Feb 21, 2013

Dear students,


Have you ever thought of the possibility of sitting any official English tests like those from the Official Language Schools?  Well, I have been trying to gather a collection of different tests of Intermediate Levels Certification, but unfortunately, it looks like there is not a website which includes a compilation of tests from the Andalusian region. Nevertheless, I did find tests from different communities to help you prepare for the exams in case you might want to take one. However, bear in mind that some of the tests may be a bit more difficult (I guess), since in some of these communities the intermediate level is given in two years, so don't get overwhelmed!!!

ASTURIAS
MADRID
PAÍS VASCO
CATALUÑA
VALENCIA

I hope they will be useful for you!!!!

Storytelling: Fairy Tales

Hi there!


Do you like fairy tales? I certainly do!!!
And they are a good way to learn English, as you may have been able to see. After Christmas you had a  look at these videos of fairy tales and watched at least three, so that you could have something to tell your classmates!!!!

Then in little groups you were telling one another different fairy tales!!!! In case you still want to see more, click here and you will be redirected: Fairy Tales.

Urban Legends presentations

Hello guys!


A new task for you, this time, an oral presentation! What you need to do is to choose an urban legend from the lists that I'm posting here, then summarise it and give your opinion: all in a maximum of 3 minutes.

This is the page where you could find the list of URBAN LEGENDS for you to choose in order to do your presentation: Full list of urban legends. But here you have the most popular with a small introduction for you in case you feel overwhelmed with so many to choose from: Most popular urban legends

Remember that each one of you has to choose a different one.










Feb 15, 2013

Communicative Activities

These are communicative activities based on the portfolio of languages for primary education, secondary education and other compulsory teaching.
In order to facilitate and improve the development of the communicative competence in foreign languages among the students in Andalucia, the “Dirección General de Participación e Innovación Educativa” has compiled a list of up to 452 communicative activities to be used by language teachers in the classroom in English, French and German.
I’ve been having a look at them and there are activities from A1 to B1, so, unfortunately, there are no activities for higher levels than B1!!! However,  I believe they can be very useful for you, especially for those who work in English and for those who would like to revise (those for B1).
These are the communicative activities based on the Portfolio of languages:
PEL ACTIVITIES.