Tuesday.

PISTORIUS' DESCENT INTO HELL

Bloodied cricket bat is key evidence, The Guardian says. 

It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!

Superman's kriptonite? Read here

LIGHTNING STRIKES THE VATICAN THE DAY THE POPE RESIGNS

A message from above?

THE MERCHANT OF BRENES. A NEW SUCCESS OF THE POCKET OXFORD THEATRE COMPANY

                                               The Pocket Oxford Theatre Company

Shylock the banker and Portia the TV presenter were surely impressed by our students' pronounciation.
BEA CARRIÓN'S REVIEW OF PORTIA'S CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES

Portia is an actress of William Shakespeare’ s play. She is a very beautiful  woman. She is rich, and she likes wear elegant clothes.

She has got the most expensive clothes of the shopping center. She wears modern pink dresses  to go to the special parties. She has 24 kinds of high heels, of all colours, styles… But she doesn´t like platform shoes. She thinks, they are very formal to special occasion, although, sometimes, she wears  it. Portia hates trainers, caps and sunglasses, because she says this kind of clothes are ugly, and they are the cheapest in the shop.

When she goes out, at night, she wears: the shortest mini skirt of her closet, the most expensive  necklace she has, the trendiest blouse that she loves it, her favourite gold ring and in her ears, she has a little cool piercing and she puts one earring smaller than the other.  Oh! Don´t forget. She loves make-up. She has red lipstick, bleu eyeline but always she is pretty and fashionable.

She never wears outdated clothes or old-fashioned because she thinks  they´re ugly, dreadful and when she looks somebody´re wearing it she shout !!!!! OMG, I CAN´T OPEN MY EYES.

2º BACHILLERATO. FEB 22nd TEST, UNITS 3-4

GRAMMAR: Reported Speech, Modals + Perfect Infinitive,

LANGUAGE WORKSHOP: Reporting Verbs, Compound Adjectives, Had Better, Prefixes
VOCABULARY: Adjectives: Personal Qualities
READING: Insightful text about the mysterious figure of Wilbur Mercer here. 
LISTENING: Shakespeare

SPEAKING: Original happy ending of Blade Runner. Which do you like better?

1ºBACHILLERATO. TEST FEB 20th. UNITS 3 AND 4

VOCABULARY: Adjectives + prepositions, Verbs + propositions.
GRAMMAR: Relative clauses, Talking about the Future, Comparative and Superlative Adjectives, Noun Suffixes,
LISTENING: houses of the future
READING:Shakespeare   SPEAKING: The Treasure Island.  The newest version.

 

3º ESO. FEB 21st TEST. UNITS 4 AND 5

VOCABULARY: Fashion adjectives, Places in a town, Make or do
GRAMMAR:  Comparative and superlative adjectives, Talking about the future,The First Conditional, too and enough.
READING: Shakespeare.
LISTENING; Camden Fashion             SPEAKING: Shopping for clothes

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Feb 5th

When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder
That such trivial people should muse and thunder
In such lovely language.
D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) 

Al Pacino's Shylock's monologue.
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge? 

Lubitsch's tribute in To Be or Not to Be. The funniest and cleverest film ever made

I CARLY HIGHLIGHTS

Michelle Obama doing "Random Dancing"

Weeeeeelllll okay, some more stuff of one direction!

LA CHANCLA. WHY ARE HISPANIC CHILDREN SO WELL-BEHAVED?

Are you familiar with this technique?

IT WAS ALL ONE BIG LIE

Are you a bloody cheater? Yes or no?

Were all cyclists cheaters? Yes or no?