Elia Kazan at the Faculty of Science

This November and December there is a season of Elia Kazan films at the Faculty of Science. All films are in English with subtitles in Spanish. For more information, click here.

Sesame Street

Let's celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street with a video. Enjoy!

Back to school

Here is a text you might find interesting. Read it and do the exercises:

- Back to School

- Back to School_Glossary
- Back to School_Answers

Then, you can do this quiz from the BBC Learn English website:

In the classroom

A couple of interesting websites:

A guide for teenagers (A guide for teenagers on coping with going back to school. )

Long school holidays should end (A BBC article (2008) about a study suggesting that some school pupils in the UK are falling behind in class because the summer holidays are too long.)

Radio in English / Vocabulary

If you are interested in listening to the radio in English, then Screamer Radio is what you are looking for. It's a free programme that you can download onto your computer and with it, you can listen to radio stations from all over the world (in English and other languages).
http://www.screamer-radio.com/

Now some quizzes from the BBC Learning English website:

Agreeing

Family

Adjectives describing character

And a crossword from the BBC Learning English website:

Family

Sports / Past Tenses

If you want to learn more about olympic sports, try these websites:

• Olympics 2008
• International Olympic Committee

Why don't you test your knowledge of sports with this quiz? You can try this game too. Another quiz: Do, play or go?

In the past, a quiz from the BBC Learning English Website.

And remember that you have lots of resources on this website:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/intermediate/

Past Perfect / Classroom Posters

For those of you who couldn't come to class on Wednesday/Thursday, a handout on the Past Perfect.

Extra exercises:

• Forming and Using the Past Perfect Tense
• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

In case you are interested, here is a set of posters for your classroom.

Entry Checker / Food

If you want to download the Key to the Entry Checker Intermediate Booklet, click here.

What do you know about Traditional British Food? Check out this website and then do this reading exercise about food memories. You have the answers on page 2.

Finally, a couple of listening exercises:

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.

European Day of Languages

As you probably know, 26 September is the European Day of Languages. Did you know that, according to UNESCO, more than a third of the world's six thousand languages are in danger of extinction? Listen and read about this problem by clicking here.

Since I didn't give you any homework for next week, here go a few tips on online activities you might find interesting.

Click here to learn about the differences between the following words: teacher, trainer, instructor, lecturer, professor.

Click here to learn about overseas students at universities in the UK.

Then, test what you have learned with this crossword.

Have a good weekend!!!

Henry King at the Filmoteca de Andalucía

Hello, everyone!

Welcome back. These days I want to suggest a few tips, so as to make it easier to get into the routine again.

It would be a good idea to go to the Filmoteca de Andalucía. This month a season of Henry King will be screened, including titles such as Twelve O'Clock High (Almas en la hoguera) and The Gunfighter (El pistolero). The films are in English with subtitles in Spanish. If you want more information, click here.

Things to do this summer

Hi, everyone!

Summer holidays are already here. Remember that it is very important to revise what you have learned this year. Here are a few tips on things that you can do this summer.

- Download some audiobooks and listen to them while you are sunbathing on the beach.

Openculture.com
Librivox.org

- Alternatively, if you prefer traditional books, you could get hold of some graded readers.

Year 1
- Black Cat Graded Readers (Step 1-2). Vicens Vives
- Cambridge English Readers (Level 2). C.U.P.
- Macmillan Readers (Elementary Level). Macmillan
- Oxford Bookworms (Stage 1-2). O.U.P.

Year 2
- Black Cat Graded Readers (Step 2-3). Vicens Vives
- Cambridge English Readers (Level 2-3). C.U.P.
- Macmillan Readers (Pre-Intermediate Level). Macmillan
- Oxford Bookworms (Stage 3). O.U.P.

- Finally, Spain is full of English-speaking people at this time of year, so don't be shy and talk to them (in English, of course).

Have a lovely summer!