SELECTED WEBSITES TO LEARN MORE

HERE´S AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF WEBSITES WHICH WILL HELP YOU IN YOUR LEARNING ADVENTURE. REMEMBER WE NEVER STOP LEARNING

HTTP://WWW.ENGLISHPAGE.COM

                             PROJECTBRITAIN.COM

                              BBCLEARNINGENGLISH.COM

                               THEENGLISHCLUB.COM

                               BRITISHCOUNCIL.COM

                               NONSTOPENGLISH.COM

                               TEACHINGENGLISH.ORG.UK

                               HOWJSAY.COM

                                FREEENGLISH.COM

                                 ENGLISH ZONE.COM

                                  ENGLISH-AT-HOME.COM

                                  WORLD-ENGLISH.ORG

                                  LEARN-ENGLISH-TODAY.COM

                                  LEARNREALENGLISH.COM

                                  SAY-IT-IN-ENGLISH.COM

                                  LEARNENGLISH.ORG.U.K.

                                  ENGLISHLEARNER.COM

                                   THE BEEHIVE.ORG

                                   KOVALYOV.COM

                                    ABROADLANGUAGES.COM

                                    ONESTOPCLIL.COM

                                    WORDREFERENCE.COM

                                    CAMBRIDGE.ORG/ELT/IBERIA

                                    THAT´S ENGLISH.COM

                                     VOCABULARY.CO.IL

                                     VOCABVITAMINS.COM

                                      ESL.ABOUT.COM

                                      ESL-LAB.COM

                                      TESOL.ORG

                                        THE BUSYENGLISHTEACHER

                                        BREAKINGNEWSENGLISH.COM

                                         BETTERATENGLISH.COM

                                        TEACHERTUBE.COM

                                        IMEEM.COM

                                         ELLO.ORG

                                         NATURALREADERS.COM

                                        LITSCAPE.COM

                                        TEDTALKSVIDEOS.COM

                                        ESL VIDEOS/JOKES/FORUMS/QUIZZES....

                                        FLOW-ENGLISH-SECRETS.BLOGSPOT.COM

                                        EDUCATE-YOURSELF.ORG

                                        COMMON.DREAMS.ORG

                                        LABLIT.COM

                                        POETS.ORG 

                                        ISABELPEREZ.COM

                                      

proof or spoof?

There is no disputing about tastes and it takes all sorts to make a world, so the sayings go. Which of the following societies or fan clubs are real and which ones are fictional? Try to guess:

 

ART                                  APPRECIATION SOCIETY

ALMOND BLOSSOM                     "                     "

BEARD                                             "                     "

BRITISH VOLES                            "                     "

ORANGE BLOSSOM                     "                     "

WINE                                                "                      "

MALTED BARLEY                        "                      "

ELECTRICITY PYLONS              "                       "

GERMAN CARS                             "                       "

ROUNDABOUT                              "                        "

CAIPIRINHA                                  "                         "

CHOCOLATE                                "                          "

PORK PIE                                       "                          "

DISNEY                                            "                          "

ACOUSTIC VIBRATION              "                           "

BEER                                                "                           "

FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION "                           "

LOWLY TINNED SARDINE           "                           "

SAUSAGE & BUN                             "                            "

SHERLOCK HOLMES                    "                             "

FLOWER                                            "                             "

TOM SHARPE                                    "                             "

RAIN                                                     "                             "

HELEN MIRREN                                "                              "

APOSTROPHE PROTECTION        "                                "

PLANE                                                   "                               "

WHICH NEW SOCIETY/IES OR FAN CLUB(S) WOULD YOU SET UP?
WHICH OF THE ABOVE LIST HAVE LITERARY REFERENCES?

