To make us think ...

... about disability.
Have a look and decide if you can see through the eyes of a child.

 

Key to grammar & vocab photocopies - 3B

Grammar 3B:

3 the
4 -
5 -
6 the
7 -
8 The
9 -
10 an
11 -
12 an
13 -
14 - / -
15 the / -
16 a / -
17 - / -
18 an / the
19 a / a / The / the
20 - / -

Vocab 3 B:

2 about
3 to
4 with
5 to
6 in
7 about
8 of
9 for
10 on
11for
12 between
13 about
14 to / for
15 in
16 to
17 with / about
18 to
19 for
20 of

Men's and Women's brains

Here you have a funny video where Mark Gungor explains the differences between the male and the female brain.
Watch it and leave your comment here. Try to be funny too, or serious or whatever you feel like ...

Sorry but I couldn't find the video with subtitles in English. This one has got subtitles in Spanish.

Click here to watch it. Enjoy it

 

The University Murders - How to get the audio

Pasos necesarios para poder descargar el audio:

- Primero ha de registrarse en la página web desde el siguiente enlace:

https://www.cambridge.org/es/register/

Una vez dado de alta el usuario, puede descargar el audio que nos solicita en el siguiente enlace:

http://www.cambridge.org/download_file/835890/0/

Se descargará un archivo comprimido en formato .zip

Por favor, descomprima el fichero con algún programa para tal fin como Winzip o Winrar.

Los audios se encuentran en formato .mp3 y con el programa por defecto que traen tanto Windows como Mac.

I hope you find these instructions useful.

Key to the exercises: present perfect

I attach here the link to the key of the photocopies I gave you in class. Please make corrections and in case there is a problem, we'll go through it in the next class.

present_ perfect_key

 

BBC World News

Now you can watch very short news stories and learn very easily.
They give you some new vocabulary first, and then you listen to the piece of news. After that, you can listen to it with subtitles and then you have the new vocab again.

It's only 2 minutes every day.

Come on, give it a try!

BBC Mundo



 

NI1 Pronunciation tips. The letter 'o'

PRONUNCIATION NOTES

The letter o has several different possible pronunciations.

There are some spelling-pronunciation rules:

- o + one consonant + e is usually /əʊ/

e.g. hope, alone, phone

But there are some common words which have the /Ʌ / sound: some, money

- o between two or several consonants is often /O/

e.g. sorry, follow

Exception:  worry  /Ʌ /

- the letters ol and oa between consonants are usually /əʊ/

e.g. old, gold, road

- the letters or between consonants are usually /Ͻ:/

e.g. airport,

Exceptions:  work, world /ɜ:/

Use the dictionary to check when you aren't sure!