Good reads

Short stories

Audiobooks

Listen and read (advanced material)

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Telling stories

1. How to tell a story. Click here to get to the BBC Worldservice website. You can listen to it clicking on "download" and you can also look at the script. There's an activity at the bottom of the page.  

2. Telling a story. Click here to read some tips. It includes a great link to "Linking Words".

3. Tell a story or personal anecdote. Click here to watch an example. Look at the worksheets.

Past simple regular verbs- Pronunciation

Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed

Watch this video and answer these questions. Answers in "comments".

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Ric Elias

1. Where was he sitting?
2. What did the flight attendants tell him?
3. Which three things happened?
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4. What was the first thing he leatned?
5. What did he decide?
6. What did he think about dying?
7. What did he wish?
8. What is his main goal in life now?
9. What does he want people to do?

Air Travel Announcements

I. Listen to these announcements and fill in the gaps. Click here to check your answers.

Pre-boarding Announcement

Final Boarding Announcement

Pre-flight Announcement

Captain's Announcement

Safety Briefing

II. Listening activity

AIR TRAVEL

Vocabulary. Try this quiz.

Vocabulary 2

Click here and listen to an episode of The Flatmates (BBC World Service).





USEFUL PHRASES

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Listen and write:

10 Questions You Might Hear. 

10 Questions You Might Ask 

10 Statements You Might Hear

10 Statements You Might Say 

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Travel / Trip / Journey / Tour

Click here to see the difference between these words and do an exercise.

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States.

Click here to visit a website created by Mª Jesús Pérez Bango (a teacher at EOI Albacete).

There's lot of information, videos, listening activities...

 

Improving your oral exam

                                                        Click here to look at the ideas we saw in class. 

Clothes Adverts- Group 18M

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CAMDEN FASHION: VIDEO UK - EXERCISES

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Click here to read the script and check your answers.