📘 Revision Days – Don’t Miss Them!

I’m pleased to remind you of our upcoming revision sessions, designed to help you make the most of your recent exams:

Why attend?

Revising your exam mistakes is the quickest and most effective way to learn. These sessions will give you the chance to:

• Understand and correct where you went wrong
• Clarify any doubts
• Strengthen your exam techniques
• Improve your performance ahead of the June Tests

I strongly encourage all of you to attend—this revision is really helpful and can make a big difference in your results.

Looking forward to seeing you all in class!

🤞Good Luck!!! 🤞

Advice & Tips for the Orals

Advice & Tips for the Orals

Useful Phrases for your monologue (Ignore the first paragraph)

Debate Technology

Think of possible questions and answers for these topics as if you had to talk about them in the interaction part.

Vocabulary: From Basic to Advanced

EL PAÍS (News in English)

Xi to Trump: careful with Taiwan

Dear readers,

Donald Trump is in Beijing for a much-anticipated visit in which Chinese President Xi Jinping has already warned the U.S. leader that bilateral ties hinge on the red-line issue of Taiwan. But there are other key points that will be discussed, from AI to rare earths.

Trump reportedly also asked the Chinese leader for help getting Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The war in Iran may be driving up gas prices, but it is also giving the U.S. hegemony in global oil and gas exports.

Elsewhere this week, we explored how Spanish law enforcement, working with U.S. intelligence, seized the largest cocaine shipment on record, as well as the growing power of the world’s new plutocrats.

And finally, we answered a pressing question: why do luxury hotels smell so good?

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

You can also read:

• Keir Starmer, stripped bare: neither charisma nor political acumen
• Down the pipes with Super Mario: an interactive journey
• The organ is back: How a fiendishly complex Baroque instrument has become fashionable again
• Andes hantavirus: Deadly 2018 outbreak shows it is not only transmitted through close contact

🤞Good Luck!!! 🤞

I Think

Improve your Vocabulary 2

   

Rephrase as many times as possible using the words in the lists:

The present was nice and interesting, but expensive. 

See some suggested sentences here.

Improve your Vocabulary

Rephrase as many times as possible using the words in the lists:

The information was important and amazing.    

See some suggested sentences here.

Time to prepare & do the oral parts in the final exam

Can you Pronounce them well?

Use these Prompts to Practise Speaking

 

C1 Written Final Marks

Check your marks HERE.

C1 Ideas & Tips for Mini Presentations (from TEFLlessons.com)

Mini Presentation IDEAS

Advanced English Test (By Lucy)

Advanced English Test
by: Lucy Simkins

Take this 

Lucy's Advanced English Test ... and don't dispair!!!

C2 Speaking Techniques

Barack Obama's Top 4 Speaking Techniques

This video (below) analyzes the speaking techniques used by Barack Obama in an interview with Hasan Minhaj. Obama's use of summary prompts, analogies, and examples makes him a clear and engaging communicator. He also shows vulnerability and a sense of humor, which makes him relatable and likable. 

By modeling these techniques and teaching them to your students, you can help them develop the skills they need to become confident and effective communicators in their own personal and professional lives. [This is the reason for this post ;-)]

From: PUBLIC SPEAKING

Bulletin of the JALT Mind, Brain, and Education SIG

Volume 11, Issue 8 | ISSN 2434-1002 | Aug 1, 2025 (page 12)

C1 May ORALS

Write your name (with your classmate pair if you have it) and the day & time you choose for your final oral exam. I'll be writing your names and days & times on this post as I receive your answers in the Comment Section or you tell me in class. (Just like we did in the mock exams)

Mon. 18th, classroom 11

16.00-16.45: Víctor & 

16.45-17.30: Marimar & Juan

17.30-18.15: Mª Dolores & Lucía Martínez

18.30-19.15: Lucía Bonaque & Fran H.

19.15-20.00: Amy & Carlos

Tue. 19th, classroom 1

16.00-16.45: Álvaro & Miguel

16.45-17.30: Sara & Antonio O.

17.30-18.15: Kristen & Elia

18.30-19.15: Antonio P. & Ismail

19.15-20.00: Rosa & Fran M.

C2 May ORALS

Fri. 15th, classroom 1

9.30-10.15: Daniel & 

10.15-11.00: Daniela & Pedro

11.15- 12.00: Beatriz & José Luis

Expressing Opinion in English (By myenglishteacher.co.uk) (By FluentU blog)

Collocations 

for 

Expressing 

Opinion 

in 

English

More HERE

Speaking Practice

Before getting down to the real speaking part, prepare your speech:

- Decide on the main points you want to develop.
- Select the vocabulary chunks and grammar you want to use.
- Be ready to use connectors and links between your ideas and make your points sound coherent.
- Have fillers ready to use in case you forget or don't know how to express something.

· Do some speaking practice with the following cards: Childhood memories, Describe a resort, Important moments / decisions in your life, Security measures.

· Try some the following Splendid Speaking Activities to rehearse both the speech and the interaction parts of the oral exam:
Technology, Music, Language Learning, Jobs, Environmental Concerns, Cultural Attractions, Jobs, Eating Habits, Travel, Money, People, Home Sweet Home, Work, Life, Personality, Sport and Fitness, Cinema & TV, National Festivals.

Ways to ASK for someone's opinion

Highlight the ones you think you will use when speaking

Champions Again!

BBC: How Flick's reshaped Barca dominated La Liga again

The Independent: Barcelona seal La Liga title in style with El Clasico win over Real Madrid

The Sun: CLASSY VICTORY Barcelona win historic LaLiga title after beating Real Madrid as Rashford scores in ultimate El Clasico humiliation

AOL: FC Barcelona win El Clásico, back-to-back La Liga championships

US News: Flick Says 'I Will Never Forget This Day' as Barcelona Wins La Liga After Death of Coach's Father

Weather

Revise weather vocabulary

C2 SPEAKING: Talk about 2 minutes (at least) about...

What are you Afraid of?

Answer the question 

using the vocabulary in the picture.

fear I have a dreadful fear of heights.
terror She fled from the attacker in terror.

phobia He has no real desire to travel and suffers from a phobia of flying.
dread The thought of giving a speech filled me with dread.
alarm I don't want to cause you any alarm, but there's a rattlesnake in the path ahead of you.
fright The family ran from their home in fright when the earthquake struck.

paranoia There's a lot of paranoia about crime at the moment.

anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.ə.ti/ That explains his anxiety about / over his health.

horror The thought of speaking in front of so many people fills me with horror.

panic Panic spread through the crowd when someone shouted "Fire!"

nervousness (U) There is growing nervousness about the possibility of a war.

C1 Speaking Activity

Try to use

  C1 vocabulary and C1 Grammar Structures 

in your answers.

Learn English with Songs!

Have a look at this website and check whether you like these songs. 

You can also have a look at Cambridge Learn English through songs

Are you Mispronouncing these 50 Common English Words?

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