Mireia Belmonte

You will have to make a presentation about this Spanish famous swimmer. Try to answer the questions below and provide relevant information about her career.

1. What is the person’s name and where is she from? When was she born?

2. What things did she do to become famous?

3. How long has she been famous?

4. Have you seen her on television or in real life?

5. What is she like?

6. What does she do now?

7. Why is this person important to you?.......

8. What else do you know about her? (hobbies, family, etc..)

Webliography

https://swimswam.com/bio/mireia-belmonte-garcia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireia_Belmonte#Biography

Amazing Things Happen

An introduction to autism that aims to raise awareness among young non-autistic audiences, to stimulate understanding and acceptance in future generations. It is intended to be viewed, discussed and shared widely by anyone but especially teachers and parents.

 YouTube version (With subtitles in multiple languages) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezv85LMFx2E

Visit our website to watch in other languages: http://amazingthingshappen.tv


         

This is Water

In 2005, author David Foster Wallace was asked to give the commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Kenyon College. However, the resulting speech didn't become widely known until 3 years later, after his tragic death. It is, without a doubt, some of the best life advice we've ever come across, and perhaps the most simple and elegant explanation of the real value of education.

This video is built around an abridged version of the original audio recording, with the hopes that the core message of the speech could reach a wider audience who might not have otherwise been interested. However, we encourage everyone to seek out the full speech (because, in this case, the book is definitely better than the movie).

     

 

     

Recommended Films

Queen of Katwe

Sing Street

Fried Green Tomatoes

Freedom Writers

Great British Bands

Do you like listening to music? What kind of music do you like?
Do you like pop, rock, rap?
How many bands can you recognise in the map below?

Can you name any song by one of these groups?
How many do you like?
Who is your favourite singer/group?
How much do you know about British music?
Take a look at the map and share your answers with your classmates.

Marcas en Español vs Marcas en Inglés

      

Voice Recognition Elevator

What happens if the voice recognition elevator doesn't understand us, will we get caught inside? Laugh and learn, boys and girls, laugh and learn.    

       

And now, watch this hilarious video in which two Scottish guys get stuck in a lift which uses voice recognition for selecting the floor too.

         

Online Games for EFL students

Revision

Flash Games

Free Online Games

Let's Have Fun With English Videos, games, interactive books...



Grammar Games:

• Adjective Games

• Verb Games

• Adverb Games

• Noun Games

English Interactive

BBC Quizzes

Google Translate? No, thx.

Miley Cyrus and Jimmy Fallon take turns singing songs, like Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You," after running the lyrics through Google Translate.

           

This YouTuber has translated the song  Let It Go from Disney's Frozen into several languages and then she has brought it back into English. Listen and enjoy, it's hilarious!

       

Online Safety Tips

Interactive Activities

Lesson Plan with listening activities

              

Birth Order Theory

Do you think birth order has any influence in your personality? Well, according to many research studies, it does.

Watch the video below and write down the personality adjectives that you hear. After that, organise them into four different boxes:

• first borns, 
• middle children, 
• last borns and
• only children. 

Any problem with meanings? Look up the words you don't understand in WordReference.

Do the video descriptions match your personality according to your birth order? In what way?

     

         


Fun quiz

The History of Tea

     

After watching the video, answer the following questions:

When was tea first consumed as a beverage?

• A 1500 years ago
• B 1300 years ago
• C 20000 years ago
• D 15000 years ago
• 
  

In what Chinese dynasty was the tea plant first transported to Japan?

• A Tang
• B Qing
• C Ming
• D Yuan

In what dynasty did the Emperor change tea making from pressed form to the loose leaves we use today?

• A Tang
• B Qing
• C Ming
• D Yuan

Along with tea, what are the other two essential goods China exported?

• A Opium and silk
• B Opium and porcelain
• C Silk and porcelain
• D Silk and jade

Who brought tea to Europe in large quantities?

• The Brits
• The Japanese
• The Dutch
• The Chinese

By 1700, tea in Europe sold for _______ times the price of coffee.

The British originally traded what for tea?

• A Gold
• B Opium
• C Wool
• D Silver

Today, tea is the _______ most consumed beverage in the world after _____.

The European Refugees Crisis

1)Watch the video below and do the activities that you can find here:
 The European Refugees Crisis interactive activities

              

2) Do you know the facts about the world refugee crisis? - quiz + infographic:

QUIZ - WORLD REFUGEE CRISIS

School Trip to Ireland 2017 3º ESO

   

All the videos can be downloaded from here

101 English Idioms

An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words, which can make idioms hard for ESL students and learners to understand.

 

          101 English Idioms from Jeffrey Hill

Try to guess the meaning of the idioms above.

IDIOM RESOURCES
• Idiom Site
• English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions (UsingEnglish.com)
• English-language idioms (Wikipedia)
• 1000+ Most Popular English Idioms and Their Meanings (MyEnglishTeacher)
• English Idioms Illustrated (iOs app)

Learn Environment Vocabulary

               

Look up the following words in a dictionary and write the definitions in your notebook:

• record-breaking
• to power
• plead
• renewables
• withdraw
• onshore
• prioritize
• fossil fuels
• get serious

Environment Vocab list and sentences

Environment Hangman

Two Young Actors

cuando te sabes la pelicula de memoria pic.twitter.com/QOKaxVMq6c

— cartonero (@flanchota) April 4, 2017

Who is She?

                         

Famous People Lesson Plan

40 Herramientas TIC para el aula de inglés

DO NOT Learn Grammar from Pop Songs.

