Bill Gates (Upper-Intermediate)

Who doesn't know Bill Gates?
Click here and listen to this piece of news.
You should listen to it to get a general understanding.
Later, try to complete the gaps you find below (see the glossary and the key in the article itself):
1. According to the article, Bill gates ______ _______ of the future and decided to work on computers.
2. After he ________ ______ of school, he moved to Mexico.
3. Today, he's the youngest __________ billionaire
4. Although he's in his 50s, he still has ______ _______
5. Today, he's focused on his _________ _________
6. For him, being rich also means ________ ________

Tackling Technophobia (Advanced)

Listen to Ida Harris talking about the Older Adults Technology Services Office (OATS) in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

She explains her original fear of computers and how she is competent enough now to play a significant role on OATS’ Senior Planet website.

This is a good example that shows technophobes they can overcome their fears of IT.

Are you addicted to TV? (intermediate)

Are you sure you are not a TV addict?
Would you like to take a quiz and see the results to ckeck to what extent you are right?
Click here and follow instructions. Write down any new word you find in the quiz that you didn't know before (we can see them in class).
Now, have a look at the picture on the right. If you found this picture in the oral exam and you had to talk about it for two minutes, what would you say about it? What other ideas and topics could arise from the picture?

FAIRY TALES (intermediate)

And here it is...
Watch 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' as being told by the 20.30 group.
Hope you have fun.

OOOps! Group 19.00 is here too!
The same background music, the same fairy tale, but different speakers!

FAIRY TALES (INTERMEDIATE)

When you were a child, which was your favourite fairy tale? Why?
Can you remember 'Goldilocks and the three Bears'.
Click here to watch it and complete the script with the missing words.

After you listened to it, work with your classmate and decide what the moral of this story is.

For a more challenging activity, search 'storytelling' in this blog and listen to a Native American story that explains why rabbits lost their tail!

And...
How good are you at reading stories? Let's check...
Let's try to dub the story altogether!

MARTIX AND HALLOWEEN (pre-intermediate)

How much do you know about Halloween?

Read the questions and choose the one you think is the best answer. You'll be playing in pairs, so this is a kind of competition between you both!

Good luck ! Click here to try the quiz.

THE SIMPSONS PERSONALITY TEST (upper-Intermediate)

If you want to find out who you bear some resemblance with, in the Simpsons family, just click in the link provided below.

Can you understand every word you find in this curious and unusual personality test? Which Simpson are you most like? Do you agree?

Click here to start doing it.