Every time I start with a group in the level of 1º ESO, it is a sort of a challenge for me. They come to me and they know barely anything about English and about how to learn a language, so I have to go back to square one and start from the very beginning.
This is what happened again this year in September and it is now in February when I have the feeling that things are beginning to go better and better. I believe this learning process must be similar to the one birds follow when they want to learn how to fly. Later it will come the time when they leave the nest to carry on with their lives.
So, my musical hint for today will be the song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Learning to Fly . Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!
Some activities for you to do:
Learn how to speak English naturally: How to show you've taken offence (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: 5 common uses of 'while' (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Steal someone's thunder (BBC Learning English)
News Review: 'Burnout': Jacinda Andern resigns (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: Doomscrolling: Why do we do it? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Papa English teaches us how to express when you feel "Annoyed" at different levels...
And our students at school at work...
Project on A Christmas Carol by José Carlos Escribano (4º ESO A)
