Home Renovations

Listen to Robert talking about the conversions he made to his new flat in Buenos Aires and fill in the gaps.

Read a text about a house in London and do the exercises.

REVOLTING RHYMES

Watch this video where you find an example of a revolting rhyme by Roald Dahl: Little Red Riding Hood.



Now watch another video with the same rhyme and the words in it.

THEATRE AT SCHOOL!!

Thursday 25th February, 17.00h.
Salón de Actos de la EOI de Albacete

ANDREW MARSHALL PRESENTS...

REVOLTING RHYMES
By Roald Dahl
An exciting performance, original and surprising in its concept, the performance is designed to captivate the imagination of its audience and allow the students to enjoy English in a theatrical environment.
This unique comedy has already been received with great success in Secondary schools and EOI throughout Spain with positive feedback from both teachers and students alike.
The duration of the performance is approximately 45 minutes

Andrew Marshall studied Dramatic Art at the Ensemble Acting Studios in Sydney, Australia.He also studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in London and with Theatre du Soleil in Paris. He has over twenty years professional experience in theatre working as an actor, teacher, writer, director, producer and stand up comedian in various productions in Australia and more recently here in Spain. Andrew has worked on various events with Catalan theatre company La Cubana, directed by Jordi Milan and starred in the company's production, “Nuts Coconuts” for the Edinburgh International Festival. Over the past five years Andrew has also dedicated himself to producing quality performances for IES and EOI throughout Spain

Improving your listening skills

Listen to a woman talking about how to improve your listening skills and take notes. Then listen and read the script.

ENGLISH MANIA

Watch this video about English and its use. This website allows you to watch videos with or without subtitles, pause, listen again more slowly and record yourself as well as follow your progress.

CARNIVAL

Watch this video about the seven-year-old girl named "Queen" of the carnival and read the text.

Winter Olympics

Listen to this article about Winter Olympics and take notes. Then you can read it and do the quiz.

Making suggestions

Listen to this podcast in which they explain different ways of making suggestions and then read the script.

MORE ABOUT HOUSES

1. Listen to a woman talking about a house. First choose the best title, then listen and do the exercises and finally read the transcript.
2. Listen to three extracts in which a man talks about renovations. Unfortunately, to listen to the first part you have to click on the tick that leads you to the answers (they forgot to include the recording on the previous page).

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

1. Have a look at this interactive book about St Valentine (it has vocabulary, listenings, songs and readings).
2. Reasons to love you. Fill in the gaps with the right word.
3. Follow the instructions and learn about the festivity and St Valentine. (listening, reading and exercises).
4. Listen to the story and take notes. Then you can listen and read it and see the vocabulary.
5. Listen and find out about buying the right present for St Valentine.

ORGANISING A TALK: TRAVEL

Eun-Kyung was asked to talk for about two minutes on the following subject:Describe a place in your country you would recommend to tourists. Include:
- what it's called
- what kind of place it is
- where it is.Listen to Eun-Kyung and decide how successful Eun-Kyung was in answering the question and in organising her talk using signposting expressions. Listen to the interview a second time if
necessary to answer the comprehension questions:

1) Who is Eun-Kyung's talk aimed at?
2) How long was the Joseon Dynasty?
3) How do Korean palaces differ from Western palaces?
4) What will you find at Insa-Dong?
5) Why might tourists find Insa-Dong an easy place to visit?
6) What two things does Eun-Kyung say are good about Korean restaurants?
7) What's a good place to visit at night?
8) What can you see in Namsan Park during the day?
And finally, while you listen, make a note of Eun-Kyung’s use of English, which we’ll
look at in the feedback session.
Then have a look at the transcript and the answers to the questions.

VERB PATTERNS

1. Listen and read this episode of Flatmates.

2. Now read the language point and do the quiz.

3. Have a look at the grammar.
4. Do this easy exercise.
5. Now try this one.

IKEA'S DANISH DOORMATS

Listen to the article about Ikea and answer these questions:

1-What does a scientific analysis of the Ikea catalogue conducted by the University of Copenhagen claim?
2- What do officials at Ikea say about that?
3- How has been the relationship between Sweden and Denmark?
4- What is the welcoming sign at Stockholm Airport?

Then listen and read the article and check your answers.

(HOT ENGLISH MAGAZINE)

February listening handout

1. Improving your memory. (2’15”) http://sites.google.com/site/blogsmaterials/Improving_Your_Memory.mp3?attredirects=0&d=1 (recording)
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/prof_mp3/Improving_Your_Memory.pdf (text)
2. How to build furniture (Ikea) http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php?id=191
3. Reasons to move to the Spanish coast (2’18”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHjxigbsX5k&feature=related
4. Better Speaking (12’) episode 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/webcast/tae_betterspeaking_archive.shtml