Intermediate 1
Image by Brooke Lark on Unsplash What do you do for a living? What’s your work like? Is it challenging or tedious? Do you consider that your job is well paid or is it badly paid? What’s important for you at work, wages, the working environment or the promotion prospects? Would you like to set…… Continue reading B2 Vocabulary for speaking about work
Probably the most devastating problem in modern society is loneliness, which is even worse for the elderly. John Lewis Christmas advert aims to raise awareness of this situation. Hopefully, this touching ad will not only tug at people’s heartstrings, but will also make people understand how much we need each other, especially now in a…… Continue reading Don’t Give Up Too Soon
Here’s a challenge for you! First of all have a look at the wordcloud. How many of these words are you familiar with? Check the meaning of the news words. After, look at the flipping cards and to name them. To see if you were right by placing your mouse over the picture. Now isn’t…… Continue reading Flipping cards Injuries and treatments
Audioslave image from Mondo Sonoro The aim of this song is to practise verbs after ‘someone’ as students often make mistakes with these forms. The uplifting and optimistic lyrics in this song explore the bittersweet issues of life, perceived and experienced very differently by each individual, and where after all, nothing more can be done…… Continue reading Audioslave Be Yourself
Another incredible song by David Bowie (Did he ever do anything that was not worth while?). This song is for revising vocabulary from different topics dealt with in intermediate levels. It’s also a great way to hear a good sample of ‘will’ for future use as the song deals with a posssible future situation, where…… Continue reading David Bowie – Heroes
With all the problems we’re having teaching during the pandemic, one has to reinvent activities and strategies that allow students to interact and do things in the classroom without putting their health at risk. Not long ago, my students shared cards, mixed and mingled with each other and spent their time interacting. Now, we can’t…… Continue reading Flipping quiz! Holiday vocabulary
Here’s a short video explaining the use of ‘going to, the present continuous and will. https://youtu.be/e5_aDXUMTxA
Image by Meridith Hunter on Unspash I suppose I should be writing something about moods, but ironically I’m not in the mood.
Here’s yet another one of those kitsch videos that I have the awful habit of producing every now and then. This one’s for indirect questions. As a reminder, indrect questions are the type of questions we ask when we don’t want to be too direct; maybe because we don’t know the person very well, or…… Continue reading B2 Indirect questions
