Feelings and emotions

How do you feel about the way you express your feelings in English?

Willing to learn some more adjectives and expressions about feelings and emotions. This is your post to expand your vocabulary and what's more: you'll become more self-confident with your English emotions. 

Prepositions

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 & Exams

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

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Grammar, vocab and pronunciation TEST Beginner File. Answer sheet. Answer key.
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4 Skills TEST File Beginner. Audio. Answer Key. 
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However, this is very best Test or exam ever!:

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

Listening skills

Here's your listening section to master your language skills all day long.

How often do you listen to music or any kind of audio in English?

What was the last film you've watched in English?

Are you really doing something for your listening skills? Come on! Be honest with you.

If your answer are never, hardly ever, no film in English or something like that, you're in trouble. Yes, absolutely! Ok, it's time for doing the opposite, don't you think?

Listening tools: 

How to write in English

I always encourage all my students to drop some lines in English. 

No matter the topic to write about. 

Then, I normally have a look at their writing, which they hand in quite regularly, and I leave a comment and several writing tips for them, together with the necessary corrections. Feedback and results may vary to a greater extent, but I just wonder if they are truly aware of my enormous effort to make them write real English.

Please, leave a comment about your English writing experiences.

Writing tools:
language mistakes at the 4th ESO

Connectors and linkers

Connectors, linking words and phrases

How to write a review

Writing a film review

What to read today

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.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
These days we're dealing with this reader at school. There'll be a test on reading comprehension and understanding of the plot. However,  rather than reading through these stories by Oscar Wilde, we could analyse some basic literary questions, so that we can understand the main events throughout the different stories more easily and what's even more important: trying to play the main characters' roles and distinguishing their personalities.

Classroom language

As you can see, this is a very important section for all of you. We need to understand each other, don't you think? So, time for starting up and let's set the classroom rules and instructions.

Any questions so far?

Classroom language Listening 

Still lost with vocabulary, try this basic vocabulary for ESO

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            

Kisses

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!