MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Let's sing!

• Santa Claus is coming to town


• Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer


• Last Christmas


• White Christmas


• The twelve days of Christmas


• All I want for Christmas is you


• So this is Christmas
  

Watch the following videos on Christmas:

• Merry Christmas: Mr Bean Part 1


• Merry Christmas: Mr Bean Part 2


• Merry Christmas : Mr Bean Part 3

• Charlie Brown: Christmas

• The history of Santa Claus - Part 1


• The history of Santa Claus - Part 2

Thanksgiving

• Watch the following videos on the first Thanksgiving and on the origin of Thanksgiving Day Parades.

• Have a look at the following presentation on Thanksgiving.

That's English - Module 4

UNIT 5 : THE RIGHT JOB

Watch the following video about what some people do for a living. What's your job?

BREAKING NEWS

• Listen to different news and practise your listening skill.

• Broadsheets vs. tabloids: Listening exercise with tapescript and key.

Fun Quizzes - Myspace Quizzes - Quizzes

Exámenes That's English

En el tablón de That's English de la E.O.I. de Calahorra, ya se ha publicado la convocatoria de exámenes tanto de recuperación (Módulos 3 y 7) como de evaluación (Módulos 1, 4, 6 y 8), también podéis comprobar las fechas de exámenes a continuación.

Guy Fawkes: The Gunpowder Plot

Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night, Bommy Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5th of November, 1605 in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.

Watch a video on: The Gunpowder Plot: Treason and torture

Play the Gunpowder Plot Game

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Students enrolled in Second Year of Intermediate level at the Official Language School in Calahorra will give a speech on different topics.

Just below you can find the timetable for the Oral Presentations, as well as you can have a look at the PowerPoint they have created, by clicking on the title.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• TOTNES by Fernando Gracia, Rodrigo Ladrón and Mónica Martínez. (Watch a video on Totnes).

• PARIS by Elsa Ozcoz, Mentxu Salvador and Beatriz Ozcoz. (Watch a video on Paris)

• LONDON by Sandra Peralta, Sandra Aldama and Laura Herreros. (Watch a video on London)

• DUBLIN by Silvia Torres, Sole Luri and Alberto Alcade. (Watch a news report on Bono: A humanitarian. You can also watch Bono interviewed by David Letterman)

• EDINBURGH by Alfonso Palacios, Ana Mª Aragón and Juan Cruz Ruiz. (Watch a BBC news report on Edinburgh Fringe Festival)

• BERLIN by Elisa Fernández, Alberto Galdamez and Pilar Milagro. (Watch Obama's speech in Berlin)

TIMETABLE

GROUP A: MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND ALTERNATE FRIDAYS

(FROM 18.00 TO 20.00)

GROUP B: DAILY GROUP

(FROM 20.00 TO 21.00)

HALLOWEEN

THIS IS HALLOWEEN!

Watch the following video on: The story of Halloween

JK Rowling

In the following links you will find a documentary on the life of JK Rowling.

The listening exercises done in class are based on Part 1. However, you are advised to watch the whole documentary by clicking on the different links.

If you missed the lesson, you can download the worksheet.

A Year in the Life of JK Rowling: Part 1

A Year in the Life of JK Rowling: Part 2

A Year in the Life of JK Rowling: Part 3

A Year in the Life of JK Rowling: Part 4

A Year in the Life of JK Rowling: Part 5

Watch a video on: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Speaking

EZ Slang

Eddie Izzard: Being Bilingual (British vs. American English)

Let's speak!