Description of a picture

Here you have some tips to prepare the description of a picture or photo, very useful for speaking and writing tasks.

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Welcome 2018!

New Year's Resolutions
Many people start the New Year by making resolutions. But how long do they last?
- The Flatmates (BBC World Service)
- Worksheet
- Speaking: Have you made any resolutions?

Instagram

The Wise Men or Three Kings
Can you match kings and gifts?
a) Caspar b) Melchior c) Balthasar
1) Gold 2) Myrrh 3) Frankincense

- Wikipedia
- The Gift of the Magy by O. Henry 
- Speaking:  What did you get/give for Christmas?

Describing places (unit 2)

Describing places from nuriamen

Giving directions

- Vocabulary: shops
- Board Games
- Exercises: British Council (pdf)
- Reading game: directions
- Game (swf)
- Final Task: choose a place in your town and write the directions to get there. Then write some information about that place.

Learning the alphabet

THE ALPHABET

- Song and game (beginners)

- Alphabet Antics (game)

All about me

ALL ABOUT ME

Good morning! This is all about me. What about you? Get ready to introduce yourself in class and make a comment in this post.

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Speaking task 1 (4º E.S.O.)---Updated!

Speaking task 1 (4ºESO)

Date: 29th-30th April

Place: English Department

Task time: 8-10 minutes

1. Introduction: greet your teacher(s) and introduce yourself (name, age,nationality, pets, likes and preferences, hobbies and free time, food...)

2. Talking about your house (type, rooms, favourite place, chores) and your family (name, age, job, likes, free time)

3. Make 6 questions: 3 yes-no questions and 3 wh-questions.

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DIVERSIFICACIÓN

1.- Introduction : greet your teacher(s) and introduce yourself ( name, age, nationality, pets, likes and preferences, hobbies and free time, favourite food and drink, your school, favourite subject and teachers giving reasons...)

2.- Talking about your family ( name, age, job, likes, free time...)

3.- Ask 5 questions to the teacher

YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY !!!!!

Tips: Remember : speak in English all the time,don’t be nervous, try to use connectors and adverbs of frequency. While your partners are making the test, the rest of you will stay in the classroom working on the test as well. Speaking task for 4º A, 4ºB and 4ºC (The English Department)