Differences between men and women

Listen to these people talking about how being a man or a woman is like and answer the questions.

Here you have the ad we saw in class and another interesting clip.

Elementary school is Oscar-bound

Watch this video posted by my colleague Conchita about an American elementary school performing at the Oscars this weekend. I know it's hard to understand, but the kids are so cute!

23F

Today it is the 30th anniversary of the attempted coup d'état in Spain. I know many of you, my dear students, weren't even born on that date, or you were too young to remember anything. But, in case you do: What do you remember? Where were you? How did you feel? Have your parents told you anything about that day?


Since the other day we were talking about school subjects, here's your little history lesson for today. Read this BBC report and watch the video - a real slice of history.

Education

Just a little joke...



Roy: We DON'T need NO education...
Moss: Yes, you do. You've just used the double negative.

If at first you don't succeed...

Have you seen this film?

What is it about? Is the protagonist successful in the end? Does he just give up and fail to solve the problem?

Exercise 1
Exercise 2Exercise 3

Happy Valentine's Day

To tell you the truth, I've never celebrated this day in my life, but I found a couple of things you may find interesting.

This is the song we listened to in class. Beautiful, isn't it?



If you want to know if you are in love, watch this video. It has loads of interesting vocabulary. If you find it too difficult, though, you may read the transcript as you listen here.


You can find out more about the origins of this festivity here.

Finally, let's learn some new expressions related to love and relationships.

Love matters

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Beauty is nothing without brains

Here you have the questions we discussed in class.

The IT Crowd

This is one of the funniest series I know. It's from the UK so it's a good way to listen to British accent, since most of the series watch in Spain are American. In Spain it's known as Los Informáticos, but if you want to watch it, I do recommend you to do it in English because they play a lot with the language and if you translate it, you'll be missing half of the fun! I know it's hard to understand, but you can always donwload the subtitles.

This is the clip we watched in class, the first five minutes of the first episode. It's hilarious!

Which terms related to technology did you understand?

Annoying ring tones

In 2009, the actors Hugh Jackman (best known for films like Wolverine or X-Men) and Daniel Craig (aka James Bond) stopped the Broadway play they were performing when they were interrupted by a man in the audince who had forgotten to switch off his mobile phone. Check out Jackman's reaction. He was really annoyed!

“You want to get that? You want to get it? Grab it. I don’t care.”, he said the first time.

“Come on, just turn it off…Unless you’ve got a better story. You want to get up and tell your stories?”, he pleaded when the ringing persisted.

"Just get the phone", intervined the current James Bond.

The evolution of mobile phones.

Yes, the music, it IS annoying.

Comparatives

Comparatives and superlatives ni1

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
As + adj + as
Complete the text with adjectives and adverbs
Geography quiz

Thanksgiving miscelanea

Here you have the video Group A watched in class and Group B had no time to.



If you prefer reading, here you have a little text.

In case you want to celebrate Thanksgiving at home and want to have some turkey, here you have how to cook it. Yummy!

Finally, enjoy some Friends thanksgiving moments. Hilarious!

The Haunted History of Halloween

I know it's hard to understand, but you should listen to authentic materials too, not always adapted one. So, don't panic, take it easy and enjoy!




You have the task, here, and the key in the comments section.

Introducing people

Look at the different ways you can introduce someone in English. By the way, do you like Friends?


Just for fun, find out which Friends character you are.