LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - GLOGSTER

For the students who are going to take Trinity level 6.

Click here to open the glogster.

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 7 - MIND MAPS AND TOPICS

Using a free tool on line ( bubbl.us )I've created a mind map for the topic "Gymnastics in my life". It's very simple to use and you can use it to create yours, if you like. Just go to
bubbl.us and start mind mapping! If you prefer traditional ways, draw your mind maps on a piece of paper. It's the same.



Now, write down your first subtitle, using as many stuctures as possible. Good work!

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 6 - SCHOOL

This week we're speaking about school. You love school, don't you?
Well, click on the links below to learn more about School in England.
What does a school look like in England? Take a virtual tour!

And what about a typical school day? Do English students wear a uniform?

Read about school life for a 13-year-old British boy.

Ok, you've been reading a lot of things about English school and students. Now, choose 10 new words and/or interesting facts you've learnt and write them on this wallwisher!!! Click on the wall "post a sticky" , the wall will open ...then you can click anywhere and write on a sort of post-it note. Have fun!!!




I've taken the words you've written on Wallwisher and I've made a "cloud"
( actually, it should be heart-shaped ) using Tagul. If you click on the words you'll be directed to the site of the English school. Have a try....

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 5 - SHOPPING

Shopping time!!!

Watch this video and answer the following question: what's the meaning of "shopaholic"?

Then do some exercises on line:
1) listen to this conversation in a shop and do the quiz
2) listen to the conversation again but this time also read the dialogue
3) listen again and try the completion text

Next, there's a vocabulary exercise, to help you learn the words for shops.

Finally, answer the following questions ( RULE : 1 for 3 that is to say: at least 3 sentences for each question )
a) When do you usually go shopping?
b) Where do you usually go shopping?
c) What's your favourite shop?
d) What did you last buy?
e) Do you usually get pocket money?
f) Is there anything special you can buy in your town?
g) Who do you usually go shopping with?
h) Are there any malls in the place where you live?
i) Can you make a comparison between small shops and malls?
l) What are your favourite presents to buy?

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 4 - FREE TIME

We're going to speak about free time activities and likes and dislikes.

First, you click on the link Free Time Activities and on Hobbies and learn as many words as you can. Write them on a sheet of paper, starting from the one you like best and finishing with the one you don't like at all or you never do.

Then watch this presentation. How many words for hobbies, interests and sports can you remember? Write them down on a sheet of paper.

Then listen to this song, click on the words you hear and take note of your score. Let me know what you scored and post it as a comment.

Listen to the song

Finally, prepare a 90-second speech about "My free time: sports and hobbies".
Use expressions such as: I like/don't like, I love, I don't mind, I can't stand, I'm crazy about, I'm interested in, I can/can't, I'm good at, I'm bad at, I'm hopeless at....Use also frequency adverbs.
Practise until you are fluent.

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 3 - FOOD

Here is a listening activity for you.
What you have to do is:
1) Listen until you answer correctly
2) Post, as a comment on the blog, the transcript of at least one of the six parts ( don't worry if you don't understand all the words..just try and write what you can catch )
3) What are the new words you've learnt from the listening activity and what do they mean?

Listening task: food ( from eflclassroom )

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 2 - ROUTINES AND HABITS

This is a text about my daily routine, but there are 16 lies.
Find them and write sentences using the negative form.
( Example : You don't go..../you don't live..../you don't eat.. ).

Daily routine with lies

TRINITY COURSE CLASS III: LESSON 1- SPEED DATING

Here is a list of useful REAL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS to use in class ( scrambled words version )
Real English expressions ( scrambled words )

Here is the same list ( unscrambled words ), with the expressions ready to use
Real English expressions ( unscrambled words )

Click to watch the video about SPEED DATING

Click on the link to read the QUESTIONS for the SPEED DATING CONVERSATION

Speed dating video