Oh, my God!!! July is nearly over!!!

Yes, when we are on holiday and we are having a good time, time really flies away!!!

Listening exercise to do: Are we there yet? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

What have you done so far this summer? I hope you are having a good time, but that you are getting ready for the next school year. Here are some hints for your holidays:

The Châteaux of the Loire Valley   (what's interesting about the château Le Clos de Lucé?)

 Oviedo, the capital city of the Principality of Asturias

     Two incredible natural landscapes in León: Las Médulas y Los Ancares ( palloza )

Why are Las Medulas known for? Who was responsible for this?

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 160720 / 20 July 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: candidate, damning & trend.  

Don't leave it for tomorrow!!! Start now and you'll be ready for next school year.

Here I present a record of all the comments and projects made by our students during the summer time.

SUMMER SCOREBOARD

Andrea Gutiérrez (4º ESO B)- 5 & Project on A Foreigner in Britain by Andrea Gutiérrez

Alex España (4º ESO B) -   10

Ariadna López (4º ESO A) -3
Joaquín García (4º ESO B) - Project on A Foreigner in Britain
Inés cobos (4º ESO A) - 1
María Béjar (4º ESO A) - 3

Have a look at the PROJECT done by Joaquín García on the reader A Foreigner in Britain.

Why do people (especially students) tend to procrastinate everything they have to do? What does this word mean? Here's a good listening exercise to do: Get on with it!  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Important piece of news for my students in 1º Bachillerato next year   >>>   Have a look in my site at Notes on grammatical issues (1º Bach) and you'll find the exercises will be doing next year, apart from most useful notes on the uses of TENSES & MODAL VERBS:        

 

Remember that in NOTES ON GRAMMATICAL ISSUES (2º Bach) you can have a look at the following issues (I give you the links to some useful exercises to do all along the school year):

a. Comparatives and superlatives    (EXERCISES TO DO)  

b. Passive voice    (EXERCISES TO DO)  

c. Conditional sentences    (EXERCISES TO DO)  

d. Relative Clauses    (EXERCISES TO DO)  

e. Reported Speech    (EXERCISES TO DO)  

Have a look at the picture on the right and give me a synonym for 'supposed to'. Remember to revise the modal verbs. Can you rewrite the sentence using the modal verb.

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 160629 / 29 June 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: propaganda, urged & distinguished.  

New PM for the UK (Acronyms)

What do 'PM', 'UK', 'mp'... stand for? What other acronyms do you know in English? Here is, among many others, a most common acronyms list.

Activity to do: A new Prime Minister for Britain (BBC Learning English)

Articles to read in the press:

• Brexit morning briefing: a new prime minister arrives at No 10 (The Guardian)

• We have a new Prime Minister: so what happens now? (Independent)

• Theresa May vows to be 'one nation' prime minister. (BBC)

And who will be the new Foreign Secretary dealing all the Brexit affairs? Read this and find out.

Now try to compile the most interesting words you have seen related with the semantic field of POLITICS.

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 160713 / 13 July 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: pressing, scene, malnutrition & so-called.

VINCENT VAN GOGH

Some time ago (January, 2014) I made this post about this great Dutch painter. Here it is again with some updated information you may be interested in.

 

Who was Vincent Van Gogh? Tell me all the information you know about him. 

If you don't know him, you can read something about him. CLICK HERE!!! 

 

And if you like to have a look at a page with brand new information about Vincent Van Gogh and many other artists, I will provide you with this like: Artsy's Vincent Van Gogh page . It will take you to Artsy's page, whose main aim is to make all of the world's art accessible to anyone online.

Crossword on ART 


VIDEO PROPOSED by Margarita Llanes (2º ESO A)

Diabetes, a rising disease

Listening exercise to do: Why is the disease diabetes on the rise? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Related articles to read about the issue and some other eating disorders:

• Is Diabetes Becoming the Biggest Epidemic of the Twenty-first Century?  (IJHS)

• Diabetes epidemic affecting 350m – and western fast food is to blame  (The Guardian)

• Eating disorders: My son died – if he'd been a girl, he may have got help sooner (BBC News beat)

• Men need help as well as women with eating disorders, say medical experts (BBC News beat)

Do you really know what the word 'time' means? Here are nine of its many uses (BBC Learning English). Can you tell me any more you know?

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 160706 / 06 July 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: on such a scale, judgement, on record, loggers & orbiting.

Read about Juno spacecraft orbiting around Jupiter.

Our students in Galicia (Viaje de Estudios)

 

We wish you a safe trip home and that you are having the best of times!!!!

Our students in Galicia