Thursday, 15 December 2016

S&L in-company - CHRISTMAS WORKSHEET


Resultat d'imatges de yolo

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a Christmas worksheet you can use with your in-company and PARE students if you like.

You can find the worksheet here:

Christmas worksheet

It is also on the system here: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Books and resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Cambridge English webinar 12th and 14th December

Understanding writing assessment: what every teacher should know

*Check the times of the webinar where you areMonday and Wednesday
Overview
Looking at written work is a common method of assessment familiar to many teachers, but when we think about writing assessment more carefully, there are many questions to address. What kinds of writing samples should be assessed? What should be done with writing samples once we have them? What criteria should be used to assess writing? We address these issues in this webinar, and show how thinking about the purpose and context of assessment can help us to answer these questions.

Monday, 28 November 2016

Cambridge English seminar in Terrassa 27th January 2017

(From Penny)

International House is holding a seminar in Terrassa on 27th January, 2017 10.00-11.30.  The topic is 'Using technology for homework'.
There are instructions on the flyer for how to register.  If you do attend, please let Penny know, because it would be part of your teacher training for the year.


Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Discrepancy in FCE coursebook p47

(From Penny)

Ben has noticed a small discrepancy in the FCE coursebook/teacher´s book, which might cause teachers some confusion.

P.47 SB ex 5. The answers in the teacher´s book lists `meat´ as C (countable and uncountable). However in the Grammar reference on p. 167 of the student´s book it lists ´meat´ under the heading of uncountable (although it does say all these items are ´usually´ uncountable).

So, if your students ask you about this, you can tell them that both pages are correct: the word 'meat' is usually uncountable but can be used in a countable way, although it's not as common.

Here's the entry from the Macmillan dictionary:



S&L worksheet for in-company and PARE students (New Zealand Earthquake)

(From Jo)


There's a new S&L worksheet about natural disasters with a video about the recent earthquake in New Zealand.

You can find the worksheet here: EARTHQUAKES

and the video is on YOUTUBE here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htXHv1T5Q0o&t=261s
(only first 4:06 minutes).

You can also find the worksheet and video on the system:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS\Earthquakes

Enjoy!

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Fortune tellers for T2

(from Maria)

Hi T2 teachers,

I've prepared a fortune teller template you can use to practise 'going to' with your students. It's saved in the unit folder along with instructions. Have fun!

Teaching resources for kids

Núria has included these websites on a newsletter for students – lots of ideas for practising English with children! 

Resultat d'imatges de kids resources
Com puc motivar el meu fill a escriure en anglès?
Segurament al teu fill li fa mandra posar-se a escriure en anglès a casa, li costa trobar un fil argumental… però és molt possible que amb l'ús de la tecnologia es motivi més. Aquí et porposem una web on et recomanen 18 pàgines diferents per animar-se a narrar històries. I aquí te’n destaquen algunes:

-per fer còmics amb fotos i bafarades - http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
-per crear històries amb fotos i gravant la seva pròpia veu - http://www.slidestory.com/
-per crear targetes de felicitacions, invitacions, àlbums… - http://www.smilebox.com/
-per crear-se vídeos a través de fotos, imatges, i amb veu - https://www.wevideo.com/



Thanks Núria!

Thursday, 17 November 2016

Error in FCE coursebook unit 4 page 36

FCE teachers!

Theresa has found the following error in the FCE coursebook:

There is an error in question number 5 on page 36/160 in the Coursebook.
The answer should be B - the men survived but they did not get to the South Pole.

This is historical. He took the decision to turn back and saved everyone ( it is in the listening on the following page ) He went on to have several more expeditions with his team !

Monday, 14 November 2016

Business Result Upper Intermediate Extra Resources

(From Jo)

Noel has very kindly prepared some extra material based on Unit 4 of Business Result Upper Intermediate which you can use if you like. You can find it here:

Unit 4 p 28 Grammar Casino

Unit 4 p 28 Find someone who (be able to)

Thanks Noel!

