In these times of Coronavirus lockdown, a little practice to brush up on your English is not a bad idea.
Stay in, stay wise & stay strong!
Feel free to download the lessons and have a go at them!
Cheers!
Sample Online Lesson – CORONA TALK (click to download)
Sample Online Lesson – WE CAN WORK IT OUT (Phrasal Verbs) (click to download)
Sample Online Lesson – EGYPT (click to download)
Sample Online Lesson – INVENTIONS, CREATIVITY and INTELLIGENCE (click here to download)
SUPPLEMENT – Muslim inventions CNN Article
Sample Online Lesson – INTEGRATED SKILLS (READING + VIDEO + SPEAKING) COVID, EDUCATION AND INTERNET
Manhattan’s 14th Street car ban begins next week
Sample Online Lesson – INTEGRATED SKILLS – Video-Speaking Exercise – To mask or not to mask?
SUPPLEMENT: Annotated NYT article about the mask controversy
(Attention: for the pop-up vocab notes to work, download article then cut it and paste it onto desktop. Best viewed with Acrobat, not on www navigator).
Sample Online Lesson – VIDEO + SPEAKING – The Boy who Harnessed the Wind – An Interview with Chiwetel Ejiofor + William Kamkwamba TED Talk
SUPPLEMENT: Annotated BBC News article
PRONUNCIATION & VOCABULARY: Shakespeare & Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs
PRESENT PERFECT PRACTICE – Is Tokyo Ready?
TAP INTO – Quick Phrasal Verb Study – Tap Into Handout
Dilbert & the Knack – Video Vocab + Speaking – The Knack Handout
The Greatest Invention in History? Advanced Integrated Skills: Vocab, Listening and Speaking (Click me!)
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276 BC – 194 BC) – Chief Librarian at the Library of Alexandria; the man who calculated the circumference of the Earth (transcript, translation and subtitles by tradutorgarciagaray)
Statues of the lion goddess Sekhmet at the Egyptian Gallery (British Museum) in London, England (photo taken by tradutogarciagaray, with kind permission of the goddess ; ).
Monumento a Benito Quinquela Martín (y mi reflejo)
La Boca, Buenos Aires (la fecha es evidente…)
Rodrigo Garcia Garay 