Rosa Parks

Click here to listen to a radio programme about Rosa Parks and Civil Rights (it includes a comprehension multiple choice activity at the end).

Black History Week

In memory of

                               Dr MARTIN LUTHER KING

Tuesday 19th January

Civil Rights Talk 18.00h

Salón de actos EOI

How to survive a festival

Click here to learn some tips about how to survive a music festival.

The Potato Famine

Watch the video and answer the questions. Check them in 'comments'.

I.        How long did the Potato Famine last?

II.      How many people died?

III.    Who did these things? Match

a.       British officials

b.      Private relief efforts

c.       Irish farmers

1.       Exported crops that could have fed people

2.       Didn’t provide food to protect the English landowners

3.       Couldn’t raise funds

IV.    What kind of things did the Irish eat to survive?

V.      Where were farmers forced to migrate?

VI.    How many people sailed to Canada in 1847?

VII.  How many died? Why?

Diners Increase Business with Healthy Food

Listen (don't look at the script) and take notes. Then you can listen and read and you can watch the video.

My favourite restaurant

Click here to watch the video (I gave you the handout with the activities in class). Check your answers in 'comments'.

If you want, you can read the script here.

New Year's Resolutions

I. Listen and answer the questions (check your answers in 'comments'). Click here if you want to read the script.

1. Who is Jayashri Kulkarni?

2. What date did Jayashri Kulkarni contrast January 1 with?

3. When are most New Year's resolutions broken by?

4. According to the article, what are identical each year?

5. What did the website usa.gov say people have a hard time doing?

6. How many of us make a New Year's resolution?

7. Who do many people resolve to help?

8. How long do 71% of us stick to our resolutions?

9. How many people continue their resolutions up to six months?

10.What kind of clause do people use to stop their resolution?

2. Click here to see a flowchart that explains how to make a New Year's Resolution that lasts.
3. Five New Year's Resolutions for Learners to Improve Their English. Listen to an English teacher and take notes. Then click here, listen, read and check your note.

English is Great- Part 2

Richard finds out about all the different kinds of English and talks to some of the hundreds of thousands of students who come to Great Britain to learn English every year.
Watch the video and do the tasks.

English is Great- Part 1

The story of English starts more than a thousand years ago. Richard goes to the British Library to hear - and see - how the language has changed over the years.
Watch the video and try to complete the four tasks on the website (you can download the script at the bottom of the page).

THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

1. Click here to read about this day.

2. Click here and have a look at an infographic about speaking English in Europe.

3. Click here and try a Europe Trivia Quiz. 

English is Crazy

Everyone knows that English is contradictory: a house burns up as it burns down.  Sometimes it is just nonsensical: In the U.S., we park on driveways and drive on parkways.  So isn’t it time to put this into poetry form?  This charming video poem English is Crazy is brought to you by Mitch and Greg over at AsapTHOUGHT.

Drunk Man Utd fan calls the police

Just for fun! Listen and read this phone conversation. A drunk and upset fan speaks some real English when he calls the police to complain about Manchester United. Listen to the funny audio and read the full transcript.

The British Pub

1. Carmen talks about the history and continuing popularity of the great British pub. 















Do the Preparation task first. Then watch the video. Next go to Task and do the activity. If you need help, you can read the Transcript at any time.

2. Rob talks about how people behave in a pub and the expressions we use when we want to make offers and requests. Watch the video and then do the tasks.

My favourite restaurant

This is the video we did in class.

FOOD

Vocabulary:

1. Click here to learn some basic food vocabulary.
2. Now click here to learn more words (sorry, it has no sound).

Readings:

1. Click here to read and listen to a text about food. Then do the multiple choice activity.
2. Read this article about Spanish Eating Habits.


Listenings:

1. This is a short listening about food with some activities.

2. Watch the video (from 1’15” to 2’39”) and answer the questions (check them in 'comments').


1.   What’s ‘Quick Burger’?
2. What does she order?
3. Why doesn’t Laura order anything?
4.  How long has Karina been a vegetarian?
5.  Who told Laura to start a new diet and why?
6.  What does Laura have for breakfast?
7.  What does Karina do in the mornings? Why?
8. What does Laura have for lunch?
9. Is it hard to be a vegetarian?
10. Why did Karina become a vegetarian?

3. Practise your listening with the four exercises on this website and learn about what British people do on Sundays.

4. Listen to Layla, a French girl, talking about American food and do the exercise.

5. Listen to Buddhi talking about her national cuisine (Sri Lanka).

6. Listen to Adelina talking about food in Spain.

Happy New Year!

1. Listen and read a text about New Year's Day.

2. Listen and fill in the gaps of this song by ABBA.

3. New Year's Resolutions. Learn some vocabulary and watch a video about this topic. Click here to see the script.

4. Watch this funny video about New Year's Resolutions. The lyrics are below the video.

Nelson Mandela

Watch the video and answer the following questions. Check your answers in 'comments'.

    1.      When was he born?

    2.       What does ANC stand for?

    3.       When did he become head of the ANC’s Youth Wing?

    4.       What did his law firm do in Johannesburg?

    5.       What happened in 1960?

    6.       Why was he arrested and put on trial in 1962?

    7.       How did he defend his actions?

    8.       What was he sentenced to two years later?

    9.       Why was he freed?

  10.   When was he elected the first black president? How old was he?
 11.   How long was he president? 

  12.   Why did Mandela and Mr de Klerk get the Peace Nobel Prize?

  13.   Why was he critized when he was president?

  14.   When did he retire from public life?

  15.   What did he turn South Africa into?

Black Friday

Happy Thanksgiving

Watch this video about the origins of Thanksgiving.



Listen to a girl called Angela talking about how Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and answer the questions (check your answers in 'comments').

1.    According to Angela how many holidays are there at the end of the year in the US?

2.    When do dinner preparations begin?

3.    What’s the typical menu? Main course:

Side dishes: _________  _________  , _________ , cranberry _________  , _________   _________   and _________  on the cab.

4.    What’s the most popular dessert?

5.    Where does Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade take place? Why is it mentioned?

6.    What time is dinner usually served?

7.    What do most people do in the afternoon?

8.    What do some people do on Thanksgiving Day? Why?

9.    What is ‘Black Friday’?

President Kennedy "taken from us" 50 years ago

Watch this video about the 50th anniversary of JFK assassination. Click on the right to see the script.