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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Saber Test Practice - Part 4 (Conocimiento gramatical)

Follow the link and enjoy this part of the test

https://wayground.com/join?gc=10617726

Sunday, March 15, 2026

PODCAST

Follow the link and listen to the podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english_2024/ep-240912

Use https://youglish.com/ to improve your pronunciation. There you will be able to listen to the word in context, practice it and pronounce it until you reach a high score.

Another website you can use to improve your pronunciation is https://ondoku3.com/es/ where you can write sentences, it generates and audio you can use to practice how to pronounce by doing the shadowing method.

If you need to check the tenses you have to use for the podcast you can review the mind maps following the links

https://www.prevodioci.co.rs/en/blog/grammar-mind-maps/the-present-perfect-tense/

https://www.prevodioci.co.rs/en/blog/grammar-mind-maps/the-past-simple-tense/

After having practiced, record your podcast in the following PADLET https://padlet.com/Vivi_T/podcast-vega-gfpps2ri7n83iva5

Remember to take into account the following Rubric

Sunday, March 1, 2026

MY INTRODUCTION

STEP 1: prepare your introduction again

STEP 2: remember what you have to include and add something else.

STEP 3: follow the link

STEP 4: look for your name and record your introduction in padlet

https://padlet.com/Vivi_T/vegas-introduction-1mko9rdlk5vdi1uo

Sunday, February 22, 2026

MY FICTIONAL CHARACTER INTRODUCTION

Today we are going to use an AI to improve our speaking exercise.

STEP ONE Follow the link https://grok.com/

STEP TWO Copy the following prompt:

Act as an English teacher working with 15-year-old students with a general knowledge of vocabulary. Students will tell you a personal introduction that should include:
Name
Age
When and where they were born
Nationality or country
Type of home (house or apartment)
Who they live with
Likes and dislikes
Spare time activities
Your task is to:
Correct the student's introduction so they can improve it by themselves.
Provide brief and friendly feedback on:
Grammar
Vocabulary
Sentence structure
Clarity
Pronunciation (describe how to say difficult words naturally, without phonetic symbols)
Keep the tone encouraging and age-appropriate to help the student improve their speaking introduction.
Avoid giving them examples or rewriting their introduction because they have already practiced how to do it and the idea is that students correct by themselves using your feedback.

STEP THREE Keep open this window and the one from the AI

STEP FOUR Use the microphone and tell the AI(Grok) your favorite character's introduction as you were him or her.

Remember the info you need to mention as your fictional Character:

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Here you can find lists of vocabulary you have to practice this term.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

PLACEMENT TEST 2026

Dear Students,

Follow the link and answer questions.

Breath deep and be honest with yourself.

You've got this!

Placement Test 2026

Thursday, October 16, 2025

CONVERSATION ABOUT ILLNESSES

Copy and paste the conversation on any of the following websites and rehearse the pronunciation of it.

CONVERSATION

1. S 1: You look really pale / tired / awful, is everything OK?

2. S 2: Not really, I feel sick.

3. S 3: What exactly are you feeling?

4. S 2: I have a terrible _____________________.

5. S 1: You should ___________________________________________________________________________.

6. S 3: Why don’t you _____________________________________________________________?

7. S 2: The pain is killing me. I’m too ill to study today.

8. S 3: Then you should go to see a doctor.

9. S 2: I’m too sick to go to the doctor.

10. S 1: When I get a / an _______________________, my mom ____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

11. S 3: You should try that, or maybe you should _________________________________________ _____________________— that’s what my dad does when he gets a / an __________________.

12. S 2: I think I’ll try one of your suggestions.

13. S 1: Hope you feel better soon.

14. S 3: Get well soon! We’ll miss you at school.

15. S 2: Thanks, guys. See you.