Downloadable Christmas activities from Cambridge English

http://esolstakeholderrelations.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/r/55DA9FC78AFB52AA2540EF23F30FEDED/75510D5E408D70C716B21F2806CB3AEB

Christmas activities

Xara has made some great resources for a Christmas class with T2, but it could also be used with similar level classes.

You can find the resources in the T2 level folder here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\02 YL Levels File\07 T2 - Super Minds 5\09 Christmas

There's a crossword, a song (jingle bell rock) and a what's missing powerpoint game.

Thanks Xara!

Christmas Prezi!

Paul English has made a series of Christmas activities that can be used for a variety of levels. Have a browse through his Christmas Prezi page if you're looking for some fun activities for your last classes before Christmas!

Thanks Paul

http://eslprezi.com/christmas-2015/

In-Company Christmas activities

(From Jim and Jo)

Dear all,

We have put some Christmas activities on GOOGLE DOCS which you can use with your in-company groups, if you like.

You can find the folder here: Christmas activities

Enjoy!

In-Company S&L Worksheets (Exam style listenings)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There are a couple more worksheets for in-company S&L groups with exam listenings.

There's one on CLUMSINESS (CAE - Advanced) which you can find here:

S&L Advanced (CAE) Worksheet - Clumsiness

CLUMSINESS - Audio (Instructions)

CLUMSINESS - Audio (Task)

And there's one on COMMUNICATING (FCE - Upp Int) which you can find here:

S&L Upper Intermediate (FCE) Worksheet (Communicating)

COMMUNICATING - Audio (Task)

The material can also be found in the usual place on the system in Granollers: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016

Enjoy!

Ideas for practising gerunds & infinitives

(From Penny)

Janet has put together a list of ideas for how to practise and revise gerunds & infinitives.  See the slides with the practical ideas from her seminar here.

Thanks

Starters and Movers wordlists

Dear N4 and N6 teachers, 

Please click here  for a link to the presentation I used for the seminar on how to incorporate more vocabulary from the Starters and Movers wordlists into your lessons. 

You will find the material here:
In the level folders for N4 and N6, go to "Extra material and information" / "Additional Starters/Movers Practice" / "Starters/Movers wordlist activities"

(from Karen)

↪08 Extra material and information

↪Additional Movers practice

In-company S&L Worksheet - VIDEO (Come Dine with me)

(From Jo)



There is a new worksheet with a video based on the Come Dine with Me TV programme (with the people from Dragon's Den).

You can find the worksheet here: Come Dine with Me (S&L Video Worksheet) and the video clip here: Come Dine with Dragons VIDEO CLIP

You can also find the video clip on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L-GO3I9InQ

The worksheet and video clip are also on the Granollers server: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS\Come Dine with Me

Enjoy!

Speaking exam facebook page

Paul English has created a facebook page solely dedicated to speaking exam practice with material from PET to CPE.

Thanks Paul!

https://www.facebook.com/cespeakingpractice/

In-company S&L worksheet (Newspaper Article)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new S&L worksheet based on newspaper headlines. You can find the worksheet here: S&L Article 3 - Headlines

There's also a song (Optional) - you can find the audio here:YMCA - Village People - MP3 (Audio only)

or the YouTube video here: YMCA - Village People

All material can also be found on the system in Granollers (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV ARTICLES\S&L Article 3 (Headlines)).

Enjoy!

Hi everyone,

The link for the scooby doo video on youtube was deleted! So for anyone who wants to do Leannes video worksheet the video has been downloaded and can be found here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\02 YL Levels File\07 T2 - Super Minds 5\07 Extra material and information

Another youtube link can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i-JSg91PdU

In-company S&L Video Worksheet

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new S&L worksheet based on a YOUTUBE video about "Back to the Future" predictions for 2015.

You can find the worksheet here:

Back to the Future Video worksheet

and you can either find a downloaded copy of the video on the server in Granollers (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS) or directly on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ntc-DpAst0

Granollers server:

Enjoy!

