try this out before exams!

http://www.bahta.org/therapy/braingym/pace.html

Some brain gym! good luck!

Mrs Bixby's coat- an alternative ending!

Thanks a lot , Yayi for your creativity! Great work!

To those who haven't read the short story, you can go to:
http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/shortstories/english/mrsbixby.html


Mrs. Bixby couldn´t believe what she was seeing. She hid her anger the best she could and said good bye to Miss Pulteney. She went home and there she cried and cried until she decided to get the coat back. So she returned to her husband ´s surgery to talk to him. Crying, she said: "You're having an affair. I saw your assistant wearing my aunt Maude´s coat!”
Before Cyril could open his mouth to say a word, Mrs. Bixby started to tell him the story that she had made up at home: “When Aunt Maude was married she had had a love affair with a wealthy single Colonel. After eight years she finished the relationship. Six months ago someone sent her a big box with the mink coat and a letter telling her that the Colonel had died and his last wish was to give her that coat in memory of the love he had always felt for her. Although she was a widow now she didn´t want anyone to know the story. So she gave me the coat and asked me to go to a pawnbroker and invent the story of the lost ticket in the taxi.”
After finishing telling her lie to her husband, Mrs. Bixby asked him for the divorce. She left the surgery wearing the mink coat and thinking of her new life without Cyril: “Maybe I could live with Aunt Maude in Baltimore… Maybe the Colonel will know I´m divorced… who knows…“, she thought.
By Yayi C- CLEC 2009

Let's get serious for a while

Excellent lecture given by Harvard Professor Homi Bhabha who is the author of The Location of Culture and the forthcoming A Measure of Dwelling on transition.
It's long but worth it! Just enjoy great ideas and clear English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yER4QwiSl14

Women's and Men's brains

Yes! They have a nothing box!
But mind you... some male students told me sometimes they can't tell women what they're thinking!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMZ73mT5zM (English version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhTzdhsfWz4&feature=related ( with subtitles)

Essays

Follow this link and clarify your ideas! (Will this work??)
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/dalilah82-183066-first-certificate-types-essays-entertainment-ppt-powerpoint/

indirect questions

Theory:
http://esl.about.com/od/gramma1/a/indirectques.htm

Practice:
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_indirect.htm

Enjoy it!
And remember...practice makes perfect!

don't miss the opportunity

to understand them better!
Yes... I've heard you say "My wife doesn't understand I don't need to be doing something all the time. I can do NOTHING"
And you , women, say: "When he's in front of the TV , he's aloof!"
Funny organs our brains!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuMZ73mT5zM