I want your opinions...

Dear students,

We are currently at the end of the second month of the class and I would like to get some feedback from you.

It is important for me to know if you are enjoying the lessons so far.

Please, fill in the following survey.

Thanks !!!

Formal and Informal English

 Dear students,

Today is Nigeria's turn. Listen and take notes on the different styles in which these people are talking. Both are Nigerians. 

Write a small summay of the message Chimamanda wants to share on Ted Talks. 
Did you know this platform?
Do you recognise the first audio's accent?

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The voki and the English-speaking accents

 Dear students,



I am  that sure that most of you already know that English is spoken in many countries.

As this blog is about learning English from an International approach, let's start to experience it fully :)

1. Choose a country on a video platform like Youtube, learn the accent and show it to us. 
2. Use the Internt tool Voki that we have seen in the classroom, choose one permanent player for the whole year and record the text you wrote about your motivation and goals. 
3. Try to convince us that you come from than country. We will ask you to repeat it in the classroom. 
4. The example above is the Spanish accent according to Voki. Can you beleive it?

Here you have some examples of Indian English. 

Listen a couple of minutes. Which on do you understand best?

What is your goal?

 Motivation is important to all of us. It is really linked to our interests and hobbies, and also to concepts such as self-discipline and self-confidence.

You should be able to set your own goals. That will save you a lot of time. And it will set you free.

Tristian & austin & jaiden.  CC. From Pics4learning.com.

It is important to know your opinion about your level of English, yes. But it is also important to know what your level actually is right know,  without studying, with no exams and after a long summer. That will help me as a teacher, and you as student.

In the next class we will try to set our own learning objectives as a class, taking into account your level, the aspects you need to improve and...In order to get that information, 

We will be working on an online English test by the University of Pablo de Olavide. Please, follow the instructions below:

1. Take the online English test, send me the results by email (I gave it to you in the previous lesson).
2. Have a careful look at your mistakes and doubts and write a short essay (300 words) about the own goals concerning the English language and how you can reach them. 

I will post a summary of the most popular objectives over here, so we all remember them during the course. 

At the end of the trimester, you all will be able to pass this test above 70% so we can start the next step toward the First Certificate. Challenging, right? 

Finally, if you have some time left, here you go another English test, in this case by the International House.  Fill the form and choose Spain- Madrid as location. Take it and send the results to me if you want. But compare the results with the other test. Are they equal?

Come on, we can do it! Be a champion for yourself!

CC. WorldImages. 

Welcome your English Blog!

Dear students, dare to be multilinguals (or at least bilinguals)

I know that English is a difficult subject for some of you. And those who did not pass the last course are afraid of my lessons, because they think that they are not good at English. Well...this is completely false. 

We all can learn new languages. It is a fact. We just need to believe in ourselves and give it a try. If you don't trust yourself, who will? You should try and then will see the results at the end of the course... 

 Practice makes perfection. The more you try, the better you are. 

Have a look at this guy and pay attention. We will discuss about bilingual and multilingual people in the next class.

Yes, I know it is unbelievable! But if he can speak more than 20 languages, be sure that you can speak at least 2. Challenging, right?

Things to be taken into account for the classroom debate: 

1. What is his original mother tongue? 
2. Why did he learn so many languages?
3. How did he learn them? 
4. What kind of languages does he speak? Do they have something in common?
5. Do you understand him when he speaks in Spanish? And in other languages?
6. Why do you think that some people speak so many languages and some don't?

Enjoy the video and start practising. It's all up to you.