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          Welcome to my blog where I propose a series of English activities to work on the four basic skills through fun games, using interactive and attractive tools for the student. You will be able to enter each of the entries where you will find a description of the activity and the link to view it. I hope you like it. Thank you very much for watching it. Best regards, Laura Martínez López.    Below are the objectives of the activity: „ Get an introduction to the use of blogs for teaching and learning English. „ Experience how your own original material can be presented in a blog that can be used, for instance, to set homework to your students. „ Interact with your classmates by means of the comments sections in your blogs.

WRITING

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                                                               Good morning dear readers, today we are going to do an activity where we will have to complete a dialogue between two friends who meet in the street, do you know what to say?   Are you ready? Lots of encouragement! CONVERSATION The aim of this activity is to assess the students' reading and writing skills. The materials to be used are their computers and the link that will take them to a genially. Students will have to understand what they read and think about writing the word they think is the most correct. In this way we will work on reading comprehension and written expression.

READING

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                                                         Good morning, dear readers, today it's time to read a little, so we're going to do a lesson on the vocabulary of fruit. The answer will appear in about 30 seconds.   How are you at reading? Are you ready? Lots of encouragement guys!   Match it´s meaning The aim of this activity is to assess the students' reading level. The materials to be used are their computers and the link that will take them to a genially. Students will have to match the word with the meaning they think is most appropriate. In this way we will work on reading comprehension.   

SPEAKING

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    Good morning dear readers, today is the time for an activity in which the students will have to explain to us in a video how to make their favourite sandwich step by step. To do this, they will make a script beforehand with the steps to follow.  What will be the best sandwich? Are you ready? Lots of encouragement and bon appetit! The aim of this activity is to test your listening skills to explain and talk about something. The materials to be used are their tablets, food to make a sandwich, paper and pencil to know what they are going to say in the video. Students will have to find the best way to explain the recipe to their classmates. In this way we will work on oral expression through a game.                                        

LISTENING

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                                                           Good morning, dear readers, today is the time for a very entertaining activity that you will have a lot of fun doing. We are going to play a listening game where the students will have to listen to a song from a Disney film and they will have to find out which one it is. Are you ready? Lots of encouragement and have fun!   GUESS THE SONG The aim of this activity is to test the students' listening skills. The materials to be used are their computers and the link that will take them to a genially. Students will have to understand what they hear and relate it to the correct answer. In this way we will work on reading comprehension and listening comprehension through a game.   https://view.genial.ly/6436fea1646d4a00115042db/interactive-content-adivina-la-cancion GUESS THE SONG