People, relationships & family

B2 Speaking practice Weddings

A B2 speaking activity with Ai generated questions and Serena-generated drawings to cover some questions related to weddings. Today, 12/09/2023, I’ve added some movement and music to the presentation. The video won’t stop playing unless you press the pause button, but I honestly think that the result is worth it. Let me know what you…… Continue reading B2 Speaking practice Weddings

undaunted · undeterred

A mi queridísima Consejería de educación de las Islas Baleares

¡Muy buenas! Soy Serena Farr, la autora de este blog de inglés. Este es mi primer post en lengua española y la razón no es que no sepa castellano, si no que, en mis clases siempre hablo y escribo en inglés. Pero bueno, el motivo por el que he decidido romper con tan irritable costumbre…… Continue reading A mi queridísima Consejería de educación de las Islas Baleares

B1 · Grammar

Harry Potter-based quiz: verbs with infinitive forms and -ing

From Gifer Right! Time to roll our sleeves up and learn something about verb patterns! Well actually, one neverleaves this until death and does some work on verb patterns  during the year, but the truth is, few students pay too much attention to this aspect of the English language. Anyway, we’re working on it right…… Continue reading Harry Potter-based quiz: verbs with infinitive forms and -ing

Media, arts, literature & entertainment

B2 Flipping cards quiz with styles of music

I posted this quiz a couple of years ago, but very frequently, one notices that the activity flops and needs some type of upgrading. That’s just what happened the other day when I used it as a lead-in to talk about entertainment and going out. I could see my little group of students giggling and…… Continue reading B2 Flipping cards quiz with styles of music

Media, arts, literature & entertainment

B2 Flipping cards for shows and entertainment

As we’re covering the topic of entertainment, as usual I’ve created a wordcloud and a flipping card activity. I know I may seem a bit boring as I’m always posting some flipping card or something similar. But the thing is that I can’t help it because these cards are so versatile offering me such a…… Continue reading B2 Flipping cards for shows and entertainment

B1 · Clothes, fashion & consumerism

B1-B2 Phrasal verbs for Paying and Owing money

Hi there everybody! Here you have a little quiz with 13 phrasal verbs related to  paying and owing money. As usual, read the questions, or the description and guess which is the missing preposition. By the way, in this  activity   you’ll have an example that will help you get the correct guess.

mediation · Science, techonology & space

C1 Written mediation: Reliable information

I’m not teaching C levels this year, but as I’m doing one of these IBsteam courses (accreditation for technological skills), I couldn’t keep myself from producing this linguistic mediation activity. In this mediation, students should be able to cope with two tasks that are closely knitted. One part of the mediation is to explain the…… Continue reading C1 Written mediation: Reliable information