Macmillan Education Online Conference 3-7 Nov.

From Penny

Macmillan Education is holding an online conference next week (3-7 November) with some interesting looking sessions:

You can register for free on their webpage.

Scooby Doo worksheet T2

Leanne has made a great scooby doo worksheet based at T2 level, cheers Leanne! The link to the video is on the last page of the worksheet and it can be found here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\02 YL Levels File\07 T2 - Super Minds 5\07 Extra material and information

In the T2 level folder, Thanks Leanne!

Halloween Prezi Page by Paul E

(from Maria)

Paul E has created a huge Halloween prezi page that can be used for all of the children's levels we have. There is lots of stuff for the younger ones, like the SONGS & TRACE & MAZE races. And for higher N levels and T´s the SPOT THE DIFFERENCE & PUZZLES are suitable but there is much much more! 

Thanks for sharing, Paul!!

Halloween fairy tale (T2 / similar levels)

(from Maria)

Dear teachers,

James from Parets has written a Halloween fairy tale for his T2 students with a few suggested ideas that teachers might like to tell their students. It features lots of the vocab in Unit 2 of the book.

Thanks for sharing, James!!

In-company S&L worksheets (Exam style listenings)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There are a couple more S&L worksheets on the system based on FCE and CAE style listenings.

The Upp Int one is about "Education" and can be found here (or on the server):

S&L (FCE) - Education - Worksheet

S&L (FCE) - Education - Listening 1

S&L (FCE) - Education - Listening 2

The Advanced one is about the Antarctica and be found here (or on the server):

S&L (CAE) - Antarctica - Worksheet

S&L (CAE) - Antarctica - Listening Instructions

S&L (CAE) - Antarctica - Listening Task

Also to be found here:
S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016

Enjoy!

Seminar: Marking and giving feedback on SWTs

From Penny

Click to see the presentation from my seminar on 'Marking and giving feedback on SWTs'.

Halloween with YLs

(from Maria)

Dear INF-N6 teachers

Halloween's just round the corner!

With INF students, we normally dedicate one or two full lessons to Halloween and students make a craft (See Extra material and information in the INF level folder). 

With N levels, if you're on track with the syllabus and can spare a lesson, you're welcome to make a craft with them as well. (There are plenty of resources in Extra material and information in the N2 Level folder, for example.) But usually we teach them some vocabulary and do a few halloween songs and related activities. 

We bought the Super Simple Songs Halloween CD last year and we've just downloaded flashcards, worksheets and other photocopiable material from the Super Simple Songs webpage. It's all saved here:

P:\05 Songsheets\03 VYL Songs\Super Simple Songs\Super Simple Songs CDs\06 Super Simple Songs Halloween\SSS Halloween resources

OR

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\02 YL Levels File\SSS Halloween resources

You'll see I've assigned each folder a level - that's so we're not all doing the same thing and also some songs are more childish than others. You can use any of the songs if you like, but please use the photocopiable worksheets from the folder corresponding to your level. All these songs have videos on YouTube!

Besides, there might be more resources in Extra material and information in the corresponding level folders.

Dear T teachers

Even though we can't dedicate whole lessons to Halloween in T levels, students will enjoy doing a vocabulary-based activity, speaking activity, scary story (eg urband legend) or song.

Here are a few links to pages where you might find inspiration. Keep your eyes peeled, because I'm sure other teachers will share their ideas on the teaching blog over the next few days.

http://www.onestopenglish.com/teenagers/topic-based-materials/festivals/october/webquest-halloween/552316.article
http://www.partygameideas.com/halloween-games/index-adult-games_4.php
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/halloween-2
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/tp/top10scariest.htm

Have fun!

In-company S&L Worksheet - ARTICLE (Robots)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's another S&L worksheet availabled based on a BBC article about robots stealing our jobs. (Thanks Graeme for the link to the original article).

