Eurovision Listening Jam 2016

Here I post some of the most relevant songs from the Eurovision contest. They are from 2016. What is your favourite one? Click on the titles to perform the listening tasks

Enjoy!

Jamala- 1944

Sergei Lazarev -You are the Only One

Michat Spzak - Colour of your Life

Oral Presentation: Non Profit Organizations

OBJECTIVES

The purpose of the following task is to prepare an oral presentation in groups about the topic “Non-Governmental Organizations”

Groups can be as small as 2 and as big as 5

PROCEDURE

Create a Slide Presentation. You can use Prezi, Power Point, or another tool that you see fit. Each presentation must include, at least, these parts

- Presentation of the Organization

- Historical Background

- Zones of Action

- Present Challenges

- Three questions for your partners

Every student must present at least one part of the work.

TASK ASSESSMENT

DEADLINE

Students will have three days to present their work to class: the 26th and the 27th of April. NO PRESENTATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED BEYOND THAT POINT

Money makes the world go round

Watch the following videos about money and prepare three questions for your partners

Videos of the Week: Pursuit your Dreams

Topic 5 Review

Let's review Topic five together. Let's start with the reported speech

- Mix and match the reporting statements

- Match the correct verb form of the reporting sentences

- Rewrite the questions

Now lets review the vocabulary




Some interesting films to comment in class

Reported speech Exercises

Here you have a list of interesting resources to work on the reported speech

1. Reported speech game

2. Reporting verbs Speech Quiz

3. Reported Speech Grammar Summary and exercises

Reported Speech

here I post a useful presentation about the Reported speech. Enjoy!

Reported Speech from Miguel Dias

Mixed Conditional Resource compilation

here you can find a list of resources to review the conditional types on your own:

- The four types of conditional sentences


- Four conditionals additional reference


- I wish drill exercises


- I wish /If only clauses

Oral Presentation Task 1. Traditions

Objectives

- To create a presentation in groups about customs and traditions all over the world

- To expose an argumentative test in favour or against a given tradition

- To train oral exposition techniques, using connectors and discoursive devices

Procedure

1. Work in groups. You can work in groups from 3 to 5 students

2. Create a Slide Presentation. You can use Prezi, Power Point, or another tool that you see fit. Each presentation must include, at least, five different parts
- Presentation of the tradition
- Historical Background
- Description and Development
- Points in favour of this tradition
- Points against
- At least two questions for debate

3. Every student must present at least one part of the work.

Assessment

The Presentation will be assessed using the following scheme

 
Resources

Here are some examples of traditions you can talk about:
-Toro de la Vega

--Gloucester Cheese Rolling

-palio di Siena Horse Race

 

Take a Seat and Make a Friend

Have you ever met somebody by chance? In this video you can see how perfect strangers can meet each other in a funny but embarrassing situation