UKIP NIgel Forage

THE GREAT DIVIDE

 http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=423 
 1. who is the woman in the song?
 2. What help does she want?
3. Who is she asking help from?
4. Does she get the help?
5. What is the man’s attitude towards the woman?
6. Explain in a few words what the song is about.

 Some people say it is bad to give to beggars. Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion
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QUESTIONS FIRST PART FCE

Personal interests questions: ALL STUDENTS

1. Are you a sporty person? Why?
2. Are you interested on videogames?
3. Can you describe your favorite film?
4. Could you tell me about ________? (person) What’s special about him/her?
5. Do you do any sport?
6. Do you go out with friends? What do you do with them?
7. Do you have any brothers or sisters? How many? Age?
8. Do you have pets? Talk about your pet. In case you don’t have it, would you like to have one?
9. Do you like the choices you are studying?
10. Do you think that in Spain football is overestimated?
11. Do you want to study abroad? Where?
12. Explain briefly your future expectations  related to work.
13. Have you ever been to a stadium to see a football match? If you have, what teams were playing?
14. Have you travelled abroad? Which places have you been to?
15. How many cousins have you got?
16. If you had the opportunity of choosing between London or Rome, which one would you choose? Explain why.
17. If you have to choose any sport, which sport would you choose?
18. Tell me about your … boyfriend/girlfriend/classmates
19. What are your plans for the future?
20. What did you do at Getafe’s celebration of the Virgin del Carmen?
21. What do you think about bullfighting? Do you agree or disagree? Why?
22. What do you think about the new law in education in Spain? Are you for or against? Tell me why.
23. What is your favorite music group? Describe it
24. What is your favorite sport?
25. What kind of sports have you seen on TV recently?
26. What sport do you like most?
27. When you go out with your friends what do you like to do?
28. Which is your favourite film? Why?
29. Which was the last film you watched at the cinema and what was it about?
30. Who are your favourite actors?

1.- EDUCATION AND WORK

1.       Do you like to practice sports in Physical Education?

2.       Do you think that all sports are educative? What sports aren’t educative?

3.       Do you think that English is going to be necessary for the future?

4.       Do you think that group sports are more educative than individual sports?

5.       How was your first day at the high school?

6.       In your opinion, what are the differences between high school and primary school?

7.       What do you think about the cutbacks in education?

8.       What do you think is better science or humanities?

9.       What do you want to study after graduating?

10.   What is your favourite subject?

11.   What sports do you practice in Physical Education?

2.-Media questions.

1. Are there certain things journalists shouldn't report on? Why?
2. Do you prefer watch the TV or listen to the radio? Why?
3. In your opinion, is Internet something essential in our lives?
4. What is your favourite program on TV? Explain why.

3.- Homelife Questions

1.       Are you comfortable in the area you live in?

2.       Are you responsible for home chores? Are you paid for doing it, or is just one more of your responsibilities?

3.       Describe how your childhood was related to your living area.

4.       Have you got a good relationship with your neighbours?

5.       Were you born in the same place you live?

4.- LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT

1.       Do you have a favorite bar or cafe? Why do you like it?

2.       How often do you eat in a restaurant?

3.       What's the best cheap restaurant you've ever been to?    

4.       What's the best restaurant you've ever been to?

5.       What's the worst party you've ever been to? What made it bad?  

6.       Would you rather go to a bar, a party, or a nightclub? Why?

5.- TRAVEL

1.       Have you got a cottage in the countryside? Where?

2.       If you have to choose any place to go, which one would you chose?

3.       What do you prefer for traveling, train, car or plane? Why?

4.       What place do you like more? Beach, mountain or city?

5.       Which place did you go last summer?

SEXISM IN SPORT

http://quizlet.com/4345352/extreme-sports-flash-cards/

GRAMMAR REVISION

http://www.gogeometry.com/english/english-esl-intermediate-quizzes-mind-map.html

THE MEDIA

MEDIA CONVERSATION QUESTIONS

How often do you read the paper or watch the news on TV? How importantis it for you to keep up with current events?	In your opinion, what has been the single biggest news item from this pastyear? How did the media cover this event?
Do you think that news reporting has gotten better, gotten worse, or stayedthe same over your lifetime?	Do you think a politician's private life is newsworthy? Why or why not?
Are there certain things journalists shouldn't report on? Why?	How do you feel about censorship? Are there times when the news shouldbe censored?
Who owns the newspapers and TV stations in your country? Do you think thishas an effect on the news that you hear?	Do you think that the media covers too much bad news and not enough goodnews? What was the last "good news" story you heard?
How has technology effected the way that we receive news?	Have you (or anyone you know) ever been in the newspaper/on TV? If so,what for?
Do you think that most newspapers print what's really important, or what willmake them sell more newspapers? What about TV news?	Why are people so interested in the private lives of celebrities?
Do you think that the media is objective? Why or why not?	What's happening in the news right now, both in your country and abroad? Where did you hear about it?