You can find the article here:

S&L Worksheet - Article (ROBOTS)

or on the system (\\192.0.0.2\Intranet\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV ARTICLES)

Enjoy!

Macmillan exam resources for teachers

(from Anna)

You can find lots of tips about teaching exam levels on this Macmillan website. There are pdf files for teachers and videos. Students have their own section with materials for them here.

Thanks to Julia Cross for letting us know about these resources.

Update from Teaching Support from Cambridge

(from Maria)

This month the focus is on using video for teaching and learning. Click here.

S&L Worksheets - IN COMPANY

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There are a couple more worksheets for in-company S&L groups (with exam style listenings).

We have an ADVANCED S&L worksheet on ART (CAE). You can find the worksheet and audio here:

WORKSHEET (Art)

AUDIO (Art)


Then there's an UPP INT S&L worksheet on LAW & CRIME (FCE). You can find the worksheet and audio files here:

WORKSHEET (Law & Crime)

AUDIO Listening 1 (Law & Crime)

AUDIO Listening 2 (Law & Crime)

The material is also on the system in the usual place: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016

ENJOY!

Play and donate rice to the UN World Food Program!

From Penny

Here's an idea from Charlotte (ex-Cambridge School teacher):

As its word food day coming up, here is a good website to play with students and be world conscious! You practice English vocab and grammar and for every 10 or so answers you donate ten grains of rice. You will have to create a login and password and you can share it with the class so that they can play at home. More students playing more food.

Our class raised 1 millions grains of rice last week!!!!!!!

Scanning from photocopier (Granollers teachers)

(from Jim)

Just to let you know that the scanning function from the photocopier in the teachers' room is up and running again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Triptico: 'FCEteachers' group

(from Anna)

Dear FCE/TFCE teachers,

I have created a Triptico group called 'FCE teachers'. The idea is for all of us to be able to share files easily. I believe I've invited all the FCE and TFCE teachers to join the group, but if you haven't received an invitation, please let me know.

When you create a new activity and would like to share it, simply upload it to the 'FCE teachers' folder. Margo has created word magnets based on the sports vocabulary from the Student's Book (p25). Thanks Margo!

9 good habits to get into this course

From Penny

Click here to see the presentation from my seminar, "9 good habits to get into this course".

S&L Worksheet (In-company)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a S&L worksheet based on a video about patents (video from "Last week tonight" with John Oliver). You can find a copy of the worksheet here: PATENTS - S&L Worksheet

And you can find the video on youtube here: Last week tonight - John Oliver - Patents (Youtube video)

or both the worksheet and the video are also on the system:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS

Enjoy!

Prezis for speaking practice

Dear teachers,

Paul E has made a few different Prezis for speaking practice which can all be found here:

http://eslprezi.com/adult-classes/speaking-practice/

The PET is for INT2 Unit 2A ´Go on´

The FCE is for the First unit of the book 

and the PROF is for the PRE- PROF level

Thanks Paul!

S&L Worksheets (In-company)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

For the in-company S&L students there are a couple more worksheets for you:

Worksheet: Advanced Listening 1 (CAE) - Training Courses
and you can find the audio files here: Instructions for students (Audio) and Listening task (CAE)

Worksheet: Upper Intermediate Listening 1 (FCE) - Work
and you can find the audio file here: Listening task (FCE)

The worksheets and audio files are also on the system (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016)

If you need any help, please just let me know.

Enjoy!

Updating Academies

(from Jim)

Hi everyone

From time to time we release an update for Academies to install new features and make little fixes. If there is an update available it should automatically download and install it when you open the program.

However, occasionally the auto-update doesn't work and gives an error message, e.g. "Error en el procés d'actualtzació". In this case you can double-click the icon on the desktop called "Manually update Academies" which should fix the problem.

Please let Jay know if the icon on the desktop has been removed so that he can add it back.

