St. Andrew's day

Today is St. Andrew's day

Despite the fact that St Andrew has stood as Scotland’s patron saint for so many years, it wasn’t until the 18th century that the popular celebration of his day became commonplace. What might surprise you even more is that the tradition of celebrating on November 30th was not even technically started in Scotland, but by a group of ex-pats in the USA who were keen to reconnect with their Scottish roots.

Are you interested? You can go on reading  here

But surely you are more interested in watching the trailer of this  film about a Scottish  brave young girl.

Have you seen the movie?

 

Have a look at the worksheet  that the teacher  Raquel Fernández has prepared.

Can you complete the text with the words given?

This and many other ressources going to  Aulas Galegas

Thanksgiving 2020 26th November

 Thanksgiving is one of the most important celebrations of the year for Americans. Our Katie is back home and, of course,  has celebrated Thanksgiving. She has cooked for her family and has worn her favourite apron.  SHE MISSES YOU AND SAYS HI!!!

Bautista Ramos has prepared information about the history of Thanksgiving and some activities for you. Click on the picture or visit Aulas galegas

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November

 

Take action: 10 ways you can help end violence against women, even during a pandemic

Pronouns and Possessives

Do you still have problems with pronouns and possessives? I don't think so, but just in case you need some revision, have a look at this post  with exercises suggested by Esther Martínez 

Pronunciation Practice 👄 Difficult Vowel Sounds [DIPHTHONGS]

WRITING:OPINION ESSAY. NEW TOPICS. 2 BAC

 

New topics have been added to the ones proposed last year and the one in your book. 

Choose the one you like best. Then, follow the tips, structure and  connectors given in the essay you must hand in this week.

Study carefully the examples of linkers given in the post and the ones you will find in the Virtual Classroom.

http://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2020/03/opinion-essay-examples-and-connectors.html

History of flight. 3 ESO

While we were reading about the history of flight I mentioned this very special airplane "The Concorde". I find it beautiful but I also remember it as amazingly noisy. I used to spend time in the 80s at my friends' house near Heathrow airport in London and  you could feel the house "shivering" as the Concorde was approaching the airport. I had the idea you were going to find information about it.

Have you?

And even better. I want one of those to come to school!!!!

Biden and Harris victory speeches offer message of unity: 'Spread the fa...

I always have good fun watching James Corden.

Just for a laugh

 

At The Airport: English Vocabulary

Now that you have revised how to book a flight, have a look at what you can expect to be asked when travelling by airplane

I love Lucy. English Pronunciation

Next week we will be having a quick look at diphthongs. You may think that  words with "ou" may be pronounced /aʊ/ like in 

ground /ɡraʊnd/ 

 plough /plaʊ/  

or /əʊ/

 like in though /ðəʊ/ 

soul  /səʊl/

If you are in trouble, just let me tell you you are not the only one. Have a look at this segment from a popular sitcom from the 50' that shows how complicated this can be.

Some of the words  ending in "ough"  Ricardo has problem with are:

 

  bough   /baʊ/     pronounced like  ground /ɡraʊnd/  or plough /plaʊ/  

  rough   /rʌf/       pronounced like  tough  /tʌf/  or enough /ɪˈnʌf/

  through  /θruː/   pronounced like  queue  /kju:/or true /tru:/    

  cough  /kɒf/       pronounced like   cost  /kɒst/  or because //bɪˈkɒz/

Do you think that is all?

He could go on reading the story and find more examples like the ones below:

brought /brɔːt/ like thought /θɔːt/ or caught /kɔːt/

though /ðəʊ/  like  shoulder  /ˈʃəʊldə(r)/  or owe  /əʊ/ 

If we only take "ou" the variety of sounds is even bigger:

would /wʊð/    

journey /ˈdʒɜː(r)ni/

tourist /ˈtʊərɪst/

soup   /su:p/

all of them with the  same spelling but different pronunciation.

You may agree with Ricardo and think you have had enough  /ɪˈnʌf/ but Won't you stay for a couple of minutes and play with sounds before leaving?

How about going on playing?

Bernie Sanders predicts Trump's election night playbook

Vowels and diphthongs

In the following link you can learn how to pronounce  English vowels.

 https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/12/phonetics-vowel-sounds-schwa-sound.html

https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/12/long-schwa.html

https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/12/phonetics-vowel-sounds.html

https://teachingenglishpalmira.blogspot.com/2018/12/phonetics-vowel-sounds-schwa-sound.html