A BIRD IN A TREE

SO-CALLED ILLITERATE PEOPLE WILL NEVER SAY "A BIRD IN A TREE "AS THEY HAVE THE TRADITIONAL WISDOM OF NATURE. SO, DO NOT BE VAGUE, BE MORE SPECIFIC

WHICH BIRD AND WHICH TREE ARE WE REFERRING TO WHEN  WE SPEAK OF:

 

AN ORIOLE IN AN ORANGE TREE

A PARROT IN A PEPPER TREE

AN OWL IN AN OLIVE TREE

A BEE EATER IN A BAOBAB

A SHRIKE IN A SEQUOIA

A QUAIL IN A QUINCE TREE

A SWALLOW IN A SERVICE TREE

A PARTRIDGE IN A POPLAR

A MYNAH BIRD, A MAGPIE AND A MACAW IN A MIMOSA

A PEACOCK IN A POMEGRANATE TREE

A WOODLARK AND A WREN IN A WALNUT TREE

A CRESTED LARK, A CROW AND A CHAFFINCH IN A CHERRY TREE

A COCKATOO IN A CHIRIMOYA(custard apple) TREE

A STORK IN A STAR FRUIT TREE

A ROBIN IN A ROCK ROSE / A REDWOOD

A MOCKING BIRD IN A MEDLAR

A CARDINAL IN A CAROB TREE

A HUMMING BIRD IN A HOLLYHOCK

A PARAKEET IN A PALM TREE

A FALCON IN A FIR TREE

A HOOPOE IN A HOLM OAK

A FINCH IN A FIG TREE

A DUCK IN A DATE PALM

A GOOSE AND A GROUSE IN A GUAVA TREE

A TERN IN A TOMATO TREE

A PIGEON IN A PINE TREE 

AN EGRET IN A EUCALIPTUS TREE

A LAPWING IN A LINDEN TREE

A KESTREL IN A KIWI TREE

A JAY IN A JUNIPER

A PUFFIN IN A PLUM TREE

A CONDOR IN A CYPRESS

A BLACKBIRD IN AN APRICOT TREE

A GREENFINCH IN A LYCHEE

A TURTLE DOVE IN A CEDAR

A KINGFISHER IN A KHAKI TREE (PERSIMMON)

(In Spanish: UN ZORZAL EN UN ZARZAL)

A SONG THRUSH IN A BLACKBERRY/ BRAMBLES) 

 

 

WHICH OF THE ABOVE ASSOCIATIONS IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE IN NATURE?

WHICH IS/ARE THE ODD-BIRD(S)-OUT?

WHICH CLIMATE GOES WITH WHICH HABITAT? It would be difficult to find a penguin in a very hot climate. Check some inconsistencies or incongruities in the above list.

Which one(s) may have literary connotations?

Who is the "so-called illiterate"? The country man who knows the birds and trees above or the ones who think that  TWIT, TWITTER and BLACKBERRY are just new Technology items?

 

 

 

 

some fishy fishes

TRY TO LINK THE  FISH ON THE LEFT COLUMN WITH THEIR TRANSLATION ON THE RIGHT COLUMN:

RAPE                           RED MULLET

ANGUILA                   DOGFISH

MERLUZA                  EEL

CONGRIO                   OCTOPUS

CHANQUETE            CRAB

PULPO                         ATLANTIC BONITO

BACALAO                  MONKFISH, ANGLER FISH

MERO                          MACKEREL

JUREL                         BREAM

SALMONETE            SOLE

PINTARROJA           SARGUS

CANGREJO              WHITEBAIT

RAYA                         RED MULLET

SARGO                      GROUPER

CABALLA               COD

BONITO                    RED BREAM

PEZ ESPADA         CUTTLE FISH

LENGUADO           CONGER EEL

JIBIA                         HAKE

BESUGO                 SWORD FISH

 

Any fresh water creature in the above list ?

Think of at least three other fresh water fish ...

PRACTICAL RECIPES..SOME COOKERY LESSONS

WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOME SPECIAL DISH? 

LONG LIVE FLOUR POWER...

HERE´S A LIST OF DISHES FOR THE AMATEURISH FOOD LOVER:

PANCAKES

SCRAMBLED EGGS

A BIRTHDAY  SPONGE CAKE

BLACK FOREST GATEAU

TORRIJAS

MILK SWEET

FRIED MILK

TACOS

YOUR VEGETARIAN MINESTRONE

DEVISE YOUR OWN PIZZA

A NERJA SALAD

  ALMOND / OIL BISCUITS 

WHITE GARLIC SOUP

CARROT-IER CARROTS

PEOPLE´S PAELLA

MEATY MIGAS

GARLIC MAYONNAISE( allioli)

YOUR GAZPACHO versus SALMOREJO

LOCAL OMELETTE

A SARDINES´ MORAGA

SQUID IN THEIR INK

MEAT BALLS

STUFFED AUBERGINES/ COURGETTES/ ARTICHOKES/PEPPERS..