S&L Worksheet (in-company)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There is a S&L worksheet for Upp Int / Adv in-company/PARE classes. It is about being paid for travelling to and from work.

S&L Article 1 - Travelling to work

and/or on the system: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV ARTICLES

If you have any questions, please just let me know.

Enjoy!

Corny Jokes Prezi

Paul English has created a "corny jokes" Prezi for proficiency level which you can find here:

http://eslprezi.com/corny-jokes/

Thanks Paul!

(T)FCE quizlet cards unit 1

Dear FCE/TFCE teachers,

I've created a set of Quizlet cards to revise the vocabulary from SB/WB unit 1 (expressions with GET/ON/lifestyle adjectives). To use the cards with your students, go to quizlet.com  and type in dcpeteacher in Search Quizlet.

This is what you should see:

Click on dcpeteacher and then on Unit 1 (get/on/lifestyle adjectives):

Type in the following password: 2015-16course. Do let me know if you haven't used quizlet before and need help accessing the cards.

Anna

Modern Family worksheet for final class

Emma has prepared a worksheet to go with an episode of Modern Family called 'Connection lost'.  It's designed to be used with FCE or a similar level.

Both the students' worksheet and the teacher's copy are in the FCE level folder in 'Other material and information'.

Thanks for sharing!

PCAE final exam revision - online folder for students

From Penny

PCAE teachers!

This is the link to a folder on Dropbox that contains all the PCAE final exam practice material:

-          2 listening tasks with answers

-          2 audio files

-          1 reading task with answers

-          1 Powerpoint presentation with grammar questions from units 6-10, with answers

-          The answers to the grammar and vocabulary practice at the back of the Student’s book

Feel free to send it to your students, especially if you didn’t get to do all the reading and listening tasks and the grammar revision presentation in class.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tiw5e6ipoxm4dq0/AADOE8r4FX1JlDrtcqRR3Cdna?dl=0

N4/T3 End of Course Prezis

Paul E has created some Prezis that can be used in the final class.

For N4

For T3

The idea is that they can be used flexibly as you can just skip any parts you don´t like and for example N6 / T2 could use elements from each, as the teacher likes.

Click on the image to open the prezi, there is also a link saved in the corresponding level folders.

Thanks Paul!

PCAE final exam practise

From Penny

PCAE teachers,

I've put some extra reading and listening tasks in the PCAE level folder, in the final exam folder. They are the same task types as the reading and listening on the final exam.  It would be a good idea to practise these in class before the exam because they are CAE-type tasks, which don't appear in the coursebook we're using.

Jamie Oliver food revolution videos

Here are some great ideas from Julia Cross on how to use two You Tube clips about Jamie Oliver's food revolution and food education programme.

Click here to read the article (in Spanish). or follow the links below to the videos.

Video 1: Potato or tomato?

N4 teachers, If you’re doing the fruit unit in Footprints 2, you might like to show this Jamie Oliver food revolution day video.

He goes into a classroom in a school in Huttingdon, West Virginia, (the town with the largest number of ‘obese’ people in America)and asks the kids the name of certain fruits and veg. They don’t know what a tomato is!!

Possible task:

1.      Explain the experiment and who Jamie Oliver is. He thinks Food education should be a subject like Maths. Kids should learn how to grow and cook fresh nutritious food.

2.       Watch the video – I’d jot down the fruit and veg they say and or see and the kids have to ü the ones they hear. If there are too many new words, just write a max of 10 and include some of the fruit vocab from Footprints as extras. These will have a × because they won’t see or hear them in the video J

Video 2: Food revolution

Content: Food Revolution day – this short video explains a few facts about what unhealthy eating is doing to children and talks about the petition to present to Govts.

Perhaps for older kids T2, T3 , T4 – good if you’ve doing a unit on food or good for a speaking listening activity + revision of food vocab from a previous unit.

