Theatre in English

Hi there!
I know that this weekend you'll be preparing for your oral exams, but you may want to take a break and see this play in English. It's a comedy, so I suppose quite different from the one some of you saw a couple of months ago... ;-)

Watch your favourite series

Check this out! It's an amazing compilation of series in English that you can watch with English subtitles.

Train your ears...

Planet Earth

Dear All, 

Marta (Tu. & Thurs. group) sent me a link where you can see all the episodes of the Planet Earth series. So here it is in case you want to watch more. It's a very pleasant way to be exposed to the language, isn't it?

(With VCL you can watch in English and have subtitles in English. With this type of documentary I don't think you should put on the Spanish ones)

Relax after your exams!

Video Contest

Dear All,

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here's the poster for the video contest I told you about. Have you started thinking about your individual or group proposals?

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Morning!

Here's the video of the pilot episode of the series based on the booked we've read. It's almost two hours long, but I guess you can watch it as you would watch any other movie over the weekend ;-) You're going to enjoy it, since you'll recognise many moments.

And here's the complete interview that we partly listened to:

Teeth

Just for fun...

But if you want to use it s an English exercise, can you tell the story in your own words?

Good People

Hi there!
Since paying attention to lyrics can be a fun and interesting way to learn vocabulary and pronunciation, here's a new section in the blog: you know there are webpages where people write their comments about the meanings of songs. Well, I'll try to post a song every weekend here for you to make short comments and we'll see what happens...
You just have to listen to the song (which comes with the lyrics) and write about the meaning of the song in the comment section below. Try to be careful with the grammar, but don't be intimidated by the possibility of making mistakes. I won't correct anybody unless you tell me to do so. 

And remember...

If you're going away for the weekend...

Photo by Jonas Thomén

Top ten funniest Spanish-English false friends

http://www.thelocal.es/galleries/Culture/funny-false-friends#.UW-t_7VgdqU

Enjoy your Sunday!

Top ten 'English' words invented by the Spanish

http://www.thelocal.es/galleries/Culture/twisted_english

Beware of the English words invented by the Spanish...

Different learning styles

3x3 from Nuno Rocha on Vimeo.

There are different ways to succeed; you just have to find yours!

My colleague Míchel always finds the coolest stuff. This video had me laughing tears from start to finish. Thanks a lot, Mitch!

Love these people's good vibes!

Reading

Can you read this message?

Funny Talking Animals

You may not understand everything, but I thought it was funny anyway... And you can also think of the names of the animals that appear in the video for revision...
Happy Saturday!

Dalí in English

Morning!
My colleague Míchel posted this video on his blog, and I found it so funny that I had to share it, too ;-)

Dumb ways to die

NB2: You may read the subtitles
NI2: Try not to read the subtitles
Both: Watch the video and try to remember as many dumb ways to die as possible (say them out loud after watching) ;-)

NB2: dumb - dumber - the dumbest (We haven't seen the comparative and superlative adjectives yet. For now, I'll only tell you: "the dumbest way" = "la manera más tonta de..."
Remember the movie "Dumb and Dumber" ("Dos tontos muy tontos")? Well, one of them seems to be dumber than the other ;-)
Ah! And don't pronounce the "b" in these adjectives (dumb, dumber, dumbest)

David Alan Harvey

Dear All,
here's a video my sister sent to me and I enjoyed watching. You should try to watch it without reading the subtitles and a second time, if you need to, checking the vocabulary you didn't understand with the Spanish subtitles.

Speaking about psychics...