Buying a train ticket. ROLE PLAY FOR ELT

How about a role play? Learning how to use means of transport is very useful and easy. Let's watch a video on how to buy a train ticket:

This kind of activity may be used as a real and motivating "learning situation" (situación de aprendizaje) in which our students can plan a journey and use speaking and communication competences in order to achieve their learning goals. 

ROSA PARKS: CULTURE, PEACE, FREEDOM AND CIVIL RIGHTS FOR KIDS (ELT)

Have you ever heard about Rosa Parks? Who was she? Why do we talk about her?
She was an American Civil Right Activist who fought for the rights of black people, specially women. 

Copy the following glossary before watching and answer the questions to find out why she is known worldwide nowadays: 

REMEMBER: A SMALL ACTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!

BRITISH FOOD. COMPREHENSION VIDEO ON CULTURE

What can you say about British food? Let us forget about the stereotypes and watch the following video. I'm sure you'll find some appetising treats. 

BEfore watching, please, you need to revise some cooking  words and ingredients to understand it properly: 

• We are what we eat. Food vocabulary.

BROADCAST YOUR NEWS PROGRAMME!! SPEAKING.

My students' next project is to broadcast a video with the news. They can choose several interesting topics, create their own HEADLINES and introduce whatever they find interesting.

The news. Speaking communicative project at Juana Moral's English Site

Have a look at this brilliant example from CHANNEL 2 KIDS NEWS (CLICK TWICE TO WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE):

Now, let us focus on some useful expressions, necessary for your news programme.Then, you can have a look at more videos and interesting links:

ENGLISH FOR TRAVELLING I. AT THE AIRPORT

This lesson plan is focused on learning how to speak English when travelling. It is really useful if you are planning to go abroad. The first section shows some vocabulary at the airport , and a presentation which includes two dialogue examples, too. We are going to create our own dialogues using all we have learnt here.  

Then, you can also watch a video to practise useful expressions and pronunciation:  

First of all, let us see the following picture from Fluentland: 

Airport vocabulary items: Juana Moral's English Site

BOOKING A HOTEL ROOM

How would you like to travel? Have you ever been to a travel agency?
The following role play is to help you do the check-in in a hotel
Let's watch and learn from the following video from Linguatv.

More vocabulary related to travelling 

• Mansion del Inglés

EASY VIDEOS WITH SUBTITLES II: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE

 Improving your listening skills can be easy watching some cartoons. The following is an example from a traditional folktale: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE.
Before watching it, it is a good idea to check for the vocabulary and answer the questions:

GLOSSARY:

TO BE GOING TO. FUTURE PLANS.

One way of talking about the future is using TO BE GOING TO, it is not a verbal tense. Sometimes it can be seen as: "VOY A " in Spanish. Eg. I'm going to read: Voy a leer. 

FORM OF TO BE GOING TO : 

TO BE GOING TO (VOY A...) FORMA Y TRUCOS

As the picture shows, the verb to be is used as an auxiliary verb, and it concords with the subject.

PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS. USES, ACTIVITIES, VIDEO

Any doubts about the uses of the present simple and present continuous? Watch the following powtoon and learn about them!!

After watching it, a good idea to hammer home is to look at the following mind map to help you:

PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS ELT

Past simple and past continous are very important for story telling in the past.

The following story may help you to understand when to use each of them

So, what would you use in the following sentences and why?

•  PRACTICE WITH GOCONQUR!!    CLICK HERE:

IRREGULAR VERBS TESTS AND REVISION

Here, let me present you a series of quizzes on irregular verbs which will be useful for you to revise. Try to do them as fast as you can to check what you know. The first quizz goes from the verb TO BE to the verb GO.

The following test goes from the ver GROW to the verb WRITE.

PRESENT SIMPLE. REVIEW AND ACTIVITIES

Now, it's time to talk about our routines, for that, let's use the present simple tense. I recommend to read all the presentation and do all the activities, however, it will be good for you to do it in more than one day.

CLICK HERE: Full presentation and activities

SAINT VALENTINE'S TRUE STORY?

Saint Valentine's true story? Juana Moral's English Site. Photo from Pixabay.

Love is great, but, what do you know about the story and History of Sain Valentine? Let's read the following text and fill in the blanks with the simple past forms below. Remember to look up in the dictionary the words you don't know:

SAINT VALENTINE'S STORY ACTIVITIES IN GOCONQUR.IN THE IMAGE BELOW

CARNIVAL....not in February

What do you know about NOTTING HILL?
Read the following information from visitlondon, then, do the following quizz to check

After that, you can do the following listening activities related to it. Have fun and enjoy!!!

• British Council Listening Check on Notting Hill Scene A2
• ESOL Courses. Video QuizLesson plan on Notting Hill Carnival  For teachersActivities for TEachers on Carnivals

FUTURE TENSES, USES OF WILL FOR 3º AND 4º

As you know, the future tense in English does not exist like in Spanish. However, there are four basic types to talk about it. I hope the following mind map can help to figure it out. It will be specially profitable for 3rd and 4th ESO. 

THE FUTURE IN ENGLISH. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY? ELT

What's the weather like? It's a typical question: ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

To answer to this question, we have to take into account the following ideas:

• It: (subject of the answer). Always obligatory at the beginning of the sentence

• We use the verb TO BE to talk about the weather: It's sunny 

• Auque en español decimos: Hace frío , hace calor. ESe verbo en inglés es TO BE (iT'S HOT); Aunque en español es impersonal, en inglés el SUJETO ES SIEMPRE OBLIGATORIO.

THe following picture from easypacelearning will help you to improve your vocabulary: 

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THANKSGIVING? BASIC LISTENING

What is the origin of Thanksgiving? The following activity is perfect for basic learners (A1, A2). CLick on the link below to complete the video quizz activities from Educaplay (listening comprehension) or just watch the video from youtube.

• CLICK HERE. EDUCAPLAY VIDEO COMPREHENSION

Do you have any similar traditions in your country?

WRITING THE DATE: DAYS OF THE WEEK, MONTHS AND ORDINAL NUMBERS

POZOBLANCO, MONDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 2015
Writing the date can be difficult, and sometimes, pronouncing it is even more difficult. Anyway, we can make it easy for Primary Students and 1st Year of ESO students.  Let's follow some tips to help you, 

• DAYS OF THE WEEK

• Can you pronounce the days of the week? Really easy if you listen and repeat: 

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Wake me up by Avicii. Songs for teaching

Have you ever danced this song? This is a great activity for ESO students.

I hope you enjoy it and do the following activities.
First of all, fill in the gaps with the right words. Choose A, B or C.

Wake me up. aviccii, una ficha interactiva de JMC81

liveworksheets.com

LIVE WORKSHEET TO FILL IN

I hope you have enjoyed it!!!

DRAW ME A PICTURE GAME

Improving your listening skills is essential to communicate in English. Thus, let's play a game:

• First, take a piece of paper, you are going to draw a picture.
• Then, play the video without watching it. Try to follow the instructions and draw what is described.
• Finally, when the video finishes, check if you have drawn the right aninal, plant or object.

Don't worry if you didn't do it for the first time. Now, you can try and do it while you are watching it.

BASIC VOCABULARY:
a-Shapes:

• square: cuadrado ; circle: círculo; oval: óvalo; triangle: triángulo; line: línea
• Colour it in: coloréalo

Draw with Louie

If you've got a Tablet you can also download the App of Loui, which is free and can help you to listen to ENglish.
Have fun!!!!