tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47035283484658013202024-03-14T09:26:43.826+01:00The Funny Way to Learn EnglishThe best I can do to help my students realize learning English can be real fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-75932496301509556202014-12-28T17:14:00.000+01:002014-12-28T17:14:42.079+01:00Grand Hotel, Greater Movie<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, movies in original version will help you improve your English but choosing this film will also make you have a great time, especially if you like to see something out of the box now and then.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A funny and exciting story, a cast which includes a large number of great actors and actresses, and a perfect opportunity to listen to really good English. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do the fill-in-the-gap activity and then check your answers by clicking KEY here or in the toolbar. And d</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on't miss it!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-7511815145809460842014-11-20T15:39:00.001+01:002014-11-20T15:39:30.276+01:00Let's rap irregular verbs<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know, learning the list of irregular verbs with their correct spelling and pronunciation is giving you a headache!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why don't you try watching this video a student of mine recommended to me?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No doubt, a witty and talented teacher!</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gNaDvAYC0Jw" width="560"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-68370737068055956102014-10-13T15:19:00.000+02:002014-11-20T15:40:40.014+01:00My name is...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer is over and a new school year has just started for me. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's time to meet my new students and share with them work and laughter. The first song I've chosen is 'My name is Luka', a sad song with easy lyrics that my students of Básico 2 will be able to understand, I hope.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try to do the fill-in-the-gap activity and check your answers by clicking </span><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14860087/My%20Name%20is%20Luka/KEY.doc" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">KEY </a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the toolbar.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-35649786602424707102014-07-06T17:40:00.000+02:002014-10-13T15:20:19.260+02:00Sad but unfortunately true<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you ever heard a high number of couples split up after going on holidays together? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not surprisingly, spending the whole day with your love one can be the source of rows and trouble, and make you realize this is not what you really wanted.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breaking up is hard and when it comes to how to do so, it seems there's no easy way to face it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you find yourself in such a situation, you may find this video really helpful, and funny as a matter of fact. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try to do the fill-in-the-gap activity below and you'll get some useful tips.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-60231404377043837042014-06-23T19:53:00.002+02:002014-06-23T19:56:18.799+02:00Happy!!!!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another year's over and the summer and the holidays are here!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so glad to have shared this year with wonderful students and workmates but I'm in cloud nine because, at last, I'll be able to have a good rest. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've chosen a song that cheers me up whenever I listen to it and which, I hope, will brighten up your day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try to do the fill-in-the-gap activity. This time the missing words rhyme so you won't find it hard to complete them.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-57386795023539351972014-04-18T15:56:00.000+02:002014-06-23T19:54:57.830+02:00A reason to learn<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the reasons why I love being a teacher at the Official Schools of Languages is that I have the opportunity to be in touch with students of all ages and learn from them, no matter how young or old they may be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This post is especially dedicated to a group of young women I have the pleasure to share this year with. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The beautiful song they recommended to me will help you revise the long vowels in English as all the missing words in the fill-in-the-gap activity below contain one of them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember these long vowels are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, you can listen to the song and try to complete the lyrics.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-8304098764710354332014-03-31T19:52:00.000+02:002014-03-31T19:55:04.094+02:00Do we really feel European?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although it seems the only way to get ahead is to hold on tightly to a united Europe, I still believe that many of us don't really feel as part of this union. Do you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bono, the lead singer of the Irish band U2, made a speech on this issue and I thought you may enjoy listening to part of it while practising your skill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do the fill-in-the-gap activity below and then, click KEY on the toolbar to check your answers.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-66115835526078867162013-12-16T20:01:00.000+01:002013-12-16T20:01:39.392+01:00Nelson Mandela: Courage and Dignity<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't help offering my little tribute to a man who was able to overcome the anger he felt against those people who had tried to do away with him just because he had a great goal in mind: to help his country and his people.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know whether I'd be able to do so but I do admire his courage and cleverness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is part of an interview he did in Oprah Winfrey's program in 2000. Watch it and do the fill-in-the-gap activity to practise your listening but above all, enjoy it.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-65646636337941834002013-10-30T16:40:00.000+01:002013-10-30T16:40:05.893+01:00The right to know<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wikileaks and Julian Assange were just the beginning of an issue that's been causing a huge fuss all over the world, with Edward Snowden in the spotlight right now: Our right to know.