BEING A TEACHER....

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.

by Bruce Lee

lunes, 30 de septiembre de 2019

Less and less water!!!

So, you'd better stop wasting it!!!!

 

The hydrological year is coming to an end. In terms of rain water collected, experts take their measures from 1st October to 30th September. 

 

As an example, not more than 500 litres have been collected in the weather station near Capileira over this period. Meanwhile, last year nearly 1,000 litres were collected and the average amount of water collected historically is over 700 litres. Therefore, the dams or reservoirs in Rules and Beznar have got less water than last year at this time.

 

You can check it here: S.A.I.H. Hidrosur  



 



At the same time you have just had some terrible floods in the south east of Spain due to a cold front. The climate change is a reality and people don't help. For instance, every time I play tennis at the sports facilities in Salobreña I see how the drinking fountain is kept running water and how loads of water are being wasted!!!



Have a look at these articles related to the issue of drought and floods:




Warming oceans likely to raise sea levels 30cm by end of century (The Guardian)

 

 

Nature is speaking. So listen!!!

 




The English We Speak: Freecycle (BBC Learning English)



Some exercises for you to do after watching the video:

Rewrite using would rather    &   I'd better... I'd rather...   

 



viernes, 27 de septiembre de 2019

Listen to Nature

Apart from going on pointless strikes you don't really know what they are all about, what can we do to save Nature?

 

 

 

Nature is speaking. So listen!!!



Listen to this song and have a look at the lyrics:

We are the World   


 

Here are some articles for you to read and think about:





Do & Make collocations

Watch the video to see the difference (ANOTHER EXPLANATION)  and here's an exercise for you to do








Listening exercise for you to do: An alphabet disadvantage! (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)


English in a Minute:  4 ways to say hello like a Brit (BBC Learning English)




Football's Greatest Teams ... Liverpool 







LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 190925 / 25 September 2019    >>>  Would you crowdfund a cow? Becoming a young farmer in the UK:    Language related to 'work'.  Need-to-know language: tough business, hurdles, running, traded a life & life-changing.


lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2019

AUTUMN (or FALL), the season of the different colours

Autumn, or Fall (as the Americans say), is here. It is the time of chestnuts and walnuts, the days are shorter and shorter and some places in the world are just gorgeous to go sightseeing. That is the case of New England in the United States. 


Here are the states included in this region   >>>  






Indie/Indie-Folk Compilation - Autumn/Fall 2019  

 

How do you like the autumn? (This is a way to ask people for their opinion about something)




Travelling tip   >>>  One of the nicest places I have ever visited, especially during the autum/fall season is NEW ENGLAND in the United States.

 

 

Pilgrims, Mayflower, History for Kids 

 

Listening exercise for you to do: Faking it: Computers that spot a real smile (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 


English in a Minute: UNLESS vs AS LONG AS   (BBC Learning English)





Learn English with Papa - Improve your English speaking skills with INVERSION!   



Football's Greatest International Teams ... Netherlands 1988 





LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 190918 / 18 September 2019    >>>  Rainbow recycling:    Language related to 'categorisation'.  Need-to-know language: sort, colour code, jumbled up, separate & cross-contamination.

domingo, 22 de septiembre de 2019

You gotta be...

School has just started and a new school year is well ahead full of difficulties, exams, bad moments... but also good moments. Anyway, "you gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger..." than ever before (I advise you to listen to the song by Des'ree and have a look at the lyrics). My students in 1º ESO will have to look for adjectives related with PERSONALITY.




  .... And now search for two mistakes. If you watch this other video, you will find the answer!!!


 

 

Nevertheless, as I have just said, there are good moments to
come, actually very good moments and one of these could be our VIII Study trip to the British-Irish Isles. After our zero meeting in May we will be having our first meeting on Thursday during the break in the language department. You are welcome to come just to inform you about the activity and if you are interested in participating, here's the link to the form. 

 

 

 This is the form you have to fill in if you are interested:

FORM TO FILL IN IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE



Remember we decided to go to Cambridge and you'd better have a look at this post where there are some useful information about the destination and the activities we could do.


Our VIII Study trip to the British-Irish Isles?? Our destination: CAMBRIDGE/LONDON??






English in a Minute  >>>>>  Using 'at', 'in' & 'on' for location (BBC Learning English)



Learn English with Papa - Improve your English speaking skills with INVERSION!   



