HAVE FUN WITH ENGLISH C1

This year my C.1 students have done a great job with their letters of interest. After working the tips, and the useful expressions, here are their sample answers. Provide your students with the input they need and you will come up with awesome pieces of work! Congratulations, everyone!

A landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers has completely fallen apart four years after it went into effect.  The US airstrike near Baghdad International airport increased the ill-feeling after the killing of Iran's top military general Qassem Suleimani on 3 January. Iran reacted immediately, in retaliation for the killing, firing 16 missiles at bases housing American troops in Iraq. Luckily, there were no casualties. Later on, Iran admitted "unintentionally" shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board. The military claimed that the jet was mistaken for a cruise missile . In the video below Seth Meyers takes a closer look at how President Donald Trump has almost brought the world to the brink of a disastrous war. Watch and enjoy the section up to minute 2.55 as many times as you think you might need to do the quiz. Choose your own video version: with or without subtitles. Then, press the " Start " button and follow t

Here are the exam dates for the first term. It is amazing how fast time flies! We are about to finish it! Hope you don't have any problems with them. Just let me know as soon as possible if you do. You shouldn't miss exams because even though they don't count on your final score, practice is always welcome! They will prove a great opportunity to test yourselves. No pain, no gain! Remember that you will have to register for the speaking session in class. There'll be a list on the classroom board soon! Good luck everybody! I am 100% sure you'll do a great job! Just get ready to give exams your best shot! Group Time Listening / Reading Writing / Speaking / Mediation  C1.2-3 10.20 Monday 27 January Wednesday 29 January Group Time Listening / Reading / Speaking Writing / Speaking / Mediation Speaking / Mediation  C1.2-4 16.00 Thursday

We have just had our first 2020 class! and I couldn't miss the opportunity to kick off the new year with some inspiring activities which were mainly aimed at language resolutions for 2020. To shake things up a bit, we started with the top 20 English idioms for the new year , according to Purland training, a great site for both English teachers and students alike. Do not hesitate to check it out! After working with the vocabulary, it was high time to put the idioms into practice with a listening activity, courtesy of @natalialzam , which confirms the fact that picking unrealistic goals as New Year's Resolutions is impractical and, in most cases, insensible at all! No matter how optimistic your resolutions might be, just strive to stick to them because... no pain, no gain!