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12-02-2006: We have added new links of a very interesting website: English Here, by Yolanda Gil. Visit the links at Vocabulary, Exercises and Other Resources sections. Besides, we have added another of her webquests: Charles Dickens, for 4º ESO, at Webquests section. Thanks for writing to me, Yolanda.

12-02-2006: New worksheet at Onestopenglish section: St Valentine's Day, for pre-intermediate students.

12-02-2006: We start celebrating St Valentine's Day at the index page. Are you in love? Visit the link.

 

22-01-2006: New presentation added at Presentations section. Conditional clauses, which I will use with my Bachillerato students at class. Available for you in Openoffice format. Have a look at it.

22-01-2006: New link at Grammar section: The Grammar Aquarium. With exercises on line and worksheets. Very useful website.

22-01-2006: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: The Beatles, for intermediate level, and Who should get what? for upper-intermediate.

22-01-2006: We start cellebrating Burn's Night at the index page, a very important celebration for Scots. Visit the link.

16-01-2006: We have added a new link at Exercises On Line and Other Resources sections: Javier's English Website. Visit it.

16-01-2006: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Tattoo, for elementary and upper-intermediate level, and Martin Luther King for upper-intermediate level. You have teacher's notes and glossaries at the section. download them.

16-01-2006: The English Corner has been selected as a link at Hogwan, a search directory for ESL.

16-01-2006: We start cellebrating Martin Luther King's Day, on 16th January, a very important day, not only for black people, but for peace. Visit the link at the index page.

08-01-2006: New presentation added at Presentations section: Passive voice, which I will use with my Bachillerato students at class. Available for you in Openoffice format. Have a look at it.

08-01-2006: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Numbers, colours and letters for beginners, New Year's anecdote, for elementary level and Simple Past tense - London vocabulary , for intermediate students. You have teacher's notes and glossaries at the section. download them.

08-01-2006: A new link at Lessons section: Everyday English, which introduces some lessons at three levels: beginner, intermediate and advanced. Interesting site.

08-01-2006: Happy New Year! After holidays, we're back again with new resources. Visit the link at the index page to learn about New Year's Day in English-speaking countries.

 

 

11-12-2005: A great amount of new worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Number and Names for beginners, Adverbs of Frequency and present tense for elementary level, Library vocabulary for low-intermediate students, Nobel Prizes and Sports and activities for intermediate level and finally The English Constitution for upper-intermediate students. for teacher's notes and glossaries you must visit the section.

11-12-2005: New link at Other Resources section: Breaking News English, an excellent site where you can find lessons about daily news. Highly reccomendable. It describes itself as follows "All of these current events and business English lesson plans contain a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises. Classroom handouts are reproducible in Word and PDF."

04-12-2005: New link at Grammar section: English Grammar Lessons, by English International Lyon. In English, with exercises.

04-12-2005: New link at Other Resources section: The Interactive English Workbook, a veryu useful and funny site for primary education students.

04-12-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Faces and Names, for beginners and Stranger than Fiction, for upper-intermediate level.

04-12-2005: We start cellebrating Christmas at the index page. Ho, ho, ho!

 

ENGLISH-AREA

 

27-11-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: A Homophone Story for elementary level, Mark Twain, for intermediate level and the advanced-level worksheet The Bronx.

27-11-2005: The great website English-Area.com has introduced The English Corner as a link. Thanks, Beatriz.

20-11-2005: New link at Dictionaries section: WordReference, an on-line dictionary of English/Spanish, English/French, English/Italian and English Only. Search on it.

20-11-2005: A new link has been added at different sections of The English Corner: English Area, interesting and useful site for English learners. It has been included at Grammar, Vocabulary, Games and Other Resources sections. Most resources at this website are printable. Have a look at them. Reccomendable site.

20-11-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: 22nd november in History, for elementary level and Storytellers for upper-intermediate.

20-11-2005: A new section has been created at The English Corner: JClic activities. JClic is a very interesting programme where you can prepare attractive didactic units and exercises for teaching English and other subjects. You can download this programme here and it is very easy to learn to use it. This week, you can have a look at the activities prepared at ZonaClic, a primary website in teaching.

13-11-2005: New worksheets can be downloaded at Onestopenglish section: Words from the wise, for elementary level and Phonetics guessing, for intermediate level. Have a look at them. Remember you can get teacher's notes visiting the section.

13-11-2005: New links at Other Resources section: English for Little Children, interactive materials for Primary Education students, created by Mª Piedad Avello, Eugenio Álvarez and Soraya Anaís de Andújar, and GSanmartin.net, fantastic website by Mª Jesús G. San Martín. Both links have been awarded by CNICE.