CUAJADA = JUNKET

A CAKE IN THE FORM OF A RING = ROSCÓN

HUESOS DE SANTO = SAINTS´ BONES

A SUMMER PUDDING = A FRUIT HAT

FONDUE

LITTLE BACON OF HEAVEN?

 

 

 

 

FRANGLAIS

In English, Franglais means a combination of English and French, produced either by poor knowledge of one or the other language or for humorous effect. Franglais usually consists of either filling in gaps in one's knowledge of French with English words, using false friends with their incorrect meaning or speaking French in such a manner that (although ostensibly "French") would be incomprehensible to a French-speaker who does not also have a knowledge of English (for example, by using a literal translation of English idiomatic phrases).

Some examples of Franglais are:

 

• Longtemps, pas voir. – Long time, no see.

• Je vais driver downtown. – I'm going to drive downtown. (Je vais aller en voiture au centre-ville)

• Je suis tired. – I am tired. (Je suis fatigué) 

  Je ne care pas. – I don't care. (Ça m'est égal OR Je m'en fiche) 

  J'agree. – I agree. (D'accord) 

  M'en va tanker mon char. (Québec) – I'll go fill up my car. (Je vais faire le plein)

  Très joli - treasurely

  Incroyable - unthinkable 

  "Anyone pour le tennis?"  Je suis seulement here pou le byrrh

  "Cherchant un peu de fun?" 

   

   

  The English nobility and the Royal family have spoken French since the times of William the Conqueror 1066.

  See Let´s Parler Franglais, Let´s parler Franglais, again! and Parlez-vous Franglais? by MILES KINGTON

  What follows is a good text in French you could easily turn into English!!:

   

    Le silence des pantoufles est plus dangereux que le bruit des bottes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Texte de Martin NIEMÖLLER (1892-1984)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Un homme dont la famille faisait partie de l'aristocratie allemande, avant la seconde guerre mondiale, possédait un certain nombre de grandes usines et de propriétés.  Quand on lui demandait combien d'allemands étaient de véritables nazis, il faisait une réponse qui peut guider notre attitude au regard du fanatisme.
  
  
  Peu de gens sont de vrais nazis, disait-il, mais nombreux sont ceux qui se réjouissent du retour de la fierté allemande, et encore plus nombreux ceux qui sont trop occupés pour y faire attention.  J'étais l'un de ceux qui pensaient simplement que les nazis étaient une bande de cinglés.  Aussi la majorité se contenta-t-elle de regarder et de laisser faire. Soudain, avant que nous ayons pu réaliser, ils nous possédaient, nous avions perdu toute liberté de manœuvre et la fin du monde était arrivée.  Ma famille perdit tout, je terminai dans un camp de concentration et les alliés détruisirent mes usines.
  > >
  La Russie communiste était composée de russes qui voulaient tout simplement vivre en paix, bien que les communistes russes aient été responsables du meurtre d'environ vingt millions de personnes.  La majorité pacifique n'était pas concernée.
  
  
  L'immense population chinoise était, elle aussi, pacifique, mais les communistes chinois réussirent à tuer le nombre stupéfiant de soixante-dix millions de personnes.
  
  
  Le japonais moyen, avant la deuxième guerre mondiale, n'était pas un belliciste sadique. Le Japon, cependant, jalonna sa route, à travers l'Asie du sud-est, de meurtres et de carnages dans une orgie de tueries incluant l'abattage systématique de douze millions de civils chinois, tués, pour la plupart, à coups d'épée, de pelle ou de baïonnette.
  
  
  
  
  Et qui peut oublier le Rwanda qui s'effondra dans une boucherie.  N'aurait-on pu dire que la majorité des Rwandais était pour la Paix et l'Amour ?
  
  
  
  
  Les leçons de l'Histoire sont souvent incroyablement simples et brutales, cependant, malgré toutes nos facultés de raisonnement, nous passons souvent à côté des choses les plus élémentaires et les moins compliquées : les musulmans pacifiques sont devenus inconséquents par leur silence.
  
