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TV shows worth watching to learn English

Watching series and films in English is a good way to practice your understanding skills. So here it is a list of tv series worth watching. I classified them according to the level of English, so if you think some modifications should be done, please tell me.

TELEVISION

Easy to understand

Pocoyo. Yes I know, it’s for kids but listening to Stephen Fry is always great and he speaks slowly and clearly. Give it a change to be a child again for once!

Medium

Friends. A classic sitcom. It is the perfect series to start using English subtitles. Easy soft American accent, available for all publics.

Two and a half men. Charlie Sheen. Nothing else to say. Funny and understandable.

The big bang theory. Forget all the science gibberish in English and you’ll understand the rest. Don’t pretend you understand  or  can explain E=mc² in your own language, so focus on geting the jokes in plain English.

Hard

Game of thrones. Be prepared to listen to “sort of” medieval English, so they speak slowly sometimes and with good grammar, if they are kings, but with ancient words. So you can end up using your grace in a business meeting if you get into it too much!

Extremely hard even with subtitles

True detective. One of the best series since the Sopranos. Woody Harrelson can be understood, Matthew McConaughey has a deeper  southern accent. If you want to know more about the depiction of Lousiana I recomend you read “A Louisiana Native Awaits the “True Detective” Finale” http://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/a-louisiana-native-awaits-the-true-detective-finale.htm. Beacuse it is not only about learing English and enjoying good TV, it’s also about knowing the world better, broaden our horizons (even it sounds topic, it’s true)

The opening theme "Far from Any Road" by The Handsome Family is brilliant and sets into the mood of the series. I highly recomend watching the version with the lyrics on youtube.

WTF are they saying, is that really English?

Shameless UK version. Amazing, incredible tv drama. You’ll find yourself listening to Mancunian, Manchester English. Politically incorrect, you have to watch it! If you can’t follow them in English with English subtitles go for your own language subtitles but don’t miss this great example of how to do good television and entertain at the same time. It’s not for everyone, so you are warned!

comparatives and superlatives

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Here it is a link where you can find an empty word table. We use the table when working the comparatives and superlatives so we know the spelling rules and how to use the adjectives to compare. I hope it is useful!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/200161419/Verb-Tenses-Tables

If you want it and haven't got a scribb account just write to the blog and I'll send it to you!

This course I haven't been able to actualise my blog. But thanks to the new technologies I helped all my students through whatsapp and line. I just want to remind you can contact me whenever you need it... like you always do. don't get sunburnt and enjoy summer! See you in September.

Summer

Again summer is here. Remember to read something!  American Stories (Macmillan Literature Collection) for the advanced levels is a must. Adapted stories can be found in the Bookworms Club Series (Oxford). However anything you read will be fine as far as you are able to explain it (in English) after the summer holidays.
Enjoy and every once in a while watch a good film in its original version!

Back!

After so long without writing, I decided I should update the blog no matter who is it for. So here it is a suggestion watch Modern Family in English (with subtitles if you need them). Their English is clear, you'll see how the Spanish accent sounds and you'll have fun!

New projects!

Have a nicesummer! Here I leave you a list of brainteasers to enjoy during these months! 
(I'll reply to all the messages and in Septembre I'll post the answers)

Q. 1. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

Q. 2. Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

Q. 3. Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister? Why not?

Q. 4. A man builds a house rectangular in shape. All sides have southern exposure. A big bear walks by, what color is the bear? Why?

Q. 5. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?

Q. 6. How far can a dog run into the woods?

Q. 7. One big hockey fan claimed to be able to say the score before any game. How did he do it? A. 7. The score before any hockey game should be 0:0, shouldn’t it?

Q. 8. You shall start fire if you have alcohol, petrol, kerosene, paper, candle, coke, full matchbox and a piece of cotton wool. What is the first thing you light?

Q. 9. Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?

Q. 10. What word describes a woman who does not have all her fingers on one hand?

Enjoy the holidays!

Antoher brain teaser!

I'll bring the sweets for those of you who have participated.
Here it  goes another opportunity to get the prize.

Why can’t a man living in London, England be buried in Edinburgh, Scotland ?

new brain teaser!

Which word is the odd one out:


First Second Third Forth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth

You get the answer, you get a sweet!

ORAL PRESENTATION 6TH

Dear students,
I'll pick up your projects next Thursday. Then we will start the oral presentations.
It can be done in pairs or alone. The structure should be the following:
INTRODUCTION: the person, the period he/she lived, his/her importance
LIFE: important facts
CONCLUSION: what you have learnt from this person and what you have learnt of the English language (new words, new grammar...)
It can't be more than 5 minutes. If you talk longer it will be penalised in the mark.

Guess... guess...

and if you guess you'll get a bless...
here it goes a riddle for you:

         Which alphabet letter is a part of the body?

Post back your answer!

NEW WAY OF DOING A RESEARCH

For those of you who have to find information in the net, I recomend you use Google academic. I'm sure you'll find something more than just wikipedia and worth reading.
You can find the Spanish version:
Google Acadèmico

And the English version called:
Scholar Google

Good luck!

HISTORY PRESENTATIONS

Here we have two presentations Sergi and Marc from 6th grade did. The first one is about Empúries and the second one about Roman Hispania. Worth checking.
Well done boys!
Monica

6th B Porject

The pairs are:
Aina, Mar: Copernicus

Bernat, Alex: Charles the Great or Confucius
Maria: Roman Fort
Alba, Ariadna: Aristoteles
Mireia A, Marc M., Gina: Obama
Gemma, Andrea: Cleopatra
Sergio, Pau V.: Albert Einstein
Aida, Cris: Fidel Castro 
Pau F, Miquel: Lenin
Xavi, Gery: Isaac Newton
Jaume, Fèlix: timeline (talk to me at class or send a mail) or Benjamin Franklin
Edu, Carla: Picasso
David, Mireia Cl: J. F. Kennedy

If you want a change, have a look at this list and then explain the reasons in English. It will be considered.

6th A: Project

On your project about Biographies of Historic Figures, the selected person is the following.
Alex, Ignasi: Caesar August
Marc S, Ariadna P: Colombus
Andrea, Míriam: Gandhi
Clàudia, Sergi German: Galieleo Galilei
Uma, Gerard, Clàudia:Martin Luther King
Laura, Walter, Ariadna P.: Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Helena C, Marc P: Napoleon Bonaparte
Pol, Rafa: Shakespeare
Xavi, Mercè: Marie Courier
Txell, Sergi Gz: Nelson Mandela
Helena G, Najoua: Leonardo Da Vinci
Oscar, Maria: Emmelie Pankhurst
And information about timelines:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory

HISTORY 6TH GRADE

Hello dear students,
Next week we will finish the History Folder and we'll start with the Biography Project. You'll do it in pairs. And we are going to do the pairs drawing lots.
I give you some ideas on the possible people you can write about:
Gandhi, Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, W. Churchill, Cleopatra, Marie Curie, Leonardo Da vVinci, Charles Darwin, Galielo Galilei.
You can find information in the BBC webpage among others.
Hope you'll enjoy the weekend.
Monica

Life cycle of a frog 3rd primary

Life cycle of a frog narrated in English by native-speakers. Clear images.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2g_rHBUH4

Useful!!