C1 Halloween Activity

Check how much you know about Halloween here. (Answers included)

Learn the Difference Between Ghosts, Ghouls, Goblins, And More (From Dictionary.com)

Idioms for Halloween

It makes my flesh crawl... 

Collective Nouns for Animal Groups

 Check HERE as well

C1 Possibility, probability, certainty

You can find translations into Spanish of different ways of expressing possibility and probability here.
Do some grammar practice on cannot / can't vs may not here.

C1 -ED pronunciation (regular past forms) and examples

Do this activity to revise / practise!

Key next week

- C1 students have to pronounce ALL past forms 

of English regular verbs correctly -

C2 Better English Writing & Conversations: Advanced English Vocabulary (By Lucy)

I think (2)

Practice to Promote Better Pronunciation

Have a look at: Practice to Promote Better Pronunciation to improve your pronunciation [Based on: The Listening-Pronunciation Connection: Four Linked Practices for Improving “Pronunciation Flow” Written by Michael Rost THINK TANK]

C1 Some of the Phrasal Verbs you will have to Learn this year (51 to 100)

Talk to Nydia (EOI Language Assistant) about Halloween

Student Rep Elections

The campaign to be class rep has just started. The election will be held this week during the last 5 minutes before the break.

C2: Wednesday 29th 

C1: Thursday 30th  

Representative Duties: 

• Serve as a mediator between the group and the teacher to solve class problems. 
• Summon the students of the group to inform them about topics referring to their rights and interests. 
• Attend Representative meetings held during the year. 

🎃 Halloween Celebration Invitation! 👻(By AaEoiCt)

As Halloween — a celebration that is becoming more and more popular in our country — approaches, we’re excited to share our contribution to this festive occasion and invite you to take part as well!

We’d love for you to send us your own creative addition by sharing any of the following:
🕸️ How you celebrate Halloween
🕷️ A photo of a costume you’ve worn
🕯️ A verse or phrase in the language you’re studying
🎭 Information about the origins of this celebration or how it’s adapted in different cultures

Anything related to the night of October 31st that you’d like to share will become part of our Halloween collage!

As usual, all contributions will be displayed on our school bulletin board and/or on our social media pages.

Thank you in advance 

for your participation and creativity! 💫

A variety of shits

 A 💩 can be used to say, “I feel like poo” or, “It stinks in here!” If they're talking about how or what they're doing and they send a 💩, chances are they literally mean poop. “Don't go into the basement bathroom 💩💩” “Not feeling the best today 💩

EL PAÍS (Spanish News in English)

All the president’s businesses

Dear readers,

Donald Trump isn’t the first U.S. president to come from the business world, but there’s no precedent for one whose fortune has grown so much during his presidency, largely thanks to — as his critics argue — the power and visibility of the presidential brand itself.

The name Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, better known as “Larry Changa,” is becoming increasingly prominent in Colombia. The 47-year-old Venezuelan is one of the founders of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang. Changa has made an unusual proposal to the Gustavo Petro government to enter the latter’s “total peace” process and avoid extradition to Chile.

This week's interviewees include the president-elect of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, who says he wants "capitalism for everyone;" Lux Pascal, sister to the popular actor Pedro Pascal and an actress in her own right; and a marine biologist who was bitten in the head by a shark, and is now on a mission to prove that the animals are not the killers they're made out to be.

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

You can also read:

• History’s greatest art thefts: From the Mona Lisa to a priceless Vermeer
• Celia Cruz, from Cuba to the world
• Ozempic does not cure self-esteem
• What the Amazon cloud outage reveals about the weaknesses of the internet
• Lisa Herzog, philosopher: ‘We have to fight to not be available outside of work hours’

Screen Time

Do this activity from The Guardian Onestopenglish: Screen Time (KEY next week)

How to Pronounce the letter "x" in British English

We also have a silent pronunciation of "x" in:

Sioux  /suː/ (Native American tribe) 

and the French loanword faux /fəʊ/ (not real, but made to look or seem real)

Ways of Looking

You can also have a LOOK at: Instead of Look

C1 Some of the Phrasal Verbs you will have to Learn this year (1 to 50)

Look forward to

Horror Week at EOI

Notice to Students: School Council Elections

Time Management (TED Talk)

C2 Unusual Names for Everyday Things

Good English vs Better English

The 4th Ape

EOI Library Timetable

C2 Fifty Contronyms

C2 Vocab to Learn

EL PAÍS (Spanish news in English)

Chicago, the heart of the rebellion‌

Dear readers,

‌Time and again, Donald Trump has lashed out against Chicago, claiming against all available evidence that it has more crime that anywhere else in the world. After threatening to do so since August, he finally ordered the deployment of the National Guard. But Chicago, and Illinois, have responded strongly.

