MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Holiday Greetings to all of you students, and ex-students..

Hope the holidays bring peace, rest and entertainment to you all

Don't forget to keep reading and watching videos or anything in English

Here's a suggestion...

on youtube you find audio books like the following, taken from Dracula by Bram Stoker..(British English..(.beware, there's one in American English which sounds really weird considering Stoker was Irish)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69XJe6-OBls

PASSIVE VOICE. INTERMEDIATE 2 (AND UP :-)

Hi boys and girls,
here is some grammar and online exercises to review the passive voice.
Follow the link:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

INTERMEDIATE 2 - SO vs SUCH

hi boys and girls,
here is a link to practise SO and SUCH

http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm

have a nice weekend
M.

HALLOWEEN CONTEST WINNER

hello boys and girls!
thank you all for voting....finally we have a winner....

CONGRATULATIONS RAQUEL!

see you in class..!!!!

THE MORE ....THE MORE int.2

Hi intermediate 2 students..
Here are some links to more exercises with this new structure we have learnt...the thirs one is about comparatives in general and it will do you good to brush them up ;-)
enjoy them (and don't forget to vote for the Halloween stories ;-))

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-60316.php


http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g2-the-the-comparatives.php

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/compsup2.html

HALLOWEEN CONTEST VOTING SPACE

Hi boys and girls, I was pleased to find more stories on the blog this morning :-). Intermediate 2 students rock! It is now time to vote for your favourite tale  (don`t forget to read Queti's story, which was posted by me).  Vote here adding a comment and expressing your preference. You can vote up to 30th October. Good luck participants!

HALLOWEEN MINI-STORY CONTEST

Hello students, new and old, as is usual in this season, I am going to hold a mini-story contest.

All my students, regardless of their level, can take part and enter a story. As to voting..anyone following the blog can vote their favourite tale.

Here are the regulations:

The story will be submitted on this blog under this Halloween post, as a comment (you will need a Google account registration and a nick-password to "sign" your comments).

It cannot be longer than 10 lines and has to be creepy, spooky or related to Halloween.

The deadline for posting stories is 24th October.

Once the submission period is over, all of you (even those who didn't participate) will be able to choose their favourite mini-story (by posting a comment indicating their preference).

Voting time will be from 25th to 29th October. 

Once we have the most voted story, the winner will be congratulated and given a little prize in class.
Good luck and enjoy the contest!

ADVANCED LEVEL

hi everybody,
there are still a couple of weeks to go before September exams so I thought you could use some exercises.
Here's a link to the EEOOII webpage where you will find information, listening exercises and other.

http://www.eeooiinet.com/n_eeooiinet/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=54

I recommend this test for checking your knowledge of British vs American English. It's fun and you only have 5 minutes to do it. You can play it again and again until you manage to complete the list within the allotted time :-)

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/usuk_words

enjoy your holidays
M.

Para el próximo curso La matrícula para estudios de FP superior costará 250 euros y el precio de las escuelas de idiomas se duplica

hi everybody, I think this piece of news is of your concern...click on the link to read the article

http://www.europapress.es/madrid/noticia-matricula-estudios-fp-superior-costara-250-euros-precio-escuelas-idiomas-duplica-20120607210438.html

Enjoy your holidays
:-)

AVANZADO 1

Hi boys and girls,
here, as I promised Alicia, are a few sentences to translate into English...you can hand them in along this week :-)
1- No estaba acostumbrado a comer pescado, pero cuando me mudé a Japón tuve que acostumbrarme.
2- Cuando vivía en Inglaterra solía ir al trabajo andando todas las mañanas
3-Solía ser tikismikis (vocab learnt these past months) con los horarios de las comidas, pero cuando empecé a compartir piso con otras personas me acostumbré a tomármelo con tranquilidad..
4-Si nos acostumbraramos a ver la tele en Inglés aprenderíamos mucho más rápido.

ok, there it is....looking forward to reading your translated sentences..
Monica

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

hello students Happy New Year!
I guess that most of you have some new year's resolutions for 2012.
Well, for those of you who set out to improve your listening skills, I am providing a link with a lot of useful "fill in the gap exercises" made out of real material (cartoons, interviews, etc.).
The levels are mixed depending on the video, but generally from intermediate two to advanced.
I hope some of you find it useful:     http://www.nobuna.com/lessons?page=2
see you in class
:-)