The Use of ARTICLES & NOUNS with Zero Article

Revise article use HERE. (KEY included)
 

Suggested answer for Oral Mediation Blood Donors (Aula Virtual)

Check it HERE.

Read the photo clearly here.

Memories

Pronunciation, Vocabulary & Spelling Lesson (By Lucy)

Spelling TEST: 50 Hardest Words (Answers included)

BBC Flying Penguins

April Fools' Day – the language of jokes and tricks

Read this interesting article about April Fool's Day on Cambridge Dictionary About Words Blog.

Do read the comments after the post!

How to Speak Fluent English (By Lucy)

 The English Fluency Guide (By Lucy)

Multilingual Poetry Recital at EOI San Javier

Difficult Words

News in English EL PAÍS

The Black Sea ceasefire deal

Dear readers,

​This week, the United States brokered a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine focusing on the Black Sea, aiming to ensure safe navigation and halt attacks on energy infrastructure. The news comes as Ukraine creates a new battalion made up of recruits who have voluntarily swapped prison cells for the battlefield.

In other news, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem traveled to El Salvador and visited the mega-prison where 200 Venezuelans are being held (...).

We also spoke to the Peruvian fisherman who survived 95 days lost at sea, and traveled to Antarctica to explore why pink snow has become a problem.

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

You can also read:

• The ‘Mexican Auschwitz’ is just the beginning: Violence and silence are the norm in Jalisco
• ‘Hypnocracy’: The regime to numb critical thinking
• Large-scale study identifies eight dietary patterns that contribute to healthy aging
• My therapist is a bot: The rise of AI in mental health treatment
• Why everything looks the same everywhere

Guía del Candidato 25 EEOOII CARM

The Guía del candidato is already updated. Check it to see all the info about the final exam!

You can also find it on the right column of the blog: 4th item from above.

Tax Terms (from Dictionary.com)

Check your tax vocabulary

Glossary

Read Murcia Today (News from here)

• Spanish fuel prices drop for the fifth week running.
• EU wants all households to prepare a 72hr survival kit.
• Yecla greenway receives the 2025 Blue Trail award.
• Risky business: buying a squatted Spanish property to save 60%

Syllable Division Rules

Pronunciation Level Test

Do Lucy's Pronunciation Level Test. (It takes about 20 minutes) 

Excellent test!!!

Instead of SAID

Gradable vs Non Gradable Adjectives

Read it in pdf. format HERE. Level 2 HERE.

Use the right column adjectives to improve your narratives and reviews, making them more vivid.

Improve your Pronunciation!

Read British Council's tips too.

C1 Writing Samples Marked (from Cambridge)

Read the different samples and check the bands (assessment) they were given by reading the explanations. Notice the different types of writings and formats. 

From: C1 Advanced Assessing writing for Cambridge English Qualifications: A guide for teachers © 2024 Cambridge University Press & Assessment. 

Remember that even though Cambridge and EOI's assessment is not exactly the same, the main principles are similar.

C2 Understanding Non-Standard Grammar Forms

We was hungry

I would of done it

(By Liz Walter)

11 Very Useful Advanced Words that Use the "A" Prefix

Tips to Improve your Grammar

Idioms Explained

Choose 5 idioms you didn't know 

and try to put them into practice asap!!!

Let's Communicate (2)

News in English EL PAÍS

Mexico's extermination center

Dear readers,

This week, we went inside the Izaguirre ranch in Mexico, which was used as a recruitment and extermination center by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. A group of searchers has found hundreds of skeletal remains, crematoriums, graves, and 1,308 objects. Hundreds of families are now searching among them for clues about their missing loved ones.

We also looked at Trump's decision to deport alleged members of the Tren de Aragua criminal organization to El Salvador, despite a judge ordering a halt to the flights. "He’s a good, hard-working boy," said one mother, who recognized her son in photos of the deportees.

And in science news, we took a tour of Spain's first publicly accessible quantum computer, and asked experts whether giving a polypill to everyone over 50 is a good way to prevent cardiac disease.

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

You can also read:

• A trip to Hangzhou, the birthplace of DeepSeek
• A new technique sends sound to a specific person without the surrounding people hearing it
• Different ideal, same pressure: Gen Z’s fixation on ‘perfect’ skin echoes millennials’ obsession on being thin
• The world’s glaciers are losing three Olympic-sized swimming pools every second: WMO warns of ‘avalanche of cascading impacts’
• Budgies' brain reveals the secrets of human speech
• Only 10% of non-interventional treatments for back pain relief are effective
• Grim weather calls for a grim face: How rain affects your mood

Ed Edited it (Studio C)

Read Murcia Today (News from here)

• Builders Warn of Growing Housing Deficit in Murcia amid Construction Setbacks (For C2 Students)

• Widespread Weather Alerts for Storms and Gales. Spain Weekend Forecast: March 20-23 (For C1 Students)

New Grading Criteria for Written and Oral MEDIATION

You can have a look at the new criteria to assess your Written and Oral Mediaton Grades HERE. 

Flowers for Spring

Causative Verbs Examples

Examples here.