Sunday, March 29, 2009

Unit 7C - Life in Cyberspace

How do you think people will communicate in the future?

Watch this video:


VOCABULARY:


PREFIXES
FILLERS / DISCOURSE MARKERS

Watch this video and try to identify the fillers/ discourse markers:

Saturday, March 21, 2009

REVISION for written Test 1

First written test covers units 6a, 6b, 6c, 7a and 7b.
These are some activities you can use to help you revise.



Remember to do the various activities in your CD-rom including the LISTENINGS (the one present in the test comes from the cd-rom, right?)

This is a presentation to help you out with your comments.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Unit 7B - Super Power

What do you know about China?

Watch this video and enjoy


VIDEO: Shanghai Today

GRAMMAR - Present Perfect X Present Perf. Cont.

- exercises: Pres. Perf. Cont.
- warmer: Re-organise the sentences



Sunday, March 8, 2009

Unit 7A - At the airport

What can you do when you have to wait for a long time at the airport?
Watch this movie trailer and see what this passenger did while waiting.



Extra VOCABULARY : Airport

- Flashcards
- Study table
- GAME: Unscramble



Revising VERB TENSES

GAME: Treasure Hunt (click on play, choose level 2) Really good game!!!!!

VOCABULARY: state verbs (studystack)

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Unit 6C - Hidden Messages

How can we hide secret messages?

Film: "Da Vinci Code"


The film "Da Vinci Code" shows two ways of hiding messages: steganography and cryptography. Do you know the difference? Watch this video to learn about it how people hide messages nowadays.

VOCABULARY

Let´s try to find the mistakes



Vocabulary - CROSSWORD HAND-OUT (Print and give it to sts)(to find the print option, click on MORE)

GUESS the hidden message - CRYPTOGRAM

Unit 6B - He´s got no manners

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES - memorization exercise

Unit 6A - Codes of Conduct



We have discussed how people act in different countries.
These are some of the videos we used in class. They are really good!