George and the dragon

By the way, did you know that there is a free adaptation of Saint George? It has little to do with the story though.  Have a look...

Saint George

Here one of the possible legends of Saint George.
 Legend of Saint George (source from Storynory)

                                             Author: Edward Burne- Jones

Preparing an oral presentation

Here you have some important tips which can be very helpful when you have to do an oral presentation.

1. Choose the topic you want to talk about. If the choice is up to you, it is better if you know the topic or  if you talk about something you like ,such as a personal experience or a passion you share.
2. Remember that it is an oral presentation, so the most important is that you speak! Communicate! Don't read from a paper or from your presentation on the board, because this can bore the audience..
3. Prepare the audience to know what you are going to talk about, so it is good to make a list of things you are going to develop.
4. Speak calmly and clearly, if you speak fast the audience will not enjoy your presentation.
5. Including pictures or videos can make your presentation more interesting. 
6. Make questions to the audience to see if they have any doubts. 
7. Enjoy! 

Watch this video and get the good ideas from it, it may be long and all the information may not be necessary for you, but there are interesting things you can get.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJvUcd963LM

Working with songs: a guide to prepare activites for students

Here you have a series of  steps you can follow if you want to prepare an activity with a song.

1. First of all, you have to choose the song. Think about the level of difficulty so you shouldn't get things too complicated.
2. Look for the complete  lyrics so as to prepare activities.
3. Decide which activities you want to do. You have different options: work on the lyrics, analysing the text and/or working on the video of the song. In the next steps you have various possibilities to develop.
4. Types of activities on the lyrics: A) Listening :  fill in the gaps ( you can focus on certain words like nouns, verbs, etc  or  words related with a topic) with clues or without ; put the sentences or words in order ( preferably organize it by paragraphs) . B) Analysing the song: here you can make questions about meaning of words , finding words in the text, looking for certain tenses ( past, present or future), work on expressions or collocations, etc.
5. Working on the video: here you can make questions about things that happen in the video, such as actions, objects that appear in it, opinions on the song and the video itself...
6. It is very important that you give clear instructions about what has to be done and value the level of difficulty

World , Hold on

Here you have the video we saw last day in class. Listen and see if you understand the lyrics.

How to work with songs

Here you will find different ideas of how to work songs in English. Soon...very soon...