Listening Comprehension: What Makes Beyoncé Tick

Listening

I have very much enjoyed listening to Beyoncé in this long interview and I thought maybe my students would be interested in knowing a bit more about this superstar. Here’s the whole video but I have only used a three-minute section . (from 1,32 to 3.37)

Now read the questions and see how many you can answer. Don’t worry if you cannot understand everything the first time.  Listen ,at least three times, before giving up and clicking here to see the answers.

♥She’s made the decision not to do certain things. Which are mentioned?

♥How does she feel about her success?

♥What was Beyoncé’s father’s job?

♥What was Beyoncé’s mother’s job?

♥How long has Beyoncé been performing?

♥How old was she when she became professional?

♥Who were her pop idols when she was a young girl?

♥How does she feel when she is on stage?

♥How old was she when the quartet Destiny Child was formed?

♥Destiny Child spent a lot of time on the bus while on tour, what did they read?

Writing and Speaking : A Biography

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It’s with great pride that I  show you the work of two of my students; they are  twelve and thirteen-year-old students  who, with a lot of effort on their part,  have managed to overcome the difficulties of speaking and pronouncing a different language. My Congratulations and Thanks  to Patricia Alonso and Juan Fernández for their effort and contribution to this blog. Keep up the good work!

Patricia has written and recorded  Marco Polo’s Biography  and Juan has done the same with  Fernando Alonso.Ladies first!

 

Present Perfect : Grammar and Exercises

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I know the school year is almost over -hooray!!!, but it is never too late to let students have a look at some of the things they will be learning the coming year. Present Perfect is not an easy tense to use, especially for people from Asturias (we never use this tense if you are wondering why) but after doing these exercises you’ll soon get the knack of it. I swear!

Word of the Day: to Cheat and to Cheat On

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Done! I have finished marking exams, and now what is left is something I really hate, red tape. Writing, sometimes, useless reports nobody will ever see but which are, nevertheless, part of the time-consuming  red tape  a teacher has to necessarily fill in at the end of the course.

So finals are over and I’m glad to say I haven’t caught any students red-handed. Come to think of it, if any of my students is reading it, he might  be laughing his head off thinking how naive we, teachers, sometimes are. Anyway, I’m happy in my blissful  ignorance!

♥ To Cheat on Someone: to be sexually unfaithful.

They got divorced because he was cheating on her

♥ To cheat in an exam/ to cheat on an exam

None of my students have cheated on their final tests. 😉

Useful Posts to Revise for Finals

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I have been meaning to give MentorMob a try for some time and I never got around to doing it but when my students asked me where to revise for finals, MentorMob flashed in my mind and I saw the light. ;).

This little tool  allows you to organise your favourite posts or websites into a playlist  in a very easy way  and then you can always share it and embed it in a blog or website. In this way you can easily organise videos, pdfs, documents, websites, articles….. into playlists and then  assign them to your students in the computer room, as homework or  in a flipped classroom setting .

Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!