Sunday 22 June 2014

Arenas de Cabrales Short Film

José Ignacio has used the website Go Animate to create a short film about a family who went to visit Arenas de Cabrales (Asturias, Spain).

DomoNation.com: arenas de cabrales by Jose Ignacio 99


Like it? Create your own at DomoNation.com. It's free and fun!

Arenas de Cabrales Power Point

José Ignacio has made this presentation to show what you can do in a village called Arenas de Cabrales (Asturias, Spain).

Friday 20 June 2014

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Thursday 24 April 2014

Subject Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives

Here's an easy exercise to classify subject pronouns and possessive adjectives. Drag each item to the correct bin until you learn all of them.

Click here for larger version

Saturday 12 April 2014

Sunday 6 April 2014

Learn time expressions for Present Perfect

Here's a fun game to learn words you usually use in present perfect tense. Read the sentences carefully and choose the word that completes each sentence best. You will see the instructions to play on the screen before you start the game. Enjoy yourself.


Click here for larger version

Saturday 29 March 2014

Subject and Object Pronouns. Play the game.

Can you make the difference between object pronouns and subject pronouns? If so, take on the challenge below. To play this game, you have to choose the right answer. You will see a sentence with some words between apostrophes and you will have to replace them with an object pronoun or a subject pronoun. Read the four options carefully before you choose one. Then, enjoy the game. Use the arrow keys to control the ghost man and eat all the food. Escape the other ghosts or else they will consume his energy.

Click here to play





Saturday 22 March 2014

At the classroom. Language for the learner

When your lessons are in English, you need to know some elementary phrases to communicate with your teacher and your classmates. Here are some of them. After studying the flashcards, you can do activities and play games.

Friday 14 March 2014

Classroom Language for the Teacher

Here below you will find some usual phrases to be used in the classroom. It's basically language for the teacher and translations into Spanish. You can listen to the pronunciation of sentences and check your spelling. You can even play games. Have a look at the flashcards.

Sunday 9 March 2014

The Internet Game

In order to play the game below you must answer the questions correctly. They are all about internet vocabulary. If you pick up the right option, you will have the chance to play. If you don't, you will miss a turn but you will see the correct answer highlighted in green, so learn it for the next time.
Read the instructions of the game before you start and enjoy yourself.



Click here to play



Saturday 8 March 2014

Domo Animation. Make your own movies

Domo Animation is a website that allows you to create your own films easily and embed them into websites. It's intuitive and fun, besides it has lots of characters, backgrounds and effects. First, you need to sign up providing an e-mail address and then, verify your account. Once it is validated you can start making your own movies.
The website includes a tutorial for beginners. Do you fancy visiting the site?

This short video introduces us to the project the students of Rincón de Soto are going to publish soon.

DomoNation.com: PILC Introduction by PilarDBD


Like it? Create your own at DomoNation.com. It's free and fun!

Saturday 1 March 2014

The Internet

English is a global language and that means that most of the websites you find are usually in English. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn some useful words. Here you will see some of the most common words to surf the net and use all it has for you. Study the flashcards below, learn how to pronounce the words and play the games.



Monday 24 February 2014

The Desktop. Wordshoot Game

Here's a wordshoot game to test how much you know about a computer desktop and what you can find there. Just read the definitions and shoot the matching word. There are many levels, each one is more difficult than the other. If you play several times and read carefully, you will learn the words fast.

Click here for larger version

Sunday 23 February 2014

The Desktop

When you start your computer, the first thing you see is the desktop. There you can see icons with folders or files you have saved. Look at these flashcards and learn some of the things you can see and use. You can also play games and practise spelling.

Saturday 22 February 2014

Describing things and learning antonyms

Do you know what antonyms are? Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Here's a fun game to learn adjectives and their opposites. Just make pairs of antonyms and get to the next level. Watch out! The game gets more and more difficult.

Click here for larger version

Friday 14 February 2014

What are you going to watch?

Do you have a favourite TV show? Do you prefer games and quizzes or fiction? Do you watch the news every day? Do you watch TV just to spend some time or only if you're interested in the programme? Do you tend to do channel-hopping? Whatever your preferences are, try this game to check your vocabulary. Choose the programmes that fit the descriptions best. Good luck!

Click here for larger version

Saturday 8 February 2014

The Computer. Hovercraft Game

How much do you know about the parts of a computer? Can you answer the ten questions of the game below correctly? If you do so, you will have the chance to play The Hovercraft Racing game. The race lasts for ten laps. You have to drive as fast as possible in order to win. Press the up arrow to apply the thrust. Press the left and right arrows to turn. Remember this is just a virtual game. Things are much more dangerous in real life.

Click here to play



The Computer. Vocabulary for CLIL and Bilingual programs

Technology is everywhere. You must know basic words about new technologies and these flashcards will surely help you learn them. When we are working with the computer, sometimes we only find information in English. So these words are important for everybody. Study the flashcards and play the games to practise.

Monday 3 February 2014

Ghost Man. There is, There are, How much, How many.

Exercises with How much, How many, some, any, there is and there are may seem difficult at first but they aren't. I'm sure you can do this exercise easily as you play the game. Use the four arrow keys on your to control the Ghost Man and consume all the food in the maze. Escape from the ghosts or the Ghost Man will be caught! When the Ghost Man consumes the large red food he will become invincible for a while and can swallow the ghosts. By the way, you need to answer correctly to play; so read the questions carefully. Good luck!

Click here for the game

Saturday 25 January 2014

At the airport

Hello everybody! I'm heading for the airport now for a business trip. The airport is a huge place, lucky thing there are signals and boards everywhere to help passengers. Do you know where to go and what you can find in an airport? Try this game. You just have to match words to their definitions. Read the instructions of the game first and have fun. There are many levels and difficulty gets higher and higher. In the meantime, you can learn a lot of words.

Click here for larger version