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We talked about writing, different types of text and analysed some reports. A report is a formal written account that gives information about a subject, a place, a person or an event. Broadly speaking there are four types of report: an assessment report, an informative report, a survey report, and a proposal report. The task in class You read somebody's report which followed these instructions:  "An international research group is carrying out an investigation into changing trends in the way young people spend their free time. You have been asked to write a report about the situation in your country". It was quite clear that this was an informative report. It was divided into five paragraphs, the first one being the introduction or purpose, and the last paragrah a conclusion with suggestions and/or recommendations. Suggested titles for a report Your writing task was to write a similar report but applied to your country. However, you suggested other titles ...

Public domain. Pixabay Check Free Online Resources on this blog. You will find an amazing page to practise your listening skills. There is an archive of gripping real life stories. Please let me know how you get on with your listening. Hope you find this site useful.

Public domain Dear C1 students Please follow the link to download the scheme of work for Fahrenheit 451 . Have a nice read!

Cenote, Mexico. Public domain Bimmah, Oman. Public domain China. Public domain Mendoza, Argentina Guatemala City Describing a place or building of a historical interest Read complete text in Wikipedia   The 65-metre-long (213 ft) main chamber of the Old Library, the Long Room, was built between 1712 and 1732 and houses 200,000 of the Library's oldest books. Initially The Long Room had a flat ceiling, shelving for books only on the lower level, and an open gallery. By the 1850s the room had to be expanded as the shelves were filled due to the fact that the Library had been given permission to obtain a free copy of every book that had been published in Ireland and Britain. In 1860, The Long Room's roof was raised to accommodate an upper gallery. The Long Room is lined with marble busts. The marble bust collection was formed when 14 busts from the famous sculptor Peter Scheemakers were acquired by the college. Many of t...

Photo by Petr Kratochvil. Public domain Do you like tea? Do you think that the British drink a lot of tea? And how about the Spanish? Are the British falling out of love with tea? How much do you know about it? Is coffee culture strong in the UK and Ireland? Can you name three main coffee chains in the UK and Ireland? Click here to find out more. What is happening in Dublin at the moment? Click here to find out. Lola la Torre. Own work The tea-drinking queen Catherine of Braganza, who was Portuguese, married King Charles II in 1662. It is said that when she arrived in England, she brought with her a chest of tea, the favourite drink at the Portuguese court. Queen Catherine  invited her friends to her chamber to drink tea and that is how drinking tea in aristocratic circles started to be fashionable. Click on her image to find out more. Queen Catherine of Braganza. Wikimedia Etiquette and history of the Afternoon Tea Party The British have...

PublicDomainPictures.net Has technology ruined childhood? That is the title of the opinion essay you were asked to write in class last Monday. The topic generates a lot of debate and can be viewed from different angles. You can now download the handout with some tips on how to improve your writing.  I hope you find it useful.

Do you have one of these? Why do you think children, and adults alike, love teddy bears? What kind of toys did you play with when you were a child? Do you still keep them? Did your parents pass down any toys or games? What kind of toys have stood the test of time ? Toys  and games Can you name any of these toys and games? All images Public domain You will find in this museum a really interesting collection. Reading. Toys today and then According to the text: How many toys do children get these days?  How many did you get? How many did your parents get? and your grandparents? 1) Read this article from The Guardian and answer the questions above. 2) Now read the following statement from the text "(Children) get overwhelmed and over-stimulated and cannot concentrate on any one thing long enough to learn from it so they just shut down. Too many toys means they are not learning to play imaginatively e...