BECAS de la Fundación Amancio Ortega

For those of you who are interested in applying to this grant, have a look at the information provided in the webpage:

http://becas.faortega.org/

Conditional sentences

This new post addresses those students who are currently dealing with this grammatical aspect.

You are provided with a great Spanish explanation, together with exercises to practice those four types of conditional sentences.


https://inglescarmelitaslb.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/conditional-sentences.pdf

http://www.mssch.cz/sites/default/files/_uzivatele/juskova/conditionals.pdf

http://autoenglish.org/gr.conmixed.pdf


Have fun! ;)

MODAL VERBS: Structure & Use

Modal verbs are usually a nightmare for students due to their variety in form and use. With the next wonderful explanation and exercises, you won't have problems anymore.


EXPLANATION:

http://farmacia.unich.it/farmacologia/didattica/inglese/modals.pdf

http://www.bucks.edu/media/bcccmedialibrary/tutoring/documents/writing/Modals%20.pdf


EXERCISES:

http://www.ispilledthebeans.com/exercises/PDF/exercisesmodalverbs.pdf

http://www.atkielski.com/ESLPublic/Grammar%20-%20Modal%20Verbs%20I.pdf

http://www.e-grammar.org/download/modal-verbs-can-may-must-worksheet.pdf

Question formation - How to make questions in English

Making questions to given answers is not difficult at all if you follow the right structure.

In the following links, you will find three explanatory videos that teach the formation of questions according to the type of question we are referring to (Yes/No Question --- Wh-Question):


http://www.slideshare.net/jeselen/question-formation-7145921

http://www.slideshare.net/lolaforriol/how-to-form-questions-in-english

http://www.slideshare.net/DavidMainwood/ask-the-questions


After the explanation, you can practice the formation of questions with the following exercises:


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/form.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2612



Now you are experts in making questions in English ;)

'British Myths and Legends' Book (2ºESO)

BRITISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS (Julie Hart)

Some of my students are currently reading this book and I think the activities that Eugenia Sánchez included in her blog are wonderful. Have a look at them in the following link and enjoy while doing them ;)

https://eugeniasanchez.wordpress.com/2o-eso/reading-worksheets-fichas-de-lectura-del-curso/

What time is it? - Telling the time in English

With this post, you will learn to talk about time and ask the time in English. 


In the following hyperlink, you have a video that teaches you how to tell the time in English:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub62GCUMZZo


In the next one, you will find a wonderful explanation about telling and asking the time, including the prepositions used, how to write it and also time idioms:

http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/time.html


Here, you have plenty of activities to practice the time (you have the possibility of downloading them):

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/time.html


Have fun! ;) 

SECONDARY English Resources

The list that follows deals with websites that are full of resources for SECONDARY students:


https://www.tes.co.uk/english-secondary-teaching-resources/

http://www.thesecondarybox.org/resources.php

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html

http://teachingactivities.pbworks.com/w/page/19890696/senior%20high%20school

https://www.pinterest.com/bgerber20/secondary-english-writing-basics-activities/

PRIMARY English Resources

In a previous post, I provided you with a list of different webpages where you can learn lots of different aspects related to English learning (grammar, vocabulary, listening, reading, writing, etc).

The list that follows focuses on PRIMARY resources, that is resources for primary students.


http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm

https://www.tes.co.uk/ks1-english-primary-teaching-resources/

http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/literacy/#.VLwQXSuG_T8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/english

http://www.english-4kids.com/

IRREGULAR VERBS

Here I provide you with several webpages which deal with irregular verbs. In the first one, you have a list of these verbs and different exercises to practice them. In the second one, you have an online game (Irregular Verb Wheel Game) to learn them while having fun. In the last webpage provided, you can download a pdf document with a list of a great variety of verbs.

You now have no excuse ;)

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/verb_wheel/

http://englishtsuid1101.pbworks.com/f/irregular+verbs+in+English.pdf

English Colloquial Expressions

The following is a wonderful blog where you can learn about interesting things such as 203 English colloquial expressions. Have a look at it and have fun! ;)

http://elblogdeidiomas.es/203-expresiones-ingles-coloquiales/

English content - RESOURCES

Those are different webpages where you can find a great variety of English language resources. You will be able to learn English online for free as well as revise any aspect of the language in your free time.

1. http://www.oupe.es/es/Paginas/Home.aspx

2. http://www.cambridge.es/

3. http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=10

4. http://www.macmillanenglish.com/

5. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-resources

6. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/learningenglish

Cambridge Webinars

The Cambridge English Language Assessment programme of webinars for teachers in 2015

If you are interested in getting high-quality professional development from the experts at Cambridge University Press and Cambridge English Language Assessment, you should have a look at this. I subscribed to the programme last year and everytime there are upcoming webinars, I receive regular updates by email in order to be able to participate. They are pretty interesting and useful for your career as a teacher.

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/teaching-english/resources-for-teachers/webinars/

Speaking more than one language does the brain some good

A very interesting article about the importance of speaking other languages:

http://time.com/3581457/bilingual-brain-smart/

The origin of languages

In the following webpage, you can learn about the origin of languages, explained through a wonderful picture:

http://es.gizmodo.com/el-origen-de-los-idiomas-explicado-en-una-preciosa-inf-1665139632