ASKING FOR & GIVING DIRECTIONS

Do you want to know how to go somewhere? Yes? Mini lesson for life by BBC Learning English: http://t.co/pCbXrTqRCK

IN THE KITCHEN

A new crosswords to check your vocabulary IN THE KITCHEN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/quizzes/crossword/121005_crossword_kitchen.shtml
By @bbcle

HOMOGRAPHS

What are #HOMOGRAPS? All info and 21 examples http://t.co/Il3ovFfx7x by @GrammarUpdates

THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH IN 10 MINUTES

MODALS OF OBLIGATION

Do this quiz to review modal verbs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1449_modals

INFOGRAFÍAS: QUÉ SON Y CÓMO HACERLAS

Para enterarte bien de qué es una infografía y cómo se hacen, pulsa en el suguiente enlace: http://www.etwinning.es/es/ideas/herramientas-tic/782-la-importancia-del-aprendizaje-visual-infografias-en-el-aula

ADVENT CALENDAR

Something new and surprising everyday in this ADVENT CALENDAR: http://www.pearsonelt.es/adventcalendar/

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

QUIZ ABOUT MOUTH

A mini quiz about the mouth & teeth: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?quiz=1227_quiznet

MUM'S BIRTHDAY CAKE

BY MARTA LÓPEZ, BTO2B

Watch this video to know how Marta prepared her mum a very nice birthday cake. Yum!

THE DIVORCE AND THE MUTE KID

BY MARÍA ROSSO, JAVIER LEAL, MARINA GARCÍA, BTO2A

A fun short film.

DIFFICULT SITUATION ON THE PHONE

BY CONCHITA MOYA, BTO2B

Watch this video to find out how Conchita manages a difficult situation while speaking on the phone. Have fun!

HOW TO COOK EMPANADA

BY ANTONIO PINEDA, BTO2D

Easy recipe to make... and so tasty to eat!

GRADABLE & NON GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

BY MICAELA VECCHI, BTO2C

What this video-lesson about adjectives:

HOW NOT TO ASK SOMEONE OUT

BY CRISTINA ORIHUELA, BTO2C & GONZALO DE ORY, BTO2D

Follow Cristina and Gonzalo's advice before you ask someone out. It's so important. I promise :)

FLORA A GRACE

BY FÁTIMA GONZÁLEZ-ALLER, BTO2A

"Flora and Grace" is a book written by Maureen Lee, a British novelist. "Flora and Grace" is set in the summer of 1944 in Switzerland. Flora finds herself holding a baby in a train station after his mother gave him to her before she was taken to a concentration camp. This book is an amazing representaion of how complex our lives can be, and how we do not live separate lives; we interact with each other. This book clearly represents how our lives can be affected by such drastic and unexpected factors, just like what happened to Flora. It also teaches us about the beauty of motherhood; this love is taught through the way Flora loves the boy as if she was her actual mother. Also, this connection between a mother and her son is best shown through the sacrifice Grace (the baby's mother) made by saving her son's life, no matter how hard it was for her.

BALCONING: ALCOHOL PLUS DRUGS

BY MARTA MARTÍNEZ, BTO2C

Since many years ago, young people tourist (mainly the English ones) HAVE PRACTICED this dangerous trend that consists OF jumping from balcony to balcony, or from a balcony to a pool. This is usual on Mediterranean hotels. The authorities, and even the hotel owners, don´t know how to end with this "activity", because it's impossible to watch and control all young tourists that stay in the hotels. It was decided to use advertisement campaigns, here and in their countries, to make the people be aware of the risk: they can't lose their lives when the only thing they have to do is to have fun on holidays.

In my opinion, this is a problem with a difficult solution, because each person decides to practise balconing or not (knowing that, usually, people who practise it take drugs and alcohol, whose mix is very dangerous). It is usual on young people to confuse risk with fun, a mistake that sometimes ends in a tragic case.

I hope that's just a passing trend, like so many others with no positive effects, so young people (with a long future) will stop dying.

VIOLIN (INFOGRAPHIC)

Mª MAR MARTÍNEZ, BTO2C

Have a look at this great infographic about the VIOLIN:

TATTOOED PEOPLE

BY DARÍO CALA, BTO2C

We live in a sort of society which is really rudimentary in a lot of aspects.

One of them is judging people for their personal image. More specifically, a lot of people are not hired for a job just because they have got tattoos on their skin.

Tattoed people are considered rebel, immature, less capable or less "person" than someone with a totally clean skin.

I think it´s a mistake to judge people's values and talents just because of their personal-image preferences. Here in Spain, people are still judge because of that, among many other things. However, in other European countries, companies hire tattoed people for important positions; we should really learn from them because everyone has the right to work.

I think tattoed people should be able to denounce people who harras, bully or insult them. Everyone has the right to work, and a tattoo shouldn´t be an obstade for that.

SPORT IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH

BY JAIME IBÁÑEZ, BTO2C

Nowadays there are more and more people who are having health problems because of the lack of exercise on their daily routine. The number of children who have obese problems is increasing, so we must do something about this.

With the introduction of technologies, our society is becoming lazier and as a consequence of this, people prefer watching TV rather than going for a walk. The solution to all these problems is simple: we must teach people how to have a good time doing exercise because everyone doesn’t like the same sport. Furthermore, these “new sportmen or sportwomen” should do it about more than three days a week.

In my opinion, this is the best way to fight against obese problems because the more sport you practise, the fitter you’ll be. So, if you read this and you don’t practise sport, you must take your trainers and go for a walk at least!