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Extension Activities Page
INDEX 
 WHAT CAN YOU FIND ON THIS PAGE? 
  • Revising for the Exams
    • Work on specific areas
    • Access the different sites directly
  • Extension Activities
    • Elementary Grammar Revision
    • Socicultural Aspects
    • Learning English is funny (learning through games)
    • Learning to learn Webpages
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                              LABELS USED
 -- LEVELS have been established for the stage following “The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” [CEFR]: 
  • BASIC SPEAKERS with a basic close to intermediate level [A2-B1]
  • INDEPENDENT SPEAKERS with an intermediate level of English [B1-B2]
-- COLOURS have been assigned for the different contents:
                           GRAMMAR           READING           LISTENING
                                VOCABULARY            WRITING           SPEAKING 
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Revising for the exams


Use any of these options to revise for your English exams:

 1)   Work on the specific areas. 
 2)    Access the different sites directly.

1)    Work on the specific areas that are going to be present in your exam papers. (SEE LINKS BELOW)

§  Vocabulary in general
          -       Basic speaker level
·         2º EOI Activities
-       Independent speaker level
·         The use of the article: a, the or zero article 
                      §  World building theory and exercises
·         Olga Godoy's theory: revise the explanations about:
-       suffixes
-        prefixes
-       compounds
·         3º EOI Activities. Don’t panic if you can’t do all the exercises!
·         4º EOI Activities. Don’t panic if you can’t do all the exercises!
·         Olga Godoy's word building exercises

 §  Verb tense revision
To revise different tenses within the same exercise. If you want to practise a tense in particular, choose any of the sites above, choose your level and then, the verb tense you want to practise.
-       Basic speaker level
·         2º EOI Activities: full revision of all the different verb tenses seen in class within the same exercise.
o   Multiple Choice
o   Cloze Exercises
-       Independent speaker level
·         Bon tip’s list of exercises detailed list of grammar exercises. Choose the item and your level.
·         Olga Godoy’s exercise: full revision of all the different verb tenses seen in class within the same exercise (click on Verb 1, 2, 3 … on the right column).
·         3º EOI Activities: full revision of all the different verb tenses seen in class within the same exercise.
o   Multiple Choice
o   Cloze Exercises
·         4º EOI Activities: full revision of all the different verb tenses seen in class within the same exercise.
o   Multiple Choice
o   Cloze Exercises

§   Phrasal verbs
-       Basic speaker level
·          English Club exercise
·         2º EOI: Phrasal Verbs I and Phrasal Verb II
·         2º EOI Verb+ Prepositions
-       Independent speaker level
·         Agenda Web: Phrasal Verbs and Verb + Prepositions
·         4º EOI: Phrasal Verbs: Four different type of matching exercises

§ Verbs followed by gerund or infinitivo.
-       Basic speaker level
·         English Club exercise
·         2º EOI Exercises
-       Independent speaker level
·         Olga Godoy’s exercises (click on Gerund or infinitivo on the right column)
§ Rephrasing exercises
-       Basic speaker level
·         2º EOI Rephrasing
-       Independent speaker level
·          Olga Godoy’s exercises
In this section you can choose what type of rephrasing you want to work with:
-       Just one specific type of rephrasing (click on: “conditional, passive, reported speech, relative clauses, modal verbs, etc” on the right column).
-       A mix of all the aforementioned types (click on “miscellanea” on the right column).
·         3º EOI Rephrasing
·         4º EOI Rephrasing Don’t panic if you can’t do all the sentences!
  §   Speaking Activities
-       3º EOI Speaking activities
-       4º EOI Speaking activities
-       Focus English Conversations

 §    Listening activities
-       Basic speaker level
·         2º EOI Listening activities
·         2º EOI Video Listening activities
·         Basic English

-       Independent speaker level
·         Bon tip’s listening activities
·         3º EOI Listening activities
·         3º EOI Video Listening activities
·         4º EOI Listening activities
·         4º EOI Video Listening activities
·         Randall'S ESL Listenings (all levels)
·          About.com Listenings (all levels)
·         Mansión del inglés (all levels)
·      Flatmate videos (intermediate and upper level students). Short videos with subtitles, like the following one. 

§ Pronunciation
-       Basic speaker
·         Phonetic Chart
·         Sound of English and activities 
-       Independent speaker level
·         Avelino Coto’s selection
·         The English Consonants theory  and online practice [highly recommended]
·         2º EOI selection
·         3º EOI selection
o   Homophones I
o   Homophones II
o   Homophones III
o   Silent letters
·         Homophones I
·         Stress in English (online practice)

§         Reading exercises
-       Basic speaker level
·         2º EOI Exercises
-       Independent speaker level
·         3º EOI Exercises
·         4º EOI Exercises

§            Translation exercises
-       Basic speaker level
·         2º EOI Translations
-       Independent speaker level
·          3º EOI Translations
·         4º EOI Translations



2)    Access the different sites directly. They appear in order of preference, from the most recommended ones to the most basic ones.
1.     Olga Godoy Jiménez's Corner [for independent speakers, B1-B2]
-       Highly recommended for revision of word building, rephrasing and full verb tense revision.
2.    Bon tip’s index [for all levels, from A1-B2],
Bon tip’s for Bachillerato
-       Highly recommended for practising listening exercises, readings, grammar and vocabulary exercises divided by content and school level. PAU SAMPLE EXAMS AND EXERCISES are also available.
3.    EOI Santander
-       Basic Speakers A2 (2º EOI, basic students)
-       Intermediate Speakers B1 (3º EOI, RECOMMENDED)
-       Intermediate Speakers B2 (4º EOI, advanced students)
-       Highly recommended for practising translations, listening exercises, grammar and vocabulary exercises divided by content and school level.
4.    Isabel Perez Webpage [for independent speakers, B1-B2]
-       Recommended for autonomous work of the students on any of the grammar points and skills seen during this year. You won't get bored.
5.    Avelino Coto’s Selection of Sites [for independent speakers, B1-B2]
-       Recommended for autonomous work of the students. You should visit the following sites:
·         To work: Bon’s Tip, Agenda Web and Click’n Learn.
·         To read: Oxford and BBC
6.    English Club grammar and exercises [for all levels, from A1-B2]
7.    Learning English grammar and exercises [for basic speakers, A2-B1].
-       Recommended for practising any grammar point in isolation (adverbs, verb tenses, relative clauses, conditionals, etc.).
8.    English Club grammar and exercises [for basic speakers, A2-B1].
-       Recommended for identifying tenses and parts of speech, practising phrasal verbs and any grammar point in isolation (adverbs, verb tenses, relative clauses, conditionals, etc.).

  Extension Activities 

Elementary grammar references and exercises
·         English area


Learning English is funny!

Play and have fun learning English
  1. Games to learn English
  2. Game zone
  3. British Council Games
  4. English Games
Learning to learn WebPages
·         Ministerio's WebPage
·         Wikisaber



































































         
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