BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
BREAKING NEWS >>>> We will be having a very important meeting next week on Wednesday, 26th September, in the language department to talk about the possibility of organizing our VII Study Trip to the British-Irish Isles. The options are Bath or York. Here are the programmes sent by the Spanish Agency:
Latest news on our possible VII Study Trip to the British-Irish Isles >> we have been offered a brand new destination with better conditions (YORK), so we will be having another meeting next week on 6th June (Wednesday) to talk about it.
Activities for my 2º ESO students: Can you locate the cities of Bath and York? For example, Salobreña is a village in the south-east of Spain. Now have a look at the two flyers and tell me differences between the two destinations using the comparatives and superlatives: BATH & YORK.
Note that these prices are not updated and that Bath includes a trip to Oxford.
Here are two videos to watch about these two cities:
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to 'Love'. Need-to-know language: whirlwind romance, tying the knot, blind date, fell in love & engagement.
OUR SUPER NON-BILINGUAL STUDENTS (September 2011- May 2018)
The school year is coming to an end. Actually, our students in 2º Bachillerato have already finished with us and are getting ready for their Selectivity exams!!!
Congratulations to our non-bilingual students for their excellent results in English!!!!
However, this is no surprise for anybody as four of them have already got their B1 in French, seven of them their B2 in English and some others their B1.
Six years ago, we came to a commitment to fight bilingualism, that is, to have the best proven results in foreign languages and we have done it.
It has been a real pleasure to work along with you.
I will miss you!!! Here's the song I dedicate to this super non-bilingual generation:
Activities for my 2º ESO students: Watch the video above, complete the activity included in the link and write 5 sentences with the different meanings of 'hard'.
Another funny episode of John McEnroe talking about tennis in "The self-appointed Commissioner of Tennis":
We are surrounded by thousands of dishonest people in this world: politicians, false friends, fake news... and when it comes to children, parents lie to their children in order to protect them, to manipulate them, to keep them in a coccoon...
I prefer to be honest with my students and tell them things straightaway so that they can face problems better and even avoid dramatic situations.
Here are some related articles you can read about the topic:
Episode 180509 / 09 May 2018
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to 'Restoration'. Need-to-know language: labour of love, stripped back,
bare metal, painstaking refurbishment & architectural brilliance.
Another funny episode of John McEnroe talking about tennis in "The self-appointed Commissioner of Tennis":
Yes, yes, it is not a mistake. I said 'hangry'. It is the combination of being hungry and feeling angry because of that. Might this be the cause of the behaviour of some of our students, especially those in 2º ESO B????
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Revision for SELECTIVITY. Some exercises connected with the section USE OF ENGLISH.
Solutions to the exercises in the previous post:
1. routine(Twenty-eight
monks live at Mepkin Abbey, following the same routine established in France
900 years ago: praying, reading the Bible, and working.)2. quietly 3. Peace and joy are found at the monastery by visitors.4. Lindsay is the eldest child, so she has to look after the other children. 5. on6. How much did the dictionary cost ten years ago? 7. , they can also visit the museum. 8. peacefully (Example: “Eva died
peacefully in her sleep,” a spokesperson at the home said.) 9. spokesperson, spokesman 10. The director said they were very privileged to have nursed her. 11. She lived for a long time since she had a whisky everyday. 12. Old people live in nursing homes 13. How old is she said to be? 14. he would have celebrated her 120th birthday. 15. brightness , reporter 16. The UFO enthusiast explained he had never known anything like it. // The butcher exclaimed that he couldn't get those pies anywhere else in the universe. 17. into 18. How long have people been seeing strange objects in the sky?
Episode 180502 / 02 May 2018
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to 'Economic survival'. Need-to-know language: lifeblood, sustenance, make a living, way of life &
in the doldrums.
Another funny episode of John McEnroe talking about tennis in "The self-appointed Commissioner of Tennis":
Do you fancy a second Bath for our VII Study trip to the British-Irish Isles???? Sorry I was just trying to sound funny playing with words. We are thinking about organizing another study trip to the British-Irish Isles if there are enough people interested in participating.
Therefore, next Wednesday (16th March) during the break we are having a meeting to give you all the information. In this post you will be able to look through some of the things we did four years ago. And remember this is just a meeting to inform you. It doesn't compel you to do anything!!!!
Here are some of the posts in this blog related to the trip we did four years ago and which was our third experience:
Here's a listening exercise to do: Are you a foodie? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Prepositions of PLACE 👉 IN / ON / AT / BY 👈 Common English Grammar Mistakes
Revision for SELECTIVITY.
Some exercises connected with the section USE OF ENGLISH.
1.
Readthe following definition and try to guess the word it refers to: “sequence of actions
regularly followed”
2. Give one
synonym for “PEACEFUL”. 3.
Turnthe following sentence into the passive voice: Visitors find peace and joy at the monastery.
4. Join the
following sentences using an appropriate linker (do not use AND
or BUT). Make changes if necessary. Lindsay is the eldest child.
She has to look after the other children.
5.
Fill in the gap with a correct preposition. My friend insisted __________
paying the bill.
6.
Give a
question for the underlined words.This dictionary cost fifty
dollars ten years ago.
7.
Completethe
following sentence: If the visitors wish…
8. Give one synonym for “QUIETLY” (adverb).
9.
Give one word which has the following definition:“person who speaks
in representation of a group” (noun)
10.
Turn
the following sentence into reported speech. The director said: “We are very
privileged to have nursed her.”
11.
Join the
following sentences using an appropriate linker (do not use AND
or BUT). Make changes if necessary. She lived for a long time. She
had a whisky everyday.
12.
Put the
following words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.
people / homes / old / in /
live / nursing
13.
Give a
question for the underlined words.She is said to be 115years old.
14.
Complete the
following sentence: If Eva had lived six more days…
15.Give one noun with the
same root as BRIGHT (adjective) and one noun with the same root
as REPORT (verb).
16. Turn the following
sentences into reported speech.
The UFO enthusiast explained: “I’ve never known anything
like it.”
The butcher exclaimed: “You
can’t get these pies anywhere else in the universe!”
17.
Fill in the gap with a correct preposition.
The Martians climbed ___________ the UFO, closed the door, and flew away.
18.
Give a
question for the underlined words.
People have been seeing strange objects in the sky for
centuries.
Solutions to the exercises in the previous post:
1. scary, terrifying 2. to connect 3. Prince Kretzulesco said he had been considering leaving Germany the next year. 4. He would be received with open
arms. 5. ill / sick 6. Where did Sally go last year? 7. if she had enough money to afford it 8. commonly, largely, normally (Example: It is commonly thought that people watching violent
films get excited and might want to perform violent acts in real life.) 9. thought , behaviour 10. actress, producer 11.Violent games easily influence children. 12. a) there wouldn't be so many murders. b) when you have to drive afterwards. 13. He was reading a book, whose characters were zombies. 14. disagree , hard
Episode 180425 / 25 April 2018
>>> Can football ever make you happy? - Language related
to 'Statistics'. Need-to-know language: rate, analysed, dataset &
on avarage.
Another funny episode of John McEnroe talking about tennis in "The self-appointed Commissioner of Tennis":
Activities for my 2º ESO students: Can you locate the cities of Bath and York? For example, Salobreña is a village in the south-east of Spain. Now have a look at the two flyers and tell me differences between the two destinations using the comparatives and superlatives: BATH & YORK.
Another funny episode of John McEnroe talking about tennis in "The self-appointed Commissioner of Tennis": 
