SELF-ESTEEM

> READ a text and DO some exercises, "Is your image more important than being happy?"

> LISTEN to 2 songs related to self-esteem:

• Which one is about low self-esteem? 
• Which is about high self-esteem?

> WATCH a film about a girl, Olive, whose dream is to get into a beauty contest.
Little Miss Sunshine is a must-see!   Watch the trailer:

The Media: Newspapers and magazines, Television and Radio

Take a look at newspapers from the UK and the USA:

• UK newspaper Front Pages
• BRITISH MEDIA ONLINE

Read some news:

• Learning - New York Times
• Breaking News
• Headlines

What about the radio? How has it changed over time? Do people listen to the radio as they used to?

• BBC radio stations
• Watch the trailer of the film Radio Days, by Woody Allen, and find out how important radio once was. 

A family tuning their radio to listen to a speech by W. Churchill, 1945

But nowadays, everything takes place online. You can read newspapers online, watch TV and films online, listen to the radio online... and much more. The internet has really changed the way we communicate, hasn't it? 

• Read about the history of computers and do some exercises ( easy) on LearnEnglishkids.
• Watch the trailer of the film The social network, by David Fincher, and get to know about the history of Facebook.
• Are you social-network smart? Watch the video and think about what you should and shouldn't do.

VERB TENSES REVISIONS: PRESENT and FUTURE

DESCRIBING PEOPLE WITH PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES (Psychological Description)

• Learn character traits ( adjectives) with pictures and sound on this website (Learning chocolate)
• Look at the Interactive Book for Personality ( verb to be ; very/ quite / a little...)
• Listen and do a quiz about personality types here ( esl-lab)
• Visit Chestnut ESL/EFL for lots of other resources.

👀 WATCH a video on Zodiac Signs, about different personal qualities.

Real English 7 - What's your Astrological Sign - for beginners - with subtitles from Real English .

SOCIALISING and SOCIAL ETIQUETTE

Watch some VIDEOS:

• From "British Council - LearnEnglish"

Read about Manners and Social Etiquette:

• Acceptable behavior in England
• UK: Culture and customs ( advanced)

    

 

BRITISH & AMERICAN ENGLISH

Go to the web pages below to find LISTS OF WORDS and EXERCISES:

• British Vs American English (illustrated)
• List of words (Project Britain)
• Exercises 1 ( multiple choice) 
• Exercises 2 ( difficult)

🎥 Watch some VIDEOS about the differences between English in Britain and English in the United States:

• British and American words

• Listen to a well-known SONG by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (American jazz singers): Let's call the whole thing off

• What about the national anthems? Do you know them? Listen to the British anthem, "God save the Queen" and to the American one, Star Spangled Banner.

***Remember that you can always check the different pronunciation of words on an online dictionary: Oxford Dictionary ( British English), Cambridge Dictionary ( UK and US, translations)

PRESENT PERFECT vs PAST SIMPLE

• Study the differences between the 2 tenses, Present Perfect and Past Simple, here and there and do some exercises.
• Here are Pdf pages with more exercises: english-area, bbresources ( with correction) 
• Do LiveWorksheets (check the answers or send them to the teacher) LiveWorksheet 1 LiveWorksheet 2