You could invent some questions and give 3 possible answers. Students guess the answer first and then listen to see if they are correct or not.

Class dojo - tutorial

(from Maria)

Here's a link to a video tutorial which describes the different features of the Class Dojo programme (see previous post) and shows how to set up a classroom. Thanks, Jay!

Classroom management app

(from Maria)

Anastasia has recommended Class Dojo. It's an online, easy to use and free behaviour management tool for the classroom. Each student has a profile - complete with their own avatar - to which teachers can assign positive and negative points (or 'dojos') throughout the lessons. The app can be operated by a teacher from their computer. Anastasia is using it with her N3 class.

Thanks Anastasia!

Mental health social inclusion project

From Alistair

An ex-Cambridge School teacher, Fiona Oates, has set up a project to help people recovering from serious mental health issues access English classes.  Here are her comments about the project:

It would be great if you could show the promo video and send the leaflet to your teachers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvIKeT1jfm8 
This first push to generate awareness is so important for our initiative and of course for a group of people already at great risk of social exclusion and who experience a great deal of stigma on a daily basis.

The closing date for the Mental Health Friendly lesson plan competition is 6th June and the task is to design a 45 minute lesson for a general adults English class, that talks about mental health.

Entries to competition@macmillan.es

Macmillan Academy Day in Barcelona

(From Penny)

Macmillan is organising a morning of free seminars on Friday 5th June in Barcelona.

The topics are:
 - Exploring life skills (young adults and adults)
 - Why teach life skills in English lessons (teenagers)
 - Teaching for external exams - can it be fun? (young adults and adults)

If you're interested in signing up, you'll find all the info here.

Free webinar 13th May: Storytelling with YLs

More info here.

Speaking Exam Practice - A Discussion

(From Jay)

I created a document to be projected on the board for practising part 3 of the speaking exam - a discussion.

I prepared it for my INT2 class, but it could be used with any level.

The document can be found here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\01 Adult Levels File\05 INT 2 - English File 3rd ed. Int Plus\03 Tests & Exams\Exams\03 Speaking exam\Practice\Speaking part 3

Janet's seminar - Relative clauses

You can see the powerpoint from Janet's seminar on relative clauses here.

Don't miss the list of suggestions for practising relactive clauses on slide 22!

It is also available on the Granollers server: 

S:\Teachers\01 Info for teachers\03 Teacher training and observations\01 Teacher training\2014-15\Seminar handouts\Relative clauses - Janet

Speaking Exam practice - Comparing Photos

(From Jay)

I created a document for my INT2 class which I could project on the board in order for students to practice comparing photos and answering a question about them.

There are various pairs of photos which could be used for a variety of levels.

The link is here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\01 Adult Levels File\05 INT 2 - English File 3rd ed. Int Plus\03 Tests & Exams\Exams\03 Speaking exam\Practice\Compare these pictures of...

CAE Ted Talk Lead-in Unit 13

(From Adam)

I found this Ted talk about smiling which makes a nice lead into unit 13 of the CAE book. Students can use it to answer the questions on page 130, exercise 1. There’s a subtitles option in the bottom right corner of the video.

Click on the image to watch the talk. There is also a link saved in the CAE Unit 13 folder.

S&L Worksheet based on newspaper article

(From Jo)

There's a new worksheet based on a newspaper article on office harassment. You can find it here:

S&L Article (Harassment)

or on the server in Granollers: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2014-15\S&L In-company\S&L ADV UPP INT Articles

Enjoy!

CAE Gold Reading multiple choice part 5 p112

CAE teachers,

Robin has spotted a problem with one of the reading tasks in Gold Advanced.  Here are his notes:

Just had a go at doing the task in the coursebook, and found it very difficult. This is because the answer to question 2 can be found at the end of paragraph 4, whereas the answer to question 3 is at the end of paragraph 3 and question 4 and the beginning of paragraph 3. I've never come across this before.