  
  
  
  Aujourd'hui, des experts et des têtes bien pensantes, ne cessent de nous répéter que l'Islam est la religion de la paix, et que la vaste majorité des musulmans ne désire que vivre en paix.  Bien que cette affirmation gratuite puisse être vraie, elle est totalement infondée.  C'est une baudruche dénuée de sens, destinée à nous réconforter, et, en quelque sorte, à diminuer le spectre du fanatisme qui envahit la Terre au nom de l'Islam.
  
  
  
  
  Le fait est que les fanatiques gouvernent l'Islam, actuellement.  Ce sont les fanatiques qui paradent.  Ce sont les fanatiques qui financent chacun des cinquante conflits armés de par le monde.  Ce sont des fanatiques qui assassinent systématiquement les chrétiens ou des groupes tribaux à travers toute l'Afrique et mettent peu à peu la main sur le continent entier, à travers une vague islamique.
  
  
  
  
  Ce sont les fanatiques qui posent des bombes, décapitent, massacrent ou commettent les crimes d'honneur.  Ce sont les fanatiques qui prennent le contrôle des mosquées, l'une après l'autre.  Ce sont les fanatiques qui prêchent avec zèle la lapidation et la pendaison des victimes de viol et des homosexuels.  La réalité, brutale et quantifiable, est que la majorité  pacifique, la majorité silencieuse y est étrangère et se terre.
  
  
  
  
  Les musulmans pacifiques deviendront nos ennemis s'ils ne réagissent pas, parce que, comme mon ami allemand, ils s'éveilleront un jour pour constater qu'ils sont la proie des fanatiques et que la fin de leur monde aura commencé.
  
  
  
  
  Les Allemands, les Japonais, les Chinois, les Russes, les Rwandais, les Serbes, les Albanais, les Afghans, les Irakiens, les Palestiniens, les Nigériens, les Algériens, tous amoureux de la Paix , et beaucoup d'autres peuples, sont  morts parce que la majorité pacifique n'a pas réagi avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.
  
  
  
  
  Quant à nous, qui contemplons tout cela, nous devons observer le seul groupe important pour notre mode de vie : les fanatiques.
  
  
  
  
  Enfin, au risque de choquer ceux qui doutent que le sujet soit sérieux et détruiront simplement ce message, sans le faire suivre, qu'ils sachent qu'ils contribueront à la passivité qui permettra l'expansion du problème.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Aussi, détendez-vous un peu et propagez largement ce message.
  
  
  
  
  Espérons que des milliers de personnes, de par le monde, le liront, y réfléchiront et le feront suivre...
  
  
  
  
  Quand ils sont venus chercher les communistes, je n'ai pas protesté parce que je ne suis pas communiste.
  
  
  
  
  Quand ils sont venus chercher les Juifs, je n'ai pas protesté parce que je ne suis pas Juif.
  
  
  
  
  Quand ils sont venus chercher les syndicalistes, je n'ai pas protesté parce que je ne suis pas syndicaliste.
  
  
  
  
  Quand ils sont venus chercher les catholiques, je n'ai pas protesté parce que je ne suis pas catholique.
  
  
  
  
  Et lorsqu'ils sont venus me chercher, il n'y avait plus personne pour protester.
  
  
   (Traditionally wrongly attributed to Bertold Brecht)
  Texte de Martin NIEMOLLER (1892-1984), pasteur protestant arrêté en 1937 et envoyé au camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen.  Il fut ensuite transféré en 1941 au camp de concentration de Dachau .  Libéré du camp par la chute du régime nazi, en 1945.
  
  
  On ne peut s'empêcher de repenser à cette phrase de l'un de nos congénères les plus éclairés, lui aussi allemand d'origine :
  
  
  
  
  Le monde est dangereux à vivre non pas tant à cause de ceux qui font le mal, mais à cause de ceux qui regardent et laissent faire.
  
  
  
  
  Albert Einstein

   

   

LIFE TIPS

THIS IS WHAT LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME SO FAR:

 

NEVER JUDGE BY APPEARANCES

LIFE IS A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL: IT CAN BECOME VERY COMPLEX AND HUMAN BEINGS ARE EVEN MORE COMPLEX...

LUCK, CHANCE, UNEXPECTED EVENTS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR LIVES.

