Monday, October 10, 2011

PHONETICS


Have fun and play the following games to learn phonetics.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

RICK STEIN IN LA RIOJA





Rick Stein's Spain


Driving his camper van, which he describes as his Rocinante, Rick Stein embarks on a culinary journey laced with history, literature and stunning photography through Spain. In the next video, Rick Stein visits La Rioja, where he samples lamb chops cooked over vine trimmimgs and accompanied by superb red wine.







"I've wanted to make a series in Spain for a long time.  I love Spanish food, I've been going there since I was a young boy - but until quite recently I don't think people really took the food seriously.  French and Italian cooking was felt to have more finesse.  Thanks to a handful of really dedicated Spanish chefs and a growing enthusiasm for its rugged flavours, that has all begun to change.  No one cooks fish with more respect or grills meat better.

To me the underlying point of journeying to Spain would be to discover the ‘duende' in the cooking.  By that I mean a sense of soul, of authenticity.  The word is normally used for the soul of flamenco but I think it could be equally applied to the art of Spanish cooking because to my mind, in really good food, there is a communication between the cook and diner that amounts to art." Rick Stein

Friday, September 30, 2011

MAKING THE PERFECT CUP OF TEA

According to Jonathan Hudson Evans, there are only four steps for making the perfect pot of tea. Watch the following video in which he explains these steps. 




How to Make a Full English Breakfast

FOOD IN BRITAIN

Click on the following link to watch a video on Food in Britain and do tasks 1 and 2.




Watch the following video in which Jamie Oliver cooks Parmesan chicken breast.



Do the following listening activity on 
Nigella´s Choc Chip Muffins 

Monday, September 19, 2011

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012

This academic year I will teach English to intermediate language learners. 
I hope you find the new posts and resources useful for the level.

This is the coursebook we are going to use this academic year: