No class today!

Dear B1 and That's English students,

Just in case you don't know, there's no class today because of the snow.

But you can practice some English anyway!

Go to the link below to watch a video from BBC News about this Snowfall in Europe:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/default.stm

(You'll see it just in the centre of your screen, its title is SNOWFALL CAUSES CHAOS AROUND THE WORLD)

Try to think about the following comprehension questions:

- What happened to drivers in Germany?
- How many people have died in Poland?
- How many centimetres of snow have been predicted in Eastern and Southern parts of Britain?
- What has Gordon Brown said about gas supplies and salt?
- Which country is mentioned next?
- Can you mention some of the problems in China?

Now this piece of news is really kind of... negative. What's your own experience with snow? I love it! Just walking and looking at the landscape, having some snowball fights... maybe you like skiing or doing snowmen...

Have a nice day and enjoy!

How to pronounce 2010?

Hi everyone out there!

How are you doing this year so far? before you can answer this question maybe you need to know how to pronounce the year itself!

There's been a lot of debate as to how to say it: twenty-ten or two thousand ten.

One of the most important English Linguists -David Crystal- thinks that the rhythm or "flow" of "two thousand (and) ten", beats that of "twenty ten" (here you are the full wikipedia article about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s)

And if you go to the link below (please copy the link and paste it in a new window) , you will hear (and read) some other opinions on this topic.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470656

What's your personal feeling?

Mine is definitely twenty-ten!

See you soon!

Happy New Year!

Hi everyone!

How was your New Year's Eve?

Have a look at how people in N.Y. celebrate the coming of the New Year. It's called the BALL DROP because a ball is lowered or dropped from a building in Times Square.

All the best for 2010!!

How to Make Christmas Cake

Dear Students,

Please visit the following link to watch a very nice video about how to make Christmas Cake:

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-christmas-cake

This webpage is very interesting and I think we are going to use it quite often. In the meantime you may want to have a look at it...

http://www.videojug.com

Have a nice weekend!
Leticia.

English Idioms

Dear Students,

Here you are some links to learn English idioms. Copy the links and paste them in a new window.

Have a nice weekend!

http://www.mailxmail.com/curso-ingles-para-espanoles-pronunciacion-1/dichos-refranes-proverbios-modismos-ingles

http://www.tamiu.edu/engl4347/grp9/dichos2.html

Happy Christmas Karaoke

Dear Students,

Here you are a karaoke to practice our Christmas song this week.



This are our next rehearsals:

Thursday 17th from 6:30 to 7:30 (this one is really important!)
Monday 21st from 5:30 to 6:30

Kind regards!
Leticia

World March at the EOI

Dear Students,

You were W O N D E R F U L this evening! Congratulations!

I've had a very special and nice time with you and I've really enjoyed the experience.

Are you ready for the next one...?

Cheers,
Leticia.

PS: A gift by David from Básico 2D... (thank you very much David!)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cpfVrtXnm0