WE ARE NOT PERFECT: NOBODY WANTS US TO BE

ENJOY YOUR OWN COMPANY: LEARN TO BE ALONE

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY

TAKE TIME TO MEDITATE

RID YOURSELF OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS UNHAPPY ASSOCIATIONS FOR YOU

ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE

SHAKE YOURSELF UP BY DOING THE TOTALLY UNEXPECTED

BE A VOLUNTEER: HELP OTHERS

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER

JUDGE LESS UNDERSTAND BETTER

CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE

FAILURE TEACHES US MORE THAN SUCCESS

PERSEVERANCE, ENTHUSIASM AND COMMITMENT ARE ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO SUCCEED

SOME WOUNDS NEVER HEAL COMPLETELY 

LIFE IS PREGNANT WITH ABSURDITY AND JOKES

WE MAY BE LED TO BELIEVE ANYTHING: WE CAN BE VERY GULLIBLE AS A SPECIES.  Check Snopes.com

GIVE YOURSELF A COMPLIMENT EVERY MORNING

REVITALISE YOUR DIET(omega 3)

CREATE A CONTINUOUS AWARENESS OF YOUR LIFE BY KEEPING A JOURNAL IN WHICH YOU MAY RECORD:

A) YOUR WILDEST DREAMS

B) YOUR FEARS:

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, THREATS, RESENTMENT, ILL-WILL, CONFUSION, TURMOIL,etc..

C) YOUR BLESSINGS:(A GRATITUTE ATTITUDE) I AM THANKFUL FOR:

THE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE, THE WONDERFUL FAMILY I HAVE,etc.

 

TODAY I WILL.....LIGHT YOUR HEART

TODAY I WILL ....

 

DO RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

CONCENTRATE ON COMPASSION

ACCEPT MYSELF JUST AS I AM

FOCUS ON MINDFULNESS

VALUE SIMPLICITY : LESS IS MORE

SHOW MY GRATITUDE

LISTEN MORE AND SPEAK LESS

TRY TO DISCOVER MY INNER CHILD

LET GO OF THAT WHICH NO LONGER SERVES ME

TRY TO LISTEN TO MY INNER SILENCE

DEVELOP MY INNER JOY AND STRENGTH

GET RID OF TENSION AND ANXIETY

SPREAD LOVE AROUND ME

GIVE WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT OF RECEIVING

ALLEVIATE PAIN THROUGH MY THOUGHTS,WORDS,ACTIONS..

BE MORE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS´FEELINGS

OPEN MY HEART TO OTHERS

APPRECIATE EVERYTHING I SEE

ABANDON JUDGEMENTS & OPINIONS

BE MORE PATIENT

GET RID OF PREJUDICES

TAKE DELIGHT IN OTHER PEOPLE´S HAPPINESS

CHANGE STH TO KEEP ON GROWING

FIND INNER PEACE

FORGIVE : FORGIVENESS RELEASES THE PAST

BE SPONTANEOUSLY & UNCONDITIONALLY HAPPY 

BRING A SMILE AND A KIND WORD TO EVERY ONE

BE THE BEST PERSON I CAN BE

WHERE WILL I BEGIN AND  WHEN WILL I  END?

This unit is dedicated to Evelyn Kharag and Tulsi who showed me the meaning of spiritual quests... 

 See We are what we do,  New Year´s Resolutions and Life tips...

 

FOREIGN PHRASES in EFL

WE USE MANY FOREIGN PHRASES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
TRY TO LEARN THEIR MEANINGS.

FROM FRENCH

 

FAUX PAS      A social mistake

EN MASSE     In a large number

A LA MODE   Fashionable

BETE NOIRE  Pet hate

BON VOYAGE  A good journey

BON APPETIT Enjoy your meal

FAIT ACCOMPLI  An accomplished fact

PAR EXCELLENCE  Of the highest order

CARTE BLANCHE     Freedom of action

COUP D´ÉTAT  Overthrowing the government

GOURMET  One who appreciates food & drink

DEBACLE   Collapse, Downfall

TOUR DE FORCE Feat of skill

NOM DE PLUME   Pen name

LAISSEZ-FAIRE Lack of gvt interference

A LA CARTE On the menu

C´EST LA VIE That´s life

COUPÉ Cut, a two_door car with a sloping rear

CREME DE LA CREME The very best

CUL-DE-SAC  A street closed at one end

 