09-11-2005: New link at Vocabulary section: Study English with Andrew, for Primary Education students. Very interesting, with flash. Six sections: The Classroom, Clothes, Time, Transports and Evaluation. By Vicent Martínez Centelles and Daniel Martínez Bou.

06-11-2005: We start cellebrating the famous American festival Thanksgiving Day at the index page. Visit the link if you want to learn about this cellebration.

06-11-2005: My students cellebrated Halloween at school. Have a look at their "mastery works" at Students Work Section - Halloween 2005.

06-11-2005: The English Corner experience is going to be introduced in the I Jornadas Regionales de Recursos Multimedia en GNU-Linex, to be celebrated in Almendralejo from 16th to 19th November.

06-11-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Hallowe'en for upper-intermediate level and The Gunpowder Plot for intermediate level.

06-11-2005: The English Corner has been selected as a link at Colegio Jesús María "El Cuco" wewbsite. Thank you.

 

22-10-2005: New worksheet at Onestopenglish section: Money Talks, upper-intermediate.

22-10-2005: New link at Other Resources and Vocabulary sections: Suena@Inglés, a website for Primary Education children created by José Antonio Gómez López. Very useful for learning vocabulary at the first stages in EFL students.

18-10-2005: The English Corner has been selected as a link at English Grammar The Easy Way.

15-10-2005: Added new webquest at Webquests section: The Brits, created by Belén Fernández, from Asturias, for 2nd Cycle ESO. Visit the link.

15-10-2005: We start cellebrating Halloween at the index page. Trick or treat?

15-10-2005: New downladable worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Oscar Wilde and Dominoes.

10-10-2005: New link added at Grammar section: The English Grammar - The Easy Way, an interesting website created by Lisa which develops English grammar in four sections: Adjectives, Adverbs, Verb Tenses and Nouns. There are other interesting contents on it. Visit it.

09-10-2005: New downladable worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Moulin Rouge, Card Game (Irregular Verbs) and Let's Talk. Download the teacher's notes at the web section.

09-10-2005: New link at Presentations section. It is very useful for teachers, about present continuous. Download it: Doing Things.

03-10-2005: New link at Webquests section. Magnificent webquest about AIDS ellaborated by Mercedes de la Casa and Isabel Pérez for 4º ESO/Bachillerato. Visit it.

03-10-2005: At Links section we have made a selection of the main encyclopaedias in English, which are mostly free, very complete and ideal for searching information using the foreign language. Visit the links.

02-10-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: James Dean and A Blind Date.

02-10-2005: At last you can download worksheets for 2º Bachillerato and some new ones for 1º Bachilerato at Worksheets section.

01-10-2005: New links at Grammars section: a grammar in English by The Internet Grammar of English and one in Spanish by Curso de Inglés On Line. Have a look at them.

01-10-2005: At the index page we start a new celebration: October Plenty, a glorious autumn harvest celebration in London, mixing ancient seasonal customs and theatre with contemporary festivity. Visit the link.

01-10-2005: After holidays, we're back again. Welcome to the new school year!

 

 

11-06-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Captain Cook Interview and a Character Crossword.

11-06-2005: We start a new celebration at the index page: Midsummer's Day, a magical celebration in English-speaking countries. On 24th June.

11-06-2005: After some technical problems when uploading this website we start again.

 

25-05-2005: We start a new celebration at the index page: Trooping the Colour, the Queen's Official Birthday. Very interesting, taking into account that it is not the real birthday of Her Majesty. Visit the link.

25-05-2005: New links to two interesting websites I have found. Different links to the English Department of IES Itaba from Teba (Málaga) at Exercises on Line, Teacher's Area and General Resources sections. Great job by Yolanda Gil and Ana Trigo. equally links to Madrid-Teacher at Grammar and Vocabulary sections.

15-05-2005: New link at Exercises on Line section. They are a series of activities about vocabulary, with Hot Potatoes, by Interlex.

07-05-2005: New webquests at Webquests section: A Trip to London, for students of 4º ESO, Albert Einstein and Harry Loves Gazpacho, for students of 3º ESO, all of them created by Yolanda Gil. Equally, Festivals in Britain, for Primary Education, by Beatriz Ruiz Barrientos, British Festivals, for Second Cycle of ESO, by Maira Cortada and Goretti Blanch, and finally Shakespeare, Do You Know Him?, for 4º ESO, by Victoria Alzina.

07-05-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: Europe Quiz, for pre-intermediate students, HIV and AIDS, for intermediate students and Reporting verbs for upper-intermediate learners. Download them from this website or visit Onestopenglish.

07-05-2005: At Grammar section, it has been added a link to Onestopenglish Grammar Reference, where you can get different explanation of some grammar topics, mainly for intermediate and advanced students. Very interesting.

01-05-2005: New worksheet at Onestopenglish section: Getting to know you, for intermediate students.