My understanding of the task instructions (see p199) is that the questions should follow the order of the text. I think this reading activity might be another mistake on the part of the coursebook publishers.


I'd advise teachers to be wary of just giving this text to the students as it might knock their confidence a bit.

If you do this reading in class, please warn your students that the questions should be in the following order (the order that the answers appear in the text):
Q1
Q3
Q4
Q2
Q5
Q6

INT2 Westminster abbey, royal wedding extra video!

(From Emma)

I have made a set of questions to accompany a short YouTube video of the royal wedding to accompany the otherwise quite boring listening on page 80 (a tour of the Abbey)!

Follow this path to access it:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\01 Adult Levels File\05 INT 2 - English File 3rd ed. Int Plus\05 Units\Unit 8

Maria's seminar: Using video with teenagers

(from Maria)

Click here to access the notes from the seminar (incl. a list of activities and the links to the various resources we saw). Please just drop me a line or come and see me if you have any questions about any of the tools/activities we looked at!

Cambridge exams - informative videos

Here are some links to videos created by Cambrige English to help students do better in official exams. The first three seem to be aimed at students taking PET-CAE exams and the last one is aimed at CAE students.

Writing
Speaking
Speaking 2 - criteria 
CAE Speaking


You could watch the clips with your students. They could brainstorm ideas, write them down and then watch the video and tick the ones they have on their lists. Or they could watch the videos and then prepare a poster with tips.

N4 School Rooms Prezi

Paul E has created a Prezi for N4 Unit 7

"14 different ´rooms´ in a school, very useful for eliciting, teaching and/or speaking about the contents of each room.  Now with 2 games for students to call out the correct vocabulary."

Click on the image to open:

There is also a link saved in the N4 unit 7 folder.

Thanks Paul!

Additional materials for N6 - Movers

There is a new Movers practice test in the level folder should you wish to do more Movers practice in class or give some materials to any Movers candidates in your groups. You can find the test here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\02 YL Levels File\06 N6 - Footprints 4\08 Extra material and information\MOVERS additional practice tests

More speaking practice for FCE students

Dear FCE/TFCE teachers,

You can now find two more speaking tests in the FCE level folder:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\01 Adult Levels File\07 FCE - Gold First New Edition (Year B)\07 Other material and information\Speaking practice

There are two pdf documents with all the instructions and two power point presentations with photos. Hopefully these will help you prepare your students for the final speaking exams.

Free online ELT course with Coursera

Kaleigh is starting a free online course on ELT run by Coursera.  She was wondering if anyone else was interested in taking the course so you could talk about it together.
Here's some info about the course from Kaleigh:

https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape

This is the first of two ELT courses ('Shaping the way we teach English: Part 1') offered by the University of Oregon. It's FREE and you receive a digital certificate from the uni on completion of the course. I've done a couple of Coursera courses before and had a positive experience both times.

To be able to complete the course, you just need to sign up on the website (Coursera) and have access to the internet to watch videos/ complete tasks. 

The course is five weeks long (from the 6th of April- 11th of May) and they suggest 3-6 hours of study a week (assuming that you watch all the videos, take part in group forums etc.), but it really depends on how much or little you want to do.


It would be great to have someone to talk about the course with & motivate me to get the most out of it! If any other teachers are interested my email is: kaleigh.boulter@cambridgeschool.com

Mistake in FCE coursebook

Aneta's spotted a mistake in Gold First:

There´s a mistake on p.166 in the grammar reference page 5.4.  Where it says ´FORM´ for the second conditional

It says:  …….would/could, etc. + past participle in the main clause    but  it should be ……would/could, etc. + infinitive in the main clause.

Thanks

N4 Rooms in the House Prezi

Paul E has created a Prezi for rooms and furniture, which can be used with N4 for unit 6.

Click on the image to access the prezi.

There is also a link saved in the level file. Unit 6 -  My Home.

