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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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?

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!

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?

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