CEPA GERNIKA-LUMO HHI: Learning English

Shrekify Yourself !!!

2010-12-28T15:00:00.001-08:00

Survival: vocabulary

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Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)

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School subjects

The beginning of a beautiful friendship.

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Final scene of Casablanca

Casablanca

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Ilsa and Rick saying goodbye each other in Casablanca

Wonderful world

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Kelly Mcgillis and Harrison Ford singing Wonderful World by Sam Cooke at Witness film.

Beijing Olympics 4x100 Freestyle Relay Finals (UK Feed)

2008-08-12T07:44:00.000-07:00

Maybe the best race of all times

Happy Summer Holidays !!!

2008-06-12T14:25:00.000-07:00

At last, holidays have come ! . All you have studied hard, but maybe you want to improve your English during summer. If you do, you can find a lot of exercises in the document below.

Exercises to practise English in summer

People in Korea is eating more vegetables

2008-05-26T08:37:00.000-07:00

Numbers in English

2008-04-08T15:36:00.000-07:00

Here you have a bit of informacion about numbers.

Listen to the numbers
Numbers: Pronuntiation
How to write the numbers
The figure "0"
Number generator
Numbers (1-10)
Numbers (1-20)
Names of numbers in English

"To remind" or "to remember"

2008-04-08T15:07:00.000-07:00

To remind and to remember are confusing verbs.

GENERAL USE
Remember means to 'have the memory of something', 'not forget something'.
e.g: The last thing he remembers was ordering another drink.
Remind means 'make somebody remember'.
e.g: This place reminds me of home.

There are some exercises below to practice the use of these two verbs:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.remind.i.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/375.html

Past Simple vs Present Perfect

2008-04-01T14:55:00.000-07:00

The correct usage of these verbal tenses is not easy for Spanish learners. Here you have a list of websites in order to practice:

http://ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/presentperfect-pastsimple.htm
http://www.curso-de-ingles.de/gramatica/capitulo8/8_4_simple_past_vs_present_perfect.htm
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc20.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/228.html

Charlotte Church

2008-03-10T13:48:00.000-07:00

Charlotte Church, born on February 21, 1986, is a Welsh singer and television presenter who rose to international fame in childhood as a popular classical crossover singer. Since 2005, she has branched out into pop music.
By clicking on the link below you can know some facts about her biography. It can be a good chance to improve your listening comprehension.

Charlotte Church's biography

Some great songs

2008-02-08T03:57:00.000-08:00

These days we are talking about music and music genres in class.
You can watch videos from YouTube of some of my favourite songs below:

Country: Take me home, country roads (John Denver)
Heavy Metal: Highway to hell (AC/DC)
Pop: Let it be (The Beatles)
Soul: Wonderful world (Sam Cooke)
Classical: Four seasons (Vivaldi)
Folk: Blowin' in the wind (Bob Dylan)
Classic rock: Fallin in love with you (Elvis Presley)
Rock: The River (Bruce Springsteen)

Linking below you will find a little survey about Your preferences about music. Please, fill the form and we will check the results in class. Thank you.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p0BI7tyfoD0DxN2o3awIVXw

English or "Spanglish"?

2007-12-19T11:19:00.000-08:00

On this funny video you can watch El Principe Gitano singing Elvis Presley's In the ghetto.

1-language.com

2007-11-13T08:45:00.000-08:00

On this page you can find a very practical English grammar in 70 units with a lot of exercises.

http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursenew/

Howsay.com

2007-09-25T14:46:00.000-07:00

h o w j s a y . c o m
An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound

Howsay is a very special online dictionary. You can get the pronuntiation of a word or phrase simply writing it in the box.

Simple English News

2007-09-25T13:12:00.000-07:00

On this webpage you can learn English with the news. You can read and listen to articles of different categories.

-ed and -ing ending adjectives: further practice

2007-05-14T04:50:00.000-07:00

Here you have some online exercises in order to pactice the use of -en and -ing ending adjectives. Remember the general rule:

We use -ed adjectives to say how we feel about something or someone (effect)
We use -ing adjectives to say how something or someone makes us feel (cause)

Click on the next links:

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjing.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/pre/a_grammar/unit10/nepre_grammar10_1/

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/adjetivosyadverbios/unit30.htm

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/adjective.htm

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/reviewlesson/passive3a.html

Bombing of Gernika: 70th anniversary

2007-04-26T15:08:00.000-07:00

The bombing of Gernika happened on April 26 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was the first massive aerial attack against civilian population. The raid caused hundreds of dead people and the whole destruction of the historical basque town.
Pablo Picasso's Guernica is a painting inspired by the horror at the massacre.

Butch Cassidy &The Sundance Kid

2007-04-18T14:29:00.000-07:00

One of the most beautiful bicycle riding never seen by Paul Newman and Kate Ross while Raindrops keep fallin' on my head is sounding.

Live TV Channels

2007-04-17T13:48:00.000-07:00

Here you can watch live TV channels. There are a lot of channels to choose from a wide range of topics.

Wanderin' star

2007-04-16T15:56:00.000-07:00

Lee Marvin sings the famous song "Wanderin star" in the unforgettable western Paint your wagon.

Shrek 2: The final ten minutes

2007-04-02T08:03:00.000-07:00

Here you yave the final ten minutes from the film Shrek 2 taken from Youtube. It´s really amusing.

Learning English through movies

2007-03-19T10:46:00.000-07:00

On this webpage you can find a lot of movies with subtitles to improve your English. You can make your selection from a wide range of topics (animation, commercials, drama, ...).

Future: Will / Going to

2007-03-05T15:21:00.000-08:00

For learning more about will and going to tenses to express future time you can click on these links:

Grammar notes
Exercises

Hiccup girl

2007-02-21T06:02:00.000-08:00

A girl from the U.S has been hiccupping for three weeks straight.
Is this story true? Is she just looking for his five minutes of fame?.
Watch the video and judge.

Do you speak English?

2007-02-06T15:13:00.001-08:00

A really strange dialogue ...

Wordmaster

2007-01-30T14:02:00.000-08:00

Wordmaster is a fabulous game from BBC Learning English to practise your vocabulary.

As time goes by

2007-01-30T01:52:00.000-08:00

Here you have the unforgettable song from Casablanca. Play it again, Sam!

A Frenchman learning English

2007-01-25T16:31:00.000-08:00

This is a amusing video: Inspector Clouseau learning English.

Listenings

2007-01-25T15:49:00.000-08:00

Have a look at this fantastic webpage if you want to practise your listening comprehension.
To watch -and listen- it properly, you have to install the Java plugin. Don't worry about the installation process, it's quite automatic.

http://www.englishlistening.com/

THE DAILY ENGLISH SHOW

2007-01-24T09:44:00.000-08:00

In this webpage you can find a lot of videos in order to practise different topics in English. http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/
You can watch an example video below: