2T's in a Pod

Halloween 

C2 US Elections 2020 Vocabulary (BBC Learning English)

This is our main area to help you understand the language used in the US Elections. There will be an A-Z of US Election vocabulary that covers the key election vocabulary.

If you are interested in American English or the US Elections 2020, just click here.

On Monday 2nd Nov. (together with a bit about Halloween, see Aula Virtual, we'll be chatting with Wesley about the US (and Spain) politics and politicians. Get your questions (and explanations) ready for 11.30!

Idioms and phrases in newspapers

Soft spots and big guns

Word of the Day QUIZZ

Show off your capacious vocabulary...

C1 100+ Ways to Say What you are Feeling

Murcia Today

Spanish Government approves new state of emergency and curfew

The Headless Horseman / Bass Singer Cover

C2 Five Reasons Why You Should Book a Trip to Asturias

Asturias Natural Paradise The Telegraph

Dramatic scenery: Asturias boasts craggy mountains and wild beaches

C1 Nine Habits of Highly Emotionally Intelligent People

9 Habits of Highly Emotionally Intelligent People

Ways of Looking

You can also have a LOOK at: Instead of Look

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 ...?

The six-month positivity plan to get you through a winter lockdown

Read The Telegraph article here.

Which plan suits you best? Why?

C2 Bring 3 holiday snaps!!! for next Monday

For next Monday 26th you will have to bring 2 or 3 photos (from different holidays) to describe them to the rest of the class (1 min. each).

If you email them to me before, we'll see them on the class screen! (not compulsory)

C2 An Intermediate Guide to Writing in English for University Study

Free MOOC on Future Learn: Intermediate Academic English

C2 Proficiency Speaking Test

Practise and Learn 20 New Words

Anything below 50% for C1 and 70% for C2 needs revising!

C1 Last Thursday's Activity Done

Negative Personality Adjectives Activity

One Woman 17 British Accents

Listen and try to distinguish British accents...

The importance of where stress falls in pronunciatin

 /kʃ / become /g'ʒ/ because of change of stress:

Check too: exact, exam, except, exhibition, exit, exhausted, exhilaration, extra ... and classify them:

/ks/ -->

/gz/ --> 

Guess the Lyrics Activity

Try to guess the lyrics of this Queen's famous song by interpreting the mimic. 

If you enjoyed the activity, try this one! (a bit more difficult!)

The Telegraph Today 

Synonym Quiz

Activity with negative personality adjectives

 

Which of these adjectives could be applied to yourself?

Choose 9 adjectives you did not know fron the list above and match them with people you know (family / friends / celebrities...) making a sentence with each, e.g.: Spanish citizens felt utterly bewildered by Juan Carlos I's past behaviour. To be done in class next Tuesday 13th.

Enseñanza Mixta

Presentation

Infografía casos COVID-19 

Vulgar Insults

 

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