SECOND TIP FOR YOUR ENGLISH PRACTICE

Watch English Movies With English Soundtrack and English Subtitles:

Most of English students watch a lot of American and British movies. However, instead of watching them with English audio and English subtitles, they watch them with spanish audio and sometimes even spanish subtitles. Doing this causes them to miss out on an easy and fun way to improve their English.

If you watch an American movie with English audio and English subtitles your English skills will improve very quickly. When you listen to English and read English at the same time it re-enforces the English vocabulary, grammar and even slang in your brain. If you do this for only 15 minutes every day, within a month you will already notice you can understand a lot more English than before.

Others students even watch the movie in their first language , then they watch it again with English audio and soundtrack so they can be sure they understand all the story. The students who do this improve their English skills very quickly. If you do the same, you can too.

IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH SKILLS

As a student of English as a Foreign Language you have to work hard to improve your skills. There are many ways to do it. So, if you want, follow the tips I'm going to give from today on, and you'll see all you can learn and how fast you do it.

Watch Television in English:  Most of English students  don't watch any English language television. It's not that it's difficult to find (we have cable TV with many English channels), it's just that they're lazy. When they do have some free time, instead of watching a show in English to improve their English listening skills and vocabulary, they'll watch a soap opera instead. I recommend you,  just 15 minutes every day watching a television show in English will quickly teach you new vocabulary, new idiomatic expressions and help you with your listening skills.

HAVE YOU EVER...? (10°)

Look at the following activities and write true sentences using the Present Perfect Tense and the related expresions : ever, never, already, yet. Look at the example. Remember that regular verbs are added "ED" and irregular verbs have their own participle form as in the list.

See an UFO	I have never seen an UFO.
Ride a horse
Climb a mountain
Fly on a plane
Play football
Go to a museum
IN THIS SPACE ADD YOUR IDEA

WHERE WERE YOU? (7°)

Read the explanation for using the verb to be in past and then answer the questions, follow the example.

      

1. Where were you yesterday at 6:00 p.m.?      I was at the supermarket with my mom.

2. Where were you last sunday at 3:00 p.m?

3. Where was your father last night?

4. Where were your friends last Friday in the morning?

5. Where was your best friend last Saturday?

6. Where was grandmother last year?

DO YOU ENJOY DOING SPORTS? (8°)

Review the vocabulary related to sports and make sentences using the the verbs above. Follow the example.

LOVE, LIKE, HATE, DON´T MIND, PREFER, ENJOY + (ING) form of the verb.

Example:  I love swiming.
                 I hate playing volleyball
                 I don´t mind doing karate.

THERE IS / THERE ARE (6°)

Use THERE IS / THERE ARE to express existence.

There is for singular.

There are for plural.

Look at the pictures (Parts of the house) and complete the chart below using the correct expresion. Follow the example.

ROOMS	ITEMS IN  A HOUSE
BEDROOM	In the bedroom, there is a bed, a night table and a lamp. There are posters and  walls.
KITCHEN
BATHROOM
LIVING ROOM
DINING ROOM
GARAGE

WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT EVERYDAY? (5º)

Look at this food group pyramid and complete the chart below into your notebook.

FOOD	GROUP	SERVINGS YOU SHOULD EAT
apple	fruit	I should eat 4 servings
bread
cheese
chicken
carrot
orange

WRITING E-MAILS (11°)

Here, you have a list of possible phrases to use when writing and sending e-mails. Please check them and, if you want,  look for other options to include in the e-mail you have to send me.

Remember the parts of a letter or e-mail:

1. Heading 

2. Greeting/ Opening phrase

3. Body

4. Closing Phrase/  Say bye

5. Signature

OPPOSITES ATTRACT? (9°)

Write a short description about you and your best friend. Say if you are similar or different according to the following facts:

Write about:

1. your appearance (physical)

2. your personalities

3. your interests (sports, leisure activities)

4. whether you are similar or different.

Post your message or take it to the class.

IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!! (7°)

As we read on lesson 2D, Jessica has a problem: She does not know what to do next weekend:

1. She has to study for her exams.

2. She has a tournament

3. She has a barbecue with her friends

4. It´s Sam's birthday

What would you suggest her? Post your message or write it down into your notebook and take it to the class .

Example:

"Why don´t you go to the tournament, join your friends at night and call Sam for his birthday, then you will have timne to study. Remember school is very important"

HAPPY RETURN!!!

We have begun a new academic term just after enjoying our vacations period. I hope you had relaxed and shared a very special time with your whole family. Now, you need to be concentrated and have lots of energy to do your best and get all your goals not only in English but also in the rest of school subjects.

So, God bless you and get ready to start again.