Weekly Links 2ºESO #99

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Feeding two birds with a scone (I prefer this expression to "killing two birds with one stone"): to help you practise listening and present perfect and to pay tribute to Prince  who died last Thursday, here is Sinéad O'Connor singing "Nothing Compares 2 U (to you)", a song written by the late Prince.
The clip has English and Spanish subtitles.

Happy Book Day.
Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2ºESO #98

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A song to practise "enough": Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough with English and Spanish subtitles.
Obviously, the double negation (ain't / is not + no) is very, very colloquial, to say the least. Actually, it is not grammatically correct.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 2ºESO #97

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As we have started revising comparison of adjectives here is a video by Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) with Spanish and English subtitles.
By the way, this expression in the title of the song is the English equivalent of our "Lo que no mata, engorda".

If you want more songs with comparisons, check out my previous entries.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 2ºESO #96

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We can continue revising the conditional tense with this song, "One of Us" by Joan Osborne. Lyrics in English and Spanish will help you practise reading and pronunciation.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 2ºESO #95

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Future with be going to ("gonna" is the contraction of "going to" when you speak): Three Little Birds (Every Little Thing is gonna be all right)a song by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It is the fourth track on side two of their 1977 album Exodus and was released as a single in 1980.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 2ºESO #94

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The Eagles were one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, with multiple hit singles, including Hotel California in 1976.
One of my students was wearing a T-shirt with the cover of the album but they didn't know who this band was. Let me introduce them to you.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 2ºESO #93

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To practise the future tense, here is a song of The White Stripes: "We're Going to Be Friends" with English and Spanish subtitles.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 2ºESO #92

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Happy New Year to all of you.

Back to work, so try to spot the structures of past simple and past continuous in this song by Oasis: Champagne Supernova.

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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Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #90

A song by Coldplay, Paradise, to revise the simple past tense ...and enjoy a good song with lyrics on screen to practise listening and reading.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #88

To review subject and object pronouns here's a song by R.E.M.: "Shinny Happy People" full of object pronouns. It is subtitled both in English and Spanish so that you can compare both languages.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #87

Dizkis

A cute way of revising pronouns, with a quiz on pronouns from Dizkis, a family site for British children to help them do their homework.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #86

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As we are at Halloween, here is one of the top 10 Halloween songs in the story of music. Released on December 2, 1983, Michael Jackson's Thriller is a 13 minutes video directed by John Landis who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson.

Happy Halloween.
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Weekly Links 2º ESO #85

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Let's practise the Present Continuous with scenes from TV shows.
Pay attention to the structure of the tense (be + -ing)

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #84

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We have been talking about the origin of the name of the days of the week, so here's a short summing up to practise your listening and reading.
Enjoy.

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Have a nice long El Pilar weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #83

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The full English breakfast became popular in the British Isles during the Victorian era. It  is often contrasted with the lighter alternative of a Continental breakfast, traditionally consisting of tea, milk or coffee and fruit juices with bread, croissants, or pastries.
Do you want to learn how to cook a real full English breakfast? Watch this video and learn/revise some vocabulary too.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #82

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We are going to start working with the difference between Present Simple and Present Continuous or Present Progressive.
To revise, here is a clear explanation.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO #81

Here is a fun way of learning irregular verbs, singing a rap song.
You can even make up your own song.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —80

We have watched a video about British crown jewels. Here's another one from 1967.
We can see the inside vaults showing glass cabinets where jewels are displayed. The Coronation jewels: The Ampulla and Spoon, the Cross and Orb, the handle of the sceptre, golden spurs, golden bracelets.
Various crowns on display: Queen Mary's crown showing large diamond, the crown of India, Queen Victoria's crown, Prince of Wales' crown, St. Edward's crown, and the Imperial State crown.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —79

Some songs with comparatives to practise grammar, reading and listening.
1. Kanye West - Stronger
2. Justin Bieber - Never Say Never
3. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
4. Cristina Aguilera - Fighter
5. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
6. Long-view - Further
7. Britney Spears - Stronger
8. Taio Cruz ft. Kylie Minoge - Higher
9. Petula Clark - My love (We listened to it in class).

Have a nice weekend.