Little Red Riding Hood by Roald Dahl

Watch the video below and listen to the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf told by Roald Dahl.

Have you read this tale before? In what ways is this one different from the original story?

Now listen again and do the EXERCISES. Then, read the whole poem HERE.

The story behind the "Fearless Girl"

The Fearless Girl

A new statue facing the famous bull of Wall Street appeared on March 8th in New York. What does it symbolize? Click on the picture to learn more.

You can also watch this interesting video:

VoIP Technology.

• Listen HERE to an interview with Sue Reid, a specialist in telecommunications. Answer the following questions:

1. What exactly is VoIP?
2. Does the recipient need any special equipment?
3. What is an ATA? What is its function?
4. What is the advantage of Wi-Fi phones over mobile phones?
5. Do you need a VoIP service provider?
6. What is spit?

• You can check your answers in the Audioscript.

Storage Devices.

• We can find different storage devices such as magnetic (hard and floppy disks), optical and flash memory.
• CDs and DVDs are optical devices. Optical discs can store data at much higher densities than magnetic disks. Listen to this recording and find out the main characteristics and advantages of CDs and DVDs. You can also read the audioscript HERE.

• The Cloud is an off-site storage system for your data that is maintained by a third party. Read the whole article HERE.

Household Chores.

• What are some ideas on how to assign household chores in a family? Should parents give money to their children as a reward?
• Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz. 

• Listen to the conversation again as you read the Quiz Script.

Digital Cameras - A Listening.

• Listen to PART 1 of a discussion about digital and conventional cameras and find the similarities and differences between them.
• Now listen to PART 2 and list the disadvantages of digital cameras.

• And if you need it, read the LISTENING SCRIPT.

(source: Oxford English for Information Technology Second Edition, Eric H. Glendinning & John McEwan)

Price Tag

• Watch the video Price Tag by Jessie J and do the following EXERCISE. Do you think everybody's got a price?
• Russian buys world's priciest home: A LISTENING. And HERE is the audio transcription and the answers of the exercises we did in class.

Happy Book Day!

It’s World Book Day today! A whole day of celebrating books, reading, writers and all things bookish!

World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 90 years ago.

The date is also the anniversary of the birth and death of William Shakespeare and the death of Miguel de Cervantes.


Watch this video called Jasmine. Do you know anyone like her? Have you read any of the books mentioned?

 

Why do you like reading? Listen to some people talking about their favourite books and why they enjoy reading.

Pumpkin Carving

1. What materials do you need to carve a pumpkin?
2. Which are the first steps before carving?
3.What can you do with the seeds?
4. Which other creative ideas with pumpkins does the video show?

Do They Know It's Halloween?

Watch this video of a song about Halloween. Do the quiz, too.

Do you think the message is positive or negative? What's your opinion on Halloween celebration?

Weather Maze

Practise listening to weather words with this weather maze. Have fun!

Superheroes!!

Watch the clip and answer the questions.

1) Which superheroes appear in the clip?
2) What's the problem with the girl's costume?
3) What's the solution to the problem? Is the girl happy with it?
4) Which costume is the man in red wearing? What's his special superpower?
5) Where are they going?

CLIP I

Publish your answers as a comment with your name. There will be POSITIVES for the ones with the best answers.

Have you ever seen an episode of this TV-series? What's its name?

I'm With You - Avril Lavigne

I'm With You is a song written by the Canadian singer Avril Lavigne for her first album Let Go. It was released in November 2002 and was Lavigne's first ballad released as a single. Do you know any other songs by Avril Lavigne?



Friday Night - The Darkness

What's your opinion of the song? And the video? Leave a comment.

Hey Soul Sister

Hey Soul Sister is a catchy song by Train, a band from USA. Listen  and enjoy!!

You can find interesting facts of Train HERE.

And here you have the lyrics:

Oceana - Cry, Cry

Oceana is a German singer and her most famous song Cry, Cry belongs to her first album - Love Supply.

If you want to know some interesting facts about Oceana, you can read her biography here.

Answer these questions:

- When was she born?

- Which classes did she take as a a teenager?

- When did she release her first album?

- How would you describe the type of music she does?

Watch the video and enjoy the song!

And here are the lyrics:


Some activities for this song...

Web Task: A Day In My Life

This is the web task I've designed. Click here to see it.

When you finish, do the vocabulary test. Check your answers at the end. How many did you do right?