01-05-2005: A very interesting new link at Other Resources section. It's Easy Writing English. It helps ESO students to develop the writing skill. Its creator is Antonia Domínguez Miguela. Visit it.

01-05-2005: We start the month commemorating a new trqaditional religious cellebration, Whit Sunday, at the index page. Visit the link.

 

 

18-04-2005: This website has been present in the II Salón de la Educación, Formación Profesional y Nuevas Tecnologías 2005, cellebrated in Feval, Don Benito.

18-04-2005: The English Corner has been selected as a link at three new websites: PortalEso, CPR Retiro and IES Setmenat Website. Thanks.

18-04-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section: A True Crime Story and London Bridge. Have a look at them.

10-04-2005: At Onestopenglish section, new worksheets about the following topics: Cartoon Stories, We are all teenagers and A Royal Wedding, about this weekend Charles and Camilla's wedding. About this last matter, visit Quotes section.

03-04-2005: New worksheets at Onestopenglish section. Have a look at them.

03-04-2005: After holidays we're back again with a new celebration at the index page: St George's Day, the patron saint of England, on 23rd April. Visit the link.

 

 

 

14-03-2005: New topic at Grammar section: the Past Continuous, for ESO, in Spanish.

13-03-2005: The English Corner has been selected this month as a reccomended website at Educared, one of the most visited education websites in Spain.

06-03-2005: At the index page, we start a new celebration. St Patrick's Day, patron saint of Ireland, on 17th March. Visit the link if you want to know more.

06-03-2005: New worksheets from Onestopenglish, can be downloaded at that section. March update. If you want more, visit Onestopenglish.

06-03-2005: King Arthur's webquest has been selected in various websites: aula21.net, webquestcat, Webquests, aplicaciones educativas and Biblioteca de Webquests. Thank you all.

 

 

 

26-02-2005: This website has the great honour to introduce Onestopenglish, a remarkable website for EFL teachers where you can find a great variety of resources, worksheets, tips, ... At Other Resources section, highly reccomendable. Equally, at Worksheets section I have included a subsection where you can download some of the resources this website update every month. Visit it and download. Of course you can get all these resources and a lot more at Onestopenglish.

21-02-2005: This website has been added as a link at Botanical, a website with a great variety of general resources. Thanks a lot.

20-02-2005: A new link, Top English Teaching, has been added at two sections: General Resources and Teacher's Area. In this website there is a selection of useful links for different matters of English Language Teaching. Visit it, very interesting.

17-02-2005: At Grammar section, a new topic has been added: Countable and Non-countable Nouns, in Spanish, for ESO.

17-02-2005: At the index page, we start a new celebration: St David's Day, patron saint of Wales, on March, 1st.

08-02-2005: At Webquests section, I have included the first webquest I have prepared. It is King Arthur and his Knights, as a task for a teacher course of webquest organised by CNICE. I accept all comments and suggestions about the webquest. Hope you like it.

 

 

 

31-01-2005: At Other Resources section, I have also added a new link: John's ESL. A great variety of resources organised in five categories: Language Skills, Quizzes, Games, Riddles and holidays. Its different sections have been linked at Grammar and Vocabulary sections of this site.

31-01-2005: New link at Pronunciation section: Ship or Sheep.com. It is very useful to practice English language pronunciation using minimal pairs.

31-01-2005: Phrasal verbs have always been a serious obstacle for students of ESL. At Vocabulary section, I have included a wonderful site Phrasal Verb Page, from Dave's ESL Cafe. If you have problems with phrasal verbs, visit it.

29-01-2005: These days we are reminding the liberation of Auschwit concentration camp, the simbol of Nazi Holocaust. Read the quote of this week, by a survivor of another camp, Matthausen, Simon Wiesenthal.

29-01-2005: After some problems with my computers (they're so difficult to understand!), new update: at the index page, new cellebration: Valentine's Day, a universal cellebration. Congratulations!

16-01-2005: New treasure hunt at Scavenger Hunts section: Sherlock Holmes, created for my students of 1º Bachillerato. Try it.

15-01-2005: New link at Other Resources section: English maze, an interesting website to help you to learn English. Visit it.

12-01-2005: At Scavenger Hunts section, I have added a new one, Tutankhamun and his Tomb, created for my students of 3º ESO.

11-01-2005: Two schools have included The English Corner as a link: IES Carolina Coronado, from Almendralejo and IES Luis de Morales (the English Department), from Arroyo de la Luz. Thank you.

11-01-2005: We start a new cellebration at index page: Burns Night, a national holiday for Scots.

11-01-2005: The section My School has been updated. you can visit it.

10-01-2005: Back from holidays. A new topic for Bachillerato at Grammar section: Talking about the Future.