How do you say...?

Victor (2º B) asks this question:

How do you say eclipse in English?

Oh! This word is quite similar in different languages: French, English, Spanish...

eclipse

High on London

This is a new film on Youtube (dated August 2010). You can see different parts of the city of London:
the Big Ben, the Gherkin tower, London Eye, the British Museum, London Bridge, river Thames, Picadilly Circus, St. Paul's Cathedral...

London bridge... Rhyme

Parts of the house

This is a virtual house...

Choose ENGLISH.

TAKEN FROM: http://www.bgfl.org/

How do you say...?

Sofía O, and Marta H. (2º A) ask...

How do you say pecera in English?
How do you say terrario in English?


These are some houses for pets:

# 1.- This is a cage, a birdcage.


# 2.- This is a doghouse.



# 3.- This is a fishbowl.





# 4.- This is a cat basket... with a cat and a dog.

Five little monkeys... jumping on the bed.

This is a funny song we learn in first course. Look for more entries in this blog... Try this one, our favourite!

Here is Valerie reading the book...

I can... Can you?

This song it's very easy and helps you to practice "I can", "Can you?"

Try to do the two activities than you can print: #1( I can run activity) and # 2 (I can run words).

How do you say...?

Christian (2º B) wants to know how to say bisabuelo in English.

Dad is your father.
Grandpa is your Grand-father
Great-grandfather is the word. You have to say two words: grate and grandfather.

The title of this photograph from FlickrCC is:
"My mother, grandmother, great-grandfather and me at 171 Madrone Avenue, Larkspur, California in 1941"

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Tom and Betty #1

Decorate my room.

Help this girl to decorate her bedroom.

Write and say the ALPHABET

A new video to practice letters from the Alphabet. These letters are different from ours but they are easy to use.
Can you say the words?
A is for APPLE, C is for CAT

Letters... with your body.

This is a funny alphabet. Meet three friends and try to repeat...

How do you say...?

Marta R (2º A) has got a lot of pets: fish, cat, turtles, birds, rabbits... but her favourite pet is a ferret.


How do you say 'hurón' in English?


Ferret is the word, and here you can see two pictures.

Here is the definition:

"a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat."

And here is a link with a funny (and not so difficult) poem about "Ferret soccer"

Try to read it in English and ask for help (your dad, your brother or sister, your teacher...) to know what it says.

Tom and Betty... Here they are.

Here they are.. Tom and Betty.



They are not Tom and Betty... They are José Enrique (Henry) your english teacher and Rocio (the teacher in practise). Tom and Betty are coming soon.

FOR PARENTS. The first time in Xtranormal, CLICK on "Education".
Cuando se entre, por primera vez, en el portal XTRANORMAL, hacer click sobre "Education"

Ireland

José Javier Jarque, your 'Irish' teacher in practice, sends for you this video about his country...

Ireland is a beautiful island.

All the pictures are taken from Flickrcc and the music is an extract from 'Harp airs' by the Irish band Déanta.



And have a look to this video Flying through Ireland.

Phonetics

This is a bit difficult and long video... but you can watch it.


It's about the sounds of English and a game... Ghoti sounds "Fish".

On March... letters and sounds.

This month we bring back ALPHABET letters and PHONICS (English sounds).
Look for alphabet, phonics... in the SEARCH THIS BLOG box.



You can see more videos here.
BBC Learning English - Pronuntiation tips.

Good luck and happy speaking!

Have a look to this link in our blog. Click on the small arrow on the right up corner, to read three words with each sound.