On 19th June, a group of third and fourth year students will be returning to Dublin after last year's success. Students will get to experience the culture and learn about the country through daily field trips to several landmarks. It will also help them boost their English with specially designed morning lessons and their accommodation with Irish families. We are sure this experience will make a lasting impression on all participating students!
13 May 2009
Dublin Trip
28 April 2009
18 April 2009
Header Quiz
Our header (the picture on top of this blog) is made up of 10 images related to English-speaking countries around the world. Download the worksheet on the right with clues about each picture and try to fill it out. You may want to google for information to help you find the answers.
9 April 2009
8 March 2009
Learning tip: Create your own diary!
Writing your own learner diary can help you organise your work, think about what you are learning and consider things to ask about next time. You can do it every time you have an English lesson, but once a week is fine, too. Diaries are, by definition, personal and private, but make an exception and share yours with your English teacher!!!
6 March 2009
2 March 2009
Learning tip: Use context clues (Bachillerato)
Context clues are the words around difficult or unknown words we always come across when we read in English. By looking at the context, it is often possible to guess the meaning of the word and save lots of trips to the dictionary! This is a skill you must master for your exams since no dictionaries are allowed. Here are some online activities for you to practise this skill:
8 February 2009
Chinese Contemporary Art: the Yi School
First-year Bachillerato students enrolled in "Amplicación de Lengua Oral Inglesa I" visited Caixaforum on 9th November 2008 and enjoyed an English guided tour on Chinese contemporary art and the Yi School.
2 February 2009
12 November 2008
"Broadway Station"
Third year students will be attending "Broadway Station", a play designed for foreign language learners. The performance will take place at Teatro Bulevar in Torrelodones on 18th March 2009.
3 November 2008
Irregular verbs
The following links provide a wide variety of activities for you to practise English irregular verbs in an interactive way:
7 July 2008
Back from Dublin!
Our 3rd year students and their teachers are already back from Dublin! A diary with pictures can be found on the After-School Activities Blog (click on the following link):
21 June 2008
Trip to Dublin
Today a group of 3rd year students will be leaving for Dublin in an immersion experience with a two-fold objective: practise and improve their English skills, on the one hand, and experience Irish culture and daily life, on the other. Every day students will be attending English classes in the morning, and a series of cultural activities have been planned for the afternoon:
22 Sunday - Guided tour to Wicklow National Park/Visitor Centre of Glendalough / Monastic Site.
23 Monday - Walking and guided tour of Dublin City.
24 Tuesday - Guided tour to DublíniaChristchurch.
25 Wednesday - Guided tour to Kilmainham Gaol.
26 Thursday - Malahide Castle.
27 Friday - Number 29 (18th-century Georgian house.)
Students will be staying with Irish families to promote the use of English and get to experience daily life in a different culture. We are sure this will be a memorable trip our students will never forget!!!!
22 Sunday - Guided tour to Wicklow National Park/Visitor Centre of Glendalough / Monastic Site.
23 Monday - Walking and guided tour of Dublin City.
24 Tuesday - Guided tour to DublíniaChristchurch.
25 Wednesday - Guided tour to Kilmainham Gaol.
26 Thursday - Malahide Castle.
27 Friday - Number 29 (18th-century Georgian house.)
Students will be staying with Irish families to promote the use of English and get to experience daily life in a different culture. We are sure this will be a memorable trip our students will never forget!!!!
23 April 2008
World Book Day
2008 English writing winner:
Tequila Sunrise
He untied his tie, took off his shoes, undid his buttons and got into the bath. Tonight he was unusually tired, too many patients in one day made eight hours stretch and stretch. When he was young he liked his job, forensic, at least he wasn´t longing for it to end every morning.
He came out of the bath, much calmer now, but he was still missing something before his sleep, to make it easier... He wasn´t used to having dinner, but as a routine, he went to the kitchen, grabbed his favourite bottle of Mexican tequila and sat on the couch. What a satisfaction was to feel the liquid down his throat after such a horrid day.
The alarm clock set off the next morning. He couldn´t remember anything but that was not a change in his life, he preferred it that way. The difference today was that he felt his muscles really stiff and tired and had the feeling that he had been running all night. How strange! Anyways, he put his suit on and drove to the hospital. 9:30 , first corpse. Mr.Smith, Sheriff, arrived and recounted the crime. He listened as if behind a veil, not caring really. He did his work mechanically, with no need to listen to stupid stories at this time in the morning.
When he pulled the sheet off he saw a thin, blonde, stunning woman, all full of bruises and scratches. It was no doubt another of many cases of rape. First thing to do, a DNA check from her insides. While the computer analysed, he went to inspection and found some brown hair. How strange, same lentgh, same colour, same touch as his.
The machine beeped and when he looked into the screen said his name.What was his name doing on the screen?
He untied his tie, took off his shoes, undid his buttons and got into the bath. Tonight he was unusually tired, too many patients in one day made eight hours stretch and stretch. When he was young he liked his job, forensic, at least he wasn´t longing for it to end every morning.
He came out of the bath, much calmer now, but he was still missing something before his sleep, to make it easier... He wasn´t used to having dinner, but as a routine, he went to the kitchen, grabbed his favourite bottle of Mexican tequila and sat on the couch. What a satisfaction was to feel the liquid down his throat after such a horrid day.
The alarm clock set off the next morning. He couldn´t remember anything but that was not a change in his life, he preferred it that way. The difference today was that he felt his muscles really stiff and tired and had the feeling that he had been running all night. How strange! Anyways, he put his suit on and drove to the hospital. 9:30 , first corpse. Mr.Smith, Sheriff, arrived and recounted the crime. He listened as if behind a veil, not caring really. He did his work mechanically, with no need to listen to stupid stories at this time in the morning.
When he pulled the sheet off he saw a thin, blonde, stunning woman, all full of bruises and scratches. It was no doubt another of many cases of rape. First thing to do, a DNA check from her insides. While the computer analysed, he went to inspection and found some brown hair. How strange, same lentgh, same colour, same touch as his.
The machine beeped and when he looked into the screen said his name.What was his name doing on the screen?
26 March 2008
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