Hello  all,

1 . Our topic  this month is Human Rights for all



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 this video from YouTube:

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

However, human rights violations still occur around the world.

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

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Displaced children

Migrant and refugee children

Child marriage

Millions of children are ignored

Human trafficking

Violence against women

The challenge is for us all to join hands and fulfill the promise of the UDHR

Listen to these songs.

Imagine

Heal the world

2. Grammar check

Gerunds and infinitives

Exercise    1     2       3       4

Phrasal verbs

bring	look
come	take
get	set
give	mixed phrasal verbs
go That's all for now. Please leave a comment on one of the videos. Thank you! J	three-word phrasal verbs

School year 2016-17

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

This is a place where you have the opportunity to learn, practise and improve your English in a different way.

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

 You will also be able to participate and give opinions.

1. Let's start by watching these three videos related to our first topic: 

      English worldwide

Where did English come from?

Global English with David Crystal

So why learn English?

2-  Let´s watch some YouTube videos

The English language in 24 accents

Learning English pronunciation

Why English is important






3 - Time for...

These exercises online will allow you to get more practice.










English pronunciation and sounds
Exercise    1        2

The genitive
Exercise     1        2

Impersonal passive voice
Exercise      1       2


                         
That´s all for now. 
I hope you enjoy and get the most of this blog!

Hello once again.

This month we have two topics to revise.

1-The first one is                  
   GLOBALISATION

Globalisation has been taking place for hundreds of years, but has speeded up enormously over the last half-century.

However, there is a growing debate over its positive and negative effects.

These videos show some arguments from both sides:

Globalisation – good or bad? 

Pros and Cons of Globalisation

2-Our second topic is 

   1950s -1990s - ART, CULTURE AND SOCIETY

To start with, let´s take a look at this video which tells us:

Our story in two minutes

And now let´s head back a few decades. Watch these:

1950s 

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Please feel free to comment on one of the videos.

3-Improve your GRAMMAR

Connectors of contrast

Exercise    1       2        3         

The subjunctive

Exercise   1        2        3        4

Impersonal pronouns

Exercise    1

That´s all!

Farewell!

Hello all,
This time we will focus on the theme

Building a Democratic Europe

I have chosen these YouTube videos related to The European Union.

Please watch them.

A brief history of the European Union

The European Union explained

European Union – A New Europe

Practise your grammar skills

Inversion in conditional sentences

Exercise      1     2    3     4

Inversion of the subject

Exercise      1     2

Asking polite questions

Exercise      1     2     3     4     

See you. 

Thanks for visiting .

Hello once again!

 
1. Human rights for all
These three famous  fighters for human rights have made a difference and changed the world.

They are prominent examples of how freedom and justice can be won through non-violent actions.

Have a look at these videos and learn more about them.

Long walk to freedom

Selma

Gandhi

2. Open doors, open minds

Read these three articles of the Universal Declaration of Human rights

Article 13
Right to Free Movement in and out of the Country
Article 14
Right to Asylum in other Countries from Persecution
Article 15
Right to a Nationality and the Freedom to Change It

As you know, migration has been a constant feature of human history.
Today Europe is facing a migrant crisis. 

Watch these videos.

Migrant crisis- the facts

TheEuropean Refugee crisis and Syria explained

When you don´t exist

How Should The World Deal With Immigration?

3- And now let´s look at some online grammar exercises

Inversion of the subject

Exercise  1     2      3      4

Suffixes

Exercise  1    2      3      

That's all for now!

Please leave a comment on one of the videos.

See you!