Elderly

Questions on the elderly
http://www.manythings.org/b/e/tag/elderly/
Listening
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/building-bridges
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21116544

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GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY

Growing old gracefully from mudevf

Age and happiness

Age.and.Happiness/

FCE Oral test

Speaking Test FCE

http://www.scoop.it/t/websites-for-english-learners

HOOKED ON TV

Hooked on tv lesson plan without teacher's notes from mudevf

MASS MEDIA THE RADIO

Ud 5 mass media 2 the radio from mudevf

MARKETING AND ADVERTISING: LET'S BE CREATIVE

Person 1
 - explain what the product is that you are selling
- who is it aimed at (age, demographic etc)
- price and image (is it luxury/ affordable etc)

Person 2 (the advert)
- music choice - genre and why?
- actors - why? Why do you want the audience to associate your product with these people?
- actual scene sequence - what happens? why have you chosen these locations?

Person 3
- campaign slogan - introduce it and explain the message it is meant to convey
- how do you want the audience feeling after watching the advert?
- do you think it will be a success?

GROUP WORK

PRODUCTS/BUSINESSES TO CHOOSE FROM

• MAKE UP
• CAR
• GYM
• RESTAURANT
• CLOTHES SHOP

ADVERTISING ON TV

http://www.betteratenglish.com/real-english-conversations-tv/

Before listening to the conversation, you might want to pause and think about the following questions:

1. Are you influenced by TV advertising?
2. If so, then how are you influenced?
3. Do TV commercials attempt to appeal to people’s logic or to their emotions?
4. Is watching TV is a constructive activity, or is it more a waste of time?

My favourite commercial

1. Introduce the advert: say what the product is and say what style your advert is.

It is about a/an ____________. It’s _______________ and ______________.

It’s set in ________________ and ______________ (is/are) in it.

2. Tell the class what the different scenes are in the advert, who the characters are and the importance of music (if so)

In the first scene, you see… Then … Finally …

3. Explain the slogan and why you like it.

The slogan is ___________________________ and I  like it because _______

MASS MEDIA: THE PRESS

Mass media the press blog from mudevf

HOMELESSNESS

Watch the film Momentos  and then answer the questions as a comment

What is Joao's story? What might have happened to him?

WE CAME TO AMERICA

 If you want to learn more about Thanksgiving.You can also watch some videos here

THANKSGIVING

How much do you know about Thanksgiving from Sunnyme

IMMIGRATION

History Of Immigration from Lisa Stornes

MAYDAY THE WORLD AT RISK

Watch the speech given by Severn Suzuky and answer the questions as comments.

• Why is she at the Earth Summit?
• What does she expect to achieve?
• Why does she mention the children on the streets?
• How does she make you feel?

THE STORY OF CHANGE

That's English 2012 2013

Hello everyone! I would like to welcome you all to this blog whose aim is to provide you with a wee help using the web 2.0. This year I'll be helping those of you who have successfully reached module 8.

To start with I leave you with a webpage where you can watch all  module 8 videos. Just click here

AWESOME WEBSITE BY KIKE

http://www.english4allages.com/
Please, have a look and you'll be amazed.

STORY OF ENGLISH

EDUCATION IN GB

1. Full time education in the UK is compulsory between the ages of __________ and __________.
2. ________ of children receive free education, ________ attend private schools.
3. Except for __________ state schools in Britain follow a national curriculum.

      Find the answers to the questions while watching the video:

1. What is the average number of students in class at primary/secondary schools?
2. What do children study at primary/secondary schools?
3.  What type of school is called a boarding school?
4.   What are the three core subjects?
5.  When do students take national exams in these subjects? 
6.   What is the difference between GCSE exams (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and “A” levels exams?
7.   How many students go on to higher education? 
8.  Some students enter a university and some do vocational training. What do you think it is?
9.  What is tuition?

LONE PARENTS

  You are going to watch 2 videos. 

1. Watch the first and answer the questions.

a.       What is gingerbread?

b.      What kind of a video is this?

c.       What’s the purpose of it?

 

1.       Watch the second one and then answer the following questions.

a.       Why do people get in contact with Gingerbread?

b.      Who does it help? Why?

c.       Who are the people you have seen in the video? Where are they? What are they doing?

2.       Both commercials aim at __________________________________________.

MY FAVOURITE FILM EVER

AND SOUNDTRACK

LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOUR

ASK 1

1. How often do you swear?
2. Do you feel good when you swear?
3. Are there any swear words you'd never use? Why?
4. In what situations do you try to avoid swearing?
5. Are you ever offended, annoyed or upset when other people swear? In what situations?

TASK 2. What would you say in the following situations? Would you swear?

• You take some milk out of the fridge, but drop it on the floor. 
• You take some wine out of the fridge, but drop it on the floor. 
• You are carrying two pints of beer in a bar. Somebody bumps into you and you spill the beer down your trousers
• You miss the buss to work by a few seconds. 
• Somebody drives in the back of your brand new car. 
• TP S.A sent you a phone bill. The bill is double the normal amount.