Intermedio: Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

What is the best way to remember Nelson Mandela?...

You can learn more about Nelson Mandela:

• Video Quiz
• Quotes

Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:

• British Council
• ESL Holiday Lesson

Intermedio: Food

What do you know about traditional British food? Check out the following website and find out more about

Shermeee

sandwiches, fish and chips, roast dinners, delicious pudddings, and some main courses with strange names, like Bubble and Squeak or Toad-in-the-Hole.

If you want to know how to pronounce words connected with food, click on the pictures.

Finally, a couple of listening exercises about food:

• Listen to a conversation between a woman, Lucy, and a man, Mike, about a new burger restaurant called ‘Burger Fest’ and decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
• Listen to Doug and Jackie talk about going on a diet. Then you can read the programme script here.
• Watch the video about the origins of hot dogs and then play the game.

Opinion Essay / For and Against Essay

Do you need help to write essays for school or for English exams? Check out these great activities:

Charles Jeffrey Danoff

• An opinion essay: http://goo.gl/1S5re5
• A for and against essay: http://goo.gl/07nwIV 

Avanzado 2: 30-WORD STORY COMPETITION

Click on the previews to read the fascinating short stories below.

He was telling the truth

Tied dreams

Jellyfish

Below you can find the rules for the 30-WORD STORY COMPETITION. 

Don't forget to participate! You can win a prize!

Intermedio: First Conditional and Future Time Clauses

Hi everyone!

If you want more information on the First Conditional, listen to this episode of "The Flatmates". Then, read this information on the First Conditional, and finally, try this quiz.

And here are some more exercises:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

You can visit the following websites in case you want to learn more about Future Time Clauses.
Theory
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Finally, here is a fantastic song by Leonard Cohen. If you listen carefully, you will find a lot of examples of the First Conditional.


If you want to read the lyrics, click here.

Avanzado 2: Exit through the gift shop

If you want to find out more about grafitti artists and the world of street art, I recommend watching the following documentary. Enjoy!

Avanzado 2: Soap Operas

Visit the following websites if you want to find out more about soap operas: 

• BBC Learning English: Soap Operas 
• How soap operas changed the world

XAUENVISION

This is the winning song! Thank you for voting ;)

Five easy things you can do every day to improve your English

1. Learn 5 new words or phrases a day.

John Davey

If you stick at it, you’ll be amazed at how quickly you build up your vocabulary

2. Read one online article in English – maybe from a newspaper or magazine website.
Don’t worry if you can’t understand anything at first – the more you do it, the more you’ll understand

3. Find a radio or TV station that broadcasts English, and watch or listen for 15 minutes.
You’ll understand more every time – and it’ll help you get used to how the language sounds

4. Switch your Facebook, games console, phone, TV or any other technology to English. 
It's a great way to immerse yourself.

5. Have a short conversation with someone who speaks the language.
If you don’t know anyone, make a new friend – or find a penpal! Maybe you can help them with their Spanish in return.

These are just a few simple and free (or cheap) things you can do every day. I'm sure you have more interesting ideas, why not share them in the comments section?

Good luck!

Adapted from: http://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/britishcouncil.uk2/files/d041_languages_5-a-day_graphic_a5.pdf?utm_source=facebook-teachingenglish&utm_mediu%C2%ADm=wallpost&utm_campaign=bc-teachingenglish-facebook

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