News Review: Climate change report (BBC Learning English)



Football's Greatest Teams .. Red Star Belgrade 



domingo, 15 de septiembre de 2019

Here are the Spanish... Terracota warriors

 

Today is the big day for these warriors, both the Spanish and the Argentinian warriors, in the Basketball World Cup Final in China, where the Imperial Terracotta Warriors once lived. Good luck to both teams because they really deserve it and I do hope that we enjoy the game!!!

 

SPAIN   >>>  BASKETBALL WORLD CHAMPIONS 2019 IN CHINA!!! 

 

 

Spain captures second FIBA basketball World Cup title (CNN News)

 

Argentina vs Spain | FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 - Final

 

 

 

 

 

However, first of all, let's watch these two documentaries about the Terracotta Warriors.


Terracotta Army: The greatest archaeological find of the 20th century - BBC News

 

The First Emperor of China

 

New Secrets Of The Terracotta Warriors Documentary  (National Geographic)

 


 


Going back to basketball, here are the highlights of both semi.finals.

 

 

 

Spain v Australia - Highlights - Semi-Final - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019

 

 

Argentina v France - Highlights - Semi-Final - FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019


Australia fume after Fiba Basketball World Cup double-overtime defeat to Spain (The Guardian)

Gasol, Spain to meet Argentina in World Cup final (abcNews)






The English We Speak: Cough up  (BBC Learning English)



Travelling tip   >>>  here's one video in French:  En Auvergne, du Puy-de-Dôme au Cantal and another one in English...

 

La Bretagne - Terre de Légendes

 

Some interesting facts about Brest:

 

Learn English with Papa - Advanced CONDITIONALS - Had I known...! - English Speaking Skills

  


Football's Greatest - Johan Cruyff and Best of His Career • Goals & Skills 

    






viernes, 13 de septiembre de 2019

Talking about tourism, all that glitters is not gold.

After every summer holiday we wonder how tourism affects the beauties of nature or cities. It is true that it is superb booster for the economy of certain countries, such as Spain, but all that glitters is not gold, as you can see in the following articles and listening exercise.




Tons of trash removed from Everest as cleanup unearths bodies (CNN)

 

 

Listening exercise for you to do: Is tourism harmful? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)




Correct the following sentence:

Today we have advanced with the new technologies which allow us to make our day more comfortable.

English in a Minute:  When 'tell' doesn't mean 'tell'!   (BBC Learning English)



English with Lucy  >>>  Transition & Linking Words in English | Advanced Writing & IELTS Vocabulary & Grammar

 

 



Football's Greatest Teams .. Benfica 









Tennis  >>>   WOULD YOU RATHER? w/ ATP Tennis Stars 






LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 190911 / 11 September 2019    >>>  Searching for the Loch Ness Monster:    Language related to 'the unexplained'.  Need-to-know language: mystery, definitive explanation, plausible, inconvinced & unidentified.

lunes, 9 de septiembre de 2019

No, no, it is not Superman... it is SUPER NADAL!!!


 

it was almost 3.3o in the morning after almost 5 hours of tough battle on court when our beloved rafael nadal did it again to win his 4th US Open and his 19th Grand Slam, and the first player who wins 5 Grand Slams in his thirties!!!

 

 

19 Points That Prove He's From Another Planet   

 



 

Daniil Medvedev vs Rafael Nadal | US Open 2019 Finals Highlights

 

 

and the Men's Finals Closing Ceremony | 2019 US Open

 

 

Finally, two other videos you can watch about this stunning athlete: 

 

Some articles for you to read about this incredible achievement:





US Open 2019 Legends Videocast with Lendl, Becker, McEnroe, Wilander  



Make Friends with PHRASAL VERBS! - Learn English with Papa




Football's Greatest international teams... Hungary 1950s 





viernes, 6 de septiembre de 2019

Pau Gasol says Spanish teens are not fit enough

In this blog we have seen different problems
affecting teenagers, such as screen abuse, mobile phones, couch potatoes... All of them have something in common: PHYSICAL INACTIVITY, that is to say, A SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE, whose main consequence is OBESITY and some other health problems such as insomnia, eyesight problems...

 

 


Pau Gasol stated this is a real problem recently. Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:

 

 

So what do we have to do?

 

News Review: Teenager blinded by chips and junk food diet (BBC Learning English)


Listening exercise for you to do: The Food of the Future (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 


 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Danny Kaye  in some films:



Learn English with Papa - Advanced ways to use "DO"! - English is Weird!


Football's Greatest teams... Nottingham Forest 






LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 190904 / 04 September 2019    >>>  Ban on zoo trade in baby elephants:    Language related to 'law'.  Need-to-know language: prohibited, compromise, loopholes, exceptional circumstances & significant victory.