‌Meanwhile, Gazans are pessimistic about the future despite the ceasefire deal signed to great fanfare in Egypt on Monday. Our guest columnist, former Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben Ami, explains why "total victory in Gaza is a delusion."

‌This week we also talked with Julia Roberts about her new movie After the Hunt, explored social media's shift to the right, and put together a selection of Diane Keaton's most iconic outfits of the last 50 years.

‌We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

You can also read:

• Olivier de Schutter: ‘A 2% tax on billionaires would provide social protection for 820 million people in low-income countries’
• A generation in crisis: Why young people are so unhappy
• Cooperative meerkats, guide ants, and dining-room monitor hens: Animals can teach, too
• When your robot wins a Nobel Prize
• Would we be able to control artificial intelligence if it gains consciousness?
• The keys to BBVA’s defeat in its takeover bid for Sabadell
• Manolín, the world’s oldest active chess player at 104

Murcia Today (news from here)

What to say when the Guardia Civil stops you: keep it cool and clever

Thousands of homes in the Region of Murcia without drinking water after Dana Alice

Sierra Espuña receives €1.6 million to combat devastating pine beetle outbreak

Mar Menor experts partly blame farmers for contaminating water supply

Portmán Bay regeneration back on with fresh plan to recover coastline

Disruptions hit Renfe train routes this weekend as Cartagena, Murcia and Valencia services move to buses

C1 English Phrasal Verbs for Technology

 

C2 Language Teaching in the Age of AI

Artificial Intelligence has recently taken on the role of an over-eager teaching assistant. You know the type: they appear at your elbow with astonishing speed, sometimes handing you exactly the materials you need, sometimes presenting an essay so suspiciously polished you wonder whose work it really is. At their best, they can make your life easier; at their worst, they generate three pages of nonsense and then ask if you’d like them to staple it. (Nicky De Proost)

Read Mind, Brained Think Tank articles from Oct. 25 here.

Ways of walking

Everyone should do some exercise... shall we amble, saunter, wander, ramble, mooch, meander, stride, dash, dart, scamper, sprint, jog, scurry, skip, lope, rush, hop, trip, hike, trek, paddle, wade ...?

C1 Vocabulary about Technoogy

People Idioms (5)

Check last week's People Idioms here. 

Fast & Clear Advanced English Practice (by Lucy)

Find it in a pdf. document here.

Intrusive Sounds Activity KEY

Try and find (in the media or your readings) more examples containing the 3 intrusive sounds and write them on the comment section below.

Find the ONLY 3 examples of REAL intrusive /r/ and practise reading the following sentences:

- The United States of America [r] is a big country.

- Donna [r] and her mother.

- Pamela [r] Anderson.

- I want to visit China [r] and Vietnam.

Adjectives Meaning MODERN

cutting-edge design / technology

up-to-the-minute news

Lorca was ahead of his time. 

The company prides itself on bringing products to market that are ahead of their time.

The French style of dress is in vogue just now.

trendy clothes / a trendy nightclub / a trendy magazine 

space-age technology

newfangled computer games
newfangled machines / ideas / speakers

the newest, most streamlined aircraft.

streamlined business methods

the prevailing attitude / mood 

today’s teenagers / games

contemporary music / literature / art / fashion

(a) state-of-the-art computer system / control panel / technology

People Idioms (4)

Take today’s C1-level test (By Lucy)

Take Lucy's C1-level test to see how your advanced English measures up.

Women Writers' Day (TODAY)

Read this Prezzi Presentation on this blog entry from WE READ, WE LEARN A literary approach in the English class at IES Doctor Fleming to learn about famous Women Writers in English Literature.

This celebration has been held in our country since 2016 in order to provide women writers' work with more visibility and to compensate for the discrimination they have suffered throughout history.

There was a time when they had to conceal their gender under pseudonyms if they didn´t want their work to be considered inferior. Despite being regarded unsuitable for writing, female authors like Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Virginia Woolf… made a lasting mark on literature, creating strong independent female characters sometimes. They struggled for recognition and respect and they succeeded. But it is noteworthy to mention that even a 21st century author like J.K. Rowling had to use her initials to disguise her identity when she first published Harry Potter.

