TICKLED PINK

 Photocopy from 27th November: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THQ2p0RnVpd3R2ZDQ/view?usp=sharing

would or used to ?

http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-would-in-the-past/

Answer key to 1st writing lesson_part 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THS1R0VlE3ZzZGaGs/view?usp=sharing

6 uses of  -ing form: http://www.engvid.com/6-ways-to-use-gerunds/

ON THE MEND

Photocopies from 20th November: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THU0FWdk1jMHNoRGM/view?usp=sharing

Writing: http://www.engvid.com/how-to-write-an-effective-essay/


Answer key first part of writing lesson no. 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THdGJEZFc1eU1rN2c/view?usp=sharing

A FILM BUFF

Photocopies from 18th November: 
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THa0hUTzdCXzlCWXM/view?usp=sharing
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THRW1rRjRMX1NYS1E/view?usp=sharing

Talking about disability: http://www.engvid.com/disability-vocabulary/ 
              

          No offence intended!!!

     http://www.scope.org.uk/awkward/disability-language

     http://www.theguardian.com/society/series/talking-about-disability

     http://buds.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Talking-about-Disability-A-Style-Guide-Inspired-by-2012.pdf

Northern Exposure: 

     http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/22/northern-exposure-next-box-set

     http://www.videodetective.com/tv/northern-exposure-season-1/232704

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuBabkoTCgc

     http://www.amazon.com/Northern-Exposure-Complete-Second-Seasons/dp/B000EOTTS6

     

A BIT OF A LIAR

  Photocopies from 13th November: 
     https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THd2ZrZl9xTUtyc1E/view?usp=sharing 
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWWZ0ZndCWVYxNGM/view?usp=sharing

Remembrance Day_David Aldridch: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2048-416X.2014.12001.x/pdf

INFINITIVE or V-ing?  
  http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/verbs-followed-by-gerunds-and-infinitives

  http://www.engvid.com/gerund-or-infinitive/

How to give a presentation: 

  http://www.engvid.com/how-to-give-a-presentation/

Pronunciation of adjectives in -ed  (wicked, naked, ragged, ...) 

   https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm

   http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/34587/why-are-baked-and-naked-not-pronounced-the-same

   http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/04/snappy-endings.html

To take it with a pinch of salt: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2014/05/140520_tews_176_pinch_of_salt.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2013/01/130115_tews_106_take_with_a_pinch_of_salt.shtml

Straight from the horse's mouth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2013/08/130806_tews_135_horse_mouth.shtml

LAME DUCK

Photocopy from 11th November 2014: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THWEhDVHBiamVZckE/view?usp=sharing

Article about Remembrance Day: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/nov/11/call-rethink-remembrance-day-schools

WRITING_1st lesson_Style & Register: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THdGNjYjdFTi1HM0E/view?usp=sharing
More information about register: http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/formal-informal-english/

DRAWING THE SHORT STRAW

Photocopies from 6th November:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THc0RDZzNNb1NIV2s/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THYUk3cFh3YzBSMEk/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THRFIzdzJUUVY3VmM/view?usp=sharing

MEMORY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1jpdsw_national-geographic-test-your-brain-3of3-memory-pdtv-xvid-mp3-mvgroup-org_tech

http://natgeotv.com.au/tv/brain-games/the-brain-memory.aspx

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/games/memory-game

THE RAT RACE

THE RAT RACE: the way of life of people living and working in a large city where people compete in an aggressive way with each other in order to be more successful, earn more money, etc.

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Photocopy from 4th November: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THTjF0czBoMko0UjQ/view?usp=sharing
Vocabulary test (4th November): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_Nb3d84W0THVElvRU5DZWRCZWs/view?usp=sharing

MODELS OF ORAL EXAMS: 
           monologues:  https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THM25scGlld0N4eUU&usp=sharing
           dialogues:   https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THYkNnWjQzMDFkakU&usp=sharing

News, news, news: 
  CORRUPTION IN SPAIN: 
     http://www.thelocal.es/20141027/police-swoop-in-anti-corruption-sting
  
  REALITY AT THE BORDER BETWEEN MOROCCO AND THE SPANISH ENCLAVE OF MELILLA: 

     http://www.thelocal.es/20141023/pic-of-the-day-two-worlds-collide

  

  BULLYING:

     http://www.parentdish.co.uk/kids/what-is-bullying-and-what-is-normal-childhood-conflict/

     http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11207241/Teach-children-what-to-say-and-theyll-stand-up-to-bullies.html

     http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/nov/03/why-bullying-thrives-higher-education

     http://www.cafamily.org.uk/media/793674/dealing_with_bullying.pdf

     http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp

  DEATH WITH DIGNITY: 

     http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/03/terminally-ill-oregon-death-with-dignity-brittany-maynard

     http://guardianlv.com/2014/11/cancer-patient-brittany-maynard-ended-her-suffering/

     https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/death-with-dignity-or-cruel-and-unusual-punishment

     http://www.whitsundaycoastguardian.com.au/news/brittany-maynard-ends-her-own-life/2440622/

     http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/03/brittany-maynard-us-right-to-die-laws

     http://guardianlv.com/2014/11/brittanys-choice-the-everlong-debate-over-assisted-suicide/

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPfe3rCcUeQ

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZR-qB3HaQY

  PODEMOS PARTY: 

     http://www.thelocal.es/20141103/spains-new-podemos-party-tops-poll-courr

     http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-eu-27579898

     http://www.businessinsider.com/spains-podemos-party-takes-polling-lead-2014-11

     http://www.cnbc.com/id/102145697