ENCUESTA 1º ESO BILINGUE

Termina el Primer Trimestre y es hora de evaluar cómo ha ido para nuestros cuatro grupos que han hecho 1º ESO en la modalidad bilingüe. Hemos realizado un encuesta para conocer su opinión. Os invitamos a ver los resultados.

Resultados 1 ESO diciembre 2016 from José Antonio Alcalde López

CONCURSO DE TARJETAS DE NAVIDAD

Here are the winners for the 2016 Christmas Card Competition. Congratulations to the six winners (three in ESO Year 2 and three in ESO Year 1).
With this activity we finish the first term and we wish everybody: teachers, students and families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you in January!!

THREE LANGUAGE CHRISTMAS CAROL

Christmas is coming and we want to celebrate this festive season with a traditional carol. Working together with our Music teacher, we will sing this carol in Spanish, English and French. This year we have chose "Jingle Bells". Here are the lyrics in the three languages.

Trilingual jingle bells from José Antonio Alcalde López

CHRISTMAS IN THE UK BOARD

This week I have updated the English Board and made a display about Christmas in the UK. It contains information about traditions, food, films, songs and history. I hope you like it, can learn something new and help it gets you in the festive spirit!

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

TENGO UNA PREGUNTA PARA USTED

Tengo un pregunta 2016 de José Antonio Alcalde López

TEEN FREEDOM AND SURVIVING SCHOOL

Here are recordings of the two texts for "Teen Freedom" and "Surviving School". Listen carefully and practice the pronunciation.

Teen Freedom

Surviving School

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

As you probably know, the English from Britain and the United States varies with regards to lexis, semantics, spelling, grammar and pronunciation. The English language was first introduced to America in 1607 in Virginia and since then has diverged in a few ways. Below are some examples of changes with respect to the lexis, pronunciation and spelling.

Changes in Lexis

A lot of the words in British English and American English vary, or take different meanings. For example, when you use “football” in American English you are referring to the sport American Football.

British English	American English
Biscuit	Cookie
Bum bag	Fanny pack
Courgette	Zucchini
Full stop	Period
Garden	Yard
Lift	Elevator
Petrol	Gas
Sweets	Candy
Football	Soccer

Changes in Pronunciation

Changes in Spelling

Most changes in spelling between the two forms of English mentioned derive respectively from two dictionaries produced in the two countries. A lot of the spellings from British English are influenced by French.

British English	American English
Colour	Color
Centre	Center
Practice	Practise
Realise	Realize
Dialogue	Dialog

BACK FROM GERMANY

We are back from the third edition of our School Exchange with Germany. This time we were there for 11 days from November 10th until 20th and we have visited important cities like Munich or Stuttgart, gone trekking, ice-skating, sightseeing, etc.
 We can say that it has been a very successful experience and we are looking forward to welcoming the German group in Huelva next May.
Danke für alles!!

8 WEIRD FACTS ABOUT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

English is a strange language due to its history and influences. It is a West-Germanic language which was further influenced by the Anglo-Saxons and the Normans. Here are 8 weird and wonderful facts about the language:

1.     A pangram sentence is one which contains every letter in the language. A very common example of this in English is “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.” When I was at school we had to write this lots of times to practice our handwriting.

2.     English is the language of the air – every pilot in the world has to speak English whilst flying no matter where they’ve come from!

3.     The longest word in the English dictionary is ‘pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ which is a lung disease contracted from breathing in ash.

4.     4000 words are added to the dictionary every year with some of the latest additions being fro-yo (frozen yoghurt), YOLO and Brexit.

5.     The first dictionary was written in 1755 by Samuel Johnson and helped to standardise the spelling of the language.

6.     The letter E is the most common letter in the language, appearing 11% of the time.

7.     Shakespeare invented over 1700 words which we use in the language such as majestic, tranquil, gloomy and torture.

8.     The oldest noun in the English language which is still in use is “town”.