HALLOWEEN IS DRAWING NEAR, GUYS!!

HALLOWEEN  is just round the corner, right?

Any plans for HALLOWEEN?

Have a look at the intro of Tim Burton's "A Nightmare before Christmas" to get into the mood.

Recommended list of READING BOOKS!

At last! Here it comes the reading list of books I do recommend  to you for this academic year.

 If any of you have any queries on any of the books, please do let me know , right? 

In any case, other suggestions are welcome. That is, any other books ,which aren't on the list, and you fancy reading them, ok? 

Hope this  long list  of books doesn't put you off!!

Recommeded Books( full ,unabridged books, not simplified ones)

• The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Kate Summerscale, Bloomsbury, 2009.

• The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruíz Zafón, Phoenix, 2004.
• Dead Famous, Ben Elton, Black Swan, 2001.
• Intimacy, Hanif Kureishi, Faber and Faber, 1999.
• The Constant Gardener, John Le Carré, Hodder & Stoughton, 2005.
• The Cathedral of the Sea, Idelfonso Falconés, Dutton, 2008.
• The Girl of his Dreams, Donna Leon, William Heinemann, 2008.
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne, Black Swan, 2006.
• Winter in Madrid, C.J. Sansom, Pan Books, 2006.
• .A Spot of Bother, Mark Haddon, Vintage Books,2007
• The Kite Runner(Khaled Hosseini)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini, Bloomsbury, 2007.
• About a Boy, Nick Hornby, Penguin Books, 1998.

•  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)

• The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
• The Wizard of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
• Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (Helen Fielding)
• Sex and the City (Candance Bushnell)
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
• Any book from the Twilight saga (Stephenie Meyer)
• Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years(Sue Townsend)
• The Ice Princess( Camila Läckberg) or any other book by her.
• Any of the three books from  the Millenium saga( Stieg Larsson)
• Firewall (Henning Mankell)
• Norwegian Wood(Haruki Murakami)
• 1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
• Sarah's key( Tatiana de Rosnay)

          At the link below you'll find some more bestsellers which are worth a try!!!

               New York Times Bestsellers

PRONUNCIATION – /ə/ Schwa

Hi guys!

  Last week or so, I explained to you about one of the most common sounds in English
  /ə/ Schwa.
 Hope it is  of great help to you.

To HALLOWEEN or not HALLOWEEN, That`s the question!!!

HALLOWEEN: COMPETITION FOR THE SPOOKIEST STORY AT EOI XATIVA

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Hi guys,
As promised, here's the new entry for the  scariest story ever written for HALLOWEEN  at school.

GUIDELINES:

1)Write your scary story to post on this blog so that everybody can read it.

2) It should be about 150-200 words long.

3)Deadline: Friday 9th, Nov.

4)Click on the link below for vocabulary that will set the mood for your story.

5) And... just have fun!!!!

Vocabulary words for writing scary stories

ORORO TV! Great website to improve your English!!

Have you tried ORORO TV?

A fabulous website with dozens of online series and films with subtitles. FREE!!! NO WAITING!!!

And a great feature is that if you hold the mouse over any word you don’t understand, you’ll see the translation.

1B:more extra practice on AUXILIARIES

Hi everyone,

Here you have some more activities to give you  extra practice ,especially, in the use of echo questions  and question tags.

Hope they can be of help to you all.


1. Read the conversation.

A: You've never been to England, (1) have you?

B: No, (2) I haven't.

A: (3) Haven't you? . (4) I have. And I'm sure you'd love it!

B: (5) Would I? I'm not that sure...

A: (6) I am. You would love it and (7) so would your husband. 

B: In that case, I have to start planning my next trip.

A: (8) So have I!



2. Can you find the following...

A. An echo question
B. A question tag
C. A short answer.

3. Which auxiliary is used to...

a. to show surprise
b. to disagree
c. to check information
d. to avoid repetition.
e. to agree.


4. Now read the sentences and write correct echo questions for them.

1. I don’t like chocolate.
2. I’ve never been abroad.
3. I always go swimming in the morning.
4. I went shopping last night.
5. I’ll never come back.
6. I’d like to see her again.
7. I was sick yesterday.
8. I’m staying at home tonight.
9. She hasn’t come to class.
10. They are visiting us next weekend.

5. This time write questions tags for these sentences.

1. You don’t like getting up early.
2. She never exercises.
3. He usually does his homework at night.
4. They didn’t go to work yesterday.
5. She will tell us next week.
6. He’d like to meet us again.
7. She wasn’t at home last week.
8. You are going to buy a new car.
9. You have never seen her.
10. They are staying at home this weekend.

 TRICKY QUESTION:

 You know  that the question tag  for (I'M RIGHT,...........?), don't you?

1A: QUESTION FORMATION LINKS

Hi guys!

Here are some  links you can have a look at to get some extra practice

correct the questions

write questions for these answers …and these, too …and these ones!

complex questions (with audio)

subject/object questions

right or wrong?

Just a funny note, to get started on the course!!

Hi everyone!

To begin with, let me share with you a funny videoclip about  a Thai teacher trying to teach his students English in the Thai way. Suppose I can do a lot better than this teacher, right?. (hahaha)  have a look and see what happens. It's a good laugh!!

WELCOME TO MY NEW BLOG!

Hello everyone! 

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This is the blog for the class! I'll be posting some activities / handouts / homework / pieces of writing and many other interesting resources. You'll be able to find some websites and other useful material. Visit it regularly, please!