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How far should we go in requiring our governments to hand over any information, no matter what about?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And how far should governments go to guarantee national security?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not that easy to set limits but we are all getting the feeling that everything we do is public whereas we know less and less about what politicians and powerful groups do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've chosen part of an interview with Julian Assange, confined in the Equadorian Embassy, to go a little bit further into this matter. Watch the video and do the multiple choice exercise below. You can get the whole interview transcript by clicking 'TRANSCRIPT' on the toolbar of the activity.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-23196221976780840632013-10-26T19:31:00.000+02:002013-10-27T19:24:38.863+01:00Sing a song<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spanish students usually find it difficult to pronounce the spellings <span style="color: #741b47;"><b>'ng'</b></span> and <b><span style="color: #741b47;">'nk'</span></b> correctly as they tend to do so like our Spanish /n/ and not like the English sound <b style="color: blue;">/ŋ/</b>.</span></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/ŋ/ </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is a nasal sound, which means you have to pronounce it letting the air go out through your nose and not your mouth. You have to raise the back of your tongue against the palate while making this sound. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here you are a picture that shows the position of the tongue and a video which will help you identify and pronounce this consonant sound correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">watch the video and do the fill-in-the-gap activity. All the missing words contain the consonant sound /</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 23px;">ŋ/</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"> and you can use the phonetic transcription in the 'Clue' to help you. You can check your answers clicking the </span><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14860087/Gun%20Violence/Key.doc" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">KEY</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-83757353117048898292013-05-05T08:15:00.003+02:002013-05-30T07:57:51.873+02:00For or against?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The need to control people's right to own a gun has been an open debate in the US for years but since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, in which 20 kids and 6 educators were killed, it has been raging.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barack Obama announced an initiative to reduce gun violence and has been backed up, among many others, by the mother of one of those fatally shot children. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've chosen her touching speech to introduce <span style="color: purple; font-weight: bold;">voiced consonants</span>. These consonants are produced with the <b><span style="color: purple;">vibration </span></b>of our <span style="color: purple;"><b>vocal chords</b></span>. You can feel this vibration by putting your fingers on your throat while producing the words '<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>zoo</b></span>' <span style="color: #45818e;">/zuː/</span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and '</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>river</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">' </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/ˈrɪvə/</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to learn which consonants are voiced and what they sound like, <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14860087/voicedconsonants/voiced.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;"><b>click this link</b></span></a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, watch the video and do the fill-in-the-gap activity. All the missing words contain voiced consonants and you can use the phonetic transcription in the 'Clue' to help you. You can check your answers clicking the <a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14860087/Gun%20Violence/Key.doc" target="_blank">KEY</a>.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-35519156526993472562013-04-07T17:32:00.000+02:002013-04-07T17:37:51.232+02:00Sick and tired of the crisis?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The word 'crisis' has been present somehow or other every single day for some years now and I guess we're all fed up with it, if not worried sick about all the unwelcome changes it's brought into our lives. But I'm one of those people who believes that making fun of trouble helps to lighten the burden so here you are a really ironic video that explains what we all should know by now: those who caused the crisis will not pay for it!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a few laughs doing the fill-in-the-gap activity below, and learn some useful vocabulary. You can click here to get the KEY.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-89232352782704314382013-03-03T17:13:00.000+01:002013-03-06T07:31:51.727+01:00Lincoln's Acceptance Speech<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yeah I know, he's not Lincoln but his performance was so awesome that he might be the reincarnation of his soul. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I must admit it, I have a soft spot for Daniel Day-Lewis and I'm always at his feet, no matter what he does! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy his acceptance speech once you've completed the gap-fill activity below. This time I've created two versions, an activity for the elementary students and a more difficult one for the intermediate ones.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you can't understand any word and finally give up, click <b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">KEY </span></b>in the toolbar to get the correct answers.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-27007911013016340252013-02-19T16:34:00.000+01:002013-02-19T16:34:23.758+01:00Do your best and make the most of this song<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you've ever wondered why it's 'do the ironing' but 'make the bed', the answer is COLLOCATIONS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've chosen a very popular song by <i>Police</i> in which you'll find several of these collocations. Do the gap-fill activity below and then click the link on the toolbar to learn some more verb and noun collocations. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-5423666070067814542013-02-10T19:30:00.000+01:002013-02-16T08:42:29.883+01:00Who am I?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A workmate and friend of mine sent me this really unusual and thought-provoking video I'd like to share with you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, listen carefully and try to guess who it is. It's not hard to do! Then, listen again and do the fill-in-the-gap activity below.