In less than in a year's time... YOUR FUTURE!!!

SEPTEMBER EXAM SCHEDULE 2017

Click on the link to see all the times for the September exams of all the subjects 

SEPTEMBER EXAM for ESO (Albert's students)

We will be doing our English/French exams on Friday, 1st September   

1º Bach A - Time: 8.00-9.30  Classroom: 1º ESO A 

1º ESO   ENGLISH - Time: 10.30-11.30  Classroom: SUM   (Salón de Actos)

1º ESO C/D  Alberto   FRENCH - Time: 12.30-13.30  Classroom: LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT (Departamento Idiomas) 

In less than in a year's time you will have finished your Selectivity exams and you will be struggling to choose the university degree you want to study and therefore what kind of job and life you may have.

Related articles to the Selectivity exam (June 2017, option A. Mannequin challenge)  >>>

• Has the mannequin challenge come to a standstill? (The Guardian)

• 22 heavily armed men post mannequin challenge on Facebook, much to delight of cops (The Washington Post)

• Mannequin Challenge Is the New Viral Video Sensation You Probably Can’t Avoid (The New York Times)

 

English with Lucy: 5 ways to improve your English everyday!

 

Related articles to the Selectivity exam (June 2017, option B. Zodiac signs)  >>>

• How to Find Your New Zodiac Sign After NASA's Recalculations (Inverse Science)

• NASA Has No Time for Your Astrology Nonsense (Time Magazine)

• Panic in the zodiac: astrologers quash fears over 'new' 13th sign (The Guardian)

• Nasa isn't changing our beloved star signs – but the zodiac is still wrong (The Independent)

 

Still, it is time to rest, to sleep, to relax after a long tiring year full of emotions. So take your time and in a few days' time start your warming up for the most important and crucial school year of your lives so far.

Related articles you should read about the issue:

• How lack of sleep affects the brain (Health, BBC)

• Children struggling to concentrate at school due to lack of sleep, MPs told (Education, The Guardian)

• How dangerous is sleep deprivation, really? (CNN)

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170628 / 28 June 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: brainpower, humorously & crowd-pleaser.

Unbearable conditions at our schools

Can teachers really teach and can our students really learn in these weather conditions? Some politicians think we can from their air-conditioned offices!!!!

Teaching in the heatwave: help, my classroom is too hot (The Guardian)

Where does the word 'unbearable' mean? Which verb does it come from?

Some articles to read about the heatwave we have had in Europe and its consequences (for instance, huge fires in Portugal and Spain)   >>>> 

• Weather alerts across western Europe as heatwave sets in (The Guardian)

• Hottest June day since summer of 1976 in heatwave (BBC)

• Portugal forest fires under control after more than 60 deaths (The Guardian)

 

Listening exercise to do: Mindfulness (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Where does the noun 'mindfulness' come from?

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170621 / 21 June 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: immune system, buzz & mammals.

Anyway, what kind of holidays are you planning to have? Perhaps a busman's holiday (The English We Speak, BBC Learning English)

Our SUMMER SCOREBOARD.

We should all be really happy!!!!

The school year has come to an end and I am really happy!!!

Why? Because some of our 1º Bachillerato students obtained excellent results at the Official Language School in Motril:

B1 in French: María Béjar, Mª José García, Joaquín García and Andrea Gutiérrez.

B2 in English: Alex Expaña & Andrea Gutiérrez almost got it. They just failed one part, which I'm sure they will pass in September. 

 

And here's our SUMMER SCOREBOARD (click on it and you will see it), where we will be compiling all the comments, projects or anything our students do during the summer time.

I don't know if happiness is genetic or not, but something is for sure there are some people that are naturally more cheerful than others. As well, babies tend to be happier than adults (probably due to all the problems and concerns that we have in mind). Another interesting fact is that grandparents also tend to be happier than parents. It may be due to the fact that they have fewer responsabilities in life. 

Read these related articles and to the listening exercise later, and then give me your opinion about the issue:

• Happiness linked to a gene that comes in long and short versions (The Guardian)

• ‘Happy gene’ may increase chances of romantic relationships (The Guardian)

• Genes 'play key happiness role' (BBC)

Listening exercise to do: Is happiness genetic? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

 

English with Lucy: 6 ways to STOP translating in your head & THINK in another language!

 

And all this bring me good memories of our III Study trip to Bath, whose video had Pharrell Williams' song Happy as soundtrack. Let's watch the video:

English with Lucy: 10 English LOVE expressions

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170614 / 14 June 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: set off, the wild & volunteers.

Born to succeed!!!

These girls were really born to succeed!!!! SPAIN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL NATIONAL TEAM are the European champions once again.

 

Before talking about some of our students in 1º ESO, who are really born to succeed (hopefully!!!), let's some electrical devices which seem to be built to fail (listening exercise, 6 Minute English, BBC Learning English).

Some articles about being born to succeed for you to read:

• The secret to success? Believe in luck (The Guardian)

• How we succeed by failing (The Washington Post)

On the contrary, some electrical devices, especially electrical appliances, seem to be built to fail (some interesting vocabulary to bear in mind: planned obsolescence, faulty goods...)

• End of the line for stuff that's built to die? (The Guardian)

• Faulty goods? You've still got rights when the guarantee runs out (The Guardian)

English with Lucy: Here's a very good way to learn about the difference between SEE, LOOK & WATCH.

And now that you know the difference, let's watch some video sketches made by our students in 1º ESO:

• Partying by Álvaro Martín, José Corzo, Leo Maldonado and Cristian Ramón.

• Video sketch by Joel

• Sports and Technologies by David Bacas, Benjamín Béjar, Abraham Haro & Matías Sánchez

• Meeting in Molvizar by Lucía Espinosa, María González & Lucía García

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170607 / 07 June 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: tumours, remedy & influx.

Ten Is Rafa

 

Some newspaper articles:

Rafael Nadal après son dixième titre à Roland-Garros (L'Équipe)

Why Rafael Nadal winning a tenth French Open would be greatest achievement in history of the sport (The Telegraph)

Nadal Dominant In Winning 10th Roland Garros Title (ATP World Tour)

La Decima 

Rafa Nadal wins incredible tenth French Open title with Roland Garros win over Stan Wawrinka (The Sun)

Rafael Nadal ● The Comeback (HD) 2014-2017 Tribute

 

And here's my new brand page dedicated to tennis:  TENNIS, MY PASSION  

The two faces of life

Latest news on the London terror attack  >>> 

'Skateboard hero' Ignacio Echeverria confirmed dead by family after London terror attack (Daily Telegraph)

 

Some people were enjoying themselves waching a superb football match while other ordinary people were panicking because of another coward terrorist attack. Here are some articles to read about the issue:

 

• London terror attack: Police fired 'unprecedented' number of rounds (CNN)

• Another Terrorist Attack Strikes the Heart of London (The New York Times)

• Real Madrid retain Champions League after 4-1 win over Juventus – as it happened (The Guardian)

• Champions League final: How the players rated as Real Madrid beat Juventus (BBC)

ZIDANE'S SECOND TRIUMPH: UCL 2017 FINAL HIGHLIGHTS (Extended highlights)

 

 

 

Listening exercise to do: Water burial (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

What is the verb that comes from the noun 'burial'?

English with Lucy: 20 words you might pronounce incorrectly 

And remember that when you don't pronounce a word well you mispronounce it.

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170531 / 31 May 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: bacteria, hub & turn their lives around.