English in the US

Should English be the official language in the US? Watch the video by clicking on the link below, listen to it carefully and answer these questions:

1- Why is it a problem to have English as the official language in the US?

2-How long do immigrants have to wait in New Mexico to get into an English class?

3-What is the solution proposed by LaMar Alexander?

4- Write the conditional sentence you hear in the news.

Yappr Video

Greetings from New Zealand

Dear students, greetings from beautiful New Zealand! I am having a great time here, the kiwis are really friendly people and the country is amazing... My kiwi school is nice and next week I'm starting to work with the students on our precious wiki, remember? They are going to work on it the following two months. I encourage you to continue working on it in your free time, so that kiwi students can appreciate your hard work!
I miss you all. Love from NZ
Elisa, your globetrotter English teacher
(kiwi=Newzealander)
Follow me to NZ, click to see my NZ blog (proudly made in NZ)

Barack Obama: Yes, we can!

Here is the video to remember a very special day in history: the oath of office of the first black president of the United States of America.

New Zealand, our antipodes

New Zealand is the furthest place in the world from Spain. This is what we call our antipodes. New Zealand is a beautiful, wild and exciting country consisting of two main islands and a number of smaller islands. This green country is full of mountains, lakes, woods and pastures. New Zealand has 40 million sheep and produces the finest wool in the world. Did you know that there are 10 sheep per person? Can you imagine why people from New Zealand are called "kiwis"? Did you know that the original inhabitants of the islands were the Maori people, who have their own strange language? Find out more information in the "Travel online section" on the orange column. Kia ora!

It's Christmas again!

In a week's time we will be celebrating Christmas once again. How are you going to spend your holidays? Will you travel somewhere? Are you visiting relatives, or are they coming to stay with you? What do you eat on Christmas Day? When do you get your presents? Do you put a Christmas tree or a nativity scene? Share your Christmas with us, then follow the links under Christmas stuff in the orange column, and most important of all, have a Merry Merry Christmas!

Do you speak English?

Watch this funny video. Can you explain why it is so funny?

Sing along!