Writing a Review

When we write a composition in an exam or for homework, we sometimes feel that it´s a lot of work after the time we have spent learning how to do it and write it and only the teacher is going to read it. For this reason, as I commented in class the other day, I´d like to upload your reviews. Here you will find how to write it and your own reviews.

A Film Review

Publish at Scribd or explore others: Other Creative Writing writing

April fool´s

"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."
--Mark Twain

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. Spanish counterpart of April fool´s is "El Día de los Inocentes".On 'April Fools' Day', people play practical jokes and pranks (a kind of joke that is intended to be amusing but not to cause harm or damage) on each other, and then when the victims are taken in by surprise, all the witnesses shout 'April Fool' at once. Read this article and watch this video to learn more about this day.

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Chicken Soup for the .... is a series of books, usually featuring a collection of short, inspirational stories and motivational essays.
I have read some of these moving stories to my students and I highly recommend them. I have prepared a reading exercise with one of these stories, and if you want to read more...

Killing two birds with one stone

This is an exercise to revise the pronunciation of the final -s and the vocabulary of transport and travel. Every time you see a new slide say the word aloud in the plural. Remember the suffix -s is pronounced:
*/s/ when the noun ends in a(n) /f/,/t/,/k/,/p/or /θ/

*/iz/when the noun ends in a(n)/s//z//ks//ʃ//dʒ//ʒ/tʃ/

*/z/ when the noun ends in any other sound.

A good pronunciation is more important than it seems to be. English has not correlation between the sounds and the spelling, for this reason is extremely important to know the phonetic symbols and how to pronounce them. The more we practise, the better our pronunciation will be. In these website pages will find a lot of information to help you in acquiring a better pronunciation.

Repeat after me,bbc,ship or sheep

The Third Conditional

So far we've studied the first and the second conditional, now it´s time for the third.
The third conditional is used to talk about things which DID NOT HAPPEN in the past. . It is often used to express criticism or regret. Like the other conditionals, a third conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause.

Jennifer explains in the following video how it is formed and used.

And if you want more practice do the following exercises:

exercise 1
exercise 2

III Premio Espiral Edublog 09

Dear all, I´m going to take part with this blog in III Premio Espiral Edublog 09. I´d be very pleased if you could leave your comments and suggestions here.
The English teachers at la Escuela Oficial de Guía have also signed up to participate as "Blogs de Centro", so why don´t you visit these fantastic blogs(links on the right side of this page) and vote for them? Click here
Thanks

Saint Patrick´s day

St. Patrick's Day is an Irish holiday celebrated all around the globe to honor the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated each year on March 17th.

Read on and watch this video while you do the exercises. Lucky Saint Patrick's day

exams in other eois

Surfing on the net some days ago I came across some models of exams in other Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas. Click on the links if you want to have a look at them.
eoi cataluña
eoi ferrol
eoi huesca
eoi benidorm/departamentos/novedades

phonetics

English pronunciation can be sometimes rather difficult as there are many sounds that don't exist in our language. For example, in English there are twelve vocalic sounds while in Spanish there are only five. Having a good pronunciation and knowing the sounds are the key to speak better. Here you have a useful site that will help you to improve your English.