SONG: ¨PERFECT¨ LISTENING EXERCISE

                           PERFECT

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

¨Perfect¨, by Ed Sheeran.

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 @

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vv-BfVoq4g

Video music + lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDDMYw_IZnE

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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ICEBREAKING ACTIVITY (1): FIND SOMEONE WHO/WHOSE...

 ICEBREAKING ACTIVITY 

Dear all,

 As an icebreaking activity, this questionnaire is intended to warm up the group of students with something different from their textbooks or learning materials.

Although there are some questions to be asked and/or answered in the Present Simple Tense, most of the questions on the left column have to be asked in the Present Perfect, and the questions on the right have to be asked/answered in the Past Tense.

The students will have to use both tenses –Present Perfect versus Past Tense- thus hopefully realizing the difference between both of them:

the Present Perfect questions -on the left- mainly referring to the students'  past experience, and the questions on the right aiming at a specific date and/or a place in their past life.

I hope you find this questionnaire useful, either at the beginning of the school year, which has just started in some countries, or as a means to practice and foster their oral/aural skills or to check the students' progress. 

TOURISM: OLD VALENCIA TOUR.  KEY
Hi everybody,
Whether you did visit Valencia last summer or sightseeing  Valencia is on your list, here is the key to the  Old Valencia Tour guide.

ST VALENTINE. 2019

Today's blogpost cannot be but related to  St Valentine. 
So, I have chosen a couple of love songs, already uploaded in the blog. 
In the first one, John Legend's All of Me, learners of most levels of English will be able to take a listening exercise focused on the lyrics of this love song, and also to read about St Valentine's origins and traditions all around the world.
https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search?q=ALL+OF+ME



The second one is Ed Sheeran's Perfect, presented as a listening activity, intended for a wide range of learners of English, too.

https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search?q=perfect


I hope you find them useful.

Maribel Miró

February 14th, 2019

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE & CONTINUOUS

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ky8EP8UKMbcFRzLUUzODRSdGM/view?usp=sharing

SONG: 'CALIFORNIA DREAMING' LISTENING EXERCISE

                                                   

Hi everybody,

Now that the school year is almost ending if it is not already over, at least in some parts of the world, I would like to upload the song California Dreaming as summer starts approaching.

This song was released a long time ago, in 1966, just as face B of a single by The Mamas and The Papas.

It was Monday Monday, released in March 1966, the song which became the band's only number-one hit in the US, reaching number three in the UK, and first number-one on Spain's new radio programme Los 40 Principales.

 Monday, Monday won many awards in the following years. However, it is California Dreaming, that face B song, the one we have been hearing non-stop throughout the years.

Quite an easy listening exercise for A1 & A2 students, follow the steps at the end of the song lyrics or go through the stanzas as you think your students may like.

Aspects of the language to be considered may be:

. PHONETICS: /liːvz]/versus /livz/ - /skai/ versus /ski/ -/seif/versus /seiv/ -  /əʊ/ versus /ɔː/, etc… and different meanings of words accordingly

. PRONUNCIATION: e.g.: ‘winter’s’ and other words in American, Australian or British English.

. LANGUAGE SYSTEM/GRAMMAR: conditional sentences, verbal tenses (present, past, present perfect), prepositions (on, in, into), nouns and adjectives.

The first link is the official video by The Mamas and the Papas and it is a shorter version than   Sia’s. The third link is just the shortened version for a Spanish magazine store summer advertisement.

At the end of the song there are some more versions: the one including the lyrics, so that the students can self-correct, and a light karaoke version, so that they can sing.

I hope you and your students like it.

June 7th,  2016

OFFICIAL VIDEO CLIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kcmwXUdDCE

SIA'S VERSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TFmncOtzcE

SONG + LYRICS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=263rXSAGp0U

karaoke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plRNTt-_Bhs

           

STEPS TO FOLLOW

1. Print the lyrics/project the lyrics on a screen.

2. Watch the video and listen to the song (official song video).

3. Read the lyrics before listening to the song for a second time.

4. Then, while listening choose the right word.

5. Listen to it again and check.

THEN,

6. Watch the video + lyrics and check the exercise again.

7. Finally, listen to the karaoke version, if possible, and sing.

            Singing and learning the songs by heart will improve your students’ pronunciation, stress, rhythm & intonation, apart from other skills and aspects of the Language, such as vocabulary and language system.

Please, note that any link may stop working.

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*Please, remember:

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LEARNING TOOLS (2)

LEARNING TOOLS (2)

Hi everybody,
This second post  on ¨Learning Tools¨ is intended to all *CEFR B2/C1 students interested in improving and fostering their competence in English Language.

A History of the World in 100 Objects  

consists of 100 podcasts focused on 100 objects selected from the British Museum. Neil MacGregor -Director of the British Museum- along with a few other narrators, describes each one of the exhibits and further presents it in its context. 
Choose one object and learn about the object's origin, description, social and economic context and history background.

We must thank Mr Mac Gregor for these podcasts -perfect learning tool for *Common European Framework of Reference B2 & C1 students. 

A History of the World in 100 Objects will provide you
with a powerful tool to improve both your English Language competence and your knowledge of humanity history. 


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads  

MARÍA ISABEL MIRÓ PÉREZ

July 2016

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If you wish to make comments about this site, please email me at maribelmiroperez@gmail.com

Please, remember that

All materials on maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com.es are the property of Maria Isabel Miró Pérez-  the copyright holder-a nd are protected by international copyright laws. You may print free materials provided on maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com.es for your own personal, non-commercial use in the classroom or at home, provided that you retain all copyright information or other required logos and /or headings on the materials. You may not reprint, distribute, electronically save, modify, transmit, present before an audience, post to a website, forum, blog etc. any materials from this blog without prior express written permission from Maria Isabel Miró Pérez.

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ST VALENTINE 2021

ST VALENTINE 2021

 On this year’s St Valentine Day my blog post focuses on the activities uploaded in past years, such as 2017 &  2019. 

These posts include links on this festivity origin and traditions, and also activities focused on two love songs lyrics: 

Ed Sheeran’s Perfect and John Legend’s All of me.

   I hope your students enjoy them.

 https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search?q=ALL+OF+ME 

   https://maribelmiroenglish.blogspot.com/search/label/ST%20VALENTINE.%202019

Maribel Miró Pérez

February 13th, 2021