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English culture lessons

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   Learning english traditions  Fuente: https://es.alegsaonline.com/    👉 Description and  🎯  activity goal :   The idea is to introduce students not only to grammar, vocabulary and phonetics, but also to cultural aspects of English-speaking countries, such as traditional food and drink (brunch, cookies, cupcakes, milkshakes, smoothies), types of housing, places where English is spoken, hobbies and leisure activities, prices in dollars and pounds, pets, social relationships, customs and typical celebrations of Anglo-Saxon culture (Halloween, Black Friday, Santa Claus & Christmas, Easter, St. George's Day, May Day), British timetables and signposting (road safety), names of different places and monuments in the UK, the rules of politeness, the use of certain expressions more than others in different contexts, etc. 🎨  Methodology:   Have you ever heard about "brunch"? What is the real story behind The Simpsons? Fuente: htt...

Listening comprehension - Little Red Riding Hood

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Little Red Riding Hood Fuente: https://www.amazon.es/Little-Red-Riding-Hood-Fairy/dp/0763693316                                                                          👉 Description of the activity:  The resource involves watching a two-minute video of the traditional and well-known tale of Little Red Riding Hood and then checking understanding of both vocabulary and chronological sequences through various activities.. 🎨  Methodology:   In order to develop this activity, it will be necessary to use a digital screen or projector and a computer.  - Before the video, some reminder exercises are carried out to review the pronunciation and meaning of the words mentioned in the video; it is advisable for the students to repeat the sound to improve their phonological learning:   ...

Giving directions

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Activity name: What on earth?    👉 Exercise description:   One student is chosen to play the role of the tour guide and the rest of the group are the tourists. The teacher will each time inform about the exact destination and the building/monument/attraction where the tourists should arrive and the guide should know how to direct them through his or her indications in the free Google Earth tool. For example, if the chosen destination is London, the aim of the activity can be to get to the "London Eye", in this case, by means of the correct indications of the guide, the tourists must get to the London Eye through the 3D map and the real-time camera of the city of London with the Google Earth tool.  Those students who get all 7 strategic points right will be rewarded with 30 minutes extra break time or, if this is not possible due to a lack of staff, the students will be able to play the role of teacher in the next class.  Fuente: Google Earth This could be an ex...

Junior Chefs

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   👉 Activity description:   The activity consists of a cooking workshop in class. The students will learn how to prepare fun and healthy recipes that belong to the Anglo-Saxon culture such as: - Oven free oatmeal cookies - Mint chocolate energy balls - Banana Split -Yoghurt Parfait The aim is to turn cooking into a highly original English immersion tool for them to internalise both vocabulary and expressions related to gastronomy while they live the experience of cooking. 🎨  Methodology:    The duration of the exercise is two hours. Students are divided into groups of 6 and each team is given a recipe in English. At the end, the jury (teachers) will decide who the winning team is and they will be able to decide the recipe for the next occasion, always taking into account that it must be of Anglo-Saxon origin and that it must be a cold food.  Each group will be asked to provide ingredients one week before the activity, and the teacher will bring the ...