Tuesday 29 September 2009

Allow me to present...

... http://butwhatdoyoumake.blogspot.com/

This is Agustín Justo's blog (3C), which he has just started, and like any blogger, looks forward to your visits and comments. Congratulations Agustín!

Vocabulary revision

As we saw in class the other day, some of you would probably benefit from a bit of basic vocabulary revision.

I'm sure you all have English books at home from previous years, but here you can also do some revision online on the Oxford webpage.

Oxford preintermediate vocabulary: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/preint/b_vocabulary/


And if you're feeling really REALLY rusty, beginner: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/beginner/b_vocabulary/

Tuesday 22 September 2009

Hello new students!

Hi new people! :)

Thank you for your emails, and congratulations on being curious enough to visit this blog. As you can see, on the right, there is a long list of links to webpages with lots and lots of things to do, so you will never be bored.

I hope to see you back here often, and I especially hope to see your comments. ;)

See you in class!

PS. Hello old students, too, and I hope your first class goes/went well today/yesterday.

Thursday 17 September 2009

Nice and tidy

:D


Hey, look, another one

More phonetics practice: http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/johnm/flash/symword1.htm

This one is challenging because the number of right answers varies (more difficult to apply exam strategies).

More phonetics practice, etc

Hiya ex-students!

I've just added a link to the Pronunciation section. It's http://www.stuff.co.uk/calcul_nd.htm.

There's a phonemic chart where you can listen to the example words but also a quiz to practice with. Be warned: the sentences aren't easy (but that way you can learn new vocabulary too, while you're at it), and there are a couple of mistakes, but if you catch them, that only means that you're VERY GOOD. ;)

Well, and next Monday classes start again for you lucky people who have time to study foreign languages, and for me as well, of course.

As you may have seen on the school's webpage, this year I'll be teaching 2nd and 3rd year, so the contents of this blog will probably adapt a little to those levels, but I'll still be here, and I hope you continue to visit and comment (those of you who did), even though you're not my official students anymore.

Lots of luck with your studies this year, and hope to see you around, either here or there. :)

Wednesday 9 September 2009

JetBlue ad

Looking for funny stuff on YouTube the other night I came across this ad which appealed to my sense of humour.




Script:

We take off, we fly around for a while and then we land.
Wow.
Somewhere else.
Hmmm.
When the plane is ready to board I usually say something like “the plane is now ready to board”.
Communication: it’s what it’s all about.
This woman was checking in a huge bag, so I took care of it for her. I do that for everyone.
Sometimes people want to sit together, so I seat them next to each other.
A lot of people ask me what gate they’re leaving from, so I always tell them.
Truth, what a concept.
When people fly, they expect their bags to go with them.
A powerful message.
We had just taken off and a woman asked for a soda, so I gave it to her. With ice.
So the ice acts as a chilling agent.
I fly to California about 14 times a month
Why?
Because that’s where the planes go.
It’s not rocket science, it’s JetBlue. No wonder over 21 million customers have embraced the JetBlue experience.
A man in 18C wanted headphones for his tv; I hooked him up.
At JetBlue we like you too.

Friday 4 September 2009

Girls are born afraid of spiders

... according to a study: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/6128943/Girls-are-born-afraid-of-spiders.html

Personally I can think of a lot of different interpretations for the findings, but I have to get to work now, and then drive to Madrid, so for this time I'll let it drop. :D




This one is a particularly cute one, isn't it? Or is it just the nice blue background suits it?