Material is being added to the level folders from time to time, so please check and see (and feel free to share any material you are using too). This can be found here: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\02 Business English Books\BUSINESS RESULT\

Thursday, 10 November 2016

FCE_TFCE Triptico group

(from Anna O)

Dear FCE/TFCE teachers,

Last year we had a Triptico group where teachers shared games their prepared for each unit. Since it worked really well (we had 41 files saved by the end of the year), I've just created a similar group for this academic year. You should all receive invitations to join the group by email (please let me know if you haven't). When you create a new activity and would like to share it, simply upload it to the folder.




Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Business Result Online material

(From Jo)

Ashleigh has very kindly downloaded the extra teacher resources for the BUSINESS RESULT books (e.g. Expression and vocab cards). These are now on the server and can be found here:

S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\02 Business English Books\BUSINESS RESULT\OUP Downloads

Thanks Ashleigh!

Saturday, 29 October 2016

Business Skills - In-company and PARE classes


(From Jo)

Dear all

If you are doing a S&L course or using a General English book (Upp Int / Advanced) but students would like to do some Business English from time to time, I've scanned in some new material from Market Leader Upper Intermediate that might be of interest:

Email

Interviews

Meetings

Negotiations

Presentations 1

Presentations 2

Small talk

Teleconferencing

If you are teaching a lower level and students have expressed an interest in doing some Business English but you are not sure about material, please just let me know.

These are also on the system (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\06 Skills and sectors\Market Leader Upp Int EXTRA Business Skills) and the audio tracks are on the server in Granollers (email Jo if you can't access them).

Enjoy!

Thursday, 27 October 2016

First and Advanced: What makes a good Speaking test candidate? (video)

(from Anna O)

What makes a good Speaking test candidate? In this video three examiners give their advice and tips for the Cambridge English: First and Cambridge English: Advanced Speaking tests. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTdte3pksBs

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

S&L worksheet for in-company / PARE classes - HALLOWEEN

(From Jo)

Bildergebnis für Halloween

Dear all,

There's a HALLOWEEN worksheet you can use with your in-company or PARE S&L classes if you like - it's based on some material and a video from the onestopenglish.com website.

You can find the worksheet here: Halloween

The link to the video is on the worksheet although you can also find the material on the server:

Worksheet: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS

Video: (GRANOLLERS MULTIMEDIA) P:\Conversation worksheet audio and video\Halloween - I've also added an MP3 version if you don't have access to video.

Enjoy!

Saturday, 22 October 2016

S&L Worksheet for in-company and PARE classes (I just sued the school system - Prince Ea)


Resultat d'imatges de einstein quote fish climbing tree

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new worksheet based on the Prince Ea video called "I just sued the school system". You can find the worksheet here:

The Education system

You can watch the videos online here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqTTojTija8

http://video.genfb.com/569405603249141 (with subtitles)

They have also been downloaded onto the Granollers server (there is also an AUDIO only option for those who can't use video): S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS\The Education System

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Seminars: Basic IT Word and Triptico

(From Jay)


You can find the handout from my seminar "Basic IT: Microsoft Word for beginners" here:

S:\Teachers\01 Info for teachers\03 Teacher training handouts\01 Seminars\Jay\Basic IT Microsoft Word for beginners



You can find the handout from my seminar "Basic IT: Triptico for beginners" here:

S:\Teachers\01 Info for teachers\03 Teacher training handouts\01 Seminars\Jay\Basic IT Triptico for beginners

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Seminar: Supporting a weak language learner

From Maria

Click here to see the presentation from my seminar on 'Supporting a weak language learner'.

Click here to see Dyslexia and ADHD fact sheets. 

In-company S&L worksheets (Q SKILLS FOR SUCCESS)




Resultat d'imatges de q skills
(From Jo)

In-company S&L groups can use the Q SKILLS FOR SUCCESS material now as we have managed to get the audio. At the moment, there are 3 worksheets for each level (UPP INT and ADVANCED) based on the first unit.

