The nature vs. nurture gender debate
DO we treat treat girls and boys differently?
3 RULES FOR BETTER WORK-LIFE BALANCE
PRINCIPLES OF DEEP WORK
Tuesday 12 December 2023
Tuesday 21 November 2023
UNIT 3 EXTRA ACTIVITIES (Shakespeare, aging and positive psychology)
SHAKESPEARE (C1)
Which "to be or not to be" scene do you prefer? Kenneth Branagh´s or Mel Gibson´s?
MORGAN LEVIEN ON AGEING AND DIET
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (C2)
Tuesday 10 October 2023
Initial assessment exam and Unit 1 extra activities
9 LIFE LESSONS BY COMEDIAN AND COMPOSER TIM MINCHIN
Johann Hari on intrinsic vs, extrinsic motivation:
GRIT: HOW TO PERSEVERE TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS IN THE LONG RUN:
WORLD FOOD DAY (16 OCT.)
Where do you stand? 1 Useful C1/C2 phrases to express opinions
Initial assessment exam C2 (entry test)
Initial assessment exam C1 (entry test)
C1.2 Entry Chequer key
Killer expressions questions for C1/C2
C2 REVIEW SAMPLES:
WHAT´S GOING ON IN THE PICTURE? C1/C2
This American Life (great stories from real life with tapescript)
C1 Mediation video
C1 Mediation task
Monday 25 September 2023
Welcome to the 23-24 school year! My name is Juan and my email is jjgs26@educastillalamancha.es.
I hope we can learn a lot and have some fun together.
26 SEPTEMBER IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES:
20 things you might now know about the world of languages
This is the ice-breaking activity we´re going to do in our firsts class to get to know one another a little bit: 30/35:
200 questions to really get to know someone
And here you have the curricular description of C2 and C1
This is an extract from the DAILY SHOW we´ve seen in class:
And the former host´s video on the Southafrican accent:
If you want to keep up to date with what´s going on in our country you´d better do it in Engllish:
https://english.elpais.com/
Best podcasts to learn English C1.2
To get started and ease your way into the world of English podcasts you can also try BBC 6 minute English B2/C1.1
Best British radio and podcasts and Great ad-free US radio and podcasts C2
Top-notch podcasts with tapescript
I recommend to listen to some podcasts intensively, focusing on the grammar and vocabulary as well as modelling your accent on the speakers´, but you should also listen to others in a more leisurely way as if you where listening to the radio. Playing a radio station in the background when doing something else can prove to be very useful too.
The audio long reads from the Guardian + podcast C1/C2
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