Ebooks vs print books

Newspapers and internet

Mass media advantages and disadvantages

Media - preferences

Try these listening exercises

How to write a letter to the editor

Remember that if you are writing an actual letter, you have to include the addresses and the date. If you write an email, include the "sender", "receiver" and "subject".

2nd Intermediate - The Media

Watch this news report about the future of newspapers and choose the correct answer.

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1. Reader’s Digest has
a. declared bankruptcy for the first time in years
b. been losing money for years
c. been trying to survive in the digital era

2. Reader’s Digest has an audience of
a. 40 million
b. 70 million
c. 17 million

3. Digital newspapers
a. made Internet popular 15 years ago
b. reduce paper waste
c. are read with the morning coffee now

4. In 5 years
a. advertising sales will reach the level of 1980s
b. most newspapers will have disappeared
c. newspapers will reduce their benefits in 50%

5. The orange country newspaper
a. have more subscriptions than 10 years ago
b. have a new management
c. have professionals from closed newspapers

Answers written in white. Select this line to see them 1b, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5b 


Learn about the media in the UK

A brief history of the BBC

Advantages and disadvantages of being famous

Listen to some people speaking about this topic

Spanish Newspaper in English

You have no excuse not to read a newspaper in English. This is a Spanish newspaper:

Useful information about the exams

Topics

• IDENTIFICACIÓN PERSOAL: Información sobre o traballo. Linguas estranxeiras. Relixión.
• VIVENDA, FOGAR E CONTORNA: Tipos de vivenda. Descrición da vivenda. Localización da casa (periferia, barrio, medio rural, etc.).
• TRABALLO E PROFESIÓN: Actividade profesional. Organización do traballo (lugar, cargo, horario, etc.). Condicións de traballo.
  TEMPO LIBRE E ACTUALIDADE: Descrición das actividades de lecer e culturais (localidades e instrumentos usados para actividades deportivas, xéneros cinematográficos, etc.). Acontecementos do momento.
• VIAXES E TRANSPORTES: Entrada e saída dun país. Comunicación con empregados de locais para aloxamento. Planificación das vacacións. Viaxes ligadas ao turismo (axencias de viaxes, monumentos, etc.).
• RELACIÓNS HUMANAS E SOCIAIS: Tipos e formas de relación social (levarse ben, levarse mal, conflitos, etc.). Formas de tratamento. Asociacións.
• SAÚDE E COIDADOS FÍSICOS: Posición do corpo e movementos. Sensacións e percepcións físicas. Especialidades médicas. Servizos de saúde. Accidentes e lesións. Síntomas de enfermidades. Adiccións e drogas.
• EDUCACIÓN: Actividades escolares. Nomes de materias. Títulos e diplomas. Servizos de educación (matrícula, inscrición, bolsas, etc.). Exames.
• COMPRAS E ACTIVIDADES COMERCIAIS: Relacións co persoal comercial. Compra de alimentos.
• ALIMENTACIÓN: Convites e brindes. Comer fóra. Características das comidas e das bebidas. Relacións co persoal de hostalaría. Preparación de comidas e de bebidas. Produtos alimentarios.
• BENS E SERVIZOS: Policía. Automóbil (reparación, asistencia na estrada, etc.). Gasolineira e alugueiro de coches.
• CLIMA, CONDICIÓNS ATMOSFÉRICAS E AMBIENTE: Cualificativos para o ambiente. Partes da cidade. Flora e fauna. Problemas ambientais.
• CIENCIA E TECNOLOXÍA: Instrucións de aparellos de uso cotián. Tecnoloxías da información e da comunicación.

