Ignacoll's place

2010-02-18T03:40:00.001-08:00

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some/any, much/many, a lot of, little/few

2009-03-19T03:35:00.000-07:00

Learn some very important grammatical words: some/any, much/many, a lot of, little/few. Watch the video and read the explanations in the text box.

Present Continuous

2009-03-16T02:52:00.000-07:00

Doing Present Continuous

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Turkish plane crashes in Holland

2009-03-15T08:43:00.000-07:00

Listen to the story and read the document Turkish plane crash . Vocabulary and definitions are included. Now listen to the vocabulary:

Haunted House Jobs

2009-03-14T04:10:00.000-07:00

Haunted House Jobs is a spooky story!!!! Read, listen, watch and then write a short summary of it. Show your friends and ask them to do the same. Compare your writings and have fun. Don't be too frightened!

Lance Armstrong

2009-03-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

Read this online book as you listen to Lance's story and follow the highlighted parts of the text for help. Then try this quiz http://eflclassroom.com/quiz/lancequiz.swf to check your comprehension. Good luck!

Now you can complete the activity by doing these exercises. Download the pdf documents, print them and carry out the tasks with a friend. Cheers!
Lance Armstrong
Lance worksheet

Solar System

2009-03-13T11:22:00.000-07:00

Our solar neighbourhood is an exciting place. The Solar System is full of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, minor planets, and many other exciting objects. Learn about Io, the explosive moon that orbits the planet Jupiter, or explore the gigantic canyons and deserts on Mars.......In this activity you can search the web and answer the questions that you are given in this worksheethttp://www.isabelperez.com/wizard/Solar_system_bonares.htm?ID=77967This activity was created by Isabel Ruiz Vizcaya. Visit all the links and have fun!

Dictations

2009-03-13T09:36:00.000-07:00

Do you want to improve your English listening skills? What about your spelling, writing, and typing skills? Dictations can help in many ways. They even help you learn new vocabulary in context.
The dictations come in different levels. The directions are only there to guide you. You can listen to the dictations as many times as you need to.The easiest way to compare your answer to the transcript is to type in the text box provided. Your typing will improve along with your listening skills. Another option is to write on paper. This is a good idea if you are sharing a computer with a partner or group.Follow this link from The English Club. Enjoy yourself!
Intermediate levelhttp://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-medium.htm
Beginner levelhttp://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-short.htm
Advanced levelhttp://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-long.htm

Size of the Universe

2009-03-12T11:21:00.000-07:00

Watch and listen to this video about the Universe. You will have to understand these words to answer the questions and learn some interesting facts about astronomy. Use a dictionary and make sure you know their meanings:

mostly, stuck, rocky, universe, planet, view, Earth, metallic core, teem, Sun, energy, surface temperature, rotate, tonnes, stationary, spinning, fly through space, vast, collection, orbit, Milky Way, Solar System, helium, hydrogen, Outer Arm, oxygen-based, convert, miles per second, billion, galaxies, make up, visible, star, silicon, Mercury, Neptune, circle, estimated, planetary system, centre.
Outer Arm
One of the two major spiral arms of our own Milky Way Galaxy, the other being the Sagittarius Arm. The Outer Arm emerges from the Galactic Nucleus on the opposite side to our Solar System, and arcs around the Galaxy in an almost complete semi-circle. It comes to an end about 20,000 light years from the Sun, in the direction of the constellation Cygnus.

The Universe

Computer Assisted Sentence Production (CASP)

2009-03-11T13:34:00.000-07:00

http://www.manythings.org/casp/

Use this tool to practice your vocabulary and writing skills without much effort!When you have produced a text, read it aloud to your partner.The following list displays the themes found in each activity:

CGI
Fill in a few blanks and let our computer write the sentences for you.

* A Self Introduction

Javascript
Answer a few questions, then let the JavaScript code write the sentences for you.

* Food and Drink
* Write a Quick Letter
* Favourites
* Daily Schedule
* Frequency
* Personal Information

JavaScript - Type 2

* Fun with Words & Sentences

Pronunciation tips

2009-03-11T13:18:00.000-07:00

Hello there folks. Long time no see! Well let's recapture the good old habits by focusing on some pronunciation activities from http://tinyurl.com/5wv6mc BBC Learning English website

Reading Comprehension exercise.

2009-03-03T03:15:00.000-08:00

Follow the link: http://tinyurl.com/azsg9h and you will be able to read and listen to the text Gardeners of the Rainforest.This exercise has been taken from this website http://larryferlazzo.com/englishbeg.html We would like to thank Larry Ferlazzo for his invaluable work.

