ROAD TO ENGLISH C1: 2020

29.12.20

Fake or fir? Your Christmas tree's carbon footprint

If you have a Christmas tree in your home, have you thought whether it's better to have a natural tree or an artificial tree? This video could help you to decide. Watch the video and do the exercises by clicking here

16.12.20

Film mistakes, goofs and bloopers

Spot film mistakes by watching this video:

11.12.20

English Vocabulary: Love- Dating -Relationships

8.11.20

American Election Vocabulary

4.11.20

Listening: Work burnout

Listen to the guests on this radio chat show speaking about the difference between work-related stress and burnout.Then,do the exercises.

8.10.20

16.6.20

Grammar: Cleft Sentences

Exercises on cleft sentences HERE

9.6.20

Listening:Joining a health club

Click here to listen to a dialogue, then answer the questions(don't view the questions until after you have listened to the audio file).

Advantages of playing sports

25.5.20

What You Need To Be A Better Chef

19.5.20

Complaint letters

Dear students,
Here you are some links with tips and examples on how to write an email or letter of complaint
Complaint letter. Sample 1
Complaint letter. Sample 2
Complaint letter. Sample 3

13.5.20

Morgan's articles and recordings

1. Question riddle restaurants
1.1 Question riddle restaurants: recording.
2. Freedom comes with responsibility.
2.2. Freedom comes with responsibility: recording
3 . North Pond Hermit.
3.3 North Pond Hermit: recording

11.5.20

VOCABULARY: Traveling

NOUNS: city break, local delicacy, budget airline, resort holiday, boutique hotel, last-minute deal, ancient monuments, baking temperatures, organised excursions , self-catering holiday
ADJECTIVES:
restless , stunning , awe-inspiring

VERBS:
rip off , indulge (in), pamper (with), lounge around

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS: steer clear of , let one’s hair down , go off the beaten track, getting away from it all

29.4.20

Cultural Bytes: Survival

23.4.20

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY

World Book Day was created on April 23rd, 1995, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The connection between that date and books, however, was made in Spain in 1923, as it is the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, prominent Spanish Chronicler.
Click here to find and do several activities on Shakespeare's life, plays, quotes...

21.4.20

50 Free Things You Can Do During Lockdown

Run out of things to do in quarantine? We've got you covered with 50 fun, free ways to keep busy during the coronavirus lockdown.

So you’re in lockdown. You’ve completed Netflix list and you’re tired of talking about the news with your flatmate.

Don’t fret, there are still plenty of free things left to do.
We’ve collated a list of 50 fun and free things to do using your internet connection or items you already have lying around to get you through the weeks of lockdown.

19.4.20

New Morgan's articles and recordings

Cupid in quarantine

Recording Cupid

Chernobyl Wildfires Reignite,Stirring up Radiation

Recording Chernobyl

15.4.20

Writing: A report

Dear students,
Click here to learn more on how to write a report in English.

14.4.20

Improve your Listening and Speaking skills

3.4.20

Morgan's articles

Here you have the links to the two articles read aloud by Morgan , the texts and the recordings.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kVBfyWkNEuukbfEs7PjRdF-Fp3NO2tUD/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bzvs--hKjhxOUrwinMHN9rbeCEd6Pl8x/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18GgZXOqu_FWv3PFEQGEF8B1CafWDKi2X/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PvgLXvnxLgWycdLxK3r1Thx1GURxTgy0/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IotTpx2meELPZyY2scVE1RrsCNtPXKgB/view?usp=sharing

2.4.20

Are computers male or female?

To answer the question, should computers be addressed as "she" or "he", a Professor set up two groups of students The first was comprised of women, and the second of men. Each group was asked to recommend whether computers should be referred to in the feminine gender, or the masculine gender. They were asked to give 4 reasons for their recommendation. Take a listen and see which side you agree with.