Let's travel to Portugal

This documentary has been chosen thinking of my advanced students' needs. This is a great exercise to train your listening skills. Moreover, you'll learn more about this Portuguese city. Have fun!

Let's visit London!

This is a great listening exercise for my beginner-intermediate levels at my secondary school. I hope you'll find it useful to prepare your next tests.

Get ready for your listening exam

Watch this sequence taken from the film My big fat Greek wedding and answer these questions:

a-Where does Tula live?

b-What does she compare her house with?

c-How did Tula feel when she was a child?

d-What are Greek women expected to do for their whole lives?

e-What's the point of attending Greek lessons according to her mother?

f-What is her father obsessed with?

Song

Listening games

Hello! I've prepared this activity to practise your listening skills. You are going to listen to some people talking about Christmas. Follow the instructions and try to answer them.
It's very easy, you'll see.
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
LISTEN TO DARREN
HOLIDAYS
DIALOGUE ABOUT XMAS DAY

How good are you at listening activities?

Working with accents

As we all know, the hardest of English is its huge variety of accents. Like everywhere, they can vary depending on the speaker's pronunciation. To challenge your listening and comprehension, I've taken this fragment from the famous TV series Gilmore Girls. The action takes place in a cafe where several characters talk. Pay attention to what they say and the funny situations created around them. Try to answer these questions:
a-Can you make a list of items taken out from the woman's bag?
b-What is the relationship between them?
c-What's the boy trying to do while he's talking to the girl?
Their dialogues are sharp so, please, don't forget to post the points you'd like to be checked. By the way, I hope you like this TV series. It's one of my favourites!

The Scariest Story Ever Told

As Halloween is closer I hope you enjoy this activity. Remember that one of the main aims of this blog is to improve bloggers' basic skills. The one I suggest has to deal with listening first, and then, with writing. You are going to watch a piece of advert for youtubers to take part in this Ghost Whisperer's contest. Try to follow the instructions they give and continue the story. Please, send me yours. All ideas will be welcomed. The most imaginative one will receive a special mention here. Try to surprise us!