Flexibility of Vocabulary...

Assimilation activities KEY

Check here.

Photograph Exhibit

How tired are you...?

What sort of tired are you?

Speak Faster

Article Review

(Re)read the articles on the following entries:
Articles I
Articles II
Articles III

Assimilation

Assimilation is when two sounds come together and change or melt into a new sound. Assimilations may happen inside a word, or between two words, when the final sound of a word touches the first sound of the next word (because when we speak we join all the words together). When speaking, people make many assimilations, most of them can only be noticed by the trained ear of an academic speaker and are not important for us. But there are 4 assimilations that are very important, because the sound changes a lot and the student of English can notice the difference and feel confused about it. See examples of these four assimilations here. (Multimedia - English)

• Check the different types of assimilation. (Seen in class)
• You may listen to some more examples here. (BBC Learning English)
• Do these Activities (Key next Friday)

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 23rd November 2018

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 23rd November 2018


Murcia Today - What's On Weekly Bulletin News

Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena

What the F*CC!

All the films here 
(Click on the language to see the trailer)

2 T's in a Pod TRAVELLING

Episode 9 of the podcast is all about travelling, do you like to travel light? Have you got the travel bug? We spoke to two people who definitely have, Jon and Ania from hitchhikershandbook.com; they came on the show to tell us about their various adventures. We also spoke to people about their weird and wonderful travel experiences as well as our vocabulary section “5 Ways to Say.” Below you’ll find the timings of the episode in case you want to skip ahead or use specific parts in class:

Timings:
Tim and Katy travel stories – 0 -13.30
Main Interview – John and Ania – 13.30 – 30.00
5 Ways to say – travel vocab – 30.10 – 35.00
Vox pops – Shay – 35.20 – 40.30
Outro – 40.35 – End

‘The Ear of the Beholder' with Laura Patsko; a Cambridge English teacher...

KEY to last Fri. ON activities

Say YES

Pronouncing English place names

London, Durham, Leicester, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Greenwich, Oxford, Cambridge ... Can you pronounce all of them correctly?
Check here!

Universal Children's Day

UNICEF Campaign Activities & Resources
For Every Child

Men's Sweater Types

Attractive and Temping Vocabulary...

Students' Mistakes in Anecdotes

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”
― Brandon Mull, Fablehaven

Check your (and others') mistakes here.

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 16th November 2018

Murcia Today - What's On Weekly Bulletin News 



Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 16th November 2018

On and on & on and on & on...

Law and Order and Opioids

The opioid epidemic in America is impacting the criminal justice system. We meet the drug court judge who tells us about her hopes for those going through the court. We attend the drug court graduation ceremony and follow the police as they search for drugs. And, we assess the impact on Louisville's city jail, which runs the state Kentucky's biggest detox centre.

Key to last Friday Activity

Flipped Learning in the ELT

Read the blog post on Flipped Learning (Cengage IN FOCUS) and watch the webinar at the end of the post if you're interested.

"God Says Yes To Me" by Kaylin Haught

God Says Yes To Me

I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic 

and she said yes 

I asked her if it was okay to be short 

and she said it sure is 

I asked her if I could wear nail polish 

or not wear nail polish 

and she said honey 

she calls me that sometimes 

she said you can do just exactly 

what you want to 

Thanks God I said 

And is it even okay if I don't paragraph my letters 

Sweetcakes God said 

who knows where she picked that up 

what I'm telling you is 

Yes Yes Yes

Kaylin Haught

Top 10 Mistakes Spanish Speakers Make in English

I know you don't make these mistakes... but just have a look, remember when you made them and have fun...

Easy Peasy vs Painstaking Work

Easy Peasy (UK informal or child'sword: very easy)

Words and phrases to describe things that are EASY.

VERSUS

Uphill battle (needing a large amount of effort)

Words and phrases relating to effort

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 9th November 2018

Murcia and Spanish news round-up week ending 9th November 2018

Murcia Today - What's On Weekly Bulletin News

Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation Activity

Webquest: Bonfire Night | Onestopenglish

Last Monday 5th was Guy Fawkes' Night in the UK. If you don't know what it is about, click Webquest: Bonfire Night | Onestopenglish: This webquest by Gabrielle Jones includes activities about the history and traditions of Bonfire Night.

Register Activities KEY

Follow the instructuctios in case of flight accident

Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention, please?
By courtesy of Angela...

Aternatives for overused words

Revise your Monday writing (if it is finished) and proofread it for overused words.

Miscellaneous Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) from Angela

• The Music of The Beatles
• English Composition I
• English for Teaching Purposes
• Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot
• Teach English Now. Foundational Principles
• Teach English Now! Theories of Second Language Acquisition

All MOOCs

VAK Learning Styles Understanding

VAK Learning Styles Understanding How Team Members Learn: Understand your team members' preferred method of learning with the VAK Learning Styles model, so that you can engage them in training more effectively.

Or you can use them to improve your own learning!

VAK Learning Styles Questionnaire (on-line)
Click here to download a copy of the VAK self assessment tools or if you wish to use or share it with others.

More useful collocations...

Concern
Internet

What shall I cook for dinner?

Typical mistakes in Statistical Reports

Check your mistakes here.

Some help with ADVERBS

Murcia and Spanish news round-up 27th to 31st October 2018

Murcia and Spanish news round-up 27th to 31st October 2018: A foretaste of winter in the Costa Cálida before the long holiday weekend An early bulletin this week as the newsdesk is taking advantage of the 'puente' this weekend, with the bank holiday on Thursday 'bridging' the weekend and allowing those who take one day of holiday leave to enjoy a four day break. Winter arrived with a jolt in the Costa Cálida this week, as maximum temperatures fell from almost 30 degrees on Thursday and Friday to well under 20 by Sunday;

Murcia Today - News

Register Activities

Key next week

Stress Patterns KEY