Días de Puertas Abiertas

C2 COLLOCATIONS with Accomplish, Achieve, Attain, Fulfill, Gain & Obtain

ACHIEVE (verb)

1. achieve [fame, fortune, glory, orgasm]
2. achieve the [highest, best, lowest]
3. (can) achieve your [goals, dreams, desires, true potential]
4. achieve your [personal, financial, weight, career] goals
5. achieve the [minimum, maximum]
6. achieve a better [result, outcome]
7. achieve [greater, higher, maximum][efficiency]
8. achieve [greater] [efficiency, effectiveness, performance, quality]
9. achieve [perfection, success, excellence]
10. striving to achieve [success, her goals]
11. achieve by any means [necessary, possible]
12. (can be) achieved through [hard work, dedication]
13. the [mission, objective, goal] has been achieved
14. [never, already] achieved before
15. [hard, difficult, tough, impossible, easy] to achieve
16. students [do not, are struggling to, barely] achieve in school
17. what (do) you want to achieve in life
18. what it is that you [really, most] want to achieve
19. what you hope to achieve (by)
20. there is [nothing, little] to be achieved by

FULFILL (verb)

1. does not fulfill the (minimum) requirements
2. in order to fulfill the requirements (necessary) for
3. fulfilled his promise (to)
4. fulfill the needs of
5. fulfill your [obligations, duties, responsibilities]
6. fulfilled its mission
7. fulfill [certain, all] requirements
8. a failure to fulfill [certain] requirements
9. fulfilled the role of
10. is fulfilled by
11. finally fulfilled his dream to [be, become, go]
12. [was not able to, couldn't] fulfill his ambition
13. fulfill yourself [with, by, through]
14. fulfilled the prophecy
15. the prophecy is being fulfilled
16. will process and fulfill your order within [one week]
17. work [overtime, round the clock] to fulfill the order
18. fulfilled the order on [Monday]
19. fulfill all orders within [one week]
20. not enough [stock, inventory] to fulfill orders

ATTAIN  (verb)

1. attain your [goals, objectives, dreams]
2. attain [success, proficiency, enlightenment]
3. attain the highest level of [achievement, excellence, recognition]
4. attained the [age, rank] of
5. [easy, difficult, hard] to attain
6. attain speeds of (up to) [150 mph]

Check different meanings here.

All Collocations here.

Collocations with , ACCOMPLISHMENT, ACHIEVEMENT, ATTAIN, FULFILL, GAIN, OBTAIN, 

Vocabulary dealing with Succeeding, Achieving & Fulfilling (from CALD, 3rd Edition)

EL PAÍS (Spanish News in English)

Israel and Hamas sign Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Dear readers,

On Thursday, two days after the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Gaza war, Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to implement the preliminary phase of a peace plan to bring an end to the conflict, which includes the return of all remaining hostages in the Strip.

‌Meanwhile, we reported on the ongoing human suffering in Gaza, where many children have lost access to schooling and survivors continue to live amid the devastation wrought by Israeli attacks.

‌We also looked at the case of several Salvadorans deported under the Trump administration who vanished into El Salvador’s jails, with little to no information provided by U.S. or Salvadoran authorities. The case resembles one of “enforced disappearances,” and has been brought before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

‌And in other news, we caught up with Maye Musk, who shared what it’s like to raise the world’s richest man; spoke with the father of paleogenetics about how Neanderthals help explain who we are; and sat down with Ron Perlman to review his storied career.

‌We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

You can also read:

• Chinese scientists discover the DNA secret behind the naked mole-rat’s astonishing longevity
• The planet-friendly diet that would prevent 15 million premature deaths a year
• Are we pretending to look rich?
• Poland: From communist rule to Eastern Europe’s ‘tiger’
• Ultraconservative housewives on OnlyFans: The paradox of the ‘MAGA’ women who strip naked on social media

Houses of Astrology related to Star Signs

It was crystal clear for me that you don't believe a word about astrology. However, it is a great field for dealing with personality adjectives and vocabulary. You can find in What Do the 12 Houses Mean in Astrology? a great deal of vocabulary associated with each of the signs. Click on the signs written in each House (in the article) to revise vocabulary and check whether it is  the same (or not) as the adjectives seen in class.

Word Stress Rules

Stress 

Hangul, una ventana a la cultura coreana

 

An event on Korean culture will take place next Tuesday, October 14th, in our Salón de Actos. The talk will be from 6:00-7:30 pm and will be given by Professor Ki Hong.

On rainy days...

... you can always revise old entries on the blog: this week last year's ones or the year before; revisit News or Video entries; look up Miscellany or Fun labelled entries...

Cambridge Dictionary Games Hub

Click on Daily vocab practice and have fun. Different games: pronunciation, collocations, phrasal verbs ...

GAMES FOR RAINY DAYS!!!