FROM GERMAN

ANGST   Anxiety

GESUNDHEIT Health, To your health

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG  Twilight of the gods

KAPUT   Broken

KITSCH  Rubbish,Tastelessness in art

LEITMOTIV   Leading motif

SCHADENFREUDE Pleasure in other¨s misfortunes

WELTANSCHAUUNG  World perception

WELTSCHMERZ     World pain, Sympathy

WUNDERKIND   Child prodigy

 

FROM LATIN

 

STATUS QUO  The unchanged original position

POST MORTEM After death

NOTA BENE N.B.  Note Well

ANTE MERIDIEM A.M. Before Midday

CARPE DIEM   Seize the day

DEO VOLENTE  God Willing

HABEAS CORPUS Have the body( a prisoner at court)

HONORIS CAUSA For the sake of honour

IN VITRO   In a test tube

MENS SANA IN CORPORE SANO A sound mind in a sound body 

 

FROM GREEK

 

HOI POLLOI  The majority of people, the masses

HUBRIS    Extreme pride

KUDOS Acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement

ALPHA & OMEGA The beginning and the end

EUREKA  To celebrate a discovery

SIRTAKI  A popular Greek dance

ETHOS     Mindset

PLETHORA An excess

PHOBIA    Irrational fear

THALATTA, THALATTA  The sea , the sea

100 TPR MIMING ACTIONS

The actions below should be mimed in front of the class.We´ll always find volunteers to do the job for us:

 

 

PEELING & EATING A BANANA

LOCKING & UNLOCKING A DOOR/ SAFE

LIFTING WEIGHTS/ HEAVY SHOPPING BAGS

SPEAKING ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE

PLAYING THE PIANO/VIOLIN/GUITAR/THE DRUMS

PLAYING AIR GUITAR/ THE RECORDER

ZIPPING & UNZIPPING A ZIP

PLAYING FOOTBALL/DARTS/HOCKEY/TENNIS

SMOKING A CIGAR/CIGARETTE/PIPE

SHAVING

VOMITING

POURING WINE/MILK/WATER

DRIVING

FLAMENCO/ BALLET DANCING

THROWING A HAND GRENADE

FILING/CLIPPING YOUR NAILS

SMELLING A FLOWER/PERFUME

SHARPENING A PENCIL

UNWRAPPING A PRESENT

LOSING YOUR TEMPER

TURNING A TAP ON AND OFF

EATING A BAG OF CRISPS

WASHING UP THE DISHES

TURNING THE TV ON & OFF

STARTING A CAR/MOPED

SWIMMING

IRONING

SUCKING A LEMON

DRINKING

BLOWING UP & BURSTING A BALLOON

BLOWING BUBBLE GUM

KNITTING

OPENING A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE

JOGGING

SHOWERING

SHUFFLING A PACK OF CARDS

YAWNING

WINDSURFING

OVER EATING

CRACKING AN EGG

PLAYING DOMINOES/BINGO

DRINKING THROUGH A STRAW

SNEEZING

KNOCKING ON THE DOOR

BLOWING OUT CANDLES

SKIING & WATER SKIING

DRINKING VERY HOT TEA

LAUGHING & SMILING

WALKING ON HOT COALS

SUCKING A LOLLIPOP

BEING STUNG BY A WASP/BEE

SCORING A GOAL

SLIPPING ON A BANANA SKIN

CHOPPING WOOD

RIDING A HORSE/DONKEY

MAKING AN OMELETTE

CUTTING A LOAF OF BREAD

PLAYING THE FOOL

SURFING THE NET

DYING

TAKING MEDICINE

CAR/PLANE CRASHING

PLANE TAKING OFF & LANDING

BRUSHING YOUR TEETH

RIDING THE ROLLERCOASTER

OPENING A CAN OF DRINK

TRAMPOLINING

BEING TICKLED

PLAYING MARBLES

FASTENING YOUR SEAT BELT

SHOOTING A BOW AND ARROW

BREAKING AN ARM /LEG/ ANKLE

STRIKING A MATCH

BUNGY JUMPING

EXTRACTING A TOOTH

CROSSING & UNCROSSING YOUR ARMS

REMOVING TOFFEE FROM YOUR TEETH

POINTING UPWARDS/ DOWNWARDS

SLEEPING:LAYING HEAD ON HANDS

 

INTERNATIONAL DRINK

WHICH COUNTRY or COUNTRIES DO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH EACH DRINK?

