Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Listenings

To do the listening activities Click here

Monday, December 28, 2009

Soccer Listening

To do a soccer listening activity Click Here

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Speaking material

To view speaking material Click here
For C1 speaking Assessment Click here

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Xmas Listening Assessment

For Road Rage listening and transcript Click here

Merry Christmas

To enjoy the 12 Days of Chrismas Click here

Friday, December 4, 2009

Expressing Anger in Church

A bit unorthodox... but effective Click here

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Roman Fever

A short story for this long weekend Click here
To listen to Roman Fever Click here

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

James Joyce: The Boarding House

To watch the story Click here
To read a short summary Click here

Saturday, November 21, 2009

BNP woman quits school

To read a local Sussex newspaper about a leaked BNP membership list on the Internet Click here

Anglican priests consider joining Rome

To read and watch the video Click here

Answer key 1

Answers to Lexical Cloze "Think of it AS LESS OF A test drive": 1A,2D,3A,4B,5C,6B,7D,8A,9B,10D,11C,12D,13A,14B,15C.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Private conversation leaked to the press

To read the conversation between Mrs Janes and the PM Click here

Caught up in a tangled web!

Has Mrs Janes become another victim? Click here

Can Gordon Brown spell properly?

To read about the letter that has enraged a soldier's mother Click here

Why don't YOU do a spelling test? Click here

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Controlling Road Rage

To read the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety report Click here

Friday, November 6, 2009

Idioms

To scream blue murder Click here

Gunpowder Plot Game

To test your knowledge Click here

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Gunpowder Plot

To read about the Gunpowder Plot Click here

Tonight's the night!

To read about Bonfire Night in England Click here

Bonfire Night

To learn more about the events taking place in Lewes Click here

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Correlation between bumper stickers and road rage

Psychologists have discovered a correlation between bumper stickers and road rage. To read more Click here

Bumper stickers and road rage

Can your bumper sticker cause road rage? Click here

Road Rage

To do the road rage quiz Click here

Expressing Anger

To learn more about the word "berserk" Click here

The cat's cradle

To learn the meaning of this expression Click here

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Parliament and religious disabilities

Can the British Prime Minister be a Roman Catholic? To learn more about this issue Click here

James Joyce: Eveline

To read a critical analysis of Joyce's Eveline Click here

Monday, October 26, 2009

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Nick Griffin Profile

To learn more about the BNP leader Click here

Sunday papers still talking about BNP

To read the Queen's opinion Click here and to see the News of the World tabloid Click here

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Tension rising during Question Time at the BBC

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Tension rising outside BBC

To watch the demo outside the BBC Click here

Is the media moral?


To read the script Click here

Dr. Andrew Mango

To learn more about Dr. Mango... Click here

Gonçalo Amaral

Puffing on a cigarette... Click here

Idioms

The British stiff upper lip... Click here

BBC director general speaks out

Mark Thompson defends the BBC's decision to allow BNP on Question Time. Click here

BBC Controversy

To learn more about the BNP and the BBC controversy. Click Here

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Dialang


DIALANG provides flexible support to anyone learning a language.
You can test yourself in reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary.
You can choose instructions and feedback in any one of the 14 languages.
DIALANG offers you a wide range of feedback and advice.
Click here

Saturday, September 19, 2009

ALTE Description for C1

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What is expected of C1 students?

At C1 level, typical users can be expected to:

•read quickly enough to cope with an academic course
•understand complex opinions
•produce clear, well structured and detailed pieces of writing
•express themselves well with a good degree of fluency
•use English flexibly for social, professional and academic purposes.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

C Levels WHY?

The Common European Framework has established 6 levels when it comes to certifying languages: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. Reaching them does not necessarily mean one academic year for each indicator and this explains why an EOI Advanced2 is only awarded a B2 level (this fact is currently being revised at the highest levels of Government). Therefore, falling into line with European standards has seriously affected EOIs and somehow undermined and devalued its highest leaving certificate. This turbulent scenario explains the urgent necessity to implement the teaching and certification of C levels at EOIs throughout Spain.