BRITISH COUNCIL DIGITAL LIBRARY

En el siguiente enlace se puede acceder a la Digital Library del British Council  disponible para estudiantes y  profesores de forma gratuita.  Sólo hay que registrarse para poder acceder a:

 

• Leer una revista o un periódico: Contamos con los periódicos y las revistas más actuales de todo el mundo, con publicaciones para fanáticos de la actualidad, de la tecnología, de los negocios, de las finanzas y también revistas para niños.
• Ver conciertos y obras de teatro: Experimenta la emoción de la actuación en directo desde tu casa y disfruta de conciertos musicales completos a la carta.
• Cómics y novelas gráficas: Los mejores títulos de cómics, como Spider Man, Avengers y X-Men, Transformers, G.I. Joe Star Trek y Ghostbusters están disponibles en tu dispositivo.
• eBooks y audiolibros: Puedes encontrar miles de libros para leer o escuchar, desde novelas hasta obras de teatro, obras de no ficción y de auto-ayuda.
• Aprende a utilizar un nuevo software: Ofrecemos gran cantidad de vídeo-tutoriales de formación perfectos para alumnos, estudiantes universitarios y quienes empiecen sus vidas profesionales.
• Libros académicos: Ebook Central ofrece información de referencia y libros electrónicos de editoriales de prestigio en todas las áreas académicas junto con herramientas de investigación muy completas.

Tourism in Andalusia & Spain: visual maps

These are some of the visual maps our students have prepared to explain Adlai, our American language assistant, the places or activities he shouldn't miss:

 

 

 

 

 

VISUAL MAPS: a tour around...

What are the places or activities that you recommend to visit in your area? A visual map is a great tool to do it.

Have a look at some examples to inspire you:

Adlai's tour around the US:

 

A tour around the UK:

 

 

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

 Hi everyone,

The year 2021 has already started and I'm pretty sure we all want it to be quite different to year 2020.

Have you already made plans, set goals for this new year?These are called NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS.

A New Year’s resolution is a promise you make to yourself to do something good (or to stop doing something bad) in the New Year

According to The British Council, these were some of the most popular resolutions people made some years ago:

• to eat more healthily or do more exercise

• to stop a bad habit, such as to quit smoking or to stop swearing

• to spend more time with your family

• to be happier!

• to travel or take a trip somewhere

• to learn a foreign language

• to learn how to cook

• to save money

• to read more books

• to make more friends or be friendlier to other people
  

• WHICH ONES WOULD YOU ADD FOR THIS SPECIAL YEAR??
  

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS AS A NATIVE SPEAKER? 

Click on the link below ( though her resolutions were for the year 2018, I think it's worth watching it)

 Keep on improving your Speaking skills!!)

 

Feel free to tell us your resolutions for the coming year.

Christmas in Virginia

Our language assistant, Adlai, has prepared this video to show us some Christmas traditions in Virginia, where he lives. 

Thanksgiving & Christmas recipe: EGGNOG

Our language assistant, Adlai, prepared eggnog for us. It is a delicious drink that is popular in celebrations like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Now, he shares the recipe with us. Have a look at it!

 

 

¿Te animas a hacerlo en casa? Ten cuidado: al llevar huevos, es importante que estén cocinados, pero a la vez, debes evitar que se cuajen. Por eso, mezcla la leche caliente con las yemas muy poquito a poco y pon de nuevo en el fuego. Cuando añadas las claras, tienes que volver a calentar la mezcla para que se cocinen, y así evitar la salmonela. 

Cuando lo probéis en familia, haced una foto y enviadla a vuestra profe de inglés para que hagamos una exposición en el centro.

 

Anglophenia

ANGLOPHENIA is a Youtube channel which is really interesting to know more about Britain and American differences.

You can see an example here:

 

 

THANKSGIVING: tasting eggnog

We have celebrated Thanksgiving today, because Adlai, our language assistant, has prepared a traditional recipe for us: EGGNOG.  It was delicious!!!

In a few days, we will share the recipe with you, so you will be able to try yourselves. 

Happy Thanksgiving, Adlai!!!

 

Thanksgiving: family traditions, part 1

Thanksgiving is coming, and our Language Assistant, Adlai, tells us his family routines on that important day. Let's have a look!

Culture: Knighthoods in UK

Hoy os traemos otra de las presentaciones que ha hecho nuestra auxiliar, Sophie, a lo largo del curso. En este caso, aprovechaba la figura de Sir Isaac Newton para explicar en qué consiste eso de ser "Sir" o "Dame" en el Reino Unido. 

 

Christmas in England

We start the summer with a recording made by our language assistant, Sophie, about Christmas in England. It's a good listening for beginners and it can be used for a COMPARE & CONTRAST thinking routine. 

 

Giving directions

Learn how to ask for and give directions with Sophie and Antonio. 

They are great!

 

International Breakfast: Leashia Lewis, form Philadelphia

Good morning!

Today, Sophie brings you this video recorded by her friend Leashia, from Philadelphia, USA. 

We highly recommend this video, because it is a very complete breakfast, and they really do things differently in America!

Have a nice day!

INTERNATIONAL BREAKFASTS FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND SWITZERLAND

MORE INTERNATIONAL BREAKFASTS....

Hi everyone,

Thanks to the help and cooperation of one of our students´ family, today we´re going to show you two more breakfasts.
You shouldn´t miss them :  one comes form The Netherlands(it´s a Dutch breakfast), and the other is a typical Swiss breakfast.

Enjoy watching it and try!!

VE Day - 75 aniversario del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial

Hello everyone, I'm Sophie!

Today there is a big celebration in my country. We are celebrating the 75^th anniversary of VE Day. The end of the Second World War. People have street parties and celebrate with food and drink alongside their neighbours, friends and family. The queen also makes a speech.

In this photo with red dots, you can see the bombs that fell on my city Southampton. 

In just 2 nights there were 700 bombs and a lot of buildings were destroyed and people were killed.

In these photos you can see the people of Southampton celebrating VE Day in the past and present.

This is the Itinerary for my street’s celebration today:

There will be a 2-minute silence at 11am to pay respect to and remember the people who died in the war and fought for our country. At 3pm a speech from Winston Churchill, who was the prime minister at the time of the war, will be shown on television. After this, everyone will go outside to their front gardens (in front of their houses) to eat and drink.

There is social distancing because of the virus but all the neighbours will be able to see each other. At 9pm after the queen’s speech everyone will sing a famous song from the war called, “We’ll meet again.”

Interview with a nurse in the UK

Our language assistant, Sophie, interviews a nurse from Southampton (UK) about the Coronavirus crisis.

International Breakfast: omelette & pancakes

Sophie, our language assistant, brings us two videos today:

One of her Spanish students shows how to make the perfect omelette:

And Hanna, from Sheffield, makes delicious pancakes:

Why don't you try this bank holiday? Send us your own recipe!

International Breakfast with many friends

Good morning!

Today, we have breakfast with  lot of friends:

Julie and Lou, from France:


Ayaansh, from Bangalore (India):


Jeslina, from Malaysia:


Virgil, from Romania:


Ekiah, from California:


 
You can watch the complete list here:

International Breakfast:

Today, we have breakfast with Mariarosa, from Italy.

Buon giorno!

Covid-19 memes

Let's have some fun!

Do you think Spanish people are the only ones who send memes about coronavirus and staying at home? Of course not! This is a global experience:

If you find more memes in English related to Covid-19, please make a comment and send it.