Yes, would you believe it? We are MILLENIALS!!!
Nobody could have believed that when our digital trek set off 12 years ago, when this blog was born on 11th March, 2011. Our students have worked along with me writing almost 25,000 comments!!! and we are getting closer to 1 million visits!!!
In this heart of darkness, which our world of education has become, we are going through with the only light of Our great master Dr Neil McLaren in the distance, a summit we will never reach, but with our belief that Victory belongs to the most tenacious here we are still fighting!!!
So now it is the turn of our students and followers (and even haters) to rate the usefulness of this virtual diary, where we have dealt with so many semantic fields. Many things have happened: study trips to the British-Irish Isles, highs and lows, a pandemic, wars, victories, defeats, moments of absolute joy, moments of deep sadness, catastrophes, victories and defeats... Nevertheless, all the posts had a point in common: the relevance they all may have had in our teaching-learning process of the English language.
Along with my site, this digital tool was so relevant during the pandemic. I feel really
proud of our tenacity and resilience to keep this DIGITAL DREAM alive and I do hope that it was the seed for your own
blogs and sites!!! But remember you have to water the seed and then the plant so as to be succesful, always being as flexible as water so as to overcome all difficulties you come across and to adapt to the most diverse situations.
Generation Comparison (1901-2024)
As well, with the word 'millenial' we make reference to those people who were born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, that is, a member of the Generation Y. Actually, I, the author of this blog, am a babyboomer, who is someone born between the late 1940s and the 1960s, the years after the Second World War, when there was a high increase in the birthrate, whilst most of my students and readers of this blog belong to the Gen Z. ( Gen Z to take over )
With regard to 'baby boomers' (actually, I'm one of them myself) not long ago I read this: "America's healthcare costs are expected to soar as baby boomers become senior citizens". Here are a couple of newspaper articles to read about the issue:
Aging baby boomers raise the risk of a long-term-care crisis in the U.S. (CNBC)
Baby boomers 'should work for longer to stay healthy' (The Guardian)
Fast Facts About Baby Boomers | History
Homework for my students (Your comments will be sort of pieces of advice for future students with Albert):
1º ESO.- Using MODAL VERBS write a comment telling people what to do if they are in 1º ESO with Albert and want to pass English.
Example: You must do your homework everyday and you should write genuine comments.
4º ESO.- Write a comment using the REPORTED SPEECH saying what Albert told you at the beginning of the school year and now that the school year is coming to an end what has happened using the 3 types of CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.
Example: Albert told us to study everyday and we didn't. If we had studied every day, we would have had better marks in English.
Some other activities for you to do:
News Review: Can diet improve memory? (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: Is ecotourism good or bad? (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: How to use 'POTENTIAL' (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Level up (BBC Learning English)
🏆 Kings of Europa League! Sevilla's post-match scenes & trophy lift | UEL 22/23 Moments
Here's my musical hint for today: Father & Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!! And this is a playlist you may like: Great Baby Boomer Songs.
And this is one of the most beautiful presents I have ever received from one of my students:
Thanks, Amin!
And if you are a new student with Albert, here's a form to fill in with all your personal data:
Sevilla FC is a football club with a long history and an excellent reputation in the Spanish football. Based in the beautiful city of Seville, the club has enjoyed numerous successes over the years, both nationally and internationally. Sevilla FC has proven to be a power in La Liga, winning various important titles, including five King's Cups. The team has made its mark on the European stage by winning the Europa League seven times, most recently on Wednesday 31 May, an impressive feat that has made it the most successful club in the history of the competition.
ResponderEliminarSevilla FC's style of play is characterised as exciting and attractive, with a focus on attacking play and technical skill. The club has a strong talent for discovering and supporting young talents, becoming a springboard for promising players who have gone on to succeed in other top teams.
Sevilla FC has built up a passionate and enthusiastic fan base. Its stadium, the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, is known for its vibrant atmosphere and dedicated fans.
All people in my class are very tall. Antonio and Hugo are the tallest but I am as tall as Giovanny. And the sortest are Ivan and Aitor.
