Thanksgiving and Black Friday

This is the PowerPoint presentation I used in class. I found it in the Internet and adapted it for you. Try to remember some of the vocabulary we learnt.

Thanksgiving and Black Friday from teteg662

By the way, some more vocabulary Squash 

and nuts 

Try to read more about Thanksgiving and other traditions in English!

It's Christmas time!!!!!

Let's read this powerpoint!!

Christmas presentation from Xavi Malo

Be careful! There is a mistake ( error) in this presentation!!

When we are talking about cakes, tarts, cookies, biscuits, gelatins, pastries, 
ice- creams, pies,puddings, custards, and sweet soups, we mean desserts ((/dɨˈzɜrt/)) and not a desert (  /dɪˈz3ːt, ˈdezət/) or arid region. 

And let's sing!!

Complete the lyrics!

http://masterkeyenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Santa-Claus-is-coming-to-town1.pdf

Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Vocabulary 

Questions related to the PowerPoint Presentation 

Choose the correct answer:

1.     What is Thanksgiving?

a.     A national holiday   b. An international holiday

2.     When is it celebrated in US? _____________of November.

a.     On the second Monday    b. on the fourth Thursday

3.     When is it celebrated in Canada? _________of October

a.     On the second Monday    b. on the fourth Thursday

4.     Who start this tradition?

a.     The Native Americans      b. the Pilgrims

5.     Why do pilgrims die?

a.     No food and illnesses       b. in wars

6.     What do Native Americans teach them?

a.     To dance and sing             b. to survive

7.     Why do Pilgrims invite the Native Americans to their celebration?

a.     To say “thank you”          b. to say “good bye”

8.     What is Americans’ favourite Thanksgiving meal?

a.      Hamburgers                      b. turkey

9.     How do Americans spend Thanksgiving?

a.     With their family and friends    b. buying

10.                       When is Black Friday?

a.     After Thanksgiving           b. Before Thanksgiving

11.                       What do people do on Black Friday?

a.     Buy , buy & buy                b. stay home & watch TV

12.                       Do other countries celebrate “Black Friday”?

a.     Yes, they do.                      b. No, they don’t. 

What's your name? How do you spell it ? Where are you from?

Hello everybody!!

This is the video we used in our class. Watch it and repeat it as many times as you want.

What is your job? 

Where are you from? Sing along!!!!!

The Alphabet.

Listen and review! 

How do you spell your name?

How do you spell your surname? 

Halloween

Adults and children celebrate Halloween on the 31 of October every year.

People celebrate Halloween with parties and with various activities.

Some Halloween activities:

• o   Trick-or-treating
• o   Halloween costume parties
• o   Decorating and carving pumpkins into jack –o-lanterns
• o   Lightning bonfires
• o   Apple bobbing and divination games
• o   Playing pranks
• o   Visiting haunted houses
• o   Telling scary stories
• o   Watching horror films

Some Halloween vocabulary!!!  And some language review!!

Halloween vocabulary 2015 from teteg662

And if you want to read the legend of Jack of the Lantern or Jack-o-lantern…..

The Legend of Stingy Jack from teteg662

Or sing along with Marilyn Manson   in This is Halloween.

I hope you enjoy yourselves!!!

Welcome to the new course 2015 - 2016

Dear all,

Once more we are beginning a new course.! Welcome to the new and old students!
We are starting once more Introducing ourselves.

It's a pleasure to have you all in my class!

Learning through theatre.

Foreign language teachers spend most of their time trying to adapt different materials found in text books, the Internet or all kind of material to their students. This is, we are always thinking about how I can use this or that in my classes.

The English Department in our school offers our students the opportunity to attend to an adapted theatre performance. Last year it was the turn of “A CHRISTMAS CHAROL”. This performance is an excuse to read the script and comment it, vocabulary exercises, comprehension exercises and some discussions too. We also learn something about the author and its time, trying to contextualize the learning of the language. As the student level is varied, the activities are also adapted to a beginner level. Of course, the outcome of those activities and the performance itself are a great success. Our students rate them quite high and they are aware that it is an excellent way of learning the language and its culture.

