The Show With No Name is one of the programs of the famous Vaughan Radio. It's a variety show with a lot of energy. I recommend it if your level of English is intermediate or advanced. Pay attention to the totally native expressions!
Here you can listen to the last program:
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
A new initiative from TED: TED-Ed. Their mission: create the best video lessons in the world. Here you have the presentation and a lesson called "Just How Small is an Atom?":
You can suggest lesson ideas!
You can suggest lesson ideas!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
How to write an essay
Today Mónica recommended me this video to help my bilingual students. I think it is very useful for us too, because sometimes we forget the most simple points: organising and telling information
Thanks Mónica!
Hamburger Method
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Micro-lesson plan: Similar Rectangles
Hello, English Breakfast!
Here you have another micro-lesson I have prepared for the English Seminar. It's about similarity and sheets of paper of the ISO A series.
Micro-lesson plan: Similar Rectangles
Two images from Wikipedia to illustrate the content:
Here you have another micro-lesson I have prepared for the English Seminar. It's about similarity and sheets of paper of the ISO A series.
Micro-lesson plan: Similar Rectangles
Two images from Wikipedia to illustrate the content:
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Kony 2012
Hi everyone! Have you heard about the Kony video? At the beginning of the year we talked about viral videos, with the example of the University of California Davis pepper spray incident. Last week, a video went viral even more quickly--in fact, "Kony 2012", below, has become the fastest-growing viral video in history. (This article, in the Guardian, explores the implications of this kind of "virality".) At the time of writing this post, it has more than 74 million views.
The video aims to* raise awareness about Kony, a Ugandan warlord whose rebel army is known for abducting children and turning them into sex slaves and child soldiers. I thought we could talk about it on Wednesday in English Breakfast. It is quite a bit longer than your average popular video, at almost a half hour, but if you watch the first ten minutes and last three or so, you get a general sense of it (it includes English subtitles). Alternatively, you could read this article in the LA Times which presents some of the criticisms of the awareness campaign (or this shorter one in simpler English).
Some questions to consider: What do you think about the use of this kind of social media and marketing to raise awareness about such serious issues? Do you have any problems with how the issue was presented? Do you think the campaign is/will be effective, or do you think that ultimately it could do more harm than good?
*tries to, intends to
The video aims to* raise awareness about Kony, a Ugandan warlord whose rebel army is known for abducting children and turning them into sex slaves and child soldiers. I thought we could talk about it on Wednesday in English Breakfast. It is quite a bit longer than your average popular video, at almost a half hour, but if you watch the first ten minutes and last three or so, you get a general sense of it (it includes English subtitles). Alternatively, you could read this article in the LA Times which presents some of the criticisms of the awareness campaign (or this shorter one in simpler English).
Some questions to consider: What do you think about the use of this kind of social media and marketing to raise awareness about such serious issues? Do you have any problems with how the issue was presented? Do you think the campaign is/will be effective, or do you think that ultimately it could do more harm than good?
*tries to, intends to
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Classroom Vocabulary
Here are some frequent classroom words and phrases, in case you all ever need to reference them. Some of these may be intuitive, whereas others are set phrases you might need to memorize. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions about other classroom words!
Do the exercises in your notebook.
Turn to/open the book to page 35.
Who wants to come up to the board/front of the class?
Take one and pass it on.
Let’s skip that question. Who wants to go next?
Can I go first/next? Sure, go ahead.
I'm going to collect the essays today, and I'll hand them back next week.
Who's out (absent) today? Who's missing?
Sit up straight, please!
Turn around and face forward/front, please!
Questions (not doubts) - Does anyone have any questions or comments?
Next class (not next day) - Next class, we'll work on chapter 4.
Due (date) - The paper is due on Thursday. The due date for this assignment is the 14th.
Remember to look over your work before you turn it in. It's very important to proofread for careless mistakes.
To go over a topic (ver un tema) - Have we gone over Unit 2 already? Ok, then let's move on to Unit 3.
To go over the homework (corregir) - We went over most of the exercises yesterday, so we'll finish going over them today.
To do a presentation on a topic, or to give a presentation on/about a topic.
To be on the exam/test (not enter) - Is this going to be on the exam? Yes, chapter 3 will be on the exam.
To give an exam. I'm going to give the students an exam on the new material tomorrow.
I hope I do well on the exam! If you do badly, that means you need to work harder.
How did you do on the exam? I did pretty well. I got a 7.
Do the exercises in your notebook.
Turn to/open the book to page 35.
Who wants to come up to the board/front of the class?
Take one and pass it on.
Let’s skip that question. Who wants to go next?
Can I go first/next? Sure, go ahead.
I'm going to collect the essays today, and I'll hand them back next week.
Who's out (absent) today? Who's missing?
Sit up straight, please!
Turn around and face forward/front, please!
Next class (not next day) - Next class, we'll work on chapter 4.
Due (date) - The paper is due on Thursday. The due date for this assignment is the 14th.
Remember to look over your work before you turn it in. It's very important to proofread for careless mistakes.
To go over a topic (ver un tema) - Have we gone over Unit 2 already? Ok, then let's move on to Unit 3.
To go over the homework (corregir) - We went over most of the exercises yesterday, so we'll finish going over them today.
To do a presentation on a topic, or to give a presentation on/about a topic.
To be on the exam/test (not enter) - Is this going to be on the exam? Yes, chapter 3 will be on the exam.
To give an exam. I'm going to give the students an exam on the new material tomorrow.
I hope I do well on the exam! If you do badly, that means you need to work harder.
How did you do on the exam? I did pretty well. I got a 7.
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