If you want to learn more about Sir Edmund Hillary as you do some Listening and Vocabulary exercises…
why don’t you try this interesting activity at Shall we Blog?
Archive for October, 2009
Famous Firsts: Sir Edmund Hillary
October 26th
We started unit 2: Community and we did pages 19 and 20. Doesn’t seem much for an hour and a half but we talked a lot! XD
October 22th
- activities.pdf
- key.pdf
- transcript.pdf
- students’ book pages 15-16 and exercise 3 on page 18
Watching films…
Hello everybody!
I’m Tania, from the 5pm group. Last week I was quite busy (this one too…) so I’ve been unable to attend the classes, but thanks to the blog I can follow easily what has been done there. I can follow the lessons and do the exercises, which is not the same as in class where the teacher helps us, but at least it’s another way to practise on the days I can’t go to Mieres. And I have another opportunity for practising my writing by publishing a post here.
Another thing I normally do to improve my English is watching films in original version. Sadly, most of the time I need subtitles, but I notice that the longer I’ve been listening to it, the less I have to read the subtitles. So I think it’s a good way to “open my ears”.
The last film I saw was “Scoop”, by Woody Allen, starring the film director, Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman. Woody Allen’s films are always different. This one is about a serial killer, who hasn’t been caught. Scarlett, with the help of Woody and a dead journalist who appears as a ghost, investigates the crimes, and discovers that Hugh’s character is somehow involved.
The film, which could be a common thriller turns into an unusual comedy thanks to Woody Allen’s humor. So I recommend this amusing film, very well done and with intelligent dialogues, and always perfect for a rainy day like today. If you want to have a look, here is the trailer:
See you!
Landing on the Moon
In my opinion, men never went to the Moon. I have seen the videos and I think there is more evidence to support the theory that it was all a hoax pulled by NASA than that NASA sent men to the Moon. So, it seems that I am a “hoax believer”.
The most important piece of evidence for me is the statement of Jan Lundberg, the man who designed the cameras.
He talked about the difficulty of manipulating the cameras because they were located on their own bodies and they had to aim by moving their bodies. This fact makes it very difficult to get a good photo, because of the gravity they could not stop moving, and the pictures that can be seen are really perfect.
For the men who support the hoax theory there is one conclusive piece of evidence, which is that there was no visible blast crater although there were a lot of footprints surrounding the land Lunar Excursion Module.
New lessons in ELLA
English Language Lab Asturias is a project I’ve been working on for a couple of years, together with other colleagues/ friends. We have just released the first brand-new lesson of this season: How to tie a tie, which is for Elementary students. We will release 12 new lessons this year, one every 10 days or so, alternating elementary, intermediate and advanced units.
Check it out from time to time, and tell us what you think!
verb/ adjective + preposition
If you need to practise verb + preposition collocations, here you are an extensive selection pf links to sites with lots of practice. Thanks to Shall we Blog?!!
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