This school year, I suggested my students a representation of “THE STONE SOUP”. First I adapted the script to the number of the students and their level. Then we worked over it, reading, translating, and explaining any difficulties. We started rehearsing the play, first reading aloud and checking pronunciation, then practicing intonation and finally focusing on the performance itself. We did this during three months one day a week, and on our last class we made a performance and taped it. The play turned out to be a very motivating way of putting in practice language and grammar they had learnt during the course.
Furthermore, as students felt more relaxed and even those who are quiet shy felt more comfortable after rehearsing several times the final performance was very successful although not perfect. Pronunciation and intonation need to be improved, of course, but the development of the activity was excellent.
To conclude, theatre plays are an excellent way to learn a language because they give a context and a script, so students have to understand and learn the words, the plot and internalize the feelings but they do not need to produce new dialogues, which is very stressful for beginners. Once they feel comfortable with the script and the situations, the learner can focus on the non-verbal gestures, on pronunciation, and dramatization. When the process finishes they feel more self – secured and ready to perform in new situations and with new vocabulary.

Example

The Stone Soup from teteg662

The Kitchen´s Language in Carnival

The kitchen language basic english from teteg662

Learning a language in later life: are you ever too old?

Learning a language when you retire, as is the case with many people, it is at the beginning an exercise in personal development / effort and improvement, and it is not easy at this age back to to study hard.

The ability to learn is innate because we all have brains ready to learn another language. "It is true that at younger ages it is easier, but age must not be an obstacle to learning languages ​​like English, because adults have experience, they know the grammatical structures and they are more simple lessons ".

The brain can be kept active through exercises / gym. Neurologists agree that the more the brain is used the less frequently are the failures in office. Learning a language is one of the most complete gymnastics, because memory is active and new connections are created when switching from one language to another.

In learning a language's, according to neurologists, the apparition of diseases such as Alzheimer's, etc ... is strengthened even delayed by the ability to concentrate.

Attending the course of English allowed me to cover a number of hours, meet people and "feel that we are never too old to learn."

By José  V. 

Learning a language in later life: are you ever too old?

Hello everybody,

I've found this article about adults learning a second language. Try to read it and tell me if you agree with it. I would like to know your opinion.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/18/learning-a-language-in-later-life-are-you-ever-too-old

As you can see it is not adapted, so take your time.

Have a nice day!

The stone soup

This is the original story of the  play we are rehearsing!!

What do you know about Britain?

If you want to read something about Britain you can have a look at this:

https://es.pinterest.com/teteg66/english-yes-please/

Have fun and tell me if you like it!

How stressed are you?

 Is Simon stresssed?
 Simon works for a computer company.
 He lives in Brighton but he works in London.
 He has got three daughters.
 He gets up at six o´clock.
 He doesn’t have breakfast because he hasn’t got time. 
 HE HASN’T GOT TIME FOR BREAKFAST
 He starts work at nine o’clock.
 He drinks / has 6 cups of coffee a day.
 He has a sandwich for lunch at the office.
 He finishes work at half past five. 
 He doesn’t have dinner with his family because he is on the train.
 He gets home at a quarter to eight.
 He watches television after dinner.
 He goes to bed at about eleven o´clock.

 Listening comprehension
https://www.dropbox.com/s/66gbsh5qc37a3ge/LISTENING%20COMPREHENSION%20ESA%20BEGINNERS%20Prof.%20Parker%20and%20Simon.pdf?dl=0

New English File Elementary Class CD1 track 65
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bccnx20kwnpv0az/65%20-%20Track%2065.mp3?dl=0

Simple Present third Person Review

Remember the third person singular!!!!!

ATIONS by Shel Silverstein

Ations
If we meet and I say, "Hi," 
That’s a salutation. 

If you ask me how I feel, 
That’s consideration. 

If we stop and talk awhile, 
That’s a conversation. 

If we understand each other, 
That’s communication.

If we argue, scream and fight, 
That’s an altercation. 

If later we apologize, 
That’s reconciliation. 

If we help each other home, 
That’s cooperation. 

And all these ations added up 
Make civilization. 

(And if I say this is a wonderful poem, 
Is that exaggeration?)

 - Shel Silverstein

Thank you José for bringing this poem to class. 

What time do you....................?

What time do you get up?
What time do you eat breakfast?
What time do you brush your teeth?
What time do you go to school?
What time do you eat lunch?
What time do you watch TV?
What time do you eat dinner?
What time do you go to bed?


AT .................

What's the time? What time is it?

  

Remember: First the minutes and then the hour! 
                                                                                It's twenty to four! 
                                                                               It's ten past nine! 
A  simple video showing how to tell the time in English. Perfect for people learning ESL. For more ESL videos visit www.englishchannelonline.com   http://youtu.be/3icBxO6Wjz0
I cannot insert the link  in this post but you can find it easily. It is very good!!!

