Javier’s English Corner

This year we have been extremely fortunate to get a very special language and culture assistant from the US. Her name is Alison Brick and she comes from Syracuse, New York. It is a blessing for all of us teachers and students at EOI Luarca to enjoy the presence and wholehearted collaboration of a native speaker who truly enhances our lessons with her presentations and speaking activities.
A few weeks ago, I told Alison that it might be a good idea to interview her some time and then post the resulting videos on this blog so that our students could practise their listening comprehension skills. As helpful as ever, she accepted my proposal, so now you can watch a short clip of our first recording session.
Go to ACTIVITY to access a multiple choice quiz or just play the video below.

I would not like this week to go by without posting an activity on Martin Luther King J.R.. Last Monday, as all of you know, was a national holiday in the US, which commemorates the birthday of that outstanding social and political figure, and one of the moral leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
Our wonderful language and culture assistant, Alison Brick, gave us a very interesting presentation on the famous and historic “I Have a Dream” speech, which took place on August 28, 1963 at the National Mall, Washington D.C. She focused on the last 4 minutes of that speech, the bit that includes the “I have a dream” lines. You can watch that part on the player below or click on
ACTIVITY to access a gap-fill exercise about it.

The following exercise is the last listening practice task we have done in our class. If you didn’t show up for this lesson or would like to do it again just for the sake of improving your English, you can print the hand-out and listen to the audio file at the bottom of this post.