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.
I'll be thinking about you and I will miss you, my dear IES Mediterraneo students, like Ragnar and Lagertha
Ragnar and Lagertha // I'll be thinking about you - The Vikings
And remember tomorrow it is time to register (from 1st July to 10th July) for the B1 and B2 exams at the Official Language School as freelance students!!!
Click on the link above 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 exams on Tuesday, 1st September
1º ESO A & 4º ESO A/B students will have the September ENGLISH exam >>>> - Time: 08.30 - 09.30 Classroom: SUM
The exam for 1º Bach A students will begin at 8 in case they have the Philosophy exam or if they just want to have more time.
And now let's talk about the future of work and the Coronavirus >>>> Here's a video, an article and a listening exercise for you to become familiar with the issue:
Episode 200624 / 24 June 2020 >>> Preparing the Queen's horses - Language related to
'ceremonies'. Need-to-know language: on parade, fixture, pomp and pageantry, ceremonial & champing at the bit.
Life is not easy, but sometimes it gets even tougher for some people because of the colour of their skin, their gender, their origin... and then we have this horrible pandemic.
Here are some articles for you to read about these issues:
Episode 200610 / 10 June 2020 >>> Back to school (in the Netherlands) - Language related to
'protection from infection'. Need-to-know language: scrub, shields, visors & monitoring.
After a bizarre school year and once we've had a good rest, we need to get ready for the next school year as well as we can. Here are my summer recommendations for my students:
... and remember we will have a summer scoreboard to keep record of all the things you do and that I will take into account for the next school year!!!
Do you like gossiping? Here's a nice expression based on the irregular verb TO SPILL (spilt, spilt; although the regular form 'spilled' is also admitted).
The English We Speak - Spill the tea (BBC Learning English)
At the end of every school year I like taking stock of the situation and especially after such a unique experience during this pandemic, so I would like you to do the same in your comments. Tell us about your experiences during the quarantine and then give other students some advice about how to cope with it and also some hints to pass the English subject without problems.
From my point of view, there are obviously positive and negative aspects to consider after all this experience.
On the one hand, this experience has made me, as a teacher, develop all the skills I had (and even those I hadn't) at the most. I believe now I am a much better teacher with regard to the use of ITC tools (Moodle, online classes, new way to correct...). Although I'm exhausted at the moment, I am mentally stronger as I had different problems to solve and difficulties to overcome. I also had to develop all the possible techniques of encouragement so that my students could do their best. Unfortunately, the level of success has been very low.
On the other hand, this experience has made me discover the evil side of my students, like in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I could never believe there were so many fake students. As a result, we've had fakeness everywhere: fake students, fake online classes (with ghost students connected, but who would not answer when they were asked), fake exams, fake results, fake homework handed in...
Musical hint : Mike + The Mechanics - Over My Shoulder ( Lyrics )
mmmEnglish >>>> Mixed Conditionals | English Grammar | Examples & Practice
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
That's all, folks! It is about time to have some fun at last.
It is high time to stop and have some time off. I won't be making any more posts on a daily basis as I have to do all the school paperwork and the correcting of everything.
Episode 200527 / 27 May 2020 >>> Greenhouse dining - Language related to
'worry'. Need-to-know language: a state of, anxiety, concerns, reservations & reassurance.
Now that this most bizarre school year is coming to an end and that we have had both in-person regular classes and virtual classes, it is time to think about which one of the two options we prefer and why.
From the point of view of a teacher, and although virtual classes can be an excellent complement to traditional teaching, I believe there is no such dilemma about the issue. The percentage of students who have dropped out or who haven't done things in a fair way is incredibly high and frustrating!!!
Here are some newspaper articles for you to read and a video in Spanish about an Italian university professor talking about the issue:
Nuccio Ordine, university professor and writer, tells us his opinion about the discussion (in Spanish) >>
Quarantine Scoreboard
Posts uploaded:51
Students
participating:about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!
Comments written and
corrected:almost 1000
Emails exchanged:about 4200
PASEN announcements
& messages:about 3000
Things handed in and
corrected:more than 2300
Visits to blog and site during quarantine:almost 25,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)
Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):24 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 7 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
Important piece of news for everybody (ALL LEVELS)
>>>> As you already know your final mark, in case you are
not 100% satisfied with the mark, please contact me and we will try to
arrange an individual oral interview/exam.
Episode 200603 / 03 June 2020 >>> How to protect ourselves from a meteor strike (Defending ourselves from meteorites) - Language related to
'space'. Need-to-know language: meteorite, orbit, Solar System, asteroid & shooting star.
