VIDEO: MY FAVOURITE COUNTRY

Look at the video I have prepared.
I enjoyed a lot this activity because it is a good way to use your imagination. I would like to put this into practice in my classes. Students can choose a country or a city and they have to look for images. Then, the rest of the class can watch the video and guess which place it is.
Nice resource!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

GEOTAGGING: THE THAMES

This tour takes us to the River Thames and the most important buildings that surrount it and there is a link to a café in order to stop and have a snack.



Ver The Thames en un mapa más grande

http://claudeschneider.com/photoblog/files/molten_thames.jpg

MY WIKI: A Tour in London

This is my wiki about London. I hope you like it


http://enjoylondon.wikispaces.com/

PODCASTING (TONGUE TWISTERS)

Do you dare?

TONGUE TWISTERS

PODCASTING (QUESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS)

PODCAST (WELCOME TO MY BLOG)

TREASURE HUNT

SCOTLAND

INTRODUCTION

What do you know about Scotland? Do you know why is this country special for us? Do you know which animals live there? And what about scottish culture? Who were the first inhabitants? And the most important cities in Scotland?

Scotland is a fascinating country full of contrasts and interesting to visit through the net. My main objective is to help students learn about the life in Scotland, the inhabitants and the traditional things of an old society. Let’s discover new things about Scotland together in our class. Work in groups of two and answer the following questions.

Tasks

GEOGRAPHY

1- What is the capital of Scotland?

1. How many inhabitants does Scotland have?
2. What are the most famous rivers?
3. Name 5 important cities in Scotland.
4. Name some mountains in Scotland.

CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

5- What are the Scottish like?What are their hobbies?

6- What are the colours of the scottish flag?

7- What is a kilt? And a tartan? And a bagpipe?

8- What is the “Hogmenay”?

SCOTTISH WRITERS

9- Name some famous scottish writers.

10- Who wrote “The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”?

11- Who wrote “Ivanhoe”?

12- Who wrote “The Hound of the Baskervilles”?

The Big Question

Now that you have travelled through Scotland your last task is to find out the name of the most well known place in Scotland. You can use all the resources given.

Resources

In order to answer the questions you will need to the help of the following web pages:

a- http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/index.asp (general information about scotland)

b- http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html (general information about scotland)

c- http://www.siliconglen.com/Scotland/traditions.html (scottish traditions)

d- http://www.visitscotland.com/library/ScottishWriters (scottish writers)

e- http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/hogmany.html (the meaning of hogmany)

f- http://www.visitscotland.com/aboutscotland/Geography/ (rivers and mountains in Scotland)

g- http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotmap.html (cities in Scotland)

Evaluation

Students are assessed in groups. They have to answer the questions correctly and the big question in the end of the treasure hunt. At the same time, I will also assess their participation in the group and their eagerness to learn. How? I will evaluate their work in class because this activity can be done in the computers room. Students can send me their answers by email and the following day we can comment on the answers.

MY ALTER EGO

I really like the group Queen and all the songs they had. The lyrics of the songs were really interesting and every time I feel alone or there has been a problem I listen to all the songs. Moreover, the lyrics can be easily understood and you can prepare some exercises with these songs in class. Students really love these songs because they are not used to listening to it.

This song is cool when you are stressed after a hard day at school!

I want to break free)
(I want to break free)
I want to break free from your ...........
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've want to break free
God knows, God knows I want to ........... ..............

I've fallen in ..............
I've fallen in love for the ............. ...................
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me ......... you do
But I have to be ..............
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free, baby
Oh how I want to break free,
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to, living without, living ..................
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live ................., hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
God knows, gods know, gods know
I've want to break free

Me as a teacher

For me being a teacher is more than teaching English to my students. It is the fact of learning new things every day and facing the difficulties that may appear. It is a job in which you can experience new things every day: some days are better, some days are worse. Students learn something every day and this is what makes it a really interesting job.