PIÑA COLADA

GIN

GINGER ALE

LAGER

STOUT

PILSEN

SAKE

COFFEE

CHAMPAGNE

COGNAC

SHERRY

TEA

MATE

RUM

VODKA

TEQUILA

COKE

WHISKY

WHISKEY

OUZO

PORT

CHIANTI 

MEAD 

SPRITZER

CIDER

HOT CHOCOLATE

EGG NOG

SMOOTHIE

SANGRÍA

SQUASH 

RAKI

MEZCAL

PALM WINE

 

CLASSIFY THE ABOVE DRINKS INTO TWO CATEGORIES:

ALCOHOLIC                           NON-ALCOHOLIC

INTERNATIONAL FOOD

We learn better by doing things: simple recipes to savour the best in every culture.

If we speak of Feta, Choriatiki, Souvlaki Pita, Moussaka, Dolmadakia, Fava, Horta, Saganaki,Taramosalata, Koulouri, Pastichio,Yemista,etc.. we are referring to Greece

To which country do the following dishes belong?:

COUSCOUS

KEBAB

BACLAVA

SUSHI

SAMOSA

STEAK & KIDNEY PIE

CURRYWURST

TOFU

ENCHILADAS

SWEET & SOUR PORK

FEIJOADA

HOT DOGS

MOZZARELLA

FRÍJOLES

MALANGA

SCARGOT

COULIBIAC

PAELLA

GUACAMOLE

TUNA FISH CURRY

Over 100 categories Lex-Sem fields

1) Food

2) Drinks

3) Months, seasons, days

4) Clothes

5) Parts of the body

6) Means of transport

7) Sports

8) Politicians

9) Trees

10) Flowers

11) Rooms in a house

12) Shapes and Forms

13) Colours

14) Furniture

15) School subjects

16) American English words

17) World artists and painters

18) Writers

19) Types of music

20) Animals, mammals

21) Birds

22) Reptiles

23) Countries

24) Towns and cities

25) Autonomous communities

26) Areas at airports

27) Fruit

28) Musical instruments

29) Pop groups

30) Solo singers and musicians

31) Illness & Disease

32) World rivers

33) World mountains

34) Jobs & Professions

35) Objects in a kitchen

36) Objects in a bedroom

37) Objects you can buy

38) ICT: Computer-related words

39) Types of houses

40) Public places

41) Hobbies

42) Icecream flavours

43) Names of films

44) Film genres

45) Actors and actresses

46) Objects in a classroom

47)  Christmas related words

48)  Types of fish

49) Types of vegetables

50) Units of currency

51) Games, Computer games

52) American cities

53) African countries

54) European lakes

55) Wars

56)  Famous Cathedrals

57) Types of restaurants

58) Types of shops

59) names of Newspapers

60) Herbs & Spices

61) Breeds of dogs

62) Famous women

63) Planets & Stars

64) Car makes

65) Liquids

66) Football teams

67) family-related words

68) Desserts

69) Cheeses

70) TV programmes & series

71) Fictional characters

72) World oceans & seas

73) Pizza types

74) Things you can smell

75) Rocks & Minerals

76) Things sold in a souvenir shop

77) World islands

78) Holiday-related words

79) Famous sports legends

80) Football stadiums

81) Airport´s names

82) Insects

83) Universities

84) Adjectives

85) Verbs

86) Languages

87) Natonalities

88) Weather-related words

89) Villages in Andalucía

90) Male names

91) Female names

92) Words starting with " S", "P",...

93) Festivals & Fiestas

94) World religions & sects

95) Adverbs

96) Prepositions

97) Nouns

98) Odd numbers

99) Even numbers

100) Names of streets in your town

101) European countries

102) American        "

103) African            "

104) Asian                "  

105) Words ending in "D"  , "E",..  

THE COMPLEXITIES OF ENGLISH

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN...?

