WRITING CORRECTION CODES

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THE INSENSITIVE ENGLISH TEACHER...

I still haven't found what I'm looking for (U2)

Let's practise the present perfect simple with a great song!

Christmas SONG!

All I want for Christmas is you
Soundtrack by Mariah Carey

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true...
All I want for Christmas
Is you...

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you...
You

I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you...
You

All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me

I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see baby
Standing right outside my door
I just want him for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is
You
and you and you and you and you

All I want for Christmas is you

Halloween Treasure Hunt

Find out a bit more about Halloween by clicking on the following link:

Useful expressions in English

Have a look at the following list

The comic strip of the week ; )

The sounds of English

You can download the phonemic chart from the following link and interact with its symbols by hearing how they sound here.

Try the following exercises and test your knowledge of phonetics!!

1. http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/

2. http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/sounds/sounds_1.htm

3. http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/sounds/sounds_2.htm

4. http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/sounds/sounds_3.htm

5. http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/sounds/sounds_4.htm

6. http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/sounds/sounds_5.htm

7. http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/sounds/sounds_6.htm

The comic strip of the day...

Do you like comics? You can have a look at the following page! A good way to practise your reading!

26th September: Let's celebrate the European day of languages!

Transcripts of the "Eye Idioms video"

Instructions: Read and listen to the video at the same time.

Hello. I’m a very interesting and intelligent man.
And today these eyes and I will be getting together to teach you some English idioms.
These eyes and 'eye'! Get it? These eyes and EYE! Ha! These eyes and 'eye'! I’m so funny.
'Eye' am so funny, ho ho!
Anyway. Enough of that.
Today I have to do something very difficult.
It’s… a baby.
My boss’s wife is sick so he's had to bring his baby into work.
But now he’s gone out for lunch so he's asked me to keep an eye on the baby.
Cootchie coo…
In English, if we want someone to look after something or to watch it closely, we say “keep
an eye on something”.
To keep an eye on something.
Well, here I go…
And now for… our next eye idiom.
But first you’ll have to stop messing around and start paying attention.
You think because I’m not facing you that I can't see what you're doing… but you’re wrong!
I’ve got eyes in the back of my head.
In English, if someone knows everything that’s happening around them, even though they
can’t see it, we say they have eyes in the back of their head.
To have eyes in the back of your head.
Ah, that’s better.
My boss is a little… fat.
He thinks eating a lot makes him a real man. Yesterday for lunch he ordered bread, soup, fish,
steak, pork, potatoes, pasta, cake, and pie…
But he couldn’t finish it all. That’s right… his eyes were bigger than his stomach.
In English, if someone takes too much food and then can't eat it all, we say “his eyes were
bigger than his stomach”.
His eyes are bigger than his stomach.
His eyes were bigger than his stomach. Not like me …

Eye Idioms

In this video the Teacher shows us the following idioms:

"To keep an eye on something"= to look after something/someone or watch it closely.
"To have eyes in the back of your head" = When someone knows everything that's happening around them, even though they can't see it.
"His eyes are bigger than his stomach"= When someone orders too much food and then can't eat it all.

Karaoke

Do you like Karaoke??
Here you'll find a great website to practise your English pronunciation with songs! Some of the videos are just amateur's, but still you can practise singing along with them. You have to select your favourite author (they are in alphabetical order) and then search your song. Have fun!

http://www.agendaweb.org/songs/songs-lyrics.html

If you don't like singing, you can also do listening exercises while you watch/listen to the video:

http://www.agendaweb.org/songs/learn_english_through_songs.html

Football idioms

Here you can start learning some useful idioms so that you are prepared for the 2010 Football World Cup.