Monday, 8 December 2014

TIPS FOR BOOKING A TABLE ON THE PHONE & RESTAURANT CHECKLIST

Checklist for booking a table on the phone:
                                   

Blue and White Striped Checklist by Virginia Espinosa Checklist for restaurant role-play:



Restaurant role-play (Checklist) by Virginia Espinosa

Sunday, 16 November 2014

ADJECTIVES & PRONOUNS

A song to practise possessive adjectives and object pronouns: Now, test your knowledge on adjectives & pronouns:

Sunday, 19 October 2014

THE HISTORY OF TOURISM

The History of Tourism de IES Hotel Escuela 

Read the text below "FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF TIME" and answer the questions that appear at the end. Some of the words appear in CALL MY BLUFF :
Read the text below. Are the statements TRUE or FALSE?

Friday, 10 October 2014

V IN THE CLOUD

JOBS IN TOURISM

Brainstorming of jobs in tourism:
Practise the different jobs in tourism that can be seen in the presentation below.
Can you define them all?


The glossaries below, created by my students, will be really useful:
The glossary is completed with this infographics created by some of my TIA students:

And these charts created by my CSM students:

RESTAURANT JOBS by Alejandro C
 

Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Thursday, 11 September 2014

CHEESE

A presentation about English cheese:



Find different types of cheese on the wordsearch:


 




  A crossword about cheese and desserts: A true/false game on different types of cheese: A listening test about different types of cheese. Click the link and complete the form below:

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING FOOD & DRINKS

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Let's play a game to practise what we have just learned:


ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING FOOD & DRINKS


An alphabet race about adjectives describing food and drinks:


Fill the gaps with an adjective describing food:


Thursday, 5 June 2014

ONE DAY IN SANTANDER

Follow the audioguide and enjoy one day in Santander, Cantabria (Spain), visiting the area of Magdalena Peninsula:

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

DESCRIBING FESTIVALS

Let's begin with some vocabulary about festivals (thanks to PGP):


FESTIVAL VOCABULARY



A MILLIONAIRE GAME on FESTIVALS & FEAST DAYS:

 


FESTIVALS & FEAST DAYS


Find below some guidelines in order to describe festivals:
Now, listen to one of my students describing the festivity of Saint Isidro: And some other students created a video describing Aquasella Festival: Finally,this audiotour will take you to the most interesting festivals around the world thanks to my TIA students:

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

How much do you know about Physical Geography?

 Thanks to PGP:



PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY


ABC on GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES thanks to my 2TIA students:


GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES WHEEL


 

Practise geographical features with different quizzes:
 


 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Further geographical features are shown on this pinterest board:

Thursday, 24 April 2014

SPEAKING IN THE CLOUD

Below, you will find an article and a video explaining the prezi in depth:

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

PROVERBS, IDIOMS & SAYINGS

EXPRESSIONS & THEIR ORIGIN: A trivia quiz on PROVERBS & SAYINGS:




PROVERBS & SAYINGS




Another trivia quiz on PROVERBS & IDIOMS:
A QUIZ on IDIOMS & PROVERBS:
Another QUIZ on COLOUR IDIOMS:

 


COLOUR IDIOMS


A quiz on newspaper headline idioms:

PLACES TO STAY

See if you can add more to this poster! 


And some more pins to complete the poster:



Now, let´s practise this vocabulary topic through QUIZLET:
 

And complete it with this BLOOKET:


HOME SWEET HOME


 

A short video to get some HOME VOCABULARY: Practise some vocabulary on PLACES TO STAY with these games:


 


TYPES OF HOUSING





Listening & Reading practice: 
   
Some reading comprehension exercises:

Now, a video-listening test about CAMPING IN THE USA:

Sunday, 30 March 2014

CAR RENTAL

Let´s begin with a game to practise the PARTS OF A CAR.

Now, you are ready to do some CAR RENTAL EXERCISES.

We are now dealing with a listening comprehension task: Click the link and answer the questions on the form below: And this is a reading comprehension about the same topic:
This board completes the information about vehicles and car rental companies:

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

MADRID WALKING TOURS

Follow the tracks and enjoy a walking tour in Madrid, from Opera to Sol passing by the Royal Theatre, Eastern Square, Royal Palace, Almudena´s Cathedral, Segovia Viaduct, Vistillas Gardens, La Paja Square, La Villa Square and Main Square. It was designed by Esther and translated by my Tour Guide students:

The second walking tour begins in Casino Madrid and ends in front of Prado Museum:

Sunday, 9 February 2014

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS & ACTIVITIES

Practise different tourist attractions playing this crossword:
Practise different sights playing this word scramble:
A true/false activity about TOURIST RESOURCES: Jeopardy game:


WISH YOU WERE HERE


 

A test on PLACES & ATTRACTIONS:

Thursday, 6 February 2014

WHAT TO SEE IN PARQUE EUROPA

Enjoy a virtual visit to Parque Europa prepared by 2nd Tourist Guide, Information & Assistance students:

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

SPANISH GASTRONOMY

Some sliding puzzles to begin: The following dishes, recorded by my CSM students, are divided into STARTERS, MAIN COURSES & DESSERTS:
Some more dishes for you to describe: A listening exercises on Spanish street food:

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

DESCRIBING DISHES FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

 A reading task on FISH & CHIPS:


Listen to these podcasts describing traditional British dishes. The first one is a MEAT DISH, called OLD SMOKEY STACK; the second one is a FISH DISH: SCAMPI & CHIPS; and the DESSERT is SUMMER PUDDING. Enjoy your meal: Some dishes for you to describe:

Sunday, 26 January 2014

LET´S TALK ABOUT HOLIDAYS

Watch this video on how to talk about holidays in English:



Now, it's your turn to talk about holidays as in the audio below:

Here is the first one dealing with HOLIDAYS:

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

POSTCARDS

Postcards from SCOTLAND:                                 

Some postcards to be read and listened:
Follow the link and send a postcard to somebody in class:  
Enjoy reading some former students' postcards:

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

AROUND THE WORLD IN GAMES & QUIZZES

It's time for you to practise with these definition wordsearches designed by my students.



A JEOPARDY GAME about PEOPLE & PLACES:


PEOPLE & PLACES


 

A quiz with IDIOMS RELATED TO PEOPLE & PLACES:

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GEOGRAPHY REVIEW:

 


GEOGRAPHY REVIEW


EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

 

WHERE IS IT?


THE LARGEST, THE FARTHEST, THE HOTTEST



CULTURE SHOCK


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