LIBEL & SLANDER

ABROGATE & ARROGATE

VENAL & VENIAL

PRINCIPAL & PRINCIPLE

STATIONARY & STATIONERY

MILITATE & MITIGATE

PREVARICATE & PROCRASTINATE

SLITHER & SLIVER

PERSPICACIOUS & PERSPICUOUS

INGENIOUS & INGENUOUS

IMMANENT & IMMINENT

DISCREET & DISCRETE

DERISIVE & DERISORY

DEFUSE & DIFFUSE

ADVERSE & AVERSE

CONTINUAL & CONTINUOUS

UNEATABLE & INEDIBLE

JUDICIAL & JUDICIOUS

PRUDENT & PRUDISH

CHILDISH & CHILDLIKE

ILLEGIBLE & ELIGIBLE

EFFECT & AFFECT

HUMAN & HUMANE

IRREVERENT & IRRELEVANT

SUITE & SUIT

SOCIAL & SOCIABLE

DIARY & DAIRY

MORAL & MORALE

INDUSTRIOUS & INDUSTRIAL

 

 

Write a simple ACROSTIC

An acrostic is a poem or any other form of writing in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or forms a name or message when read in sequence.

NEAR

EXCITING

ROMANTIC

JOYOUS

ALLURING

Mini-PROJECT: Write an acrostic with your name, surname, hometown, favourite thing, etc..

NATURE ITINERARIES

I identify myself with Nature: the symbol of our fate. Our natural landscape is a purifying exercise: it gives free rein to our fears and hopes, the imprints of our ancestors, the echoes of peoples and civilizations long gone.
I hold the romantic view of nature which gives me a sonorous loneliness, where my subjective imagination creates unspeakable, ineffable , unheard-of worlds full of reminiscences of the past.
I´m always overwhelmed by Nature, a passion, an enduring emotion without ideas. The integral way to educate humans is by taking us closer to the natural landscape/ our natural surroundings...as Nature is an open book waiting for both sensitive and sensible people to interpret it rghtly...

       

                     Nature Itinerary I

San Joaquín or Las Mercedes Sugar Factory;

La Coladilla Cliff; Eagles´Aqueduct and Nerja Cave

Geological interest

Biological        “

Scientific          “

Historical          “

Aesthetic             “

Cultural             “

Botanical           “

Ethnographic     “

1. AIMS:

1.1  To get the 3º ESO students closer to their most immediate environment.

1.2   To make students aware of environmental sustainability: the rational exploitation of natural resources.

2. METHODOLOGY: Itinerary with relevant stops. This activity is a class being taken in the fresh air. We have to demonstrate the maximum respect for nature.

3. EVALUATION: In this itinerary, the attitude demonstrated by the student will be evaluated and observed by the teacher. It is compulsory to fill in the spaces provided in this sheet.

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE ADEQUATE WORDS:

HYDROGRAPHY: The bed of the Coladilla gorge is found…………..all year round.

CLIMATOLOGY: Our area enjoys…………….or………………climate/weather.

EDAPHOLOGY: The largest part of agricultural land in our area belongs to………………...type.

GEOLOGY: Both Sierra Almijara and Tejeda mountain range are found inside the……………..system.

FLORA: Name at least two plants we have seen. ………………   ……………….

FAUNA: Write the name of two species of animals we have seen or heard……………

The main agricultural products are…………,  ………………., and…………………….

The Eagle´s aqueduct carries……………

The so-called Neolithic Cathedral is …..  ……….  ………..

NERJA HISTORICAL INDUSTRIAL  HERITAGE CRAWL  ESO II

LANDMARKS & SIGNPOSTS:

SAN MIGUEL CEMETERY:

(Epitaphs in English and in different languages; with or without religious meaning)

NTRA SRA DEL CARMEN (La maquinilla)

INGENIO SAN ANTONIO ABAD

RAPE OF EUROPE

OLD BRIDGE

ROUNDABOUT SCULPTURE

NTRA. SRA. DE LAS ANGUSTIAS HERMIT

OLD MUNICIPAL MARKET

SAN MIGUEL FACTORY

FOUNTAIN OF EUROPE

SAN JOSÉ FACTORY (IES EL CHAPARIL)

EL SALVADOR CHURCH

TOWN HALL

BALCONY OF EUROPE

NERJA MUSEUM

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