Web 2.0. Understanding the Internet

2009-03-02T14:46:00.000-08:00

Listen to Stephen Fry talking about Web 2.0. Can you write a short account of the issues he deals with? You've got the transcripts in the box below.

Understanding The Internet: Stephen Fry: Web 2.0

Weather forecasts. Ampliación I

2009-02-27T15:07:00.000-08:00

Activity: Watching some videos & writing two summaries of the weather news.

Look at some of the summaries you wrote and compare your team's work with the ones from other people in the class. We can learn a lot like that! Enjoy!

2009-02-23T15:28:00.001-08:00

If you double click on any word AnswerTips will show information about it. Feel free to use it if you need help with vocabulary.

Common European Framework

2009-02-23T13:03:00.000-08:00

This is a basic document for the learning and teaching of languages. A compulsory reading to keep updated.

http://www.educa.madrid.org/cms_tools/files/738a5dc3-7604-4cf6-9432-e6f9ff9fe50f/Common%20Framework.pdf

Learning English with Yappr Video

2009-02-18T11:28:00.000-08:00

Watch these videos from Yappr. You can see the transcripts in a box next to them.

Bart Simpson is trying to help his mum in the kitchen. How is he getting along?

http://tinyurl.com/afgjfy

The people singing Forever Young are Bob Dylan and Will.I.Am.The song was first published in Bob Dylan's Planet Waves album in 1974. This is one of the advertisements shown for the Super Bowl in 2009 on American television. But what does this ad want to sell?

http://tinyurl.com/awh9jl

This is a music video by Coldplay. In The Scientist they tell us a story backwards. What's this story about?

http://tinyurl.com/cyv9rs

Have fun! Copy the questions and answer them. Then show them to your friends and your teacher. See how many you got right! Good luck!

2009-02-17T14:04:00.000-08:00

A couple of easy tasks: Complete a gapped text with information taken from a National Geagraphic feature on the rain forests and answer two questions on the Amazon. Good luck!

Follow this link and complete the gaps in the text below:

http://tinyurl.com/d3r4gd

LOTS OF BIODIVERSITY

From____________________to dawn, orangutans roam the forest treetops. Then as_______________________falls, these__________________animals make leafy nests in the trees and bed down. Once numerous, there are now__________________than 30,000 orangutans left in the wild.

The most visible symbol of the Borneo rainforest’s plight, the red ape represents the tremendous loss of_________________in rainforests around the world.

Although they cover___________________than 5 percent of the Earth’s land_________________, rain forests are home to millions of__________________of animals, insects and plants.

Amazing nature – The Amazon rainforest - Wettest place on Earth? BBC wildlife

Watch this video and answer these questions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-cogjNkxis

1. What’s the average rainfall in the Amazon rainforest?

2. Do animals like so much rain?

2009-02-16T10:33:00.000-08:00

Hi there folks from 1º Bach A-B. This is your teacher calling!I'd like you to go through some weather activities.You will watch some videos and you must write a summaryof two of them. Work with a partner. Good luck! You can sendyour answers to this e-mail address rusocoll@gmail.com

2009-02-16T10:28:00.000-08:00

A couple of videos to start with.

2009-02-16T10:10:00.000-08:00

This is the weather forecast for a winter day!.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAo7qcpMSAY

Weather forecasts

2009-02-16T09:07:00.000-08:00

Look in this site http://news.sky.com/skynews/video to watch weather forecasts from Sky News archive.You must type the following words: WEATHER FORECAST in the seach for more sky news video box. There are examples to browse weather info. If you write a summary of ONE of them, identify it clearly.

Podcasting for EFL

2009-02-15T10:56:00.000-08:00

What’s a podcast?

A podcast is a free video or audio series — like a TV or radio show — that you download from the Net and play on your computer.These podcasts are for learning English at different levels. Check on the transcripts that accompany the audio material. You may have to download Quicktime http://tinyurl.com/ctcfkk to listen to them.

http://www.eltpodcast.com/eltp.xml

http://a4esl.org/podcasts/

http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/pages/freesample.shtml

2009-02-12T03:18:00.000-08:00

Desde este enlace Using Twitter with your students
se puede seguir una experiencia de enseñanza con twitter.

Opening entry

2009-01-29T12:52:00.000-08:00

Hi there folks! This is my first blog and I´m running a test on how to handle things here: not a lot to say so far; getting used to tags and all the rest of the stuff. See you around.