You can find the material here:

UPPER INTERMEDIATE (Q SKILLS FOR SUCCESS - BOOK 4)

Unit 1.1 A friend's boss
Audio file 1.1

Unit 1.1 Effective leadership
Audio file 1.2

Unit 1.3 Unit Assingment - Presentation
Audio file 1.3


ADVANCED (Q SKILLS FOR SUCCESS - BOOK 5)

Unit 1.1 A brain scientist's personal journey
Audio file 1.1

Unit 1.2 Helen Keller
Audio file 1.2

Unit 1.3 Unit Assignment - Narrate a personal experience

These can also be found in the in-company level folder (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017)

There are also a couple of TED TALK worksheets in the in-company level folder (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\TED TALKS). One is for Advanced level students (funding drug research) and the other is for B1+ upwards (smiling).

Enjoy!



Saturday, 1 October 2016

Conversation worksheet (Burkini Ban)


Burkini 1

(From Jo)

Etienne, our teacher in Barcelona, has shared the following worksheet with us in case anybody would like to use it.

https://ricardobarroselt.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/burkini-ban-a-conversation-lesson/

Many thanks Etienne!

Thursday, 29 September 2016

S&L Worksheets (based on FCE & CAE listenings) for in-company and PARE classes













(From Jo)

There are a couple more worksheets you can use with in-company and PARE S&L classes.

There's one about twins (FCE) which you can find here: Twins

Or on the system: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\S&L UPP INT EXAM LISTENINGS (FCE)\Twins

and another one about friends (CAE) which you can find here: Friends

Or on the system: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\S&L ADV EXAM LISTENINGS (CAE)\Friends

Enjoy!

Monday, 19 September 2016

S&L worksheet - In-company and PARE students (Upp Int / Advanced): An article (The people walker)



(From Jo)

There's a new worksheet you can use with your Upp Int/Advanced S&L classes (in-company, PARE). You can find it here:

The People Walker

It is also on the system: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2016-2017\S&L UPP INT ADV ARTICLES

Any questions, just let me know.
Enjoy!

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

FIRST DAY MATERIAL - In-company and PARE classes



Resultat d'imatges de back to school

(From Jo)

You can find first day material for your in-company classes on the system (S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\01 Start of course\First day) or here:

Getting to know you

How was your holiday?

Job description and interview

Many thanks to Rod for his help with this.

If you have any questions, please just ask me.
Enjoy!
Jo

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

LAST DAY CLASS - games & activities






LAST DAY CLASS - games & activities
(for young learners to adults)

Make your last day classes fun for your students and easier for yourself!

- SUMMER VOCABULARY
- SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
- THE FAME GAME
- FAMOUS MONUMENTS
- HOLIDAY TRAVEL COLLOCATIONS
- IDIOMS OF TRAVEL

& much more ...



From Paul E

Thursday, 9 June 2016

In-Company S&L Worksheet - SUMMER HOLIDAY



(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new worksheet based on "Summer Holidays" for you to use with your in-company and PARE groups if you like.
There are different activities (reading, vocab, speaking, video and a song). If you don't have access to equipment to play the video on, you can miss that part out and use the audio only (MP3) version of the song as well as the other activities.

You can find all the material here: SUMMER HOLIDAYS

It is also 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 VIDEOS\Summer Holiday

Enjoy!

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

S&L Worksheet - In-company (Whistleblowers)



(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new worksheet based on a TED TALK about freedom of the press and whistleblowers.

You can find the worksheet plus the video (with or without subtitles) or just the audio at this link: WHISTLEBLOWERS

You can find the original TEDTALK here: http://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_timm_how_free_is_our_freedom_of_the_press?language=en

These files are also on the server here: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT ADV VIDEOS\Whistleblowers

Enjoy!

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

In-company conversation worksheet - 2 day working week



(From Jo)

Dear all,

There is another worksheet you can use, if you like, about Venezuela and its 2 day working week.

You can find the material here:

S&L Article - Venezuela 2 day working week

Enjoy!

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

In-company S&L worksheet (VIDEO)

(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's another worksheet for S&L classes (Upp Int / Advanced) which you can use with your in-company and/or PARE groups.

It is about the European Convention for Human Rights with a video of Theresa May saying Britain should leave the ECHR and then a sketch by Patrick Stewart on the same topic as well as some other activities.

