Clothes vocabulary

Where to find more clothes vocabulary? In online shops, of course.

Please browse through the following shops and answer these questions:

1- What's a hoodie?
2- What's denim?
3- What's a waistcoat?
4- Why do we end these words with "wear"?: swimwear, knitwear, leisurewear, nightwear, footwear...

Men's catalogues
Burton
Marks & Spencer
JcPenney
Saks Fifth Avenue
Bhs

Women's catalogues
Debenhams
Top Shop
Saks Fifth Avenue
Dorothy Perkins
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Reading is fun

Hello everybody!

With all these exams going on, we sometimes forget to have fun. Why don't you go and check the following websites? They were created for children, but can also be useful for you:

1- Stories for children: you can read and listen to the story at the same time, karaoke-style!

2- Story Place: an interactive site to create your own stories.

3- I'm Reading!: this lovely website has lots and lots of different stories to choose from.

All you have to do is try these stories and feel like a child again.

Enjoy!

How to speak better English

Hello my dear students,

For those who are anxious about the speaking test this week (and for those who aren't!)... I found an article in a colleague's blog that you'll find interesting. It's called "Cómo ganar fluidez al hablar inglés" (the article is in Spanish!), and it has nice tips for you.

Click here to read it.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Happy New Year presents

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas break.

I would like to give you a couple of presents to start the year:

- The first is a fun website that can help you write stories in English. Click here to access the page: all you have to do is click on a story, follow the instructions and start creating!

- The second is an online game in which you have to find objects for your backpack and words for a secret journal. You will learn English and have fun at the same time!

See you tomorrow...

"Going to" Vs. "Will"

Did you enjoy the BBC's Grammar Challenge last week? Well, you have a new one now. Click here if you want to read their explanation about the difference between GOING TO and WILL.

Click here if you want to listen to the whole programme, and here if you want to do the quizzes they have prepared for you.

Summary: "GOING TO is used to talk about plans that we've decided to do, whereas WILL is used to talk about decisions which we make at the moment of speaking."

WILL is used in other situations too. Would you like to know when? Then come to class next week! See you there...

Talking about the Future: "Going to" and "Present Continuous"

Today we looked at these two forms to talk about the future. Do you remember the basic ideas?

Present Continuous:
- fixed plans and arrangements (on a diary, on your calendar...)

Going to:
- plans that we intend to do / that we decide to do.
- or predictions based on evidence.

For further explanation, please click here to listen to a really nice BBC programme.

1. In the first part of the programme, they explain these general rules.
2. In the second part, they practise them with a foreign student: the teacher tries to arrange an English class with her. Click here to see her diary.

Finally, click here if you want to have a look at a written explanation.

Did you like it? There are more programmes here.

NEW LINKS: Listen, watch videos and practice your pronunciation!

Hello again! Check out these new links:

Click here for some lovely fairy tales: you read the subtitles, listen to the story and you can also watch the pictures!

And don't miss this blog with videos specially designed to learn English.

Practice your pronunciation with games here.

And finally, I know you'll love this: the phonetic alphabet! Go, look at the symbols and listen to the sounds.

Practice your English at home

Why don´t you try to do some of the exercises found in these links? Good luck!

Revision time! Click here for some interesting exercises.

Exercises, activities, exams and more links here.

And of course: one of the most complete sites on the net: the BBC worldservice to learn English.

And why not try some of these interactive grammar exercises? Or these.

Explanations and exercises divided into skills (Speaking, Writing, Vocabulary...)

Grammar for beginners in www.learn-english-online.org.

Listening links

Listening exercises for all levels.

Interactive fairy tales from all over the world. Choose a story and listen to it while you read the subtitles, karaoke-like.

Modern English for every day situations and at normal conversational speeds. American accents.

Several listening activities for students of English.

A fill-in-the-gaps exercise on Harry Potter’s trailer!

Other movies and video clips

Songs with gaps to fill while you listen.