Guia das persoas candidatas 2017-18

Modelos Probas EOI

Here you have exams from other parts of Spain

http://eoisegovia.centros.educa.jcyl.es/sitio/index.cgi?wid_item=158&wid_seccion=8
https://www.educastur.es/estudiantes/idiomas/pruebas-certificacion/modelos
http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/eoi/pruebascertificacion
http://educantabria.es/eoi-pruebas-unificadas-de-certificacion/pruebas-de-certificacion-eoi.html
http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/educacion/web/idiomas/pruebas_certificacion/documentos_interes/
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/educacion-permanente/pruebas-certificacion/modelos
http://alinguistico.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/pruebas-de-certificacion-en-las-eeooii.html
http://www.hezkuntza.ejgv.euskadi.eus/r43-heo/es/contenidos/informacion/dic6_modelos_de_examen/es_def/index.shtml

GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAMS!

Politics

T/F listening activity
Listen a minute activities

Listen to Michelle Obama and do some activities


Listen to Barack Obama and do some activities


Fill-in-the-gap exercise
America Elects Donald Trump for President | EnglishClub

Keeping in contact

Try these ACTIVITIES

Check the ANSWERS here

2nd Intermediate - Facebook

Watch this video about the origins of Facebook and choose the correct answer:

1. Mark Zuckerberg

  a. didn’t finish his degree

  b. wasn’t yet 21

  c. stars a new film

2. 7 mill … use facebook

  a. students

  b. colleges

  c. people

3. Mark invented facebook in his

  a. bedroom

  b. dorm room

  c. garage

4. On average, students

  a. create 18 profiles

  b. are 18 years old

  c. are connected 18 min a day

5. Facebook makes money from

  a. investors of big companies

  b. advertisement

  c. subscriptions

6. Mark Zuckerberg

  a. likes sports

  b. lives in Palo alto

  c. doesn’t wear suits

7. Millions of Americans want

  a. to meet people

  b. people to know about them

  c. contact people

Answers: 1a, 2a, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6c, 7b

2nd Intermediate - Internet addiction

Watch the video and say if these sentences are T/F

1. Internet addiction affects specially single men and teens
2. Internet addiction is comparable to drug addiction
3. A couple forgot to change their baby
4. Internet dependence is considered a mental illness
5. In 4 or 5 years we will know more about this addiction
6. A family lived without digital gadgets for half a year
7. A computer addiction treatment clinic was created
8. Children should avoid playing videogames

Answers written in  white: 1T, 2T, 3F, 4F, 5T, 6T, 7F, 8F

Speaking about jobs and work

2nd Intermediate - Poverty and employment

Watch the video and choose the correct option:



Do you need the script?

1. Leila Janah is founder of
a. am NGO
b. a charity organization
c. a company

2. She spent
a. 10 years living in a poor countries
b. 17 years in Ghana
c. some years visiting poor countries

3. Samasource
a. is based on the use of internet
b. was first established in India
c. started working for a firm

4. Samasource
a. is based in San Francisco
b. has branches in San Francisco
c. has no fixed headquarters

5. Samasource collaborates with 16
a. countries
b. companies
c. centres

6. Samasouce began in
a. 2005
b. 2008
c. 2009

7. Samasource helps
a. 1,500 people
b. 1,000,000 people
b. 50,000 women

Answers (select this line to see them): 1a, 2c, 3a, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7a

Advantages and disadvantages of being self-employed

Work - Get That Job

Lots of activities about how to get a job: tips, vocabulary and writing exercises

2nd Intermediate - Job interview questions

Listen (don't watch) and write down the 4 questions that are usually asked in an interview. Listen again and take notes about how you should answer each of them. Then watch and check your answers.

2nd Intermediate - Work as a volunteer in the Olympic Games

Tired of your routine? Improve your English in London.

Listen and fill in the gaps.

1. Ladies and gentlemen of the world and other worlds whomay be listening
2. We need volunteers from the UK and from around the world
3. If you lack common sense, just relax and watch it on telly
4. There will be 3 days of training and then 10 days of working
5. You could have to work with a big megaphone shouting to people in a nice way
6. It is not glamourous work
7. You will not get paid, you'll be given food and water
8. You will be part of the greatest show on earth

Does it sound interesting? A pity the application date was years ago.

Answers: Select the sentences to see them