Another problem caused by deforestation

25 April 2010Funny Stuffenvironment, funCristina Cabal

A good laugh but also food for thought.

In a way it reminds me of a packed pub on a Saturday night and the long queue at the ladies.

Learning:

deforestation(n):The loss of forests due to overcutting of trees
food for thought (idiom): somehting it is worth thinking about or considering seriously
packed (adj): completely filled ; full
queue (n) : a line of waiting people

Guess who

20 April 2010Lesson Plan: Pre-Intermediate, Students' CornerA2, B1, collage, online, speaking, writingCristina Cabal

I owe this idea to my colleague, Mº Jesús Balán who has an excellent blog ESL Bloggers.

Ready? Time to put into practice everything learnt for picture description. Click here and here if you need to brush up .

Look at these pictures. The exercise is quite simple. Choose someone from this collage and write a description in as much detail as possible.

Avilés

19 April 2010General, Students' CornerstudentsCristina Cabal

Sent by Fanny García López, from the pre-intermediate level. Many thanks , Fanny!

I live in Avilés, which on the coast in the north of Asturias, Spain. It has a population of 86.000 inhabitants and it’s the third biggest city in Asturias.

It’s an industrial city near the river. There are lots of enterprises like Aceralia, Cristalería, Asturiana de Cinc..

There are different restaurants and a lot nature around the city.

Here, it’s always cold in winter and in summer it’s hot.

Avilés is famous for its iron and steel industry which transports a lot of building material.

I like living here because it’s beautiful and quiet and I have here my friends, my family and also because I am studying here .

What to learn: a funny way to revise

14 April 2010American Cultural aspects, Cooking, Create your own stuff, Dictionaries, freeware, Resources, Students' Corner, Vocabularyfun, games, grammar, onlinetools, spelling, vocabularyCristina Cabal

I have found this site only today http://www.what2learn.com/ and I can’t wait to share it with you. It has lots of interactive exercises although most of the published games won’t be of any use to you as they deal with Maths, History and some other subjects.
But it has some games devoted to spelling and this is where you can do a lot of practice. I especially like the game below these lines because it trains your ears too. If you feel it’s too easy for you , you can always click here and choose a harder level or play hangman or whatever you fancy.

This site also allows me to create my own interactive games and I’ve decided to try the hangman game first and see what it looks like…. awesome!!! Come on ..what are you waiting for??? Play the game and guess the word before Grandma is abducted by aliens.. Target language : Sports. Level: Pre-intermediate