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2011 in review

learnenglisheoi — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:00:38 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

learnenglisheoi — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:39:57 +0000

We have moved and updated most of the contents to our new blog. Just click on the link and… surf!!

http://english2ni.wordpress.com/

Radio Stations in English

learnenglisheoi — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:35:37 +0000

The summer is with us and we might have more time to do more things. Why don’t you try these radio stations you can listen to in Gandia?

Talk Radio 95.3

Bay Radio 89.2

Spectrum 105.7

September Exams

learnenglisheoi — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:50:22 +0000

Els exàmens de setembre de Avançat 1 seran el 2 de setembre a les 10 hores. Els exàmens orals es realitzaran el 6 de setembre a partir de les 10. Si voleu tindre una hora en concret i una persona amb qui fer l’oral passeu-se per l’EOI el dia 2 o poseu-vos en contacte amb el vostre profe.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

learnenglisheoi — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:43:29 +0000

A good page with explanations and exercises!

But there is more: exercises 1, exercises 2, from Natural English, from Headway and the web page from our book

CREATIVITY

learnenglisheoi — Thu, 05 May 2011 08:00:57 +0000

Education, creativity and divergent thinking. A wonderful video with a great animation!

Newspaper headlines

learnenglisheoi — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:35:27 +0000

Some exercises on newspaper headlines and some more from the book’s web.

Would you like to create your own funny headline? Click here.

You can also have a look at newspapers from all over the world or from another website.

Finally have a look at some real (?) news items that sound weird and hilarious, but probably hoaxes: Hipo eats dwarf, Don’t fart during surgery, Buzzing undies make shopper faint,

Reported Speech

learnenglisheoi — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:35:04 +0000

An explanation with a listening on the reported speech in the BBC website. You can also have a look at some video lessons with: an introduction, reference words, changing verbs, and more tense changes.

All kinds of exercises online from englisch-hilfen, from perfect english grammar, or english grammar online or ego (theory and practice). In the form of a powerpoint or of a video. There are more pages with exercises in esl.about, and more in English learner.

You can also use parts of films (or movies in American English) to practise: Love Actually, While you were sleeping, or School of Rock, with exercises (WORKSHEET) just below the screen of the scene.

Reporting verbs: A video with the theory of reporting verbs, a pdf and some exercises: from oup, esoenonline, english exercises and esl lounge.

used to, be or get used to

learnenglisheoi — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:41:52 +0000

A quick post (will be checked later) to show some material on be/get used to.

APRIL'S FOOL DAY

learnenglisheoi — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:40:31 +0000

What is it? April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is a day celebrated in various countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool’s errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.

Ten of the best April Fools’ hoaxes