Wednesday, May 14, 2014

DO YOU AGREE?

The Spanish Department at our school has just planned an interesting activity for all the students. The idea is to hold some debates at our library at break time. If you want to know more about it, CLICK HERE.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

TRAVELLING TIME

These days ESO Year 3 bilingual students are presenting some digital posters using GLOGSTER.EDU . This is a free site which allows teachers to register and have different account for students, groups, etc.
The virtual posters can include text, audio, pictures, video and links to other websites. Each pair of students have one British landmark to "advertise" to the rest of the class. In general, they have presented some great stuff.
Here is one example.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

ET IS COMING BACK (IN WAX)

Most of the people who visit London go to Madame Tussaud's, the world-famous wax museum near Baker Street.
Here is a video about the process involved in making a wax model. In this case the VIP is actually ET, the famous Extra-Terrestrial.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

NEW WAYS TO LEARN ENGLISH

Publishing companies are trying hard to find new ways to engage young people to learn and study English. The traditional course book, although still valid, is getting old in this digital era.
Here is a proposal by MacMillan: Pulitzer. Watch the video to find out more...
And this is only one example.... What will the future bring in the next few years?

Thursday, April 24, 2014

SIBLING RIVALRY

Siblings can have good and/or bad relations. Here are a couple of examples read by our language assistant Stephanie. The first one is about the famous tennis players Venus and Serena Williams and the second recording is about the also well-known siblings Lisa and Bart Simpson.


UNSUNG HEROES

Heroes are not just those in the movies.
We all know everyday heroes that make our lives a little bit easier and better. Watch the video below and you will see what I mean.
Unmissable!!

Monday, April 21, 2014

USING EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS

These days our students are making some videos using the everyday expressions in English.
Most of them are using a website called Dvolver but some students prefer other options. Here is a video made by Beatriz Quintero.