Welcome everybody! This blog has been designed as a meeting point for the students in the third year (3B) of the bilingual programme at IES El Fontanal (Lebrija, Seville, Spain). Here you will find interesting material to improve and practise your English, together with creations on the part of the students themselves. I hope you become an active user of it!
If you want to see the Christmas lights in London, don't miss this opportunity. Get in my car and I'll give you a lift from Piccadilly Circus to Marble Arc. Meanwhile we'll listen to a song we can sing quite well, can't we? By the way, don't panic! Remember people drive on the left here!
We would all be very happy is war was in fact over all over the world. However, there are many things we can do everyday to make the lives of the people around us easier, can't we. Now we can listen to this song by John Lennon, sing the karaoke version and think about the lyrics.
Band Aid is a British charity that calls artists to record a Christmas single. Do They Know It's Christmas Time at All? is a song written in 1984 to raise money for the relief of famine in Ethiopia in 1984 and 1985. Many famous singers contributed with their voices. Although the song is almost 25 years old, I think the message is still valid. What do you think?
Here are the lyrics for you to think about the content:
Tomorrow we'll celebrate Christmas in our English class. Among other things we'll review verb tenses by singing Last Christmas by Wham. Here is the song with the lyrics for you to rehearse before singing the karaoke version below.
Everybody knows Christmas is coming very soon. Here you will find lots of materials and activities to learn and review both Christmas content and vocabulary. I hope you also have fun with it.
To begin with, you can read and listen to a story about Christmas Day by clicking here. Is Christmas Day a special day in your life, too? What do you do at home to celebrate it? Is there any other special day in your life? What do you usually do on this day? Don't forget to post a comment answering these questions!
Moreover, you can find out more about Christmas customs and traditions in England with this online game and you can review some vocabulary with this card game where you just have to turn over pairs of cards and match words and pictures.
If you need something more challenging and international, this is an online quiz to play either in pairs or on your own, don't miss it! You'll learn how Christmas is celebrated all over the world.
As you know, one of the main characters of this time of the year in England is Santa Claus. Here is a funny song about him. Do you like it? Well, you can always play this game with . . . or against Santa!
As you know, these days we have been learning the form and use of the past simple tense in English. In this site you'll find an interesting explanation of it, with links to activities. If you think you need to review the past form of verb 'to be', click here or here.
Still difficult? Well, you can always have a look at this website and read the explanation in Spanish!
All these people speak English as an official language.
The Riddle of the Week
The English Department is fully satisfied with your active participation in our weekly contest. You did a really good job. Here you can see a list with all the contestants and the riddles they have solved.
We would very much like to congratulate our winner, Verónica Caro Castillo (1º B). Congratulations!
Riddle 1: The Statue of Liberty. Riddle 2: Flag. Riddle 3: 194.
Riddle 4: Time.
Riddle 5: The fat dog is the MOTHER of the thin dog.
Riddle 6: Big Ben.
Riddle 7: Beetle. Riddle 8: Shadow. Riddle 9: An echo. Riddle 10: St. Patrick Riddle 11: Boat, plane, bus. Riddle 12: Eye. Riddle 13: Book. Riddle 14: Fire. Riddle 15: Once. Riddle 16: Four. Riddle 17: They are NOT brothers. Riddle 18: One person.
MATERIALES PARA PREPARAR EXAMEN DE HISTORIA
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Aquí os dejo algunos videos y materiales para trabajar y preparar el examen
de Totalitarismos y Segunda Guerra Mundial
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