Studies

I don't know if anyone of you is interested in studying computers. If you are, you might try this course offered by Stanford University.

Mathematics

This is for you - math lovers. Absolutely amazing!

Watch this :)

Science complemented by art

This is for those of you who love science, the English language and dance :)

Presentation from TED talks.

Murmuration

This is so COOL!

After watching something like this, I always ask myself why I have not become an ornitologist :)

Not much of English, but what beauty!!!

Halloween after-party mood

Tim Burton is a really admirable film director. For those of you who like his films, this is an early one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIsZGW7pOOM

Computer Virus

Some reading from CNN on computer virus hitting U.S. drone fleet

Politics

On elections in Latvia.

Advanced English

Some of you are sometimes interested in more difficult things to do. Here is another website you can look at :)

Apricot

APRICOT — A Short Film by Ben Briand from Moonwalk Films on Vimeo.

Good teachers vs bad teachers

We had a discussion in class on what the qualities are that a good teacher should possess. Here is another opinion. Leave a comment if you have one :)

Weather vocabulary to explore

Click on this and revise weather vocabulary :)

Nature at its best

On BBCEarth's Life Is you can explore nature photography and stories. A very attractive site :)

A notebook for you

If you like learning in a more digital way, wolty is where you can do it.

Social networking

This is why a person might not follow you on Twitter :)

More advanced reading

If you have time to read, here is some reading related to learning English.

National Geographic

I don' t know how many of you follow professional websites. I do think this one is probably one of the most interesting ones to explore :)

The Art of Story Telling

I have always thought that people who possess a skill to tell stories have a special gift. See what this man has to say about it :)

Listening practice

For those of you who would like to do more listening, click here.

Verb forms

If you don't have it, here is the list.

More difficult tasks

For those of you who would like to do more challenging practice, here are a few pages to explore:

CAE (Cambridge Advanced English):
Exam English (also CPE you can practise here)

CPE (Cambridge Proficiency English):

English online (also CAE you can practise here)
Flo-joe (also CAE you can practise here)
University of Cambridge

Do the tasks, check for yourself, ask questions to me in person or in writing selgagold@gmail.com :)

The Giving Tree

Watch the story and write your comments in your notebook :)

Public Speaking

The theme for your public speech is:

LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE

IELTS exams

For those of you who are interested:

IELTS exam information and practice.

Got any questions? Ask your teacher :)