You can find the worksheet here:

ECHR - Human Rights S&L Worksheet

The videos have been downloaded onto 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\ECHR - Human Rights) but you can also find them here:

Theresa May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dmezG1iWk 

Patrick Stewart sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA

Enjoy!

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Speaking exam practice

Hi all!

With speaking exams coming up it's a good idea to do some practice in class before the exam. Each level should now have practice resources for parts of the exam in the:

 03 Tests & Exams\Exams\Speaking exam

Section of the level folder.

For anyone who would like to try additional resources to practice speaking don't forget Paul English has a fantastic Prezi page of speaking resources here:

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

Good luck with them!

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Powerpoint template with Cambridge School logo

(From Penny)

Many teachers use Powerpoint these days to make grammar presentations or games for their classes. Some teachers have suggested that we use a template with the Cambridge School logo on it to make our Powerpoint presentations look more standardised and professional.  Nuria has put together a simple template for teachers to use:

The header is quite small so there should still be plenty of space left for text and images.

It would be great if teachers could use this template as much as possible when making Powerpoint presentations.  The template is saved in Teachers/Levels.


Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Another tip for lyricstraining

(from Margo)

You can register on the website and, when it asks, say you are a language teacher.  Then there is a 5th option at the bottom called "nuevo ejercicio".  You can create an interactive activity, taking out the words you want to.  You choose whether students have to enter by writing, or by selection.  It works well on the whiteboard and with the "by selection" option, students can use the interactive pen to select the correct word.

Friday, 8 April 2016

Worksheet generator on lyricstraining.com

(from Maria)

Graeme has discovered a feature on lyricstraining that I'm not sure everyone is aware of (I wasn't!). If you click on print lyrics you can edit the lyrics and easily create a gapfill. Thanks for pointing this out, Graeme!



Wednesday, 6 April 2016

S&L Worksheet - In-company (Small talk - The weather)



(From Jo)

Jim has done a worksheet on "the weather" which you can use with your in-company and/or PARE groups if you like.

Please find a copy of the worksheet here:

Small Talk - The weather

Enjoy!

Friday, 18 March 2016

Shakespeare competition

Macmillan are doing a shakespeare writing competition which could be used as a fun writing activity in class, T2 in particular as Shakespeare is in the April unit!

Thanks Xara for finding this!


http://www.macmillanreaders.com/creative-competition?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Shakespeare%20readers%20email%20-%20March%20(1)%20B

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

In-company S&L Worksheet with video - Donald Trump



(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new worksheet 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) based on a video about Donald Trump on the Last Week Tonight show with John Oliver.

You can find it here:

S&L Worksheet - Donald Trump

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump (Video)

Enjoy!
Jo

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

JFCE/JCAE/JCPE meeting

You can find the power point from the JFCE/JCAE/JCPE meeting here and the notes containing important information to bear in mind when teaching exam prep classes here.

All the materials can be found in the External Exams folder: S:\Teachers\03 Levels\04 External Exams File. Choose the level and the JFCE/JCAE/JCPE teacher's pack.

The CDs are here: P:\01 Course CDs\05 Exam Listenings\Adult Levels

Monday, 14 March 2016

S+L worksheet - Laughter in the office? (post-FCE level)

(from Jim)

I've created a worksheet based on a short (5 min) podcast from BBC Business Daily about Laughter in the office. It's aimed at post-FCE level students. You can download the worksheet and audio here:

worksheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwsB5Y90DuM5Z1lQSGZNQUdTZHM/view?usp=sharing
audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwsB5Y90DuM5d3YxaVRUdWozX1U/view?usp=sharing

It's also on the Granollers network here:
Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\...

"The Bomb" revision game - now with 10 or 20 questions

Adam has adapted his "The Bomb" revision game, so now there are versions with 20 or just 10 questions.



The game can be found on the system in the Granollers Teacher´s folder.

Thursday, 10 March 2016

Easter Egg bomb game

Margo has adapted the Tornado game to give it an easter theme! If anyone would like to try it in the lead up to Semana Santa it's saved in the "teachers" folder this week.

Thanks Margo!



Tuesday, 8 March 2016

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



(From Jo)

Dear all,

There are a couple more worksheets for in-company (and PARE) S&L groups.

