Spain, what is Spain for you?

 

It is the name of the place where you live. You may say it is your country or just the name of a football team. Nowadays, we are in a globalised world and you've got relatives and friends working and living all around the world and problems throughout the problem might affect you, so we don't feel so much part of a country, but of the world.

You hear on the news that there are floods in New York and that is the city where your brother and his family lives. There is a severe drought in New Zealand and that is the country where a friend of yours works as a civil engineer. A heavy snow fall where your elder son is doing his Erasmus or a pandemic in Cardiff where your younger son is also doing his Erasmus. There is an avalanche in Laussane (Switzerland) and that is the spot where Benjamín Béjar Haro lives and works as a university professor and who was one of Albert's most brilliant students and whose family is from Molvízar.

The English We Speak - Cook (BBC Learning English)

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Would you like a robot companion?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 
  

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  The London Letter Challenge: Episode 3: At the market  (BBC Learning English)  

  
  

• Work in the future: Is working from home here to stay?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: Phrases with CLOCK  (BBC Learning English) 

 - Difference between USED TO, BE USED TO + V-ing & GET USED TO V-ing

 

Gaza ceasefire live: Israel says body handed over by Hamas is not one of the hostages (The Guardian)

Bowen: Trump's role in Gaza ceasefire was decisive, but not a roadmap to peace (BBC News)

 

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Have you ever really loved a woman? by Bryan Adams. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

Colm's interview - IRELAND - #HUMAN

   

English with Lucy: Do you mis pronounce these common English words?    

 

 

Learning English Grammar - Things you have to do (BBC Learning English)

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with   Iron Man  - Tony Stark  

 

 

 

 

Football legend Mario Kempes , el Matador | FIFA Classic player

 

 

 

 

Our students in 1º ESO B are making an avatar of themselves. Can you guess who they are?

                                                                           Who is she? 

 

 

Who is he?

                                                                       Who is he?

 

 

 

Who is he?

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                           Who is she?

 

 

 

Elementary Level - Learn English through Oxford English video   <<<<

What's going on?

O Rei de Futebol, Pelé!!!

You'll always be in our hearts!!!

Pelé, Brazil World Cup winner and football legend, dies aged 82 (The Guardian)

Pelé, one of football's all-time greats, dies aged 82 – video obituary (The Guardian)

Pele: Brazil football legend dies aged 82 (BBC News)

Pelé -Top 10 Impossible Goals Ever  

 

... and his Pelé scoring a wonderful goal in the film 'Victory'    

 

'What's going on?'  >>>  Can you tell me what it means and other synonym questions?  Pay attention to the musical story I am going to tell you and decide which song do you like best?

   

Some songs have an incredible story behind. I'll present you this amazing musical story. Bruce Springsteen has just produced a song called Nightshift based on another one by the Commodores, which made reference to the great Marvin Gaye ("What's going on?"). Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along of Nightshift!!

 

 

By the way, what does the word 'nightshift' mean?

 

The night shift (The Guardian)

 

 

Our students and their avatars, which one do you think it is the most similar to the real one?

 

Carmen Ruíz (1º ESO B)                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

Daniela Ramos (1º ESO B)

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English in a Minute: Common meanings of 'appreciate'  (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Translating recipes (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)   

• Learn INFORMAL GREETINGS  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review about RACE TO SAVE THE PLANET:  COP-27: What is 'greenwashing'?  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak: Get your act together  (BBC Learning English)

 

Livia González (1º ESO A)

 

 

 

 

 

Mirian Sánchez (1º ESO A)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Christmas Carol (Drama story) Part 2:  The first of three spirits    (BBC Learning English)

 

We can't stop working

 

The life of a student or a teacher is like that. There are no Sundays or holidays!!!  We can't stop working as we have so much to learn and the chances are few, as the song says. However, this is amazing side of these two jobs: you never get bored!! Anyway, if you like your job, that will be no problem.

