Learning English is fun!

Learning English is fun!

martes, 1 de marzo de 2022

Carnival around the world



February is carnival time and you can tour the entire planet visiting the best carnivals in the world. From Italy to Brazil through the USA or Spain.


Our language assistant, Hanna, shows us different carnival celebrations around the world in this presentation 馃憞: 

Presentation Skills: How to do a great presentation

 Hi!

How can you do a GREAT PRESENTATION?

These are some parts to take into account

1.) The ENTRANT

- Show a confident smile 馃榾

- Have your shoulders back. 

- Don't move around so much (It's distracting). 

- If you are having a little trouble, put your hands by your side. Also, you can put your hands abobe your belly botton. 

2.) The INTRODUCTION

- Get these people attention in 10 seconds. 

- Eye contact 馃憖馃憖馃憖: make sure you have to look at every person in your audience to make them feel included. 

Check everything here 馃憞:

馃挕 These are some tips for being a good and a public speaker

There are some GESTURES you can use: 

- The 'give': for giving opinions

- The 'chop': to make a point. Use this gesture if you want to get the straight to the point. It's a good attention grabber. 

- The 'show' 馃挀: to show that you are caring. 

- See your palms 馃枑馃枑 : to show the audience thinks you're trustworthy. 


Watch this video  馃憞馃憞馃憞 to learn them: 



lunes, 8 de noviembre de 2021

'Three Little Birds' (by Bob Marley & The Wailers)

 



Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer and composer. His songs made the reggae style of music popular aroundthe world.

Here you have one of his famous songs: 'Three Little Birds'. 


Facts and information about Jamaica

 


Hello girls and boys!馃

Jamaica is a mountainous island in the Caribbean Sea about 600 miles (965 kilometers) south of Miami, Florida.

The official language is English. 

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE THE COUNTRY IN A MAP: 


                                           (From National Geographic Kids) 



Jamaica's national animal is the red-billed streamertail also known as the doctor bird, scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird. 馃憞



And its national flower is  the the Lignum Vitae. It was found here by Christopher Columbus. 
Its' name, when translated from Latin, means “wood of life” – probably adopted because of its medicinal qualities.馃憞



CLICK THE BUTTONS (IMAGES) TO EXPLORE FURTHER馃憞

FOOD

ANIMALS

SPORTS



FAMOUS PEOPLE

LANDMARKS

CLOTHING


viernes, 5 de noviembre de 2021

Facts and information about Nigeria

 



Hi kids!

Also known as the "Giant of Africa," Nigeria is the continent's most diverse and populated country.

Hundreds of languages are spoken here, but the official one is English. 

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE THE COUNTRY IN A MAP




Nigeria's national animal is the EAGLE



And its national flower is  the YELLOW TRUMPET:
 

CLICK THE BUTTONS (IMAGES) TO 
EXPLORE FURTHER馃憞

FOOD

ANIMALS

SPORTS 

TRIBES (PEOPLE)

LANDMARKS

CLOTHING

CELEBRATRIONS

mi茅rcoles, 27 de octubre de 2021

' A Magical Muddle' (Story)

 Tabitha is a  witch. She  is worried about a new visitor coming to her school!. 馃巸


Enjoy this Halloween story. 

lunes, 19 de abril de 2021

Present Continuous Verb Chant - What Are You Doing?

Look at these pictures: 

馃憜THE BOY IS WRITING
HE'S WRITING. 


馃憜THE CATS ARE EATING. 
THEY ARE EATING. 



Practice the Present Continuous 馃憞


Finally,  look and study this chart: 






domingo, 18 de abril de 2021

Earth Day 2021 : How to Save the Earth by the Lorax (Reading aloud book)

 Hi kids! 

Earth Day is coming!馃審. Every year on April 22, people celebrate this day to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation, because we have to protect it. 

馃憠 Did you know that NOISE can pollute? 

Are you GREEN?.  This is a wonderful Earth Day book for children. The Lorax suggests realistic ways to reduce waste, how we can save energy and much, much more!. 馃憞

mi茅rcoles, 24 de marzo de 2021

domingo, 21 de marzo de 2021

Holi Festival (India)

Holi is one of the major festivals of Hindus. It is celebrated in South Asian countries, especially in India and Nepal

Holi is the festival of colours. The festival is celebrated for two to three days.Holi is celebrated in the spring season. Hindus believe that spring is full of colours so they throw colored water on each other.




Our language assistant from India has prepared this presentation for you. Enjoy Holi Festival!馃憞馃

domingo, 7 de febrero de 2021

Welcome to Liverpool!

 Hi!

Liverpool is a city in England, in the UK. The Beatles were from this city. Many places of it remain us the famous pop-rock band. 






Tobias (one of our language assistants of this course year) has made this presentation for you. It will help you a lot for a later activity. 馃憞馃憞

domingo, 31 de enero de 2021

'Here Comes the Sun' song by The Beatles

 


'Here Comes the Sun' is a song by the English rock band The Beatles from their 1969 album 'Abbey Road'

It was written by George Harrison and is one of his best-known compositions for The Beatles.

'Yellow Submarine' song (by The Beatles)

 

'Yellow Sumarine' is a song by the English rock band The Beatles from their 1966 album 'Revolver'. 


Who were The Beatles?

The Beatles were an English rock band, started in Liverpool, England in 1960. They were, and still are, one of the most successful and influential bands in the history of modern music. 


Watch this video to learn more 馃憞馃憞: 


Also, you can read this presentation 馃憖馃憖馃憖: