LAUGHING EPIDEMIC (1st BATXILLERAT)

- Tanzanian Laughter Epidemic - Clip from Laughology.

- Tanganyika’s Laughing Epidemic.

- Happier in 5 minutes. (TED talk)

- Laughter: a serious issue. (TED talk)

DOWN ON THE FARM - EXAM PRACTICE

In the mid-70s the Farm was home ....... 1,500 people, but they ....... living below the poverty line and surviving ......... the equivalent of less ......... one dollar .......... day was a struggle. In 1983 residents voted to give ........ the communal experiment and many moved out. The exodus left ........ than 300 people ......... the farm and about 170 remain today.

HAVE SOMETHING DONE

If you feel you need some more practice on this causative structure, do these exercises:

- exercise 1
- exercise 2
- exercise 3

PASSIVE: "IT IS SAID ..."

Hi, dear 2nd batxillerat students.

Do you need to practise this new structure? Here you have an exercise. I hope you find it useful.

Tell me if you have any problems.

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Do you need extra practice? 
Follow this link and you'll get plenty of exercises on the passive voice.
If you like basketball. This is a basketball game to help practise active and passive voice. 

QUESTION TAGS

Would you like to know more about question tags?  Would you like to get some more practice? Follow these links.

- British Council

- Learn English - British Council

- Englishclub

WORDS AND PHRASES FOR GAP FILLING

DREAM                       CAN’T BE LATE

PAID                          WHEN

ANOTHER (x2)          DON’T HAVE TO

WAS KISSING           WAS ALREADY MADE

LET’S GO                    THE BOSS IS ALREADY THERE

HE TELLS ME             HAD AN AEROPLANE

HAVE TO CATCH        SIX O’CLOCK ALREADY

BY NINE                    BLUE ITALIAN  

DAYS                         IT WERE A SUNDAY   

ON                             IT TAKES ME SO LONG

TIME                          SO FAST

NIGHTS

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

If you want to set some New Year's resolutions, this post in www.busyteacher.org will help you.

New English Words Added To The Dictionary In 2017

The English language is always expanding! Every year, new English words are added to the dictionary. These are usually words that have become frequently and widely used, so their meanings are well-established among English speakers.

You might have seen some of these words around the internet – and now they’re officially part of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Follow this link to find out:  espressoenglish

JEOPARDY GAME FOR 2 BATXILLERAT

Let's play a jeopardy game to revise the Starter Unit and Unit 1.

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR THE WRITING TASK

Rubric

EXTENSIVE READING PLACEMENT TEST

These are the links to different placement tests:

- Cambridge University Press

- Macmillan

- Oxford University Press

Please, take all the tests and send me an email including:
- your name
- group 
- results of the 3 placement tests.

My e-mail address is crossello2@educaib.eu

TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW SONG "SHAKE IT OFF"

I love Taylor Swift’s song “Shake It Off". It’s the kind of song that makes you want to dance, sing, and move on from the negative things that hold you down. 

I hear from so many of you that you are intimidated and scared to speak English because you’re afraid of looking stupid or making mistakes. Shake it off! What does that mean? Well, imagine that a family of spiders landed on you. What would you do? You would shake and move your body until they were off of you! The same can be true of negative words people say to you. When someone says something mean or hateful, you can feel like it is “on” you. That’s when it’s time to “shake it off”, or get rid of it. Don’t hold onto those negative things people say or think about you. 

Don’t be afraid of what people think about you when you speak “imperfect” English. Be brave! Be bold! Keep making mistakes and having fun with it, because you will win the end.

If you like, you can watch the video with lyrics too.

TABLOID VS BROADSHEET

Do you know the difference between tabloid newspapers and broadsheet newspapers?
 

HOW TO PRONOUNCE UK PLACE NAMES

Watch the video, listen to how different places in the UK are pronounced.