READING AND WRITING ACTIVITIES

http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/intermediate.html

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/index.html

http://www.mansioningles.com/Lectura01.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/reading/

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/reading.htm

http://www.world-english.org/improve_reading_skills.htm

http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingl1read/Reading/Temreading.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/englishreadingskills/English_Reading_Comprehension_Skills_for_ESL_EFL_Learners.htm

http://www.manythings.org/e/reading.html

http://www.eslmonkeys.com/student/storyroom/storyroom.html

http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/reading/reading.html

http://www.englishpage.com/readingroom/readingroomintro.html

http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/intermediate/readingcomprehension/readingcompindex.htm

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES IN ENGLISH

http://www.thebigproject.co.uk/news/

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/magazines/

ON-LINE DICTIONARIES

http://www.onelook.com/

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.hello-world.com/English/dictionary.php?letter=A (English Picture Dictionary)

ESTE AÑO HABRÁ CAMBIOS IMPORTANTES EN LOS EXÁMENES DE PAU AL INCLUIR UNA PARTE ORAL. LA INFORMACIÓN QUE RECOJA EN LAS REUNIONES SOBRE PRUEBAS DE PAU SE OS COMUNICARÁ EN CLASE Y SI HAY ALGÚN MODELO SE OS HARÁ LLEGAR EN CLASE Y TAMBIÉN AQUÍ EN EL BLOG.

Para practicar, podéis utilizar estas páginas:


Exámenes PAU Inglés Universitat de València

http://www.upv.es/ingles/examenes.html

Exámenes de PAU de las universidades públicas de Madrid. (No son exactamente iguales a los de Valencia pero son muy parecidos y además INCLUYE SOLUCIONES)

http://www.clasesdeapoyo.com/selectividad/Ingl%C3%A9s

Criterios de corrección, estadísticas,MODELOS EXÁMENES etc de Universitat de VALÈNCIA

http://www.upv.es/ingles/



Exámenes PAU todas las asignaturas Universitat de València


http://www.cdlibre.org/pau/


Exámenes PAU todas asignaturas Madrid


http://www.emes.es/AccesoUniversidad/Selectividad/ModelosdeExamenes/tabid/344/Default.aspx

HUGE LIST OF ENGLISH/SPANISH CONNECTORS

http://heptagrama.com/connectors-glossary.htm

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

EXPRESSIONS FOR CONVERSATION AND PERSONAL COMMENT AND WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS

(1) When you start saying something...

contributing to a conversation

making a contribution

First of all, I would like to say/state that.............

To begin with, I...................

In the first line, I.............

(2) What can you say instead of "I think" (don't sink, please)

I would say/think

In my opinion

To my mind

I am of the opinion that

I hold the opinion that

(3) When you want to stress your "personal opinion":

Personally I think

As far as I am concerned

As for me

As I take it

As far as I can see

(4) When you "agree" or when you "don't agree":

I entirely/quite agree with you.

I agree to (with) her plan.

I am of the same opinion.

I differ from/with you entirely.

I disagree with you: I am sure you're mistaken.

I stick to my opinion.

Let's agree to differ!

(5) When you want to say the "opposite" of what someone else

said:

on the contrary! quite the contrary! just the opposite!

That is the very opposite of what I said.

That is quite the contrary to what I said.

I maintain the contrary.

In contrast to what you said, I maintain that...........

(6) When you are "quite sure" of something:

of course!

That goes without saying (It goes without saying

that......)

I contend/maintain that................

It's my conviction that..................

(7) When you want to "ask a question":

May I interrupt you?

There arises the question/point whether/if......

This question raises the whole issue

(8) When you "haven't understood":

I beg your pardon. / Pardon?

Could you repeat what you've just said? But slower, please./

Could you slow down a bit?

(9) If you should want to "correct a mistake":

Excuse me (for interrupting) you should have said:"....."

(10)When you want to "distinguish" (make a distinction between)

two aspects of a question, when you want to distinguish one

aspect from the other:

on the one hand on the other hand

in general in particular

generally speaking

on the whole

taken as a whole

at first sight on second thoughts

(11)When you want to "add" something:

In addition,.........................

Moreover,....................

Furthermore,........................

Finally,...........................

(12)When you want to "emphasize" something:

I would like to lay (put) emphasis (stress) on the fact

that..

I just want to point out that................

(13)When you want to "say the truth":

To be frank (with you),...................

Frankly (speaking),.........................

To say the truth,........................

(14)And if you are "not sure":

I don't know exactly.

I don't know for certain.

(A) General phrases:

in other words in this respect

to a certain degree/extent It depends on your point

of

in brief/short.......... view

To be brief,..................

To cut a long story short,...... Let me put it this

way:....

I don't know. - I don't know either. Nor/Neither do I.

(B) Common Abbreviations:

e.g. (=exempli gratia) = for example, for instance

,etc. (with a comma in front of it) = and so on

i.e. (=id est) = that is (to say)