Monday 29 November 2010

Thursday 11 November 2010

Zodiac Signs and Personality Traits

It is not that I am a great fan of astrology. In fact, I think it is all a load of old mythological gibberish. But it can actually be as good an excuse as any other to start up a conversation on people's personality. Here is the activity I suggest: go to Youtube.com and do a search with your star sign with the words :

"All about astrology: the sign (here you must key in your zodiac sign) in astrology."

In case you cannot remember the spelling, the list is: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Listen to the 2 to 3-minute long video and then post a comment on which things from your sign description could be used to define you and those which are a far shot (not characteristic of you by far). Here is my own sign as an appetiser.



Also, click on this a link to the personality traits by sign we looked at in class.

Monday 8 November 2010

Expressing the Future

Watch the two videos below for explanations about different ways of expressing the future in English.





And for exercises and other links, click here.

Thursday 4 November 2010

What is a family?



For the script of the video above, click here

Wednesday 3 November 2010



Click here for words and expressions you may need to look at before watching the video.