What time is it?
It's ten to eight.

What time do you get up?
At ten to eight

Example of the dialogues

In class you prepared some dialogues following the instructions of the activity. Here you can see some examples of what you did. Those are the examples of Asun, Ascen, Fina and Maria.

Thank you all for your enthusiasm! 

How much is it? Money, Money, Money

You can say: How much is it? or How much does it cost? to ask the price.

A) How much is it?

•  It's one pound. 
•  It's two pounds.
• It's a/one hundred pounds.
• It's two hundred and fifty pounds.
• It's four thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds.

a) How much is the fruit juice?

b) It's 1.34 pounds

How can you say this?

• It's one pound, thirty four pence.
• It's one pound, thirty four. 
• It's one, thirty four. (more used) 

People use the terms "pound" or "pence" very rarely.

Note that people write the pound symbol

and separate the pounds and the pence with a full stop (.)

But

a) How much is the Dairylea cheese?
b) I't 57 p.

How can you say this?

• It's fifty seven pee ( much more used) 
• It's fifty seven pence

Penny is used in singular and pence is plural.

Example dialogue:

a) How much is the Leerdamer cheese?
b) It' s  one pound, twelve.

a) How much is the Large Sausage Roll?
b) It is eighty-two pee.

Now try to do the following exercises:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7605

And spice it with some music:

Money makes the world go round....by Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey

Or Money. money, money it's a rich man's world..... by ABBA

Have a nice time!

WRITE MINI-DIALOGUES

Example:

a) I want some potatoes.

b) How many potatoes do you want?

a) I want two kilos, please.

b) How much is it?

a) It’s 4 pounds.

B) Here you are!

A) Thank you, have a nice day!

                                      Now you do the same!

Maria's recipe for Christmas Pudding

Maria is so kind that she has shared with us her own version of Christmas Pudding.

Googleand this is the recipe!!

Maria changed some of the ingredients but the outcome was delicious!

Once more, thank you Maria !!!

Maria`s Christmas Pudding

Maria made her own version of  Christmas Pudding!! It was deliciuos!
You are the

of  the class

Thank you very much for your kindness and your generosity!!

A CHRISTMAS PUDDING

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY 

You want to prepare Jamie Oliver’s recipe for Christmas pudding. You have got some ingredients but you need some more. Go shopping and buy the things you need. 

Here you can find a copy of the worksheet that we are using in class. 

You can also find the recipe  but remember it is not Jamie Oliver's and it is authentic English! 

Have fun!!

HAVE GOT

What have you got in your refrigerator?

I have got some cheese and I have got three eggs,
I have got some vegetables and I have got four yoghurts
I haven't got any milk. I haven't got any potatoes.

What does Jason need? 

Jason needs four apples and six bananas. 

Jason needs a basket of blueberries and a loaf of bread. 

Jason needs a box of cereal too.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

I want to wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!!!!

With my best wishes. 

Thank God it's Christmas! by Queen

I hope you love this song!!!

Queen – Thank God It's Christmas Lyrics

Oh my love we've had

Our share of tears

Oh my friends we've had

Our hopes and fears

Oh my friend it's been

A long hard year

But now it's Christmas

Yes it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

The moon and stars

Seem awful cold and bright

Let's hope the snow will

Make this Christmas right

My friend the world will share

This special night

Because it's Christmas

Yes it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

For one night

Thank God it's Christmas

Yeah thank God it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

Can it be Christmas

Let it be Christmas every day

Oh my love we live

In troubled days

Oh my friend we have

The strangest ways

Oh my friends on this

One day of days

Thank God it's Christmas

Yes it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

For one day

Thank God it's Christmas

Yes it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

Wooh yeah

Thank God it's Christmas

Yeah yeah yeah yes it's Christmas

Thank God it's Christmas

For one day yeah - Christmas

A very merry Christmas to you all

Songwriters: TAYLOR, ROGER MEDDOWS/MAY, BRIAN HAROLD

Thank God It's Christmas lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Let's go to the theatre!

Every year we try to organise a day out to the theatre. We want our students to learn a bit of history and read some good classic literature. This year it's A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. In class we read this summary adapted to your level and some activities, too

.  

         On Wednesday, 3rd we went to the theatre and had a great time there! For us, as teachers, it is a good way to face you with other people talking in English. I am convinced that it helps you learn the language and improve your skills!

Remember to fill in your questionaire and your PORTFOLIO SHEET.

 Thank you very much for your enthusiam!!!