VOTE FOR THE BEST HALLOWEEN STORY

Hello boys and girls from intermediate 2 and advanced 2 :-))). Thanks for participating in the contest and posting your stories. Now is time for everybody to read them and vote for their favourite one. You can do it (students, ex students and friends) leaving a comment on this post. Just write the title of your favourite story or the name of the author (in case there is no title). The deadline for voting is 26th October. so there are two days left.....enjoy the reading :-)!!!!!!!!!!!!

HALLOWEEN MINISTORY CONTEST

Hello to all my students. As you know Halloween is approaching and as last year, there is going to be a writing contest. This time instead of writing on paper you will use this blog to post your mini-stories. If you are a new student of mine, you only need to click on the Halloween ministory contest post, register (in order to sign your posts with a username and password) and post your ministory (through the comments window).

REQUIREMENTS TO ENTER THE MINISTORY CONTEST

-The story must have a title

- it has to revolve around the Halloween topic

- it cannot be longer than 100 words

- it must be written by one of my students attending intermediate 2 or advanced 2 classes this year

- the deadline for posting your ministory: 23rdOctober

HOW TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE STORY:

-You can vote from 24th to 26th October, leaving a post with the title of your favourite story.

-Anyone registered on this blog can vote, even students who have posted a story and ex-students of mine.

PRIZE

The student whose story gets the most votes by October the 26th will be awarded a little gift (English learning material)

GIVE IT A TRY! :-)

AVANZADO 2, SOUTH AFRICA

Hi boys and girls, here's a link (courtesy of my colleague Martín) to a video on South Africa, and some questions about it, which we will discuss in class after you have watched the video.Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5jJSjpztmA&feature=channel

A video on South Africa

Watch the video Poor Whites / Rich Blacks, get acquainted with SA English, plus some Afrikaans, and answer some questions about the social situation in present-day South Africa:

According to Phindi, what's the difference between "then" and "now"?

According to one of the Groblers, in the old times, when whites left school...

The scrapyard only hires....... Why?

What did the old system teach blacks to become?

According to Phindi, what do whites need to realize?

What reasons (both serious and joking) do Phindi and and Tshepo give about Jacob Zuma being president?

Do you have a view on what you have just watched?

GOOD LUCK BOYS AND GIRLS

just a quick post to wish my intermediate two and advanced one students a happy course ending and lots of luck for your exams, be they certificate or not.

I hope you enjoyed this course guys :-)

see you around the school

;-)

ADVANCED 1 REPORTING VERBS MINITEST

hi boys and girls from Avanzados 1.

Here's a little test for you :-)

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/advanced/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_adv_unit09_1/

MEDICAL ENGLISH, INTERMED.& AVANZADO

hello boys and girls, yes, I am still alive, only too busy lately :-)

Here's a very good link to a Canadian site (French/English) where you can find lots of activities related to health and medicine, our latest topic for Intermediate II Enjoy :-)

HEALTH

EXPRESSING CONTRAST (INTERM. AVANZ.)

hi guys, long time no see....I have been quite busy lately

Here is a link you may find useful in order to revise contrast linkers and other stuff that appears on the same page..

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/a/f_contrast.htm

Enjoy

Seeya in class

Monica :-)