Eugenia's EOI students' blog

A reading exercise

2008-03-13T17:23:00.001Z

Follow the instructions at this link. Then, in your diary, write your comments about the language level of the text (if it's too high, too low or good enough for you), your results, or any other thing you'd like to say.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-families.htm

Grammar exercises

2008-03-13T17:06:00.001Z

These are some useful links to practise grammar. Again, write in your diary saying how easy/difficult/helpful... you found them.

Prepositions:
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ni/fb-prepositions.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/dg-in-at-on.html
Questions:
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/dg-wh.html
Present perfect:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper
Future:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix

A listening exercise

2008-03-13T16:58:00.001Z

INSTRUCTIONS:

OPEN A WORD DOCUMENT PAGE TO WRITE YOUR ANSWERS, AS IF IT WERE A DIARY OF TODAY'S LESSON. NOW, GO ON READING.

Is having a siesta good for you?

1. Look for the meaning of “nap”, “increase”, “risk”, “stroke”, “doze”, “physician” in http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/

2. Now do the listening task.

- Listen to the article by clicking on the following link.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0802/080224-siesta.mp3

- Listening comprehension exercise:

Say if these statements are true or false. Say why.

o Having a siesta is good for you, especially if you’re old.
o A study shows that there’s a risk of having an attack if you sleep during the day.
o The study took two years with 200 people.
o Some people sleep in front of the TV.
o The participants were teenagers and old people with health problems.

Fill in the missing words.

o Risk factors are __, __, gender, __, blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and levels of __.

Now send your answers to me (“Red genérica” if you’re using a black PC, or to my email address: eugeniagonzalezbetancor@gmail.com if you’re using a white PC). I’ll send back the answers to you. Then, check if you were right or wrong.

Welcome

2008-03-13T16:50:00.001Z

Welcome!!

This blog isn't the usual "read-my-opinion" blog. I've always liked teaching and using the Internet as a tool to help my students improve their English. So, you'll use this site to practise what you've learnt in class.

Today you'll read, listen, write and hopefully have fun.

Now go to the "LISTENING" entry.

Hope you'll find these activities useful! ;-)