For Advanced students (CAE), there is a listening and worksheet on "Asking for a pay rise", which you can find here:

CAE Exam style listening - A pay rise (Worksheet)

CAE Exam style listening - A pay rise (Audio)

For Upper Int students (FCE), there is a listening and worksheet on "Films", which can be found here:

FCE Exam style listening - Films (Worksheet)

FCE Exam style listening - Films (Audio instructions)

FCE Exam style listening - Films (Audio task)

Many thanks to Dani and Margo for doing these :)

Enjoy!

Thursday, 3 March 2016

Extra resources for N levels

Paul E has found a website with lots of extra worksheets for N levels which he particularly recommends for N3. Great for any parents who ask for extra practice at home.

Cheers Paul!

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

In-Company S&L Worksheet - Newspaper article

(From Jo)

Rod has prepared a new S&L worksheet based on an article that appeared in the press about a Spanish civil servant who hadn't gone to work for years ... and nobody had even noticed!

You can find the worksheet here:

S&L Worksheet (Spanish Civil Servant)

You can also find it 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

Many thanks Rod!

Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Seminar: Supporting a weak language learner and students with learning difficulties

From Maria


Click here to see the presentation from my seminar 'Supporting a weak language learner and students with learning difficulties. Click here to see Dyslexia and ADHD fact sheets.

Monday, 15 February 2016

S&L In-company classes (exam style listenings - FCE/CAE)

(From Jo)

There are a couple of new worksheets on the system.

One is with an FCE type listening based on GAELIC (and minority languages):

S&L Worksheet (FCE type listening) - Languages

and the other one (CAE) is about Women in Business:

S&L Worksheet (CAE type listening) - Women in Business

I haven't uploaded the audio files onto Google Docs as we were having some problems earlier but you can find the files in the level folder here:

Languages (Listening 5): S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L UPP INT (FCE) LISTENINGS

Women in Business (Listening 5): S:\Teachers\03 Levels\03 In-company Levels File\02 Resources\01 Speaking and Listening\2015-2016\S&L ADV (CAE) LISTENINGS

Enjoy!

Thursday, 11 February 2016

new Triptico games for PCAE and PFCE

(From Penny)

Ben and Andy have made some Triptico games for PCAE unit 4.
There's a document in the PCAE level folder, in unit 4, with a list of the games and a link to them.

Emma has also made some Triptico games for units 7 and 8.  The info and links are on documents in the relevant PFCE unit folders.




Please add to these lists if you happen to make any Triptico games for these units, or paste the link into a similar document if it's for a different level or unit.  Click on 'Share' and copy the web link (it's option 2 in the sharing options).  I think this way of sharing games might be easier than inviting individual people by entering their email address.  This way anyone who goes to the level folder can find the game.

I hope they're useful!

Monday, 8 February 2016

PFCE fillers

(From Penny)

Paul English is one of our projector material developers this year and he's just made some fillers to be used in PFCE classes.  There are 10 Powerpoint presentations, all focusing on FCE word formation.

You can use them anytime you have a few minutes spare.  Students can do the tasks in pairs, in open class or in teams.

The powerpoints are structured like this:

1. Students have to find the missing word in a wordsearch or wordle.



2. Students write the new words in a sentence.


3. Students try to remember the word forms.
You can find these fillers in the PFCE level folder.

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Adding some useful fun to FCE, CAE and P classes

(From Penny)

See Monica's handout form her seminar 'Adding some useful fun to FCE, CAE and P classes' here.  There's a long list of activities that you can use to make Use of English practice fun.

There's also a Powerpoint presentation with an open cloze bingo activity in this folder on the Granollers network: 
S:\Teachers\01 Info for teachers\03 Teacher training and observations\01 Teacher training\2015-16\seminars\Monica - Adding some useful fun FCE CAE CPE

Stories with INF and N levels

(From Penny)



You can see the handouts from Aneta's seminar on 'Stories with INF and Ns' here.

There's advice on how to tell a story, how to act out stories with VYLs, and a list of story activities that you can use with INFs and Ns.

