Would you like to describe an animal from the ones you can see in the picture below?
You’re most welcome to do it! Do not mention the animal and let blog-readers guess what animal you’re describing.
I usually get my mosaics from this website http://bighugelabs.com/ . It’s got lots of funny stuff !
Fontself has got cool fonts and smileys to add a personal touch to your worksheets, emails, websites,posts or social networks. You can choose from a variety of cool fonts or you can create your own. I have just used some of these fonts in a boring worksheet I have prepared about the future. You’re welcome to do it here and find the key here.
This is the first tutorial I’ve made and the truth is that is has been a lot of fun. It’s in Spanish because it is meant for my students and while some of them are quite confident using new technologies not all of them are and I don’t want to add to them the extra burden of having to understand the tutorial in English.
I’ve posted about MyBrainshark here and here
I’ll show you some of their presentations using MyBrainshark some other time. For the time being , watch this brief tutorial if you are interested in using this useful tool to learn English.
Today the focus is on the verb “make” and what it means when it collocates with three different prepositions, namely” from”,”of” and “by”
She claimed that the jumper was made from wool
She claimed that the jumper was made of wool
♥Use made from when the original materials have been completely changed and cannot be recognised.”Bread is made from flour and water”
♥ Use made of when the original materials have not been completely changed and you can still see them. “Their dining table is made of solid oak”
♥ Use made by when you mention the name of the company or person that has made something (NOT the names of materials). “This new razon is made by Wilkinson Sword”.
Source: Longman Dictionary of Common Errors
I had heard some scattered pieces of news here and there about Dubai being some kind of architectural wonderland but after watching some videos about this emirate I can only wonder : “well, what’s next?.
I’ve prepared this video for my intermediate students.If you want to test your listening you might want to click here and answer some questions about this video
I’ve been using my Ipad for a year and I couldn’t be happier with it. There are lots of apps that I use for fun and there are some more that I use 
to help me in my daily teaching. One of them is SlideShark, created by the same people who created MyBrainShark(post here). SlideShark is a free app for converting and viewing PPT files on your iPad. SlideShark converts your PowerPoint files without losing any of your original formatting, transitions, or animations.
To use SlideShark you need to register but don’t worry it’s free . Then , just upload your PPT files and SlideShark will convert the files for you. Instal the free SlideShark app and you can access your converted files on your iPad at anytime and display your presentation in the classroom.
Happy New Year to everyone and good luck with your New Year Resolutions. I have a dozen resolutions myself but I no longer believe I am going to keep them . The title of this post is not what one might think it means though it’s true that I have had the same New Year Resolutions for quite a number of years.But I want to be positive , start off on the right foot and mentally prepare myself for , this time ,keeping them. Time will tell!
Why the title, then? There is a very funny lesson that I prepared two years ago called Bridget Jones’s Diary that has to do with Resolutions. A few days I got a comment to a post in this blog where I introduced this lesson (here) and so I thought I might show it again .
This is a funny video my students from the second year and I have created to wish you a very Happy Christmas and a very Happy 2012.
We hope you like it! We have certainly enjoyed creating it, haven’t we?
I always get in a bad mood whenever I have to mark exams. The happiness I get from marking an exam with a 10/10 doesn’t compensate the utter desolation when I see that many students can’t be bothered. Well, maybe utter desolation is a bit too strong, but I’m sure you get my mood. Anger, frustration, demotivation …etc. What can I do to get to them? Is there anything else I can do?
Well, excuse my mood and let’s change gears completely. Today I want to show you a Christmas tree you can do with next to nothing. Well, maybe I got a bit carried away when I said next to nothing ‘casue you need books but …only books. I wanted to show you my own Christmas Tree, but after taking several pictures from different angles and discarding all of them and starting the process all over again I realized that the picture I got the idea from has a better quality than any of my pictures , though I want to point out that my “Booktreee ” looks just as good” if not more ha, ha, ha 
. The other picture is a nice idea for a photograph and again it doesn’t cost much.
Just The Word is more than an online dictionary or a thesaurus.
It’s just the kind of help you need when you are writing.
Type a word into the box and JustTheWord will give you a detailed description of the company which that word keeps in modern-day English.
or help you find the information you need.In the right-hand frame you’ll find the parts of speech and the types of relation that the word is found in. If you’re looking for the right adjective to modify a noun you’ve chosen, click on the ‘ADJ mod <word>’ link. If you want a verb with the noun as its object, follow the ‘V obj <word>’ link.
Let’s imagine that you are not sure if you can say VERY MAGNIFICENT , just type the two words and click on enter. You’ll get the picture below ,where the red bar indicates that the combination is wrong and offers you alternatives.
These are some of the things you can do to get you started with Just the Word.
