HELLO FROM MALTA

The following video will provide you with an insight into the "Technology-Enhanced Learning" course I have attended in Malta.

 Would you like to enjoy The Maltese Experience? 

Just click on the picture below and have fun!

 

HAPPY NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016!

This academic year I will teach English to upper-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 in class:

English File Upper-Intermediate 3rd Edition. 

Oxford University Press. Student ́s book and Workbook. 

ISBN 978-0-19-455874-7 

Remember that you can also use the Internet to do some extra activities based on the textbook we are going to use.

 

 

At this stage of your learning process, it is very important for you to be an independent learner. So remember...

"Today is the start of a new adventure. New challenges to face, new memories to make, and new obstacles to overcome."

                                                                                   Nishan Panwar

 

SCHOOL

Dear students,

 

I'm writing this post not as your teacher but as a desperate mother. 

 

My daughter is due to start going to school in September 2015. Unfortunately, she has not been accepted into the school where we wanted her to go.

 

In our opinion, should she not be able to go to our preferred school, this could have serious implications on our daughter's well-being; we only want her to go to the same school her friends will attend. Last year some other children, who were in exactly the same situation as her, were finally accepted. I would be grateful for your support and would ask that you add your signature to this plea.

 

I will know whether my daughter has finally been accepted on the 25th May, which is her birthday. What a wonderful birthday present it could be!

 

Thanks so much for your kind assistance, I appreciate your help from the bottom of my heart!

https://www.change.org/p/aumentar-plazas-vacantes-colegio-bret%C3%B3n-de-los-herreros-logro%C3%B1o-spain

SPORT

SPORTS from eoi.soraya

 

LET'S SUPPORT SPAIN

Watch the following advertisement broadcast by Sky Sports in which football fans of Great Britain and Ireland were encouraged to support the Spanish national football team for the Euro Cup.

EXERCISES

• EXERCISE 1

• EXERCISE 2

• EXERCISE 3

• EXERCISE 4

• EXERCISE 5

MODAL VERBS

SPEAKING

GETTING AROUND: COMPARING MEANS OF TRANSPORT

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Two-syllable adjectives ending in -y have -ier and -iest as their comparative and superlative. For example:

pretty	prettier	prettiest
happy	happier	happiest
dirty	dirtier	dirtiest
messy	messier	messiest

• Yours is the messiest room I have ever seen.
• She was the prettiest and happiest girl at the party.

Note that other common two-syllable adjectives ending in an unstressed vowel normally take the -er/-est patterns:

simple	simpler	simplest
clever	cleverer	cleverest

• The cleverest solution to any problem is usually the simplest one.

			Others, particularly participial adjectives formed with -ing and -ed and those ending in -ious and -ful form their comparatives and superlatives with more and most: boring more boring most boring worried more worried most worried anxious more anxious most anxious careful more careful most careful Watching cricket is even more boring than playing it. My wife was certainly more anxious than I was when Penny failed to return. I bought the wrong type of hair shampoo for Joan. Next time I was more careful. With some two-syllable adjectives, er/est and more/most are both possible: The commonest /most common alcoholic drink in Poland is vodka. He is more pleasant /pleasanter to talk to when he has not been drinking.

			Three or more syllable adjectives take more or most in the comparative and superlative except for two-syllable adjectives ending in -y and prefixed with un-: reasonable more reasonable most reasonable beautiful more beautiful most beautiful untidy untidier untidiest unhealthy unhealthier unheathiest John is the unhealthiest person I know, but one of the most successful.

			(c) Adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv140.shtml

EXERCISES:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4

A good song to revise comparatives is the following one:

 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by Daft Punk

If you want to revise superlatives, 
listen to The Hardest Part by Coldplay

 

Watch the following video in which lots of comparatives and superlatives are used.

FILMS

Guess the movie from eoi.soraya

Do you remember when Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem won the Academy Awards for best supporting actress and actor respectively?

Click on the following link to revise some FILM VOCABULARY

CLOTHES

materia and pattern of clothes from maria-brito

 

If you are really fond of shoes, have a look at the following picture.

Click on the following link to fill in the gaps with the suitable word: 

SHOPPING ROLE-PLAY


Watch the following videos to revise vocabulary on different items of clothing .

   

CLOTHES CROSSWORD

Are you a shopaholic?

Do the following quiz and find it out!

SHOPAHOLIC QUIZ