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you'll enjoy it!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-17439433720429653662013-01-27T18:21:00.002+01:002013-01-27T18:23:47.668+01:00A great liar<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week we enjoyed a presentation about the benefits and dangers of sport in which Lance Armstrong was pictured as an example of the kind of risky and illegal practices some sportspeople are able to engage in to improve their performance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess you all have heard of the interview Armstrong granted Oprah Winfrey a few days ago and though he didn't sound really truthful or regretful to me, I decided to use part of it to get a listening task ready for you. Watch the video and do the fill-in-the-gap activity below. If you want to get the key, click the link on the toolbar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can read the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/21065539" target="_blank">whole transcript</a> of the interview here.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-35976865450353513052013-01-13T17:17:00.000+01:002013-01-13T17:17:15.522+01:00What does the future hold?<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy New Year! I guess it's about time to come back to work, isn't it? And, why not, the perfect time to think of our future plans and dreams. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In their song 'I'm gonna be', really popular thanks to movies such as 'Benny & Joon', the sitcom 'How I met your mother' and TV advertisements, the Scottish group The Proclaimers makes use of four different tenses (present simple, present continuous, 'will' and 'be going to') to talk about the future. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, paying attention to these tenses, listen to the song and do the gap-fill activity below. Get the key clicking the link on the toolbar.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By the way, why don't you try to find out the meaning of the Scottish word 'haver' (L.7)?</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-86411658685973604822012-12-02T18:21:00.001+01:002012-12-02T18:24:23.106+01:00Watch out your vowels!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm sure you sometimes think I'm making a fuss about nothing whenever I insist on you paying attention to the way you pronounce long and short vowels but, take my word for it, it may cause you real trouble to pronounce a short vowel instead of a long one, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">as you can see in the funny video below.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_1.shtml" target="_blank">Click here</a> to see some useful videos that'll help you learn the difference between </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">/ɪ/ and /iː/, /ɒ/ and /ɔː/,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> or </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">/ʊ/ and </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">/uː/.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In case you're too shy or just don't want to tell me face to face, take a minute to complete a totally anonymous <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N9LGZ58" target="_blank">survey </a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">that'll help make any necessary changes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks a million!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-2097073251263500312012-11-04T20:14:00.003+01:002012-11-06T15:03:21.418+01:00Are we so different?<span style="font-size: large;">Men and women, and the everlasting question: Are we the same or different? Last week I was discussing with my students whether our brains are really different or it's just the result of the cultural biases imposed on us since we're born, and the thing is although at the beginning I was much more in favour of the latter, I was told that there's been a lot of scientific research on this issue which has proved that in fact, WE ARE different in several aspects.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I know stereotypes are usually unfair but, if they're not taken too seriously, commonplaces can also be fun. I hope you'll enjoy this stand-up monologue which show us how different our brains are.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">First watch the video and then try to do the fill-in-the-gap activity below. I'd also like you to <b><span style="color: orange;">write a short comment</span></b> giving your own point of view.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-87350647343842786852012-10-12T16:39:00.000+02:002014-04-17T19:16:00.678+02:00Somebody that I used to know<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here we are, one more year, and I think it's about time to start working, isn't it? I'm glad to share </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">the news<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">with you all : I was lucky and got a part-time post in EOI Villaverde, a new school with new workmates among <span style="font-size: large;">whom <span style="font-size: large;">I<span style="font-size: large;">'v<span style="font-size: large;">e fel<span style="font-size: large;">t really we<span style="font-size: large;">lcome as they've been really nice to me.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">To open this school year I've chosen a song I love and that I hope you'll enjoy too. Through it, we'll practise two English vowel sounds, <b><span style="color: purple;">/æ/</span></b> and <span style="color: purple;"><b>/ʌ/</b><span style="color: black;">, tha<span style="font-size: large;">t Spanish students <span style="font-size: large;">sometimes find diffic<span style="font-size: large;">ult to<span style="font-size: large;"> recognize and produce</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To pronounce<span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> /ʌ/ </span></b></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">make a short Spanish <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">/</span></span><span class="phon">a</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">with the middle part of your tong<span style="font-size: large;">ue in the centre part of your mouth. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Click the arrow in the <span style="font-size: large;">audio reproducer </span>to listen to th<span style="font-size: large;">is</span> sound and some words containing it.