WE CAME TO AMERICA

 If you want to learn more about Thanksgiving.You can also watch some videos here

THANKSGIVING

How much do you know about Thanksgiving from Sunnyme

IMMIGRATION

History Of Immigration from Lisa Stornes

MAYDAY THE WORLD AT RISK

Watch the speech given by Severn Suzuky and answer the questions as comments.

• Why is she at the Earth Summit?
• What does she expect to achieve?
• Why does she mention the children on the streets?
• How does she make you feel?

THE STORY OF CHANGE

That's English 2012 2013

Hello everyone! I would like to welcome you all to this blog whose aim is to provide you with a wee help using the web 2.0. This year I'll be helping those of you who have successfully reached module 8.

To start with I leave you with a webpage where you can watch all  module 8 videos. Just click here

AWESOME WEBSITE BY KIKE

http://www.english4allages.com/
Please, have a look and you'll be amazed.

STORY OF ENGLISH

EDUCATION IN GB

1. Full time education in the UK is compulsory between the ages of __________ and __________.
2. ________ of children receive free education, ________ attend private schools.
3. Except for __________ state schools in Britain follow a national curriculum.

      Find the answers to the questions while watching the video:

1. What is the average number of students in class at primary/secondary schools?
2. What do children study at primary/secondary schools?
3.  What type of school is called a boarding school?
4.   What are the three core subjects?
5.  When do students take national exams in these subjects? 
6.   What is the difference between GCSE exams (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and “A” levels exams?
7.   How many students go on to higher education? 
8.  Some students enter a university and some do vocational training. What do you think it is?
9.  What is tuition?

LONE PARENTS

  You are going to watch 2 videos. 

1. Watch the first and answer the questions.

a.       What is gingerbread?

b.      What kind of a video is this?

c.       What’s the purpose of it?

 

1.       Watch the second one and then answer the following questions.

a.       Why do people get in contact with Gingerbread?

b.      Who does it help? Why?

c.       Who are the people you have seen in the video? Where are they? What are they doing?

2.       Both commercials aim at __________________________________________.

MY FAVOURITE FILM EVER

AND SOUNDTRACK

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

ASK 1

1. How often do you swear?
2. Do you feel good when you swear?
3. Are there any swear words you'd never use? Why?
4. In what situations do you try to avoid swearing?
5. Are you ever offended, annoyed or upset when other people swear? In what situations?

TASK 2. What would you say in the following situations? Would you swear?

• You take some milk out of the fridge, but drop it on the floor. 
• You take some wine out of the fridge, but drop it on the floor. 
• You are carrying two pints of beer in a bar. Somebody bumps into you and you spill the beer down your trousers
• You miss the buss to work by a few seconds. 
• Somebody drives in the back of your brand new car. 
• TP S.A sent you a phone bill. The bill is double the normal amount.

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

Origin of Swearing: Do you want to know the origin of the c*** word?

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH MINDMAP

GSOH

AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

Click on Am&BR English.

When you finish , select your ten favourite words and send them to me by mail. You need to write the American Spelling, the British Spelling and the translation.

More info:
Britishenglishvsamericanenglish 090226134252 Phpapp02[1]

all words

A funny one to explain differences:

NEW LINKS TO LEARN AND PRACTISE

http://www.linguanet-worldwide.org/lnetww/en/home.jsp
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/intermediate.html

STEREOTYPES

 Click HERE to listen:
A work of art being installed at the European Council building in Brussels has angered EU members because of the way it pokes fun of national stereotypes. It was meant to be the work of 27 European artists - but in reality it was all made by one man. Rob Cameron reports: David Cerny is the enfant terrible of the Czech art world, and so when the government commissioned him to create an installation, several eyebrows were raised.
They were not raised in vain. The artwork, called Entropa, shows the EU's 27 members as snap-out plastic parts of the sort used in modelling kits. Each represents a country according to the crudest national stereotypes.
Bulgaria is shown as a Turkish toilet, Romania as Dracula's castle, and the Netherlands is underwater, with just a couple of minarets poking through the waves. But even more controversially, Denmark is made up of Lego building blocks which, from a distance, form an image of the Prophet Mohammed. And Germany is a network of moving autobahns - lit up, they resemble a crooked swastika.
Czech officials originally praised the rough sketches for the piece, saying making fun of prejudice was the most effective way of destroying it. But it's not clear if they were aware just how provocative the finished result would be.
Rob Cameron, BBC News, Prague

STEREOTYPES

 

Do you agree with this map? Can you explain the stereotypes? see more here

More exercises online

GOSSIP OR RUMOUR

And what do you think about it?

OBAMA IN IRELAND

Well, didn't I tell you? visit the irish times

YES YOU CAN! Good luck on your finals

Willpower

Summer Holidays

Any special destination for holidays? Let me know here

Expressing routine

What do you usually do at the weekend? clich here and let me know

I'm interested in your opinion

Go to wallwisher and leave a note for me please. :)