 

 

   

My encouraging song to help you keep working: (I can't) Stop Loving You by Toto. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!! And here's another version by Ray Charles.

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• The English We Speak: Feast your eyes  (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do:  What are you doing for Halloween? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)   

• Learn INFORMAL GREETINGS  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review about new UK PM Rishi Sunak:  Bye-bye Lizz, hello Rishi  (BBC Learning English)

• 10 Easy English words to learn about: VEGETABLES  (BBC Learning English)

 

What can we expect from Rishi Sunak as prime minister? (BBC News)

 

 

 

 

English in a Minute: 4 meanings of 'EXPERIENCE'  (BBC Learning English)

 

Here are more avatars of our students in 1º ESO...

Sergio

 

Martín

 

 

 

 

Aday

 

 

 

I want you back

Perhaps now, after PM Liz Truss resigning, Britons will be saying: "I want you back" referring to EU after the Brexit episode. Here's the announcement made by the British Prime Minister, try to find a mistake in the speech:

 

Read the following newspaper article and you will see how they have corrected the mistake.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after disastrous economic plan (NBC News)

 

 

Our students creating their avatars. Here are Nerea Bacas and Amain Briouel (1º ESO B) creating their own avatars...

It is time to create your own avatar using this programme AVATAR MAKER !!

 

 

   

My encouraging song to help you keep working: I want you back by The Jacksons 5. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along on the Ed Sullivan show!!

 

The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" on The Ed Sullivan Show

 

 

I also want my students to be back to the road of success having the best marks possible. Here's something to help you.

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English in a Minute: Different meanings of 'BEAR'  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Does climate change make you anxious? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)   

• 10 Easy English words to learn about: CLOTHES  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Could scientists find a cancer vaccine?  (BBC Learning English)

   

  
  

  

   

Creating an avatar of yourself

What is an avatar? Try to define it. Then have a look at this possible definition given by Cambridge Dictionary.

Have you ever created one when playing on a computer game? Do you often change your profile picture on Twitter, WhatsApp or Facebook?

Related articles you can read about the issue:

• What Do Our Online Avatars Reveal About Us? (The New York Times)

• Could avatars help people who hear voices? (BBC News)

• What does your profile picture say about you? - Quiz (The Guardian)

 

Activities for my 2º ESO students:  Describe yourself physically and then write something about your personality. Then create your own avatar using this programme AVATAR MAKER or any other programme you know. If you already have an avatar, insert it in your blog or site and send it to me, too.

 

English with Lucy >>>> Describing physical appearance

Solutions to the exercises in the previous post:

 

73.  1. are playing , will win    2. will get , arrives   3. has never smoked     4. must be joking   5. should have their hair cut   6. does your mother work

74.   1. My relatives and friends gave me many presents for my birthday.   2. You can find further information on the comparatives in the book.

75.    1. had not turned the radio off       2. wouldn't have     3. reaches                                

76.     1. The tourist asked the girl how much it cost a bus ticket to Motril.    2. Albert told his students that the previous weekend he had corrected their compositions and they were not too bad.   3. The host warned the guests not to go go into that room if they were afraid of ghosts.

77.    1. The man I had come to see was sitting at the desk.     2. Not many students passed English in the first term, which didn't surprise anybody.     3. Sherlock Holmes asked the witness for the chair the suspect had been sitting on. 

 

78.     A bicycle has got fewer wheels than a bus.     I haven't got as much money as Nadal.

79.    1. Were you interested by the idea?      2. I'm sure your things were not touched while you were out.

3. It is said that he is a policeman.  //   He is said to be a policeman.

 80.   1. I wonder what time it is.      2. I can't remember who won the championship in 1998.   3. I haven't a clue if your parents have ever been to Britain.                                              

81.   1. Could you tell me where the town hall in Salobreña is, please?    2. I have never felt strong enough to give up smoking.    3. He is said to have a girlfriend.    4. If I were you, I would study English during the holidays. 5. I love parties. So do I.