Learning more than words

Learning languages is much more than writing words down. 

Here's your post to consider other ways of expanding your vocab.

Below you'll find 4 steps to organize your vocabulary. You could try them out and leave a comment about your own results.

Maybe you like playing games, so why don't you try this language game: https://www.duolingo.com/

https://www.duolingo.com/

Organising vocabulary from Ana Arias Castro

Finally, you could also reflect on the way you usually study languages and other subjects. Do you agree with all the ideas from this newspaper article? 

Please enjoy More than words!

Christmas around the world

The Three Wise Men according to Wikipedia. Christmas is coming and I'd like to know how you celebrate this festivity. There are many different traditions all over the world and that's nice. So, let's discuss about different traditions at Christmas.

How do you spend Xmas at home? Anything special? Please, let us know and leave a comment about your customs.

Youtube videos about Christmas

For further information about Christmas time, click on here.

   Now, let's sing some Christmas Carols. Would you like to sing a special Christmas Carol? Which one? Have a look at: It's Christmas now below.  For carols click:    More Carols 

Last Christmas by George Michael (Spanish lyrics) Is this song really about Christmas? Well, it isn't. Actually, what is it about so? You could write your answer by leaving a comment for this post below. What about this Xmas song? Do you know any other artist who sings the same song?

Christmas vocabulary (1, 2, ), special dates and traditions. Christmas vocabulary doc Christmas Flashcards Xmas wordsearch (1, 2) Christmas board game for Basic 2 (poster) Christmas Winter Quiz for Basic 2 Santa Questions about Xmas for Basic 2 Winter questions_Christmas for Basic 2

How to make Christmas Crackers

How to make a Christmas pudding How to make Christmas Brownies

Would you sit on Santa Claus' lap like this?

Have you ever received candy coal at Christmas?

Come on! Let's join a Christmas Quiz! Yes, why not?   Now it's time for some current songs about Xmas:


And finally, here are my Christmas gifts for all my dear students. Some Xmas cards. Enjoy them! Happy Christmas!

TESTS AND EXAMS

The Learners of English are very likely to do any kind of TEST or EXAMINATION at least once in their learning life, and thus, if you are one of those who are desperately looking for some more tests to do, this the right Blog to start with.

Basic considerations before starting any English course or test.

First of all, let's find out your exact level of English.

Test your English by the

However, this is very best Test or exam ever!:

Where shall we go? Let's go on a trip! USA, UK, Ireland, India. Where?

English Stress and Intonation

Why do we take so long to understand stress and intonation in English?

Children learn stress and intonation very quickly, but what happens with English as a Second Language?


Through this post, you'll learn more about the importance of Stress and intonation in English. Now it's your turn to practise some stress patterns, using the presentation and video below.

I hope you find Intonation interesting. Please, feel free to leave any comments about Stress and Intonation below.

Writing TIPS

Once upon a time...

Érase una vez...

A blank piece of paper to be written quickly, but no idea how to start with.

Please do not panic, here are some helpful tips for you to use and remember to keep on writing in English as often as possible.

Writing Tips from anarosaleda

What to read

What to read in English?

Well, just a question of liking.

What would you like to read about?

News Horrors / thrillers  

Novels Myths and legends
Short stories Magazines
Comedies Signs
Fairy tales Articles
Adventures Fiction
Fictional Detective

For more ideas and reading, please click on our What to read section.

Trip to Ireland

Once again we're planning a Trip to somewhere. 

This time we're going to go Dublin, Ireland. 

However, there's still much to be done. Maybe we can get some ideas from this blog, or maybe we only need to talk about it in the classroom. Whatever the case, please feel free to leave a comment or ask any question about our forthcoming trip to Ireland.

Enjoy our power point presentation about Ireland:




And here's more info about Ireland:

 

Ireland & Dublin from EFL_Teacher

Reading about Ireland:
All Ireland Travel
Ireland - the facts...and myths

Translation into English

Do you think Google translate is good enough for your translations?

If you don't, here's some practice for you to rely on. 

Trust your instincts and translate into English, applying common sense, but not your clicks. 

Doctors say that using your memory and language skills, prevents you from getting Alzheimer or dementia.


So, next time you need to write in English, make sure you click on your own brain. Here's your Translation practice:

Verb Tenses

Present, past or future?

How often do you...?

Adverbs is what you need to study for this section, among many other things.

Above you can read two essential questions for you to think about when you're doing some English Grammar. 

Any questions about verbs tenses?

Please leave us a comment below. 

For more practice on verb tenses, you could have a look at our Grammar links section on the right-hand side on this blog.

So, let's do some grammar!

Imperative, Present Simple & Continuous, Stative verbs

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Present through Youtube

Past through Youtube

Future through Youtube
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Imperatives through Youtube

Present Perfect through Youtube

English Grammar

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Sentence transformations

Are you able to paraphrase in English? 

Hey, what exactly do you mean by that? 

Sentence transformations are highly useful for you to say things differently, or better said, different ways of talking about the same thing, using other words. 

So, please avoid repetition. 

Here's your presentation about Transformations and now it's time for transformation practice.

In your own words...


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Listen to me, please

Listen to me, please is just a section for you to practise some listening activities. Some of them done in the classroom and others are for you to keep on listening to ESL.


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FRIDA KAHLO for Presentations and greetings

Animals' personality. Adjs Answer key. Audio.


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Any suggestions?

On the right side of this blog,  you'll find some more links about listening practice. 

Enjoy your Listening all day long!

Handshakes

To learn a new language, you need someone to talk to, and often you'll meet someone new. More than anything else, you've got be relaxed in the classroom. So, let's break the ice and have a look at the different ways of greeting.

When saying hello & good-bye for the first time, what do you normally do?

When people meet, they should shake hands, smile and say: I'm ... (name). Nice to meet you.

or

Hello (name of the person)

Nice to meet you again. How are things?

Hello

Hi

Pleased to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

How do you do?

A handshake

A hug

Tap on one's back

Make eye contact with the other person

Hold the handshake for a few seconds

Smile

- Hello
How are you?

- I'm fine thank you. And you?
- Not bad, thanks.

- Goodbye!. Have a nice day.
- See you this morning!

- I'm sorry I'm late.
- I'm sorry.
- Excuse me!
- Don't worry.
- That's ok.
- Really?
- It doesn't matter.







As you can see above, you've got plenty of examples to practise all through this post. So, now it's your turn to grab a classmate and put your greetings into practice. Let's get it started!