DESCRIBING PLACES

Last week we worked on descriptions of places. Listen to the following brief description:

Describing places by sabrinasastre on GoAnimate

Now, it's your turn! What about you? 
Write about the place where you were born. 
What is it like?
(Read instructions for the 2nd obligatory activity HERE)
Leave a comment with your description. 
Read your classmates' descriptions, comment at least one of them.

THE BRITISH ISLES

The English language was born in The British Isles, but...

What do you know about them?

Take the following quiz to check your knowledge:

Click HERE

Then, watch the following videos about 4 capital cities of The British Isles

Which city do you like most? Why? What is the city like?
 Mention some of the tourist attractions of this city.
(Leave a comment with your answers)

MORE GREETINGS 2

Consolidate and expand!

1. Watch the videos below and take notes.   
2. What greetings were not mentioned in class???   
     Leave a comment with your answer!

Click on the links below to access the videos:

EXAMPLE OF BRITISH GREETING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrjqbCK-Bh0

AMERICAN GREETINGS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayodJ2TlAq4

SAYING HELLO AND GOODBYE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bixg6QUNHDg 

2. Do you know greetings from other English speaking countries like Jamaica, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, etc.? 

If you surf the net and find other greetings, share them in a comment!

MORE GREETINGS

We learned some informal/casual greetings in class.  

Now, Let's review and expand!

1. Read the following real Yahoo Question  HERE and all the answers it obtained. Then, leave a comment with your answers to these questions: 

a. What is the best answer? What do you think? What answer did you like most?
b. What is the worst answer? What do you think?

c. Write a possible answer to the Yahoo Question taking into account what we learned in class.  What would your answer be?

GREETINGS

Let's review some of the greetings we learned in class!  

 You're going to watch the beginning of the American movie "ParaNorman" (2012), then you have to complete a brief activity!

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Click HERE to start!

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS 2014

Hi, my dear students! This is the first post of the year!
I am completely sure this new start will bring plenty of significant learning experiences  to all of us. 

 Take advantage of this blog, it was specially created to enrich your learning processes. Hope you make the most of it!

INTRODUCE YOURSELF
I'm really looking forward to getting to know you!  How about starting right now?   
Leave a comment with your personal introduction,
Who are you? Why do you want to study English?