Stories. The Tale of the Voice, by Emma Donoghue

Go to Emma Donoghue’s page on Talking People and download a 10-page activity to work on the language in the amazing story.

Emma Donoghue, writer

Here’s the audio. I hope you enjoy it!

A warm thank you to Ms Donoghue for replying to my language questions. I’m sharing her answer with you all (see learning pack)!

Happy March 8. Celebrating Feminism! <3

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Gender & Feminist Approaches. Por qué Coeducación

Here is a special episode, both in English and Spanish, for it’s been written for students and state-run/public language schools in Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas in Spain, where Education for Equality is a crosscurricular subject for adults, too.

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Textos escritos (la traducción al español tiene erratas corregidas en el audio):

Mujeres citadas…

Stories. My Mum, the Circus & Family Adventures!

Going to this webpage on Your Stuff! > Your Texts > Stories, you will find the transcript, too. It includes a page with Useful Language and links to get more Useful Language on various topics!

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Useful Language. Everyday sentences with C1 language items (socializing)

No transcript. I’m protesting students’ obsession with reading and not training their ears to learn to understand. (It’s like a culturally patriarchal obsession with doing things the hardest and least enjoyable way, to make sure one fails, or has a hell of a time). So if you want a transcript, you can take it down as a dictation and then post here. I’ll check it! 😀 <3

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Useful Language: Tricky verbs for Ementary (see, look, watch; hear, listen)

Read the transcript

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Situations. Bumping into a friend & talking about movies (3, Elementary/Pre-intermediate, A2)

We are happy to share with you a lovely contribution by teachers in one of Spain’s public/state-run language schools for adults (EOI schools).

Going to the movies: Hidden Figures (2017) – with the crosscurricular viewpoint of Education for Equality (Coeducación)

Dialogues for 3 levels: Básico/Pre-intermediate (A2), Upper Intermediate (B2), and Advanced (C1)

Kindly recorded by teachers at the EOI Fuengirola English Department: Marisa & Roberto (for the Básico dialogue), John and MF (for Upper Intermediate & Advanced). Scripts written by… guess who! 😀

Read the transcript here

Situations. Bumping into a friend & talking about movies/films (1, Advanced, C1)

We are happy to share with you a lovely contribution by teachers in one of Spain’s public/state-run language schools for adults (EOI schools).

Going to the movies: Hidden Figures (2017) – with the crosscurricular viewpoint of Education for Equality (Coeducación)

Dialogues for 3 levels: Básico, Upper Intermediate (B2), and Advanced (C1)

Kindly recorded by teachers at the EOI Fuengirola English Department: Marisa & Roberto (for the Básico dialogue), John and MF (for Upper Intermediate & Advanced). Scripts written by… guess who! 😀

Read the transcript here

Useful Language. Writing. Email to Teacher Apologizing for Absence. All Levels (A2-C1)!

Writing

Find the transcript here (path: talkingpeople.net – Enter – Skills – Writing – Letter-writing) Scroll down to Apologies. It’s 2 pdf pages, with notes I don’t read.

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Books. Recommended Action, by the Story of Stuff Project

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Here is my reading of Appendix 2 in the essay Story of Stuff, by Annie Leonard. You can get this book, and also watch and download for free the 20-minute documentary you’ll find at storyofstuff.org! Thanks, Annie, for sharing your outstanding work! Let’s help rescue the planet, our sweet home, from destructive human action!

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Useful Classroom Language for Pre-school

gathered by Cristina Fernández (C1, 2015-16) with the collaboration of Nicky Jane Chapman and Antonio Calvo Ortega.

Download the 3 pdf pages here.

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Elementary. Functional Translation 1 (of 3)

Elementary

Part 1. The first 27/94  sentences of the Spring Test I give my students.

Read the transcript for the 94 sentences.

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