Baltimore: racism, violence, justice...

Baltimore: is this another case of racism, or police abuse???   Justice is claimed all around the country. Some articles to read and to write your comments about.

• Angry about the Baltimore riots (The Washington Post)

• Baltimore riots: Troops deployed as cleanup begins (BBC)

• Baltimore mother praised by police for dragging son out of riots (The Guardian)

Natural disaster: Earthquake in Nepal

Listening exercise to do and vocabulary to learn: Monuments in Nepal reopen

Some articles to read about this natural disaster:

• Nepal earthquake: thousands in need of shelter in country little able to cope

• Deadly earthquake rocks India, Nepal and Tibet

What could we do to help?

Activity to do about the issue:

TALKING ABOUT DISASTERS (BBC Learning English) 

Other activities to do:

 Broadcasting in a disaster zone  & Surviving in the desert  

Cow farts and global warming

Read this incredible article:

Do Cow Farts Really Significantly Contribute to Global Warming?

and wait for Mª José's reply.

Bullying is for losers

Another article sent by Laura Leliugaite about this horrendous case.

Amanda Todd Memorials For Bullying Victim 

...and these two other articles I found about the case:

Amanda Todd's mother speaks out about her daughter, bullying 

Social media users outraged that bullying continues on memorial page for Amanda Todd

To end, please watch this video by Lady Gaga :   Bullying is for losers

Now what is your opinion about the issue????

José Julián sent me this article: How girls bully (and it is also interesting to watch the video he enclosed in his comment)

Animal abuse

The use of animals in experimenting and in other research areas is very common nowadays. Here's a interesting project done by some of our students at IES Mediterráneo in the group 3º ESO B:

EXPERIMENTING ON ANIMALS (by Andrea, Alex & Nico from 3º ESO B)

Here's an interesting article to read: Experimenting on animals (BBC)

PETA  >>>  Animals used for experimentation  

Our IV Study Trip to UK: Chester (Easter 2015) in images

Two unforgettable videos!!!!

The first one is a sightseeing tour of the places we visited >>>>

And I'm sure you'll like the second one better as it is about the group participating in this fantastic experience  >>> 

And if you want to remember all our past study trips, here's the link:

OUR STUDY TRIPS TO UK: Edinburgh '12, Cambridge '13, Bath '14 & ...finally Chester '15!!!

Next year, V Study Trip to UK: Dublin 2016???? 

We don't know yet, it is up to YOU!!

Here are some of the projects and diaries done by the students participating:

B1 & B2 >>> Most important piece of news!!!!!

MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEWS FOR OUR STUDENTS

I have just seen that you can register for the B1 and b2 exams as freelance student (estudiante libre) until 15th April for 53.14€. Here are some interesting links and there are also some links to the exams they set last September as well as a very interesting Guide for the student.

http://www.eoimotril.org/matricula-libre/

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/educacion-permanente/prueba-unificada-de-certificacion

And also shortly...

TIME TO REGISTER FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR (2014-2015) IN THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE SCHOOL IN MOTRIL

You have got until 20th May!!!!   For furhter information, some useful links (however, they have not been updated yet):

• http://www.eoimotril.org/
• Instrucciones solicitud plaza 2013-14
  
• Impreso solicitud
  

Cities and songs

Here's an interesting article about the issue. Send me any song connected to a city that you know or write any comments about the topic.

From ‘The Streets of Philadelphia’ to ‘Viva Las Vegas,’ an interactive map of songs about your city (The Washington Post)

Here's my hint for Dublin!!!!

And here's José Julián's hint for Dublin too (link to the version by the Dubliners):