Unfortunately, some of our students have been, are and will be locked down for some time at home either because they are tested COVID-19 positive or because they have had a close contact with someone infected. So here we are all the staff at Mediterranean Sea School doing our best for the good of our students!!!
Here's an interesting document for you to read. Pay attention to all the vocabulary used and tell me which words you would add to our glossary:
Episode 210127 / 27 January 2021 >>> Dealing with Rome's starling problem - Language related to
'humans vs nature'. Need-to-know language: predators, murmuration, nuisance, augur & coexist.
... and stay safe!! We are living crucial moments to curb the third wave of the COVID pandemic. We don't want to regret complying with all the safety measures and forced the authorities stating this: "We regret to announce that we will be locked down again for two weeks"
Episode 210120 / 20 January 2021 >>> Farming the sea for the food of the future - Language related to
'farming'. Need-to-know language: food bowl, reared, blue economy, aqua culture & supply chains.
Here's a listening exercise for you to do and learn about it: Is learning languages good for us? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
The advantages of being able to speak several languages are so many. You are never afraid to travel because you can make yourself understood wherever you go and you can understand people and at the same time be more open and learn about other cultures. If you are student, apart from being most useful for your Curriculum Vitae, it enables you to read any bibliography and later it is so much easier to find a job. Therefore, the advantages are countless.
Your English teacher always wants to be a polyglot, a frontliner, an icebreaker... people even Call me The Breeze +(with lyrics) from the Mediterranean Sea (J.J. Cale), but here's another version with Eric Clapton>>>>
Sleeping is essential in our lives and for our health. You may have some sleep disorders when you've got exams the next day, when you've got a problem to solve... or just because you are getting old. Yes, because babies usually are an example of good sleepers.
However, now young people are having more and more problems with sleep. Why??? And this is obviously affecting their success in life.
This post is connected with this Selectivity exam:
Episode 210113 / 13 January 2021 >>> Extreme E: The new electric motorsports series ( Learn English with Sir Lewis Hamilton ) - Language related to
'power'. Need-to-know language: horsepower, acceleration, generate, fuel cell & capable.
Any New Year is full of challenges, but probably this one is even more (included the recovery from this amazing snowstorm all over Spain), especially for those students of mine in the level of Bachillerato.
What are your challenges for this year? Getting the highest marks, passing your B2, doing the university degree in the university you wish, getting over the pandemic....????
Or just eating healthier. Here's a listening exercise for you to do: Why can't we resist comfort food? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
My personal challenges are, among others, making my students' academic challenges become a reality and going back to our old days' normality!!!!
English in a Minute: 4 uses of 'AS'(BBC Learning English)
No more countdowns!!! Brexit is just a fact, a part of our history books. There are certain things that have changed back to what it was like some years ago, but there are some other things that still remain and that it will difficult to make them move back in the past.
Here's a good summary of all the changes that can affect British citizens:
These are the TOP 10 WORDS OF 2020 (from previous post), most of which make reference to the not-so-good things that happened last year >>> MUTE , CANCEL , STAY SAFE , PLASTIC , SOCIAL DISTANCING , PANDEMIC/PLANDEMIC, FRAUD , MEXIT , COVID-19 (<< Coronavirus + Virus disease, 2019) , LOCKDOWN
COVID-19 Testing Overview (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Always looking for the good of our students, here's my musical hint: Look For The Good by Jason Mraz
