Opotopics Secondary

This topic analyses the expression of quality, degree and comparison, three closely interconnected grammatical categories that belong to the broader field of functional grammar.

In this episode of Opotopics we will explore the years between 1918 and 1939, known as the interwar period because it gathers all of the years between the first world war and the second world war. Together, we will see how they marked one of the most transformative chapters in British history.

What makes an explanation truly effective? In Topic 35 of OpoTopics, we explore explicative texts through their key characteristics, structure, grammatical resources, and explanatory styles.

In this episode we explore in depth the linguistic mechanisms that English employs to express causal, consecutive and final relationships.

We will examine the grammatical structures, connectors and discourse markers that allow speakers to establish logical links between ideas, as well as their communicative functions in different contexts.

This topic focuses on the expression of quantity, a topic that belongs to the broader field of functional grammar. Unlike purely formal approaches that describe grammatical structures in isolation, functional grammar examines how language is used to fulfil communicative purposes.

Why can “That’s great” mean the complete opposite?

In this episode of OpoTopics, we explore how context creates meaning through the lens of pragmatics.

OpoTopics vuelve con su tercera temporada.

En este episodio doy la bienvenida al profesorado que se va a preparar las oposiciones de inglés de secundaria y va a afrontar un curso de nuevos retos y objetivos.

Descubre cómo será este curso, qué encontrarás en los episodios y cómo OpoTopics puede ayudarte a preparar las oposiciones de inglés.

In this topic we will analyse how language is learnt by understanding the differences between a second language and a foreign language and the most important trends in language instruction.

In this episode we will delve into the works of Romantic luminaries such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Jane Austen, whose verses and paragraphs illustrated nature's sublime beauty and the tumultuous landscape of the human heart.

In this episode we will have a look at the characteristics of English word formation, in particular, affixation, compounding and conversion.