Listening activity - Bus Travel

Here's a  short listening activity for intermediate students: 

Bus Travel

FCE Exercise

Exams dates are getting closer, are you ready? Here's an FCE exercise:

http://www.ihbristol.com/learn-online/exercise-esol/fce/mc-cloze/climate-change/1/

Idioms with nationalities

Here is a list of common expressions with nationalities used in spoken English with their definition:

1-To go Dutch: to split the bill in a restaurant between everyone who ate together.

2- It’s all Greek to me: this phrase is used when don’t understand or have no knowledge on a topic.

3- Chinese whispers: a metaphor for mistakes and inaccurate information which comes from rumours or gossip.

4- Pardon my French: This expression is used to apologise usually before, or after, we say something rude or impolite: a swear word.

5- A Mexican Standoff: This is expression is used when two groups can not agree on what to do next. Often used to describe a situation in business where there is gridlock. 

6- A Young Turk: Used to describe a young rebel who is part of a group/organization and can’t be controlled

Reading - Sherlock Holmes Investigates

An online book for elementary level students:

http://www.english-online.org.uk/reading/elementread.htm

If you think that this text is too easy, you can try reading the same story at the intermediate level from the menu on the right.

Countable and uncountable nouns

Here are some exercises on countable and uncountable nouns:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3246#a

Vocabulary exercises

Here is a website where you'll find some vocabulary exercises at intermediate level.

http://www.world-english.org/intermediate-vocabulary.htm

Listening activity - Dinner time

What are typical foods you eat in your country for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

Here is a listening acticity about cooking!

http://www.esl-lab.com/cook/cookrd1.htm

Pub Quiz - The first event of the year!

Think you know your cinema, culture and music?

The fun way to enjoy a drink and practise your English!

Form your own team or just come along and we will

find a team for you!

The winners will get a prize!

Please email Mark if you
are coming!
business.english@ihmilano.it
SEE YOU ALL THERE

Big Ideas in Teaching Languages: IH Milano Convegno 2011

Venerdì 21 ottobre 2011 si terrà la 4° edizione del convegno International House Milan presso il Centro Congressi Fast, situato in Piazzale Morandi 2, a Milano.

Come ogni anno vi proporremo argomenti interessanti quali: CLIL, Cambridge Exams, e per la prima volta ci saranno argomenti per insegnanti di italiano come lingua straniera e mediatori linguistici.

Saranno presenti prestigiosi relatori, tra cui: Roger Hunt da IH Barcelona, Jamie Keddie (Lessonstream.org) e Jeremy Harmer (autore di the practice of english language teaching). Stand espositivi delle maggiori case editrici saranno a vostra disposizione. Vi ricordiamo che la nostra scuola, grazie all'appartenenza ad Aisli, può rilasciare gli attestati di frequenza validi ai fini dell'aggiornamento docenti.

Come sempre la partecipazione sarà gratuita, previa iscrizione.

Per effettuare la prenotazione:

http://www.ihmilano.it/it/downloads.htm

B is for Bad language learner

An article from Scott Thornburry:

http://scottthornbury.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/b-is-for-bad-language-learner/