Tuesday, 6 March 2018

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2018

#INTERNATIONAL #WOMEN'S #DAY 2018






IWD 2018


As we are approaching #International #Women's #Day or IWD, celebrated on March 8th, the blog post I am uploading today is a little tribute to some women around the world, recognized     for their achievements, no matter what nationality         they are, what culture they belong to, what their           ethnic origin is, and regardless of their economic,  social or political status.
    Last year I had happened to see a film focused on an almost 
    unknown  Spanish woman, Isabel de Zendal, though she had devoted 
    most of her  life to  save thousands of people's lives. 
    That is why I uploaded a presentation on her and on Florence Nightingale,        on the other hand, well-known all over the world.

   Today's blog post outlines the stories of 5  women, so that learners, apart from 
   practising different aspect of the English Language, can learn about them, their 
   remarkable lives their culture, their achievements.
   Reading & writing tasks  are suitable for CEFR A1 & A2 (beginners & post-beginners)            students, and the tasks suggested at the end can be done by CEFR A1, A2, and
   B1, B2  learners, that is to say, from beginners to intermediate and advanced learners 
    of English. 

    Thank you for your feedback. I do appreciate it.

    Maribel Miró
    March 6th, 2018


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Saturday, 10 February 2018

SONG: ¨PERFECT¨ LISTENING EXERCISE

                           PERFECT











On the blog today, just a few days before February 14th, a love song to celebrate St Valentine's:









If you would like to get Information related to St. Valentine's culture and celebrations around the world, please find it  @http://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com.es/search?q=all+of+me
As for today's post, these are the activities suggested: 
On one hand learners should fill in the gaps with words according to the image, and, on the other, after listening  carefully to the lyrics, they should correct the given preposition. All prepositions in pink are wrong.




Whereas the filling in the gap activity is suitable for CEFR A1 & A2 students, that is to say, beginners and post-beginners, the second one -correct the prepositions- is intended for CEFR B1 & B2 learners of English or intermediate and upper-intermediate students of English. 


That the learning process is fostered by means of enjoyable activities is no new news. The more a student enjoys an activity, the more he/she learns. If, on top of that, they are based on beautiful songs, the learning process will be fostered without their realizing.

Official video music @

Video music + lyrics

Karaoke Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMA1tqWuf4




I do hope all of you enjoy this song.
Happy St Valentine¡

Maribel Miró Pérez

February 10th, 2018




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Saturday, 13 January 2018

SONG: ¨HAVANA" LISTENING EXERCISE


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    By means of this song Camila Cabello pays tribute to the city of Havana, Cuba, where she was born.
    "Havana" is about love, a much common theme in songs, but the story in this song is not only about falling in love with someone from Havana, it is mainly about being in love with a place.
     A song-based listening activity, "Havana" is a resource to practise listening, stress, rhythm and intonation, apart from some grammar aspects and vocabulary. 
    The learners should read the lyrics a couple of times before starting the activity. Then, they should listen or watch the video and follow the instructions on each slide: either to fill in the blanks or choose the right word. However, on slide 5 they will have to rearrange 3 lines in the stanza.
 Phonetics will play a key role in this activity and  the students’ passive  vocabulary will be activated while new vocabulary will be acquired.
 "Havana" Listening Exercise is suitable for A2 (post-beginners), B1 & B2         (pre-intermediate & intermediate) students. 

 I hope you enjoy this activity and  keep finding these materials  inspiring and 
 interesting.

  January 13th, 2018

   Maribel Miró Pérez 





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Friday, 29 December 2017

CHRISTMAS DINNER: MAIN DISH

CHRISTMAS DINNER: MAIN DISH
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                               










On December 25th – just a few days ago- most families in Spain celebrated Christmas Day, and, hopefully, gathered round a table.

A couple of previous posts on the blog focused on Christmas: 'Christmas Dinner: Starters' and 'Christmas Dinner: Desserts'.

http://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com.es/search/label/CHRISTMAS%20DINNER%3A%20DESSERTS


So here comes another post on 'Christmas Dinner', this time related to the main dish or plato principal.
The text and following questions are suitable for B1/B2 learners (intermediate and upper-intermediate learners).

I hope you  had a wonderful Christmas Day and find this presentation interesting.
December 29th, 2017

Maribel Miró Pérez

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