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!