It is time to do our best

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!!

Yes, my dear students in 2º Bachillerato, it is time to do our best. It has been a great pleasure to have you as students all these years. Most of you have been 6 long years with me and coping with my whip and my relentless rhythm so as to comply with the commitment I agreed with you, that is, to do the best I could in order to take you to the summit and here we are.

 

I know some of you don't really fancy the way I am as a teacher, but I have tried my best to get the best out of you. I'm afraid in the end I just try to be a mirror and reflect the reality, which I try to make the best as possible. The same mirror where every morning I cannot see Rachnar, but someone more similar to Homer Simpson.

Anyway, I wish the best of lucks in the future, especially in your Selectivity exams and the degree you choose. I'll put your present into the fridge to keep it cool and drink it up when good news from you come!

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• The English We Speak: As if  (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Finding your way in space    (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Detective work: Part 9: Photographic evidence  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Ukraine wins Eurovision 2022  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

My musical hint for today to cheer you up: Get Down On It by Kool & The Gang. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to dance and sing along!!

 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 220330 / 30 March 2022    >>>   Going for gold in e-waste   -    Language related to 'chemical processes'.   

Need-to-know language: components, extract, heated, end result & recover.

 

 

Project about The Hound of the Baskervilles  by Raquel Peinado (1º Bach A)

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

Mind Your Language - Juan Cervantes - Doctor is bad    &  Juan Servantes     

If I were you, I'd...

 

The school year is coming to an end and I would like you to tell us about your experiences, so can you please make a comment giving some tips to your fellow students that next year will be doing the year you are about to finish.  

Try to be sincere and, using appropriate advice structures, tell them what they should do. Include the level you are referring to at the beginning of your comment.

Here's an example. Pay attention to the structures used and also have a look at this (and then listen to the episode). 

Other examples:
I'm a student of 2º ESO and I would like to give you some advice if you are in 2º ESO next year with Albert:

• I think you should....
• You must....
• You have to.....
• Study everyday...
• Don't  keep your things untidy....
• If I were you, I would....
• If I were in your shoes, I would...
• You'd better.... 
• Maybe you could...
• Try doing something (example: Try doing some comments during the summer time)
• Perhaps it's a good idea to ....
  
• And remember TO ADVISE, SPELT WITH AN S, IS THE VERB (I'd advise you to do sth) and ADVICE, SPELT WITH A C, IS AN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN (My piece of advice for you is...  OR I will give you some advice about...)

 Write a comment giving your advice and tell me if you find any other useful structure or vocabulary connected with the issue.

Here are some activities I would do, if I were in your shoes: 

• The English We Speak: Ish  (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Britain's love affair with coffee    (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Mind your language: Doctor is bad  & Listen to your voice 😂😂😂😂
  

• News Review:  What's the future for fuel?  (BBC Learning English)

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 220413 / 13 April 2022    >>>   Hope for people with diabetes   -    Language related to 'change'.  

  Need-to-know language: trial, monitors, game changer, quality of life  & stabilised.

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

Rowan Atkinson - Interview with Elton John  

 

Do you remember what I told you a few weeks ago about the possibility of going to Dublin next year? Next Tuesday, 24th May, we will be having a meeting at the school assembly room to give you some information and to make a survey to see if there are enough students interested to organize the study trip.

Here's a document about our trip in 2016.

 

Dosier Vvee Dublin Mediterraneo 2016

 

And the proposal for next year...

Propuesta Ficha Dublin 2023 Mediterraneo

Publish at Calameo

Visit Dublin! If I were you, I would go!

Virtual reality

Some of our students seem to be living a virtual reality all the time and forget about their daily routines. This is not good for them because they don't really face the problems that matter, but not everything is bad when talking about virtual reality.

 

A listening exercise for you to do: Can VR treat fears and phobias?    (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Some articles for you to read about the issue:

• Virtual reality can help people conquer their phobias (The Guardian)
  

• Video to watch: Could virtual reality help treat anxiety?  (BBC News)

• Can virtual reality cure phobias? (The Guardian)
  

 

 

Some REAL activities for you to do: 

• Talking about the future: Six ways forward  (BBC Learning English)

• Another listening exercise for you to do: Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?    (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Detective work: Part 8: Who needs the forensics team? , The body on the beach (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  New Doctor Who revealed  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

My musical hint for today: Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 220511 / 11 May 2022    >>>   Pigs on patrol   -    Language related to 'farming'.  

Need-to-know language: scarecrow, harvest, crop, soil  & fertile.

 

 

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

Mind Your Language - The Story  & Making Jokes     

Mind + heart + .... determination = SUCCESS

Carlos Álcaraz's grandfather always told him that what you need to succeed in life is to have a strong mind, to do things with your heart and... BALLS! (Sorry for reproducing his exact words), that is to say, DETERMINATION. We can note that it is almost the same mixture Nadal has used in his career. Well, along your career, you'll come across many hurdles, difficult situations, injuries.... and even failures. Then you'll need something extra, that is: RESILIENCE!!!

 

Well, it seems that Spanish tennis level will survive when Nadal takes his decision to retire. 

 

TITANIC Battle Between Carlos Alcaraz And Novak Djokovic | Madrid 2022 Highlights

 

 

HISTORIC Rafael Nadal vs Carlos Alcaraz Battle | Madrid 2022 Highlights

And the FINAL against Alexander Zverev!!

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English with Lucy: Same words, different meanings 
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Life in the modern office    (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Detective work: Part 7: Too many answered questions , The body on the beach (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Is there plastic in your blood?  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

My musical hint for today: Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis (live version when old + "Rocking My Life Away"), and the film version.

Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

 

Carlos Alcaraz celebrates historic Nadal-Djokovic double in Madrid (Guardian Series)

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 220504 / 04 May 2022    >>>   'Extinct' fish returns to the wild   -    Language related to 'appearing and disappearing'.  

Need-to-know language: missing, under the radar, bringing (something) back, recovering  & make a comeback.

 

 

Our students at work again...

 

Project about The Hound of the Baskervilles  by María Rodríguez (1º Bach A)

Project about The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  by Francisco González (2º Bach A)

 

Our school departing for Romania on their Erasmus+ trip

 

In this post I will be informing you of any news, photos... about this incredible adventure!!! After all the work done by our teachers and students, and all the hurdles they have come across on the way, here they are on their first trip to Romania.

 

Already at the airport of Wien (Austria)

 

 

 

Our students in Romania meeting new friends!! 

 

 

Click HERE to see all the photos we have been doing today (Cliquear en el enlace para ver todas las fotos de lo que hemos estado haciendo hoy) 

Our students working at the school in Bucarest...

...and today (Wednesday, 4th May) visiting the city of Bucarest. 

 

 

 

 

MAY 4TH B WITH U!!

(May the force be with you! - ¡Qué la fuerza os acompañe!)

Today, Thursday, 5th May, our students and teachers have been visiting Dracula's castle... 😱😱😱😱😱

And here in Salobreña our students at work....

A group of students in 3º ESO A (Carlos Fernández, Antonio Puentedura, Francisco J. Prados, Fran Toledo & Manolo Utrabo) have done this video in English >>>  VIDEO