Some ideas for your Christmas classes.

In this entry you will find some ideas to use in your classes connected to Christmas. You will find Christmas songs, activities for all levels and even some ideas to make Christmas decorations with your younger students.

I hope you enjoy it.

Sigue el tablero Christmas de Lourdes en Pinterest.

Prepositions of Time

Here you have a short video to help review Prepositions of Time. This is just an example of the kind of resources you can find on VOA Lerning English website.

LONELY PLANET FOR KIDS

Those of you who know me will not be surprised when you see this entry because it is closely connected to travelling, and that is definitely my passion.

Lonely Planet has been a leading trade mark in guide books for several decades and nowadays it is the largest travel guide book publisher company in the world.

www.lonelyplanet.com

Although their guides have often been criticised for different reasons, they offer very practical information to the independent traveller.

Today I want to share with you, the authentic material they have created for English speaking kids and that you will be able to explore on your own on the following link.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/kids

On this website you will not only find all the published books designed for kids, but you will also find some resources and fun activities for your students.

Here you have the promotional video of Africa in Amazing World Atlas. 




You could use the application for tablets as well as check the book in case you find it useful. 

If you click HERE, you will find some resources to download and ready to use in your classes. Some of them look very nice to work with young students and to work contents connected to geography. 

You can also try getting a copy of The Travel Book, entering a competition. You can find all the information in their blog. 

I hope your students like the activities. 

Write a rap about the news of 2015

The New York Times organizes the fifth rap competition about the most important news in 2015. Students 13 to 19 years from all over the world can enter the competition.
12th January will be the last day to post your contributions.
To get more information you can click on this link. You will also find a lesson plan on this website with a rubric to help teacher and students.

You can also watch last year winner rap to find some inspiration.  

ONCE Competition. This course you can also take part in English!!

The 32nd School Competition organised by ONCE gives schools the possibility, for the first time, to take part in English. The topic is "Discovering your talent changes everything" and this is the promotional video.

The objective of the competition is that students discover not only their own talent but also their classmates' talent and that they realise the importance of working in groups.

The materials in English are available on the ONCE website in the "Material Didáctico" section or by clicking on the following links. 

PRIMARY SCHOOL

 SECONDARY SCHOOL. 

BACHILLERATO and FP

Good luck!!

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November

This is a short entry to remind you that on 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence aginst Women. But why has it been declared an International day?

1. Violence against women is a human rights violation.
2. Violence against women is a worldwide fenomenum because according to UN figures, 1 in 3 women have suffered from physical or sexual violence, and in most cases by their partners. 
3. Violence against women is a consequence of discrimination against women in every field and in all cultures. 
4. Violence against women is not unavoidable. PREVENTION IS POSSIBLE AND ESSENTIAL.

You can watch this video by United Nations.

If you want to know more astonishing figures about this social scourge, you can get them by clicking on the following image. 

This is the beginning!

This is just a short entry to introduce myself and to explain briefly the aim of this blog.

My name is Lourdes and I am an English teacher. In fact, I have been teaching English at secondary schools in the Basque Country for the last twenty five years. At the moment I am working as an advisor at the Berritzegune in Ortuella.

Although my primary task is not to advise on English specifically; honestly, that is probably my strongest point due to my long experience in teaching teenagers.

After wondering how to help other English teachers in their daily task, the idea of creating this blog came to me. And this is it.

I will try to post an entry a week trying to offer you, busy and hardworking teachers, ready-to-use materials, reflections on new methodological approaches, or simply new ideas for your classes. I know that teachers are always ready to use new materials, but assessment, loads of burocratic work and other enddless school engagements don't let us find the time to find the materials we would like to use.

I know it will not be easy to surprise you and to find useful materials, but you can be sure I will do my best to help you.

Thank you for your time and good luck in your daily work.