Thanks Paul!

BUSINESS SKILLS - Worksheets

(From Jo)

There are some more Business Skills worksheets for in-company students who are following a General English book but might like to do some business-type activities to supplement. These are based on INTERNATIONAL EXPRESS. The latest worksheets are:

Elementary: Email 2

Pre-Intermediate: Meetings 1

Intermediate: Making Arrangements

Upper Intermediate: Checking and Clarifying

You can find any required listening tracks, as well as previous Business Skill worksheets, on the server in Granollers:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\04 Business English Worksheets\International Express

In-company DVD worksheets and Communicative Activity Resource Packs

(From Jo)

The International Express DVD worksheets are now all on the system (thanks Josh!). They include a DVD clip, a worksheet plus 2 extra practice activities.

The topics are:
ELEMENTARY
Work routines, Commuting, Transport, New Zealand, Selfridges, Santiago-Chile, Organising an event, The Inn at Irving Place, Williamsburg, Ducati.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Porsche, Queen's Day (Holland), Rio de Janeiro, BP, Atacama Desert, Zurich, Tiger Mendoza, LookSeeCity, Zipcar, Selexyz.

INTERMEDIATE
Social Media Marketing, The Empire State Building, UAE, Mercedes Benz, Harris Tweed, Lifesaver, Career Change, Lindt, New York Yankees, Marks & Spencer.

UPPER INTERMEDIATE
LA Food Trucks, (Over)Fishing, Happiness, Charity, Great Barrier Reef, PleaseCycle, Mona Lisa Theft, Multisensory Stimulation, High Line, HMV.

All DVD clips and worksheets can be found on the Granollers server:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\Video and audio

There are also scanned Resource Packs with lots of communicative activities for the following:

(REWARD)
Starter (General English)
Elementary (General & Business English)
Pre-Intermediate (General & Business English)
Intermediate (General & Business English)
Upper Intermediate (General & Business English)
(CLOCKWISE)
Upper Intermediate (General English)

These can also be found on the Granollers server:
S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\Scanned resource books

In-company S&L material

Dear all,

There are a couple more S&L worksheets based on exam listenings (Advanced - CAE and Upper Intermediate - FCE).

You can find the worksheets here:

SPORT (FCE - UPP INT)

CIRCUS (CAE - ADVANCED)

And the audio files are on the system:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2014-15\S&L In-company\S&L Upp Int (FCE) Exam Listenings

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2014-15\S&L In-company\S&L Advanced (CAE) Exam Listenings

Grammar Powerpoints

Adam has created some more general grammar powerpoints

Name the comparative and superlative game (T4+)

Modals of obligation and prohibition (PIN1+)

Conditionals presentation 1st & 2nd (PIN1+)

These are all saved here: 
S:\Teachers\03 Levels\06 Projector resources\02 Games and Power Point templates\grammar presentations 

Thanks Adam!

N2 Wild Animals Pasapalabra

Graeme has greated a fun pasapalabra for N2

It is saved in the level folder unit 7

Thanks Graeme!

CAE Reporting Verbs Powerpoint

Jaber has added some reporting verb slides to the CAE level folder that can be used to teach reporting verbs.

There is also a seperate table (word document) focusing on form. 
The 1st page is the task that students have to do, the 2nd page is the answer key.  

The table focusing on form could be a useful reference point for sts.

Both of these are saved in the CAE level folder, unit 8.

Thanks Jaber!

CAE The Human Body - First Steps

Andy has found/created a listening for CAE to use at the beginning of unit 9. It is a BBC progamme on the human body and this episode focuses on child development. It fits in nicely with the Use of English at the start of unit 9 and also provides a nice bridge from unit 8 which talks about culture shock. 

Some of the ideas expressed in the video are the subject of debate (e.g. universal grammar) but that should make it all the more interesting.

The questions and answer sheet are in the level folder, unit 9.

Thanks Andy!