Thursday 29 January 2009

IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH right NOW




Here is a website you MUST visit:
to practice the four skills
(Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing) ALL LEVELS
I especially recommend Randal's Site to my students...
Click and have a go!

Wednesday 28 January 2009

Freddie Mercury's solos (2)


THe world that We Created

Another gifty present
by the great F. Mercury
Click to watch and listen
Click to read and fill in...

Dul 09

Click to check and sing along

Tuesday 27 January 2009

FACE THE SEA

All my life

A redundant nightmare

Dreaming of the Sea

Huge waves approach me

Trying to run -but useless

Trying to move -but pointless

Then another night

The victorious night

I manage to face

The biggest one

Running towards it- just in time

Before the big break takes place

It’s the pleasure of swimming through

As I’ve always done

It’s the pleasure of getting rid

Of all the fears

All the panic

All the doubts…

Calmness comes back,

I’ve faced the Sea


AFFIRMATIONS OF THE WEEK (II)

In the hope these affirmations help us to lead a better life while we keep our contact with English...

It is a fundamental law of the universe that what we focus on grows. If we continually think about what we lack, that is what will grow for us. To achieve real prosperity we must learn to focus on what we have. Showing gratitude for what we have is one of the most powerful techniques for achieving prosperity.

Watch, listen and read more affirmations here


Monday 26 January 2009

Freddie Mercury's solos (1)


A Collection of solos I'll be giving you...by one of the best voices in the world of music:
Freddie Mercury (this time in 1977!)
"MELANCHOLY BLUES"
Especially to those who have recently lost a love in their lives!

Lyrics + activity.
Listen to the song here.

A tribute to Freddie himself and
to my friend José Manuel (born 1965-died 1992)


Click to check and sing along!

Sunday 25 January 2009

David Gilmour's Smile

Here is a beautiful and sweet song for my students with a few easy activities. I hope you enjoy it!

Click here to watch and listen
Clickhere to read the song and do the activities

Saturday 24 January 2009

VOCABULARY




NI1
Improve your vocabulary here


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Passive Voice for students of Advanced Level 1

NA1
To revise the Passive voice and much more! clickhere.

Grammar Practice: Modal Verbs

NI1
for those who WANT OR NEED some extra activities on modal verbs and much more!!!! click

Friday 23 January 2009

Read about OBAMA


Want to know about the last president of the USA.....
Read and do the activities for
All levels of English
Especially for Intermediate and Advanced students.
Enjoy yourself!

Dulce (23/01/09)

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OBSTACLES (poem)

Obstacles are our challenge in life.
With no obstacles ,
it woudn't be worth it;
we'd take everything for granted...
Obstacles are everywhere.
They've been there ever since
we were born.
Obstacles are like that big rock in the middle of the path we lead and follow.
Our aim is to learn how to save obstacles.


© by Dulce Rosales (January 2009)

Men are different


Here I give you a pair of videos which show once more how different we are, ...or aren't we?

Click to watch a sequence of the sitcom Friends.
Click to watch a commercial.

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Thursday 22 January 2009

AFFIRMATIONS OF THE WEEK

Life is joy filled with
delightful surprises.
The more grateful I am,
the more reasons I find to be grateful.
I give out love
and it's returned
to be multiplied.
When I believe in myself
so do others.
I release any desperation
and allow love
to find me.
I trust in the process of life.
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Tuesday 20 January 2009

Thoughts in Pieces

  • I've recently realized how much

I take after all of you , people...

Yet, who I'm makes such a big difference!

  • Happines vanishes as soon as it comes up

And still I feel I deserve much more.

  • 'Mum, did you notice a bird was singing when we woke up this morning?'

'Yes, son, it always does.'

'So why don't we ever listen to it?'

'Why should we?'

'I feel as if it's trying to tell us something.'

'I guess so... Maybe that there's always a reason to get up. One of them, and most important: we have each other.'

  • Just a moment ago was 30 years ago.

In a minute it'll be the rest of my life.

TO My Beloved SON



© by Dulce Rosales

PHOTOS OF THE DAY



Scotland, summer2003

MY PHOTOS OF THE DAY



I love cats. And that's so tender...
Scotland again (2003. )


Monday 19 January 2009

ohdarling

SONG Oh Darling by Supertramp Album: Breakfast in America NI1

1. Fill in the gaps with the following words: side, dream, change, behind, shadow, honey around, run
Oh darling, will you ever ______________ your mind

Yeah, I've been feeling left _______________
Like a _____________in your light ….yeah ...in your light
Ah _____________ won't you say that I'm the one?
And if you think you're gonna ___________
Well you know
I'm gonna be _______________you, all about you
Always by your ________
I'm gonna ___________ about you, scheme about you
Love you all the time,
I'm gonna catch you lady
Catch you lady, yeah


2. PUT THESE LINES IN THE CORRECT ORDER
As good as you ever could
Please tell me that you'll never go
The news is all over town
Ah ah no no…..
You tell me you're feeling good
You’d better not let me down
…………..Tell me that you'll never go, never go

3. Complete this part with the words you hear. You are given the initial letters and part of speech.

Ah l____________, I'm like a watch that's overwound (time adverb)
And I've got both feet off the ground
Because you s_________ (verb)
I'm gonna be so busy, oh my p______________ (adjective)
Love you n_________and d___________ (two opposite nouns)
And through the rain and shine
I'll make you m________ (pronoun)
I'll love you come what may

I'm gonna catch you lady, catch you lady
Catch you lady uh huh
I'm gonna catch you lady, catch you lady
Catch you lady uh huh
I'm gonna catch you lady, catch you lady……. etc

© Activity by Dulce Rosales

song Oh Darling

quotes of the day

QUOTES
"Laughter is inner jogging".
"Truth is the only safe ground to stand on".
"As there is no cure for birth and deadth, save to enjoy the interval".
"Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life".
"There is no greater joy, nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in one's life".

Sunday 18 January 2009

Pink Floy's best



KEEP TALKING ( Album > The Division Bell)

For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals
Then something happenend which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk


There's a silence surrounding me
I can't seem to think straight
I'll sit in the corner
No one can bother me
I think I should speak now ___________ Why won't you talk to me?
I can't seem to speak now ____________ You never talk to me
My words won't come out right ___________ What are you thinking?
I feel like I'm drowning _____________ What are you feeling?
I'm feeling weak now ________________ Why won't you talk to me?
But I can't show my weakness _________ You never talk to me
I sometimes wonder ___________________ What are you thinking?
Where do we go from here _____________ What are you feeling?

It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking

Why won't you talk to me? _____________ I feel like I'm drowning
You never talk to me? _________________ You know I can't breathe now
What are you thinking? ________________ We're going nowhere
What are you feeling? _________________ We're going nowhere

Why won't you talk to me
You never talk to me
What are you thinking
Where do we go from here

It doesn't have to be like this
All we need to do is make sure we keep talking…

writing an opinion essay NA1


To students who really need to learn how to write a formal essay in advanced level of English. Click opiinionessays