😎 Try it! How many things are blue in the song? Try to write down a list. When you finish check your answers by clicking on the lyrics.
I’m blue
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Category Archives: Vocabulary
Technology and learning, what do you think?
The BBC web page has recently published a research about how technology addiction among young people is having a disruptive effect on their learning. According to this research, modern gadgets worsened pupils’ spelling and concentration, encouraged plagiarism and disrupted lessons. Are you agree with it?
Try it! Read the research and write an article explaining your opinion. First try to sum up the main points of the research as an introduction and then explain your point of view. Do you think new technologies make learning difficult? Have they a negative influence on the students? Or, on the other hand, are you really in favour of using new technologies? Why? Can they help you in your day-to-day learning? How? Finally, end your article with a conclusion.
The idiom jungle III
Let’s go to the idiom jungle again (if you haven’t done it yet, look for the 27th July and 26th August 2009 posts).
😎 Try it! Click on the idiom jungle and test yourself in this online exercise. This time it’s a multiple choice activity about fish, food and meat. Learn about idioms and good luck!
American reports
Snag films is a useful web page with a lot of American videos to learn about different topics: history, science, museums, technology, health…
😎 Try it! Click on snag films topics and choose the one you want lo learn more about. Some videos are only available for American people, nevertheless you can find some interesting reports at your disposal!
In love with Shakespeare
In Love with Shakespeare is a didactic unit for Batxillerat designed by Anna Aznar and Jordi Jordan. It can be done as a whole or selecting some of the units. The main objectives here are to develop communicative strategies, both spoken and written, and to get to know some aspects of English culture (basically history and literature), with the aid of ITC.
😎 Try it! Click on the link and pass your mouse over the picture, the different units will appear. Click on the first one, Tudor England and start by learning about the context in which Shakespeare lived: the monarchy, the city of London and the way they dressed. Again, pass the mouse over the screen and click on the different pictures. By searching the web sites provided, you must find out about Henry VIII, his wives and how Elizabeth I accessed the throne. You must also identify the main characters in Tudor history in a number of portraits. Then, you can click on Tudor London and complete a description of the city at that time after reading a website, learn about London monuments and place them in a map.
Do you like sports?
Do you like sports? Let’s learn some interesting facts about soccer (football), basketball and tennis.
😎 Try it! Click on Sports on the net and have a good time learning about sports. Please follow the order of the links and enjoy!
CNN student news
CNN Student News brings each day’s top news stories to middle and high school classrooms. You can watch some videos, read the transcripts, do some activities in class, take part in discussion forums and learn more about the news reading the extra information. You will practise your English as well as understand current events better.
😎 Try it! Click on the CNN picture, watch, listen, read, practise and learn!
Grammar blast
😎 Try it! Click on Grammar Blast, choose your level and the quiz you want to practise, answer 10 questions and earn up 100 game points!
Grammar bytes for everybody
English grammar is quite logical so it is not very difficult to learn, but if you want to feel confident about grammar as well as to improve your oral or writing skills you have to practice it a lot!!
😎 Try it! Grammar bytes is an English web page where you can put into practice your grammar. You can complete some online exercises about irregular verbs, pronouns, the use of commas… Choose between different levels of difficulty. If your answer is correct, the prizes are really good…
We all live in a yellow submarine
You can listen to music, but sometimes is possible to read or even to watch music. Turn off the volume and let’s see it with Yellow Submarine, a 1966 song by The Beatles.
😎 Try it! Think of a song and work in pairs. Prepare a power point presentation only with the lyrics or images about the song and show it to the rest of the class. Without listening the music, will your classmates be able to guess the title or the rythm of your song?