Welcome to the 26-27 school year! My name is Juan and my email is jjgs26@educastillalamancha.es. 

This is the class blog for C1.1 and C1.2/C2, I hope we can learn a lot and have some fun together. 

A couple of interesting link apropos of September 26 being the international day of languages:

20 things you might now know about the world of languages

language tree

This is the ice-breaking activity to get to know one another a little bit:

Ice- breaking activity

C1/C2 Student Book Answer keys

C1/C2 Entry Checker Answer Keys

C1 Student Book Answer Keys

C1 Entry Checker Answer Keys 

GUÍA DEL EXAMEN OFICIAL

                                            HOW TO ACHIEVE AN ADVANCED LEVEL

Reflect on your goals and keep a LEARNING LOG

or create your Action Plan

                                    HOW TO CONCENTRATE BETTER WHEN STUDYING

This is an extract from the DAILY SHOW, a funny way to to keep up to date with the news in the US:

C1 and C2 blog

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/

C1 PRACTICAL PODCASTS and C1 SPEAKING CARDS

Here you have  some C1 ESL podcasts you can use to  practice your listening skill while revising vocabulary and topicss. And you can also take advantage of the pdf document to boost  your pronunciation:

Phrasal verbs about health               pdf script

False friends                              pdf script

Emotional Intelligence                 pdf script

Idioms about clothes              pdf script

American vs. British English              pdf script

Making a good first impression    pdf script  

Money talk       pdf script

Eating in England     

Eating in England 2

MEDIATION VIDEO:

C1 SPEAKING PRACTICE:

ORAL MEDIATION (J-19)                      PTO (J-19)                   CPTO (J-19)

ORAL MEDIATION (S-19)                     PTO (S-19)                  CPTO (S-19)

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (HABITS AND TIME MANAGEMENT)

The Paretto principle

9 Tips for Identifying and Living Your Priorities

Wired to the path of least resistance

Forgiveness is the only revenge

THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME MANAGEMENT

IS THE INTERNET MAKING US ADDICTED TO DISTRACTIONS (CBS This Morning)

Shiny Object Syndrome: Causes, Effects & How to Overcome

Maximizers vs. satisficers

Deepwork

THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

                                                              AGEING AND DIET

                                           

Summary of Atomic Habits by  the author 

Summary of Emotional Agility by a C2 student

Personality test to find out about your character strengths

Penn University´s Happiness project

                                                          

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:

Harvard Business Review (great articles and resources on emotional intelligence in the workplace):

https://hbr.org/2013/11/emotional-agility

https://hbr.org/2020/09/learn-when-to-say-no 

Positive Psychology Center (Penn University)

Harvard Psychologist Dan Gilbert´s Ted Talk on hapiness

TRAVELLING, TOURISM, CITES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Drunken holidaymakers

                                            HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN AUSTRALIA

Kicking Detroit residents our of their home

                                                THE GENTRIFICATION OF HARLEM

                                                                     THE PERFECT FARM?

Modern zoos

A Life on our planet trailer