⚠️ DO NOT learn #grammar from pop songs. 🙅🏻‍♂️

ℹ️️ Here’s why: https://t.co/xG4av4sVrL 👈👩🏻‍💻 pic.twitter.com/uGVvHZTQuz

— The YUNiversity (@The_YUNiversity) March 13, 2017

How to Learn English Grammar with 11 Catchy Songs for Language Nerds

Is Britain a Divided Country?

Is Britain a divided country?

If it were a nation of 100 people, this is what it would look like. pic.twitter.com/AUFzsFJQac

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) October 5, 2016

Happy International Women's Day 2017

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When did women win the right to a university education? When could they keep their earnings for themselves? Play the game by knocking on the doors of Victorian opportunity - but don't expect too much too soon!

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Link to video quiz

• Listen to a Podcast on International Women's Day from ESL Library 
• Read about Women's Rights from Past to Present 
• Find out how much you know abut women's rights by taking a  Women's Rights QuizWatch a video celebrating working women
• Watch a a series of interesting videos from International Women's Day 2011 
• Watch  an International Women's Day Slide Show 
• Read about famous Women in History 
• Read about 16 of the most Rebellious Women from TIME  
• Read about the ffight for the right to vote in the U.S. 
• Hear what women have to say in an  International Women's Day Voices Interactive in the Guardian  

St Valentine's Day

Valentine's English

Interactive Book

Valentines Day Presentation with links                      

Isabel Pérez Links

International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM

Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.

It reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes and constitutes an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls. The practice also violates their rights to health, security and physical integrity, their right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and their right to life when the procedure results in death.

When some medics suggested that limited FGM should be available to practicing communities, these young people decided to have a say #EndFGM pic.twitter.com/q1WmN7scLp

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 6, 2017

Read more  

United Nations

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Worth Watching Ellen's Comments on the Travel Ban

Days after Donald Trump signed an anti-immigration order, the President chose the award-winning movie Finding Dory as the first film screened by the new administration at the White House.

Ellen Degeneres, the voice of the lead character Dory, took to her show’s stage to let Trump know exactly how she feels about both the executive order and his movie choice. She brilliantly uses Finding Dory’s plot to talk about immigration, family, and helping refugees — sadly the American Bigot-in-Chief probably didn’t get the message.

Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Speech

Delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Speech - American Rhetoric

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Intermediate Reading Activity

MLK links 1              MLK links 2      Interactive Listening


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New Year's Resolutions

As stated in Wikipedia, a New Year's resolution is a tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person resolves to change an undesired trait or behavior.

The beginning of the New Year is a popular time to make promises about positive things you want to do during the year ahead. Often they relate to improving our lifestyle. We call these promises ‘New Year’s resolutions’. Most people start their resolutions from 1st January.

"Will" is usually used in promises as in I will do my homework and work hard at school.

Here are some common New Year’s resolutions (personal plans for the coming year). Read and say the resolutions you would like to make. 

I will…………. 

⁂ Exercise: do more / join a gym / take up a sport 

⁂ Studies: study more / do more homework / listen more in class / get books from the library / read more 

⁂ Hobbies: start a new hobby / join a club/ learn a new skill (for example, how to cook, paint, play an instrument) 

⁂ Friends: make new friends /write to friends more / be nicer to friends / spend more time or less time with friends 

⁂ Responsibilities: help my parents do the shopping /save more money / tidy my room /spend responsibly...

Now tell us about your own resolutions (promises)

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Watch the video below: 4-yr-old explains what is the problem with New Year’s resolutions and the Internet just loves it!

              

Do you think this little girl fully understands what she is saying?

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Here are some top New Years Resolutions:1. Start to spend more time with my family.2. Stop smoking.3. Try to save more money.4. Refuse to be negative.5. Practice playing music.6. Enjoy living life.7. Manage to organize my life.8. Offer more often to help by greenvilledepartment

New Year's Eve Customs Quiz

New Year's Day Webquest

New Year's Resolutions Difficult to Keep Listening activity

2016 Year in Review

             
                          
Let's see what you remember about 2016. Good news first.

✬Who won Wimbledon?
✬What's the name of London first Muslim Mayor?
✬What did the astronaut Tim Peake complete?
✬What did Bob Dylan win?✬✬✬✬✭✭✭✭
✬What animals have increased in population?

Bad news 😢

✭ _______ _______ is dead?
✭It has been on  ______ of a ______ ______ and you don't even know half of it.
✭Can you mention at least three celebrities who passed away in February 2016?
✭ When was a gorilla shot in a zoo?
✭ What is the  2016 worst news according to the video?

News Quiz 2016  Do you dare to take this test?

US and Spain's National Health Services

Unlike America, going to the hospital in Spain won't cost you a fortune.

     

This publicity has a dark (non-commented side): that the system is currently bankrupted. There is a debate on how to make the health system survive here in Spain.
There is an additional dark side: the health system was excellent in the past, but the quality is questionable at the moment in many aspects, at least partly due to the burnout of doctors with poor salaries, bad contracts and low consideration.

Do you agree with the comment above?

What is BOXING DAY?

Boxing Day is observed every year on December 26.

Many historians think the holiday’s name is derived from the church practice of opening alms boxes the day after Christmas and distributing money to the poor.

Why give Christmas gifts the day after Christmas? Because the servants spent Christmas and Christmas Eve trying to pull off big holiday dinners for their masters.

Like most Western holidays, Boxing Day has become pretty commercialized. With big sales and bigger crowds, Boxing Day is the British answer to Black Friday.

            

What are the Commonwealth Nations?