GRAMMAR?? Magic word!!! But… Don’t be panic!! In this blog you’ll learn it easily and with amusing activities. So have a good time with grammar!!
😎 Try it! We can start by answering a basic multiple choice. Try to solve it without looking at the anwers!!
Avril Lavigne is a Canadian pop singer who started making records at the age of 16. One of her most famous hits is ‘Skater boy’ or ‘Sk8ter boy’ in modern slang. The abbreviations are quite common in slang as well as in sms messages.
Try it! After listening the song, can you translate (transl8) the abbreviations?
| active8 | 4 | 2 |
| gr8 | b4 | g2g |
| l8r | 4eva | ur |
Do you know any other sms abbreviations in English?
What’s a digital native? Do you consider yourself as a digital native? What’s the difference between a digital native and a digital immigrant? Are you in favour of new technologies? In how many ways can new technologies help education?
These are only some of the questions that come to your mind after watching and reading the two attachments I enclose to this post. Thanks to sergi roura and eduard batlle who have discovered them in their web pages.
Digital natives, digital immigrants (Read it!)
😎 Try it! Imagine you have to write an essay for a newspaper expressing your opinion about the questions mentioned above. Read the pdf and watch the video and, with all this information and your personal point of view, try to write it. If you want to know some rules about how to write an English essay click on here or here.
Popword is a game similar to tetris but with letters. You have to drag the mouse in order to create a word in English. Longer is the word, more points you’ll have.
😎 Try it! At first try to build simple words, you can repeat them and get extra points. It goes fast but if you try the game several times you’ll become an expert!
Welcome to my virtual English school!! In this site you will find some activities and resources to do in order to improve your skills. The resources will be organized by levels, skills to practise and types of activities. Read the 8-) 'Try it!' at the end of each post and try to do the activity. I start with a video just for fun. After all, you will see that learning English is cool!!
8-) Try it!: Can you transcribe this dialogue? Try it! and then review it.