Monday, December 8, 2008

Moral issues: dating and HIV

Practice modal verbs, second conditional and reading and listening
Attention: dating and HIV is a controversial topic.
Answer these questions:
1. Pre- reading

Would you date somebody how was HIV positive?
What would you do if you were HIV positive?
Would you only date HIV positive people?

2. Reading: Complete the text (available below) and then listen to the video

3. Watch the video and see if your predictions were right

To see this video in videojug, press
here
To get the preslitening exercises, press here

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Halloween

Go here to see a halloween video for all ages

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

2nd Batx Cyberpirates

Cyberpirates
1. How can I tell if I've been hacked? 2. What should I do if I've been hacked?
3. Why do hackers want to get into my computer?
These and other questions can be answered in this video.
Prelistening activities and text can be found here
For 3 minute video click here

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Short film for 3rd, 4th Eso and Batxillerat: Blue Planet, the whale

Hi

This video was given to me by Sue Mellor from the British Institute in Barcelona
Procedure
1. Students, in pairs or groups, try to find answers to the questions that will appear in the video

2. Students see the video and compare answers

To download both pages, click here (these are a scanner copy of the original)
You can also download the video in the same link or watch it online


Short film for 3rd, 4th Eso and Batxillerat: Silly people

Hi

This video was given to me by Sue Mellor from the British Institute in Barcelona
Procedure
1. Students, in pairs or groups, try to find answers to the questions that will appear in the video

2. Students see the video and compare answers

To download both pages, click here (these are a scanner copy of the original)
You can also download the video in the same link or watch it online


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

First of eso song. Very easy. The lion sleeps tonight

Here is a lullaby from the Lion king. Very easy. Students have to fill in some missing letters



To download this video or the lyrics with easy exercise, please click here

Song for first of ESO : Very easy: Slugs dancing

Very easy. Students just need to fill in 3 words. See text below



To download the text and short exercise and the video of this song, click here

Bear at the gym

A bear having problems at the treadmill. No words, only 1 minute 30.

How good is the gym? Get your students talking and writing



Sunday, September 14, 2008

Song for first and second ESO - Silent prayer. Present simple practice

Silent prayer by

by Shanice and Johnny Gill

The text can be seen in the video and it is translated into Spanish.

I would not show the video until Students have listened to the song and tried to fill in the missing present simple verbs. Then they can look at the verbs on the screen and self correct





To download the lyrics and present simple fill in exercise, click here
You can also download the video to your pen or pc

Friday, September 12, 2008

Short film for 3rd, 4th Eso and Batxillerat: Emo hair for boys

Not only girls care about their looks. Here you have a video about how boys can style their hair in the purest Emo style

To obtain the text for this video or to download the video, click here

Short film for 3rd, 4th Eso and Batxillerat: how to apply Goth make up

Ideal as an example for imperative, this video shows how to go from spoiled brat to real Goth queen.




For the text for this video with imperative listening exercise or to download this video , please click here

All levels: Oil and Vinegar

This section contains short silent movies that can be used at all levels as prompts for conversation



If you want to download this video, you can get a zip version clicking here

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Pau 2006

Tired of the Generalitat format for PAU
This link takes you to my google site

There you can find all PAU files for 2006 with MEANINGFUL NAMES

A) TEXT FILES (WORD) Pau 2006

READING : A wandering voice .The language of the gypsies
LISTTENING EXERCISE A champion on wheels

READING : A word learning dog
LISTTENING EXERCISE Pieces of an ancient culture

B) LISTENING FILES (mp3)

Champion on wheels
Pieces of an ancient culture

C) ANSWER KEYS (pdf) for 2006 exams

Click on the frog to see the files:

Pau 2004

Tired of the Generalitat format for PAU
This link takes you to my google site

There you can find all PAU files for 2004 with MEANINGFUL NAMES

A) TEXT FILES (WORD) Pau 2004

READING : I was born a slave
LISTTENING EXERCISE Orphans of the storm

READING : Dracula
LISTTENING EXERCISE The clown

B) LISTENING FILES (mp3)

Orphans of the storm
The clown


C) ANSWER KEYS (pdf) for 2004 exams

Click on the frog to see the files:



Thursday, June 26, 2008

Short film for 1st or 2nd ESO: Very Funny Dogs: present continuos practice




Suggestion: present continuous practice

Present continuous practice is more exciting if using this video. View video in class and ask students to describe what these funny funky dogs are doing.

Short film for 4th ESO and Batxillerat: strange cow



Short 2 minute video about a cow that is listening to a radio broadcast about a cow disease:

Suggestion:

A)Look at the video without sound a
A1)
Elicit vocabulary using the whiteboard:
. One group of students writes verbs (blue pen)
.One group of students writes nouns (red pen)
.One group of students writes
adjectives(black pen)

A2) Tell students the title is AGRICULTURAL REPORT
Each group writes what they think the cow is listening to and why it is acting so weird. They will use vocabulary from A1.

B) Listen to the video with sound
Each group writes down all the words they understand.

Students and teacher go over the words

C) Listen again:

Whose predictions were more similar to the film?

D) In groups, invent the continuation of the story and explain it to the classmates or represent it, if you are courageous enough