Extra worksheets for N5 and N6

(from Robin)

Dear N5 N6 teachers

There are now worksheets for extra practice of the vocabulary in Lesson 1 Activity 1 - Follow the Footprints (Part 2)
Part 2 is a listening activity with sentences describing the new vocabulary presented in Activity 1. It can be found in the Multimedia folder under Kids English CDs
P:\01 Course CDs\02 Kids English CDs\05 N5 - Footprints 3
P:\01 Course CDs\02 Kids English CDs\06 N6 - Footprints 4

However, the listening activity does not exist on the ipacks so Maria has kindly re-labelled the relevant sound files in the above folders so they can be easily found, eg for N5 this can be found under
Footprints 3 CD 2

17 Unit 5 Lesson 1 Activity 1 Part 2


The following is an example of the sentences  that students will hear for N5  Unit 5 Lesson1 Activity 1 Part 2,  which practices  the vocabulary of sports: volleyball, fencing, golf etc


1 You can do this in a gym!
2 You use a ball to play these three games!
3 You do this sport in the snow
4 You do these three sports in water
5 You need a horse to do this sport
6 You need a sword to do this sport
7 You wear special clothes and a belt to these two sports
8 You need a boat to do these two sports!
  
There are now worksheets being put in the Level Unit  Folder  aimed at exploiting part 2 listenings and  the language they contain, for example, in N5 Unit 5 you can find one titled:  PB38 Lesson 1 Activity 1 Part 2 extra practice

Here are some possible practice ideas, including some with worksheets which can be done over the course of a unit. 
1 Listen and name the items (from the Course CD). I´d get the students to write the number of each sentence they hear next to the word on the Pupil's Book page, so number 1 "You can do this in the gym" could be gymnastics or fencing or volleyball.
2 Teacher reads out the sentences (from worksheet) and students say the words. I'd get students to produce sentences here, eg Number 1 "I think it's gymnastics" or "Maybe it's fencing"
3 Run and touch the pictures/words  - teacher reads out the sentences   (or students can take turns to read sentences out  if they've done activity 5 below).
4 Run and write - as 3 but students write the word
5 Test your partner(s)  - students are given a copy of the sentences and take turns to read them out to each other.  I'd only give them one copy per pair or three to save paper and also use them with my other group too.
6 Listen and name the items - an opportunity to record the vocabulary in their notebooks.
7 Copy and complete in your notebook  is also an opportunity to record the sentences and revises the spelling of the Unit vocabulary.








Hope this is useful.


Robin

S&L Worksheet (Dress Code) - In-company

(From Jo)


There's a worksheet based on a newspaper article from The Telegraph ("Is Mark Zuckerberg's wardrobe that of a genius... or psychopath?") about Dress Code and clothes.

You can find the worksheet here: Article - Dress Code (Mark Zuckerberg)


Or 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 


Enjoy!



Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Seminar: Setting up and exploiting SWTs with Ns

From Maria

Click here to see the presentation from my seminar 'Setting up and exploiting SWTs with Ns'. Click here to see the handout.

Monday, 25 January 2016

S&L Worksheet - DAVID BOWIE (In-company)



(From Jo)

Dear all,

There's a new worksheet with a video, quiz, song, etc. based on the wonderful David Bowie. You can find a copy of it here:

David Bowie - S&L worksheet

I've downloaded the videos onto 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\David Bowie RIP

or if you prefer you can find them them on YOUTUBE here:

Remembering the life of David Bowie (5:21 mins)

David Bowie - Space Oddity (5:03 mins)

Enjoy!

Monday, 11 January 2016

2015 - The year in pictures

(From Jo)

Dear all

I've put together some pictures of news stories from 2015 which you can use with your in-company and/or PARE classes if you like. You can use them however you like (e.g. cut them up and get students to see if they know which stories the photos represent and then choose some of them to discuss in more detail).

You can find the document here: 2015 - The year in pictures

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).

Enjoy!

Friday, 8 January 2016

Back to school quiz!

Paul English has created a back to school quiz prezi to be used for T2 level, but it could also be used with a strong N6 class or other T levels.

The link is:

http://eslprezi.com/back-2-school-4-quizzes/

Thanks Paul!