Weekly Links 1º ESO #74

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In this clip of the movie "My Fair Lady"  Professor Higgins is teaching Eliza how to pronounce English properly (she has a strong Cockney accent): vowels, /s/ sound and /h/ sound. Funny and educational.

By the way, the sentence: "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" should be translated by "La lluvia en España se queda principalmente en la llanura", although here they use the translation of the original Spanish soundtrack: "La lluvia en Sevilla es una pura maravilla."

En este video de la película "My Fair Lady" el profesor Higgins enseña a Eliza a pronunciar correctamente (ella tiene un terrible acento barriobajero): las vocales, el sonido /s/ y el sonido /h/. Divertido y educativo.
 
Por cierto,  la frase "La lluvia en Sevilla es una pura maravilla" es la traducción que se hizo para los diálogos originales del doblaje al español; en realidad lo que dice es "La lluvia en España se queda principalmente en la llanura".

Happy Book Day.
Enjoy.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #73

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To practise the past tense... and pronunciation. Only a pretext to listen to a song by Coldplay: Yellow, with English subtitles.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #72

As we have read a text about the Statue of Liberty, here is a video for kids: The Statue of Liberty for Kids: Famous World Landmarks for Children.

If you click on "subtitles", you can read the narration at the same time you watch the video.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 1º ESO #71

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Another song to practise the present continuous versus present simple forms: "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega with lyrics on screen.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #70

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Elvis Presley recorded his version of "Always on My Mind" on March 29, 1972, and it is very useful for you to both enjoy a great artist with a great voice and practise the use of adverbs of frequency with the song subtitled in English and Spanish.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 1º ESO #69

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This week we are revising the modal verb "can", so this song by Blue -"I can"- is an obvious choice. This song This song was the United Kingdom's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and scored 100 points.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #68

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The lyrics of a song to practise present simple, pronunciation and reading in a fun way: "Falling" by The Rasmus.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #67

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Happy New Year to all of you.

If you want to practise numbers and how to say the date, go to this page

And to practise your listening and reading, a very old song (from 1963): A hundred Miles by the Brothers Four.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #66 and 2ºESO #91

What is Christmas like in Britain? We've Watch Sally and Jack in the video and now we know almost all there is to it!

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #65

A song with English and Spanish subtitles to revise the present simple tense, and practise reading and listening: "Boulevard of broken Dreams" by Green Day.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #63

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To review the difference between possessive adjective and possessive pronouns, this song by Taylor Swift: "Ours" with subtitles in English and Spanish.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #62

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Let's revise Personal Pronouns in English while you play this game.
A Pirate will tell you all about pronouns, if you do it right the treasure is yours.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #61

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Halloween time, so here is the song "This is Halloween" with English subtitles from the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Enjoy!

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 1º ESO #60

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Let's practise Yes or No questions, once again.
Pay attention to the structure of the question and the answer.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #59

Let's sing along with Rapunzael and friends  to revise "have got".

You can watch the Spanish version here.

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #58

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We are revising family vocabulary so here is this video to practise talking about your family in English.
You will learn the vocabulary to talk about your aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces. You will also learn to use "have" to describe your family relationships. Enjoy!

By the way, if you feel like creating your own family tree, this is a funny site where you can create one: Mi árbol genealógico, and you can even play a game to test your vocabulary in English. 

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO #57

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Now that we have introduced ourselves, let's remember The Rules of the Classroom with this song while we practise our listening, reading, and pronunciation.

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Weekly Links 1º ESO #56

As we are starting a new school year, let's have a look at schools in Great Britain.
Watch the video a few times to practise listening and reading.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 1º ESO —55

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Another way of reviewing the compararison, with this song by Tina Turner live: (Simply) The Best, lyrics in English and Spanish.

Otra forma de repasar los comparativos, con esta canción de Tina Turner en directo: "(Sencillamente) El mejor", letra en inglés y en español.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 1º ESO —55

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A song by Christina Perri, Human, to watch the use of  'can' in context. Lyrics in English and Spanish

Una canción de Christina Perri, "Humana", para ver el uso de "puedo" en contexto. La letra en inglés y español.

Have a nice weekend.