martes, 31 de marzo de 2015

PASS THE PAPER POWERPOINT

This PowerPoint presentation can be used at any level (A1, A2, B1...). The aim here is to break the ice the first the day in class.Students will have to pass the paper ball to any other classmate whereas the music is on. When the music stops, students will have to complete the sentences that appear in the presentation in order to know each other and present the subject.





Click on this link to get the PowerPoint:




LISTENING WORKSHEET FROM ESL SHORT STORIES


This is an activity is a listening worksheet from ESL short stories. There is a text with blank spaces to be filled by the students while they are listening the audio at the same time. There are also a set of questions to check reading comprehension and another question to speak in pairs. This activity is aimed at A2 students and the objective is to improve listening and speaking skills.

Listen to the audio and fill in the gaps with the correct word:



It’s Just a Little White Line


Irene was angry at her boyfriend Rory. She __________ trying to make a business deal. Rory was _________ a business man. But she needed Rory’s help _________ she was a woman and business men, she__________, routinely lied to women.
“All you have to _________is tell Mr. Lo that you are the _________ manager for my company. What’s the big deal? __________’s not like you’re in court raising your right __________ and swearing to God. You’re just telling a _________manager that you also are a sales manager. _________ way he has respect for you. He doesn’t _________ to deal with someone who is ‘lower’ than _________. You must be his equal. Then he will __________respect for you, and he will tell you ________truth. I need to know if he can __________10 tons of copper to Long Beach every ___________. He told me he could ship only five. __________ think he is lying to me, because I’m ___________ woman. But he won’t lie to a man.”
“__________! You think men don’t lie to other men? __________ course they do. But that’s beside the point. __________ am not going to misrepresent myself in what __________ be a huge business transaction—that’s fraud.”
“It’s not _________; it’s a little white lie. Don’t be such ___________chicken!”
“I’m not a chicken, for crying out ___________. I just don’t want to go to jail. ___________ don’t know the laws, and neither do I. __________ I know is that I’ll be misrepresenting myself; _________ can call it a little white lie, but ___________lawyers who prosecute me will call it fraud. __________ we can think of another title for me __________ isn’t a lie.”
“You want another title instead ___________ sales manager? You want a title that isn’t _________ lie? I have a title for you—when you _________ him up, introduce yourself as my company’s Chief __________Chicken!”


Answer the following questions:


1. Was Irene pleased with her boyfriend?

2. Was she trying to make a business deal?

3. Did she need her boyfriend's help?

4. Did she want him to say that he was a sales manager?

5. Was it like raising his right hand in court?

6. Did she say that Mr. Lo wants to deal with someone "lower" than him?

7. Will Mr. Lo have respect for Rory?

8. Will Mr. Lo tell Rory a lie?

9. Does she think Mr. Lo is lying to her?

10. Does she think he will lie to a man?


Speaking:

Would you lie to your boyfriend or girlfriend for a good reason? Discuss in pairs.

You can listen to the audio file at:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/s0b5dtgceb85jc2/It%27s%20just%20a%20Little%20White%20Lies.wax?dl=0






sábado, 28 de marzo de 2015

VIDEO WITH ANIMOTO

This is a video for an activity aimed at A2 students. The video shows the advantages and disadvantages of technology and it is useful to make students reflect. It is an introductory activity that leads to a debate between the students and a composition dealing with technology, social isolation, travels or outside activities.


                         

martes, 24 de marzo de 2015

BOOK WITH TAR HEEL READER

This is a book aimed at A1 students. The objective is to develop reading skills and understand the grammatical patterns of past simple and past continuous. Students will also  learn new vocabulary, expressions and connectors in order to narrate a story. In this sense, this book is a model for students, so that they will have to do their own.




Click on this link to read the book: 
http://tarheelreader.org/2015/03/24/fussy-eater/





lunes, 23 de marzo de 2015

AN IMAGE BASED SPEAKING ACTIVITY USING VoiceThread



This is an activity for the development of a creative learning. It is aimed at A1 students in order to make them reflect on the importance of healthy food. They will learn new vocabulary about food and healthy habits and it will be useful to do a debate. 

sábado, 21 de marzo de 2015

WRITING ACTIVITY USING PicLit


This is a writing activity aimed at A2 students. Students are expected to write a story based on the image and the sentence of PicLit. In this case, students will have to create a story related to travel around the world using travel vocabulary and past simple tense.



PicLit from PicLits.com


See the full PicLit at PicLits.com

SET OF WORKSHEETS FOR A2 STUDENTS

AROUND THE WORD!

The first worksheet is an introductory activity to be familiar with the vocabulary related to travels, in this case air travel. In this sense, A2 students looking at the pictures and their names below they will know the different vocabulary they will need if they travel by plane. 




PAST SIMPLE


This worksheet is aimed at A2 students in order to practise the grammatical patterns of the past simple tense. This will be useful for students to describe their past travels and holidays using the vocabulary related to travels.





WHERE DID YOU GO?


With this worksheet A2 students will practise the writing skill talking about their holidays using past simple tense, travels vocabulary and colloquial style. 






GAME TIME!


Finally, in order to learn things about different parts of world and talk about travels, students will play this board game to keep on practising this type of vocabulary and grammatical pattern in a funny way. 






jueves, 12 de marzo de 2015

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE USE OF ICT IN THE ESO

                                                                           

Nowadays, we live in a permanent revolution since we are able to handle information and technological devices that we could not imagine few years ago. Lifestyle has changed affecting the way we live and work and it is central to develop new capacities and abilities to be integrated in a connected society that it is in an incessant change. Students must be prepared to adapt themselves to this society. Thus the formation in this competence is essential in the syllabus of the secondary education. Developing digital competence in the educative system requires the right integration of the use of ICT in the classroom and qualified teachers in this competence. According to the legal framework in Spain, ICT must be present in every syllabus of the different subjects in the secondary education. For this reason, European Union works for students to be able to acquire knowledge, skills and aptitudes to adapt themselves to the possible demands within ICT field.  Due to the massive amount of technological devices that appear in a very short period of time, it is important to educate in an appropriate use of tools that facilitate students to interact with their environment, as well as the ethical and legal boundaries that their use implies.  Students of ESO and Bachillerato are digital natives so that they are familiarized with the presentation and transfer of digital information. In this sense, the possibility to have access to a massive amount of information implies the need of classifying according to relevance criteria that allows students to develop a critical response. Therefore, students should be able to incorporate and link this technological learning with the rest of subjects.