ResponderEliminarJuan Diego Alonso 1ºA ESO
-Excusme me
ResponderEliminar-Can I help me
-Yes of corse
-Where is the castle?
-Go straight and on the right you hill climb
-The castlr is beahind the townhalt and between the church
Juan Diego Alonso 1ºA ESO
(Corrected)
ResponderEliminarAt the beginning of the year Albert told us to write genuine comments, and so I did. And I can say that if you write genuine comments, you will improve more your English.
Also, Albert told us to ask him any doubt if we had any, and we do. If we didn't ask, we wouldn't be able to correct our mistakes.
Albert told us to do a weekly writing excercise to train our writing skills, but we didn't. If we had done it, we wouldn't have problems now.
To sum up, if you are in 1º ESO, and Albert is your teacher, ask him any doubt you have. Tell him how yo train your skills, and ask him for advice. But most important, listen to him.
Francisco Toledo 4ºA
Has a student of Alberto's told him to study, listen to teacher, do everything that is done in class and everything the teacher ask for in the filing cabinet.
ResponderEliminarNEREA BACAS LEYVA
1ESOB
When we started with Albert we started to do new things we have never done, for example write comments on his blog. When he said us that we had to write comments on his blog and that would affect pisivity or negativity our marks I was very confused.
ResponderEliminarAlso he told us to create a blog because he said that if we create a blog to write there our writings and notes it will be easier to study.
In addition, if you have any doubs or you want to practice your english and you need someone to correct your mistakes you should ask Alberto because as he say ,he corrects you for free.
Javier Rivas López 4ºA
Football, also known by soccer, has a rich history dating back thousands of years. It originated in the ancient civilizations and evolved into the modern game we know today.
ResponderEliminarFootball is filled with intriguing facts. For example, a the highest-scoring football match occurred in the 1882, with a staggering 149 goals. Additionally, Pele, a Brazilian legend, won three World Cups and scored over 1,000 career goals.
Football is immensely popular in the world sites , with countries like Brazil, Germany, and Argentina leading the way. Renowned players include a Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), and Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain).
Roberto Prados González 4ºA
I'm my house there is kitchen, living room and garage. There are two bathrooms and three bedroom
ResponderEliminarEste comentario ha sido eliminado por el autor.
ResponderEliminarthe football is a sport where twenty-two players play in two team, eleven in each team. Football started in 1863 in England and it is the most popular sport in the world, in Spain the football is very important everyone watches it.
ResponderEliminarIn Spain the most important football teams are the Real Madrid and Barcelona. these teams play the clasico, that match is the most important in la liga (competition in spain).
football is very popular for its competitiveness such as the world cup, champions league, America cup and more...
in the football there are a lot of very famous players such as: Cristiano ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Iniesta in the past and Vinicius, Pedri, Haland, Mbappe, Jude bellingham in the present.
When me and my class started with Albert, we learned a lot of new things. With Albert, we learn more English, we do a lot of travels with him and we do a lot of things in this great blog, like doing comments.
ResponderEliminarIf you start with Albert, he will take you to 4ºESO or 1º-2º Bach, but if he take you in a random grade, he will take you only in that grade. Thank you Albert to help me and my class to learn more English that we know, we respect your work💪.
Leo Gómez 2ESO-B
THE HISTORY OF REAL MADRID
ResponderEliminar----------------------------------------------------------
The Real Madrid football club is considered the best football team for a lot of people. The Real Madrid stadium is the Santiago Bernabeu, in the capital fo Spain, Madrid.The team was created on 1897, with the name of ``Madrid Foot Ball Club´´ , but the team was founded on the 6 of March, 1902, by the brothers Juan Pradós and Carlos Pradós.
Many legends has played in this team, like Roberto Carlos, Raul, Iker Casillas, Di Stéfano, Iván Campo, Luis Figo, Zidane, Morientes... In this team has played 120 legends, that help Real Madrid to won a lot of titles.
Real Madrid has won: 14 UEFA Champions League, 35 leagues, 20 king's cup, 13 Spanish super cups, 5 Club World Cups and 5 European Super Cups. There are more titles that won Real Madrid (102 titles in total).
Leo Gómez 2 ESO-B