by Anna Ma Buñuel » Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:06 am
Learning English BBC
It is not the first time I have a look at this website, in fact, I use it quite often with my students. In my opinion, helping students learn with tools they are used to and enjoy (the internet, vídeos, oral comprehension through image instead of just a recording, grammar games and others) is more rewarding than just following the textbook and using CDs. I mostly use it with students who already have a certain level of the Language (intermediate plus), that is, students of 4 ESO and 1st and 2nd Batxillerat and really enjoy after class activities or just want to practice a little bit more at home.. They have a higher level than the younger ones.
Words in the news. ‘Record-breaking Royal’
This is really easy, BBC Learning English already gives you pdf files with exercises to do in class and links to discuss topics other than vocabulary or grammar
Warm-up. I would begin the class with some questions regarding the British Royal family
1 Who’s the Queen of England? Tell me sth about her.
2 What do you know about the British Royal family? Members, gossip!
3 How log have the Windsors reigned over the country?
Intro. Read the news and watch some of the vídeos. Here’s the link
www.businessinsider.com/queen-elizabeth-surprising-facts-2018
It includes text and videos. This would probably take at least 20 min. I would keep some of the vídeos to watch at the end of the class, especially the one of the opening ceremony of the London Olympic games in 2012.
Vocabulary
Show the BBC vídeo (without the transcript) and write some of the words on the board, the ones the activity suggests for students to learn (overtaken-gone past, longest-serving-person in a position for the most amount of time, self-styled-named by herself, memorabilia-objects collected which are connected to an event or person, shrine-(here) a place to pay respect to a person or institution.
-Match words to definitions (scrambling)
-Use those words to complete sentences (exercise given by BBC, pdf file)
-Check answers and learn about them through the links given
Speaking
-Choose one of the stories and summarize it as if you were going to present a news bulletin
Learning English BBC
It is not the first time I have a look at this website, in fact, I use it quite often with my students. In my opinion, helping students learn with tools they are used to and enjoy (the internet, vídeos, oral comprehension through image instead of just a recording, grammar games and others) is more rewarding than just following the textbook and using CDs. I mostly use it with students who already have a certain level of the Language (intermediate plus), that is, students of 4 ESO and 1st and 2nd Batxillerat and really enjoy after class activities or just want to practice a little bit more at home.. They have a higher level than the younger ones.
Words in the news. ‘Record-breaking Royal’
This is really easy, BBC Learning English already gives you pdf files with exercises to do in class and links to discuss topics other than vocabulary or grammar
Warm-up. I would begin the class with some questions regarding the British Royal family
1 Who’s the Queen of England? Tell me sth about her.
2 What do you know about the British Royal family? Members, gossip!
3 How log have the Windsors reigned over the country?
Intro. Read the news and watch some of the vídeos. Here’s the link
www.businessinsider.com/queen-elizabeth-surprising-facts-2018
It includes text and videos. This would probably take at least 20 min. I would keep some of the vídeos to watch at the end of the class, especially the one of the opening ceremony of the London Olympic games in 2012.
Vocabulary
Show the BBC vídeo (without the transcript) and write some of the words on the board, the ones the activity suggests for students to learn (overtaken-gone past, longest-serving-person in a position for the most amount of time, self-styled-named by herself, memorabilia-objects collected which are connected to an event or person, shrine-(here) a place to pay respect to a person or institution.
-Match words to definitions (scrambling)
-Use those words to complete sentences (exercise given by BBC, pdf file)
-Check answers and learn about them through the links given
Speaking
-Choose one of the stories and summarize it as if you were going to present a news bulletin