ORACLE NIGHT

Learning English for Spanish speakers can seem quite simple at first because as much as 40% of English words have cognates in Spanish. Cognates are words that sound similar, have similar spelling and have the same meaning in the two languages. Examples of cognates are: teléfono-telephone; persona- person; invitar-invite.  However, there are many words called FALSE COGNATES or FALSE FRIENDS. In the case of False Friends, the English word sounds like a word in Spanish but the two words do NOT have the same meaning

• You will hear a song by the famous group “The Black Eyed Peas”. Read the title. What do you think it’s going to be about?

• Now, you’re going to have to complete the song in different ways. Take a minute to see if you understand what you are asked to do in each part of the song.

Where’s the Love?

Complete with the missing words

What's................ with the world, mama
People livin' like they .........................
I think the whole world addicted to the drama
Only attracted to things that'll bring you ......................... 
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism
But we still got........................here livin'
In the USA, the big CIA
The............................. and The Crips and the KKK
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to ....................................
And to discriminate only generates ...........................
And when you hate then you're bound to get .............................yeah
......................................is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how ...................................works and operates
Nigga, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and ........................................
Let your soul...................................  to the love, y'all, y'all

Rearrange the lines and put them in the correct order
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
People killin', people dyin'
Father, Father, Father help us
And would you turn the other cheek
Can you practice what you preach
Send us some guidance from above
Where is the love (Love)
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (The love)

Put these words in the blank spaces

unchanged sufferin’ insane lovin’ strong dividends bombs undercover chemical gasses

It just ain't the same, always .............................
New days are strange, is the world .............................
If love and peace is so .............................
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong
Nations droppin' .................................
..................................fillin' lungs of little ones
With the ongoin'...............................  as the youth die young
So ask yourself is the .....................................really gone
So I could ask myself really what is goin' wrong
In this world that we livin' in people keep on givin' in
Makin' wrong decisions, only visions of them.................................
Not respectin' each other, deny thy brother
A war is goin' on but the reason's .........................................
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug
If you never know truth then you never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the truth, y'all, come on (I don't know)
Where's the love, y'all

Put the lines in order
killin' people dyin' people
hurt and children hear you cryin’ them
preach you can what practice you
cheek would and you turn other the
Father help Father us Father

above send from guidance us some
questionin’ 'cause got people me got me q
love (love) is the where

Choose the right option
I feel the weight of the world / work on my shoulder
As I'm gettin' older, y'all, people gets colder / cooler
Most of us only care about money breakin’ / makin'
Selfishness got us followin' our own direction / director
Wrong information always shown by the media
Negative images / imagine is the main criteria
Infecting the young minds faster / quicker than bacteria
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema
Yo', whatever happened to the values of humanity
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality / equanimity
Instead in spreading love we spreading animosity
Lack of understanding / comprehending , leading lives away from unity
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' under
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feelin' down
There's no wonder / wander why sometimes I'm feelin' under
Gotta keep my faith / fate alive till love is found

Now sing along!
People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them cryin'
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek
Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love (Love)
Where is the love (The love)

ESL Games Plus offers interactive online games for learning and teaching English as a Second Language. Their learning games are mostly suitable for teaching ESL Kids and Teenagers. There are activities for teaching and practising English grammar, vocabulary, sentences, listening and pronunciation skills. 

Click HERE to go to their webpage.

My 2nd Bac students have asked me to revise with them the following gammar points:

- Subject / Object Personal Pronouns: Click HERE

- Possessive adjectives and pronouns: Click HERE

Exercises HERE

You can also go to the following webpage:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/personal-pronouns-and-possessives

British Council press release:

"The Genki approach to learning English works by engaging all of the learners’ senses and appealing to a wide range of learning styles. Children are engaged visually through the simple but striking graphics, aurally/orally through the simple chants and songs and limited amounts of graded vocabulary input and kinaesthetically through the actions and games. Because all of the learning tasks are organised as game-like activities, children are immediately motivated to take part.”

Click HERE to go to GENKI ENGLISH, an excellent webpage.