Welcome back,

1 -This time I´d like to start by sharing with you a great video which tells us:
Our story in two minutes


2- And now let´s go back a few decades.

Watch these YouTube videos:
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s

Post an opinion on one of them.

3-  Now...

The turbulent 1960s



4-And finally ...

The subjunctive
Exercise 1      2      3      4   

Impersonal pronouns
Exercise  1

That's all I have for now.
Farewell.

Hello to all of you!

This month our topic is Building a democratic Europe



Let´s start by having a look at these videos about ...

The boy in the striped pyjamas
The pianist
Schindler´s list

The last flower  -  an anti-war short story, published shortly after WW2 began.


Now watch these videos about....

A brief history  of the European Union
The EU explained

Please feel free to leave some interesting comments related to the videos.

Time to check your grammar

The use of prefixes
Exercise    1         2          3             4             5

Verbs plus prepositions
Exercise      1       2

That´s all for now.

Welcome back!

Today we will revise two topics:

These three men took action to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights. 

Let´s learn more about them. Watch these YouTube videos:

Mahatma Gandhi

Martin Luther King Jr.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela showed us "what is possible".

This is a song that pays tribute to Nelson Mandela:

People around the globe are more connected to each other than ever before.

Watch these videos:

Globalisation-good or bad?

Pros and cons ofglobalisation

Phrasal verbs exercises:

bring	take
come	set
get	mixed phrasal verbs
go	3 word phrasal verbs

Gerund or infinitive?

Exercise    1     2     3

Please leave a comment on one of the videos!

Thank you! J

bring

take

come

set

get

mixed phrasal verbs

go

3 word phrasal verbs

This  time we'll have a look at our most recent topic:

As you know, in 1948 the United Nations wrote The Universal Declaration of Human Rights that established international standards about the rights and freedoms everyone is entitled to.

Watch these video clips from YouTube: 

However, human rights violations still occur around the world.

Each of the following videos portrays a violation of human rights. 

Remember to leave a comment on one of them.

                                          Child labour                                       

     Child soldiers

                                                                

                                          Human trafficking                                 

      Violence against women

The challenge for us all is to fulfill the promise of the UDHR.

                                           Imagine

                                                                    

                                          Heal the world

Now time for some

Impersonal passive voice

Exercise     1      2       3        4

Purpose, reason and result clauses

Exercise     1       2          3

Thank you !

Goodbye for now!

Hello students!

Improve your English outside the classroom!

There are several materials for you to use. Feel free to use them in a way that helps you.

Let's have a look at 

Watch these YouTube links.

Top 5 most spoken languages

 The future of the English  language

The English language in 24 accents

One more video:

Why learning English is important   

These exercises online allow you to get more practice!

Inversion in Conditional sentences

Exercise    1     2     3     

Inversion of the subject

Exercise    1    2     3     4     

Suffixes
Exercise    1    2     3      4

I encourage anyone who logs on to leave a comment . 

That's all for now.



See you next time.

Welcome to EnglishNet, the EFL blog for Jaime Moniz students.

EnglishNet gives you access to English language and culture.

It contains links to help you learn and improve your English grammar and your listening, reading and writing skills.

Let's start by finding some interesting facts about the English language.

- English has the largest vocabulary in the world (approximately 1.000.000 words).

- the oldest word in the English language is "town".

- "uncopyrightable" is the only English word that has 15 letters and that can be spelt without repeating a single one.

- "bookkeeper" is the only English word with three consecutive repeated letters.

- the word "typewriter" is the longest word you can write in English by only using the  keys on the same row of your keyboard.

That´s all for now!

I encourage anyone who logs on, to leave a comment...

See you next time!

1 - Today wer're going to head back to the ...

Think of a caption for this picture and then leave it in your comment.

Please take a look at the following videos  and then post your opinion on one of them.

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2- Now improve your English  online

Impersonal pronouns

Exercise  1

Subjunctive

Exercise    1  2   3   4   5   

Thank you!