<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhaIHk88a8&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">c<span style="font-size: large;">lick <span style="font-size: large;">here to<span style="font-size: large;"> see a short video that<span style="font-size: large;">'ll<span style="font-size: large;"> help you pronounce </span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhaIHk88a8&feature=relmfu" target="_blank">/æ/</a> </b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">correctly<span style="font-size: large;"> and then <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZwKFFp7V50&feature=relmfu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">here <span style="font-size: large;">for </span></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZwKFFp7V50&feature=relmfu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">the sound </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">/ʌ/</span></b></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now<span style="font-size: large;">, paying <span style="font-size: large;">attention to these sounds, </span>listen to the song </span></span>"Somebody <span style="font-size: large;">that I <span style="font-size: large;">used to kn<span style="font-size: large;">ow" by the Belgi<span style="font-size: large;">an</span> singer Gotye. Then, listen again and do the g<span style="font-size: large;">ap-fill activity.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744552593224984304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703528348465801320.post-76655397810563911332012-06-07T10:30:00.000+02:002012-10-12T17:14:30.707+02:00Kindness Boomerang<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are about to finish this school year full of hard work, disappointments, uncertainty and fight, but also of fun and unforgettable moments. I want to say goodbye to all my students and workmates raising my voice and asking for a ray of hope with a song and a video that we'll let you believe in the power of kindness and solidarity, even though it's just for five minutes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But as I can't help thinking as a teacher, I'll take advantage of this song to work on nasal consonants <b><span style="color: purple;">/m/</span></b>, <b><span style="color: purple;">/n/</span></b>and <b style="color: purple;">/ŋ/ </b><span style="color: black;">which are pronounced letting the air go out through the nose with your mouth closed. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Spanish students find it especially difficult to produce the nasal sound <span style="background-color: white;"></span> <b style="background-color: white; color: purple;">/ŋ/ <span style="color: black;"></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">which is represented by the spellings 'ng' as in 'sing' and 'nk' as in 'sink'. To produce this sound you have to stop the air flow through the mouth by pressing the back of your tongue against the soft palate. You can <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/con_other_3.shtml" target="_blank">click here to see a short video</a> that'll help you pronounce this sound correctly.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><span style="color: black;">Paying attention to these sounds, <b>listen</b> to the song "One day" by the American reggae singer <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matisyahu" target="_blank">Matisyahu</a>.</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feeling stressed and a little bit down has become commonplace for many of us in these times. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We can't avoid worrying about the world around us which seems to be falling apart and we experience a feeling of defeat; but do we realize what are the things that really <b>matter</b> in <b>life</b>? I guess we need to be reminded of. </span><br />
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<a href="http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/ihGCj5mfCk8/default.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Miniatura" border="0" src="http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/ihGCj5mfCk8/default.jpg" width="138" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">When I saw this video filmed at Seattle Children's
Hospital, I felt so moved and touched! They are the true heroes, the
ones who <b>struggle</b> no matter what life brings them! So this is a tribute to
all those who <b>keep</b> putting up a <b>fight</b> with a <b>smile</b> on their faces and
teach us a lesson of <b>hope</b> and <b>courage</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Stronger",by Kelly Clarkson, is not only a heartening song but also a perfect way to practise the weak vowel sound schwa <b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">/<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span>/</span> </b><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">that we find in unstressed words (auxiliary verbs, prepositions and articles) and unstressed syllables.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">Here are some examples:</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">He <u><b>was</b></u> feeling down <b><span style="color: #38761d;">/<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">w</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">z</span>/ </span></b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">I <u><b style="color: black;">can</b></u> do much <u><b>better</b></u> <b style="color: #38761d;"> /<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">k</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">n</span>/ /<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">ˈ</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">bet</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span>/</b> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">You <u><b>have</b></u> <u><b>to</b></u> put <u><b>up</b></u> <u><b>a</b></u> fight <b style="color: #38761d;">/<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">h</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">əv</span>/ /<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: large;">t</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span>/ /<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">p</span>/ /<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">ə</span>/</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Listen to the song and do the gap-fill activity. Click the <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14860087/Stronger/Key%20Stronger.doc" target="_blank">key</a> to get all the answers.</span></span><b><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever wondered how different your life would be if you were a boy and not a girl or the other way round?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beyoncé has in this song which I'm going to use to make you think of the variety of sounds that can correspond with the letter 'o' in English. Do you pronounce the 'o' in 'broke' and 'shot' in the same way? If you want to know, see <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14860087/If%20I%20were%20a%20boy/Pronunciation%20letter%20%27o%27.ppt" target="_blank">this short presentation</a> before doing the listening task below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can check your answers with <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14860087/If%20I%20were%20a%20boy/KEY%20IF%20I%20WERE%20A%20BOY.doc" target="_blank">the key</a>.</span></div>
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