A.L.I. Los Tilos 2nd Bachillerato: 2012

17/05/2012

Improve your English abroad this summer

Would you like to improve your English in the UK, Ireland, the USA or Malta? If your answer is "yes", you should apply for this scholarship.

You have got 15 days to apply for it:

http://www.madrid.org/boletin/CM_Orden_BOCM/2012/05/16/BOCM-20120516-15.PDF

06/05/2012

A Dickensian Video

Now that you have finished watching 'Oliver Twist' in class, I would like you to learn some English expressions based on Charles Dickens' novels.

Watch this video and learn about Charles Dickens' influence on the English language:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2012/02/120207_teacher_dickens.shtml

24/04/2012

Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas

Información relativa a la solicitud de plaza como alumno oficial para el curso 2012-2013 (23 abril-11 mayo)

Solicitud de adminisión 2012-2013

Instrucciones para rellenar la Solicitud de admisión

20/04/2012

Set books for FCE

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/fce/index.html#wr

Set texts for Cambridge English: First until December 2012:

William Thackeray: Vanity Fair (Black Cat or any edition).

Mary Stewart: This Rough Magic (OUP)

The texts are Graded Readers which have been adapted to the level and are suitable for Cambridge English: First candidates. Other editions of these books may be available. However, teachers and candidates should be aware that the language level in other editions may be less accessible.

Pronunciation Quizzes

How good are you at English phonetics? Do these quizzes from the BBC website and test yourself!

Pronunciation Quiz 1 Pronunciation Quiz 2 Pronunciation Quiz 3
Pronunciation Quiz 4 Pronunciation Quiz 5

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Everything at Once

This is the song we listened to in class. I thought you may like to listen to it again.

22/03/2012

On the phone

Are you afraid of speaking on the phone in English?
Here you have a wonderful website with lots of exercises and vocabulary to practice:
Click here

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16/03/2012

FCE Speaking test

Watch these videos if you wish to take the FCE exam to get an idea of the structure of the Speaking test:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Hooked by an octopus

This is a long but really really interesting video on how animals can change one's life:

Answer the following questions and send them to your teacher:

What state is he from? Where is that?

How old was he when he had his first contact with an octopus? What happened?

Where did he go to college?

What happened in the aquarium? Do octopuses play?

Why did he quit school?

Why did he go to Australia?

What is the meaning of the expression “it threw science on its head”? Why does he say this?

What advice does he give to people who are concerned about the environment?

12/03/2012

Speechless

A woman stands in the middle of a court. She can’t believe what is happening. She has her hand over her mouth. She is speechless. What is going on?

Improve your English during the summer

Today has been published a government grant addressed to those students of Bachillerato who would like to improve their English during the summer.

The aim of this grant is to give students the chance to participate in a bilingual summer camp in Spain during the month of July. You need to accomplish some requirements in order to apply for this grant.

Here are the basis of the grant:
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/03/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-3496.pdf

I highly encourage you to apply for it!

09/03/2012

Happy International Women's Day!

We'll watch these two videos next day in class.

Video 1: Did you know that all these things had been invented by women?

Video 2: Do you agree with the stereotypes portrayed in the video?
What is the conclusion?

01/03/2012

Grant for students with little economic means

This is a grant for students with little economic means. Just in case you are interested:

Click here

26/02/2012

A brief history of the British Empire

17/02/2012

FCE Reading Test

This is an old Reading Test from the FCE exam.

It is a good reading practice for Selectividad and for those of you who would like to take the FCE exam.

You should be able to do these 3 parts in just one hour. Good luck!

Part 1: Multiple Choice

Part 2: Gapped Text

Part 3: Multiple Matching

11/02/2012

Saint Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day is coming soon. Would you like to know the origins of this day?

Now do this quiz and check that you understood the video.

09/02/2012

Reported Speech

A few exercises to prepare yourself for the 2nd term exam:

Exercise 1. Reported Speech. Simple Statements.
Exercise 2. Reported Speech. Statements with expressions of time.
Exercise 3. Reported Questions.
Exercise 4. Reported questions with expressions of time.
Exercise 5. Reported commands. Affirmative sentences.
Exercise 6. Reported commands. Negations.
Exercise 7. Mixed exercise on reported speech 1
Exercise 8. Mixed exercise on reported speech 2

07/02/2012

Charles Dickens' 200th anniversary

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the writer Charles Dickens, one of English literature's most revered novelists and author of books such as "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations" and "A Tale of Two Cities".

Would you like to know a little bit more about his life? Read this article and watch this video:

How much do you know about Charles Dickens' novels?
Can you match the title of each novel with the summary of its plot?
Click here to download the activity.

Then, play this game.
Can you survive Charles Dickens' London?

31/01/2012

Be careful what you tweet

Read this striking newspaper article.

30/01/2012

Groundhog Day

Learn a little bit more about this famous festivity celebrated on 2nd February in the United States and Canada. Watch this video and do the quiz next to it.

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Martin Luther King Day

This holiday is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday of January. Why was Martin Luther King so important to American history?
Read this article
Then, watch this video about his life and complete the quiz.
You may also like to watch his famous speech "I have a dream".

Modal Verbs and Modal Perfects

Some exercises to practice modal verbs:
Exercises to practice each modal verb
Choose the right modal verb
Modal test
Grammar explanations
Modal Perfects Grammar Explanation (Spanish)
Modal Perfects Exercise 1
Modal Perfects Exercise 2
Had better exercise
Should or had better?

29/01/2012

Merry Christmas!

Listen to this famous Christmas song by Mariah Carey.

Guy Fawkes

Read this text about this famous British festivity celebrated on 5th November. Then, watch the video. Are you brave enough to play the game and to try not to blow up the Houses of Parliament?

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British vs American English

Watch this video from the BBC webpage and learn some vocabulary differences between British English and American English. Did you know all the words mentioned in the video?

Read this article to know the main differences between British English and American English.

Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous 1
Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous 2
Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous

Relative Clauses

Here you have some more exercises to practice:

Exercise 1: Relative pronouns
Exercise 2: Are the relative pronouns necessary or not?
Exercise 3: Forming relative clauses
Exercise 4: Test on relative clauses 1
Exercise 5: Test on relative clauses 2