Friday, 4 February 2011

Exam Reading Comprehension Practice

You can practise Reading Comprehension tests on UsingEnglish.com. Choose two or three texts and check your knowledge.

Friday, 21 January 2011

False Friends between Spanish and English


Browsing the net I came across this engrossing old article from MED Magazine. It's worth reading.

Monday, 10 January 2011

Writing: References

Read Writing a Reference Letter (with examples). 

Check typical mistakes in reference writing here.

Friday, 31 December 2010

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

Songs, songs, songs...

There's a wonderful website (by Isabel Pérez)where you can find hundreds of songs (old and new) to listen to and do activities (or not) with their lyrics.

Vuelve a casa por Navidad (U2's English Version)

Friday, 17 December 2010

Writing Task: INFORMATION SHEET

If you didn't attend class last Wednesday, this is the writing task for next Wednesday; if you did, choose between the given options on Wed. and these:

Write a 220-250 Information Sheet on ONE of the three topics suggested below. Before you start, review p. 201 in your textbook. Do use the Useful Language provided and proofread it before handing it in / e-mailing it by next Wednesday 22nd.
· Traveller Advice for Cartagena Visitors
· Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Cartagena
· Your Own Business (real or not)

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

The 50 Best Christmas Gifts for Men THE INDEPENDENT

Have a look here (click on the guide, see the photographs and read the comment on the right).

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

World AIDS Day

Welcome to
The Independent
with a difference.

Browse the official website

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

St. Andrews

Today is Scotland's Patron Saint Day (and my daughter's). If you want to learn more about the saint, do this Question and Answer Quiz Sheet. On the website you can also find lots of quizzes (I recommend Word Origins or superstitions) It's genuine Trivia, ie. details or information that are not important.

Friday, 26 November 2010

Answers to homework

Check your answers to activities from pp 31 & 32 here.

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Monográficos at the EOI

Within the courses offered this academic year, we have one dealing with conversation given by a native speaker. More info here.

Monday, 22 November 2010

Vocabulary review Unit 2

Check your vocabulary of the unit filling in these sentences with words and phrases from the unit. Good luck!

Thursday, 18 November 2010

About English Idioms

Interesting Blog to Visit
English is full of funny expressions that don't always make sense. What do they mean? How do we use them? And where did they come from? Those are some of the questions we try to answer at About English Idioms.

Monday, 8 November 2010

Returns and Refunds


On English Page you can find loads of exercises. I suggest this one about returns and refunds. Try it and check your answers!

Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Listen and Read, Learn English

Elena (San Javier EOI Avanzado 2 teacher) suggests we should visit this website to Listen and Read English... and it's a good piece of advice. Thanks Elena!!!

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Giving your opinion & Agreeing

Review the activity done in class about giving opinions & agreeing. The part of Agreeing was not seen in class and is worth being read.

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Spanish English

Learn about Spanish English on Macmillan Blog

Monday, 4 October 2010

Global Voices

Watch this video by Macmillan on Global Voices and listen to David Crystal talking on the subject.
Even though both videos have to do with the presentation of a new course for adult learners by the publishers, they're an excellent way to introduce this year and to make us realise why study English and what English to study.
Yes, definitely: we're going to study English by practising the four skills and we'll be helped with some grammar and loads of vocabulary.
Welcome!!!