Nuestro club de lectura para alumnos de inglés con nivel pre-intermedio está leyendo ZORRO.

Escuchamos el audiolibro, leemos en voz alta las páginas compartidas y luego practicamos nuestra "speaking skill" comentando sobre la trama y los personajes. Quieres intentarlo?  Te va a encantar! Practicamos el inglés que ya sabemos, lo reforzamos y lo afianzamos a través de lecturas deliciosas.  

También le dedicamos unos minutos al autor. Aprendemos los detalles más importantes de su vida. 

Johnston McCulley

Born in Illinois, McCulley graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1901.He started as a police reporter for The Police Gazette and served as an Army public affairs officer during World War I. An amateur history buff, he went on to a career in pulp magazines and screenplays, often using a Southern California backdrop for his stories.

Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrington Strong, Raley Brien, George Drayne, Monica Morton, Rowena Raley, Frederic Phelps, Walter Pierson, and John Mack Stone, among others.

Aside from Zorro, McCulley created many other pulp characters, including Black Star, The Spider, The Mongoose, and Thubway Tham. Many of McCulley's characters—The Green Ghost, The Thunderbolt, and The Crimson Clown—were inspirations for the masked heroes that have appeared in popular culture from McCulley's time to the present day.

 Nuestro club de lectura para estudiantes de inglés de nivel "Elementary"terminó de leer Mulan y acaba de empezar Merlin.

Merlin The Great Wizard

One of the most fascinating figures in the Welsh mythology and the Arthurian legend is Merlin, the great wizard, prophet and adviser to several kings, including King Arthur.

Merlin is one of the most fascinating figures in the Welsh literature and the Arthurian legend. Merlin is a man of mystery and magic; contradiction and controversy surrounded his life.

Merlin was rumored to have been the son of a demon or an incubus and a mortal woman who was a nun. Merlin was probably born in the town of Carmarthen. Because of his link with a demon and God, Merlin had great wisdom and powers from the two opposing forces.

Una de las figuras más fascinantes de la mitología galesa y de la leyenda artúrica es Merlín, el gran mago, profeta y consejero de varios reyes, entre ellos el rey Arturo.

Merlín es una de las figuras más fascinantes de la literatura galesa y de la leyenda artúrica. Merlín es un hombre misterioso y mágico; la contradicción y la controversia rodearon su vida.

Se rumorea que Merlín era hijo de un demonio o un íncubo y de una mujer mortal que era monja. Merlín nació probablemente en la ciudad de Carmarthen. Debido a su vínculo con un demonio y un Dios, Merlín tenía una gran sabiduría y poderes de las dos fuerzas opuestas.

Traducción realizada con la versión gratuita del traductor www.DeepL.com/Translator

 DIFFRENT WAYS OF EXPRESSING THE FUTURE

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

 

Present Simple Tense

Don't forget that apart from remembering how to make affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences, the key element you should take into account is WHEN TO USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE.

1: We use the present simple when something is generally or always true.

• People need food.
• It snows in winter here.
• Two and two make four.

2: Similarly, we need to use this tense for a situation that we think is more or less permanent. 

• Where do you live?
• She works in a bank.
• I don't like mushrooms.

3: The next use is for habits or things that we do regularly. We often use adverbs of frequency (such as 'often', 'always' and 'sometimes') in this case, as well as expressions like 'every Sunday' or 'twice a month'. 

• Do you smoke?
• I play tennis every Tuesday.

 

 Do you remember what determiners are? 

What are determiners used for? 

Take a look at the table below: they give information about quantity, ownership and specificity

Work with the online exercise below and see how it goes. Good luck!

https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-determiners.php

Our pre intermediate book club is saying goodbye to THE CALL OF THE WILD

Zorro is coming towards us

What do you know about it and its author?

Johnston McCulley (February 2, 1883 – November 23, 1958) was the author of hundreds of stories, fifty novels, numerous screenplays for film and television, and the creator of the character Zorro.

Many of his novels and stories were written under the pseudonyms Harrington Strong, Raley Brien, George Drayne, Monica Morton, Rowena Raley, Frederic Phelps, Walter Pierson, and John Mack Stone, among others.

McCulley started as a police reporter for The Police Gazette and served as an Army public affairs officer during World War I. An amateur history buff, he went on to a career in pulp magazines and screenplays, often using a Southern California backdrop for his stories.

Aside from Zorro, McCulley created many other pulp characters, including Black Star, The Spider, The Mongoose, and Thubway Tham. Many of McCulley's characters — The Green Ghost, The Thunderbolt, and The Crimson Clown — were inspirations for the masked heroes that have appeared in popular culture from McCulley's time to the present day.

Born in Ottawa, Illinois, and raised in Chillicothe, Illinois, he died in 1958 in Los Angeles, California, aged 75.