UNIT 10: MEN AND WOMEN

Last day, we started discussing about the differences between male and female brains.

If you feel like having some fun, have a look at this stand-up comedian talking about that topic:



Try to answers the following questions while watching the video:

1. What’s a man’s brain made of?
2. What’s the main rule in a man’s brain?
3. What does a man do when he discusses a particular subject?
4. What’s a woman’s brain made of?
5. Why is it different from a man’s?
6. Why do women remember everything?
7. Why doesn’t it happen to men?
8. What’s the “Nothing Box”?
9. How often do men make use of it?
10. What did the study carried by the University of Pennsylvania discover?
11. What’s the thing that irritates women the most?
 
Click on "comments" to check your answers

Hope you like it! We'll continue with that next day in class.

UNIT 9: MICHELLE OBAMA'S SPEECH

Watch this video where Michelle Obama makes a plea for education on her first foreign trip as a First Lady and complete the information on the table below. Later, you can click on comments to check your answers. (activity taken from Isabel Bastida's blog)

UPBRINGING
FEMALE ROLE MODELS
MALE ROLE MODELS
FIRST DATE WITH BARACK
BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
FINAL WISH

UNIT 9: EDUCATION & STUDIES

Hello everyone!

Last day we spent the lesson talking about "Education and Studies". Here you have the videos we watched about the South Korean Education System and the Finnish one:





Can you see any differences between these two systems and the Spanish one?

I also want you to have a look at this video about the UPCT.  
It's full of interesting vocabulary about University studies and life in Cartagena.

UNIT 9: WORKING AT GOOGLE

This is the video we saw in class showing how nice it is to work at google:



Do you think working at google is really that good? Can you think of any drawbacks?

UNIT 8: PUNISHMENT

Hello everybody,

This is the powerpoint we used in class to talk about "punishment":






What's your opinion about the way criminals are punished under the Spanish law?
Do you feel Spanish law is too soft on crime?

Have a look at this entry from Isabel Bastida's blog, and watch a video in which Tony Blair, ex- UK Prime Misnister, talks about crime in Britain.

UNIT 7: THE WORST HONEYMOON EVER (NATURAL DISATERS)

UNIT 6: TOP 10 BEST HOTELS IN THE WORLD

Here's a video with the top ten hotels in the world:




What are the best options if you are...
1. looking for privacy?
2. looking for stunning views?
3. looking for spas and beauty treatmens?
4. concerned about the environment?
5. keen on luxury?
6. fond of active holidays?
 
Write your answers based on what you hear, not what you see in the video. Answers in comments

(activity taken from Helena Manrubia's blog)

UNIT 5: GYMOREXIA

"GYMOREXIA: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?"

Here you have the video we watched last day in class showing how addictive going to the gym might be when you push your workout to the extreme and become a slave to the scale:

Click here for the script ( there are some parts of the script missing)

UNIT 4: BBC NEWS

Hello!

These are the two pieces of news, about Spain and reported by the BBC, we watched and listened last day in class:





For more newstories visit the BBC website

UNIT 4: WHAT WORRIES YOU?

Extra listening on "Social Issues"

* THE DOLE

* WELFARE 


Click here to learn some phrases and vocabulary to talk about current social issues (very difficult, don't panic!!!)

UNIT 4: THE MEDIA

Last Wednesday, with the great help of Kerrin, you dealt with the Media.

First, these are the two videos we watched. The first dealing with the Media in Briatain, and the second is the one that Kerrin played about the Media in the USA:



Click here for the script




Test your "media vocabulary": Click here to try an online quiz to check the vocabulary you know on the media.

 Do you like reading newspapers? Click here to access some of the British and American newspapers available online.

You may prefer watching and listening to the news, if so, click on the links below:

BBC news
SKY news
CNN
NBC news 

We'll continue with the topic next Wednesday.

Nice LONG weekend!

UNIT 3: "MY BLACKBERRY ISN'T WORKING!"

Here you have the sketch from the BBC programme  "The One Ronnie Show":



To better understand the sketch, click here to read the script and find out the different words they use which have a double maning and make the scene that funny.

Do you feel like watching other sketches from this TV show? If so, click here

Hope you have fun,
Ana

UNIT 3: SHOPPING

Do you like shopping?

Do you usually haggle over the price?

Do you tend to go to street markets?

Have you ever shopped anyone?

Click here to download the board game about "SHOPPING" you played last Wednesday in class.

Do you remember Ali's story?
Here you have the video we watched in class in which she speaks about her addiction to shopping:



Enjoy your weekend,
Ana

UNIT 2: EXTRA LISTENING

Have a look at Helena's ( a collegue teacher from Torre Pacheco) blogs to practice some more listening:

SIGHTSEEING IN AMSTERDAM

SAN FRANCISCO: A CITY GUIDE

After having watched the video,do you feel like travelling to San Francisco to discover everything mentioned in it?

I'll give you the chance to enjoy yourself watching it again:



Can you try to complete these sentences while you are watching it again?

1. San Francisco ............................... a peninsula, on the northen California coast.

2. This city refuses to be .................. to earth.

3.  .................. to Fisherman's wharf, ................ the tourists to graba bowl of clam chowder.

4. ................ your senses in the Mission district.

5. Step ............... and ............. through the neighbourhood of  Haight Ashbury.

6. San Francisco has its own brand of ..................................

Have a look at the script to check your answers.

Hope you like it

ENGLISH AS A 2ND LANGUAGE: A VIDEO-ACTIVITY

Last week, in our first lesson, we discussed about you as students of English, and also, about the importance of English at present.

Do you remember this quote you gave your opinion about. " English is a kind of tsunami washing away all other languages"?

This is a sentence taken from a speech given by an American University Professor called Joey Walker. 
Listen to his speech and try to complete the activity proposed.

Enjoy yourselves!

ENGLISH MANIA


Click here to read the script and check your answers.