Musical hint by Elena Pérez

Watch this musical video and write your opinion about it.

Some interesting information about Lindsey Stirling can be found in the first comment made by Elena herself.

An e-card from my 1º ESO students

You can send me your e-cards (Unit 5, page 50, English in motion).

WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS: THE REGISTRATION FOR THE B1 EXAMS IS ALREADY OPEN

MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF NEWS FOR OUR STUDENTS

I have just seen that you can register for the B1 exam as freelance student (estudiante libre) in these two weeks. Here are some interesting links and there are also some links to the exams they set last September as well as a very interesting Guide for the student.

http://www.eoimotril.org/

• Pruebas de Certificación de Nivel Intermedio y Nivel Avanzado Curso 2012-13
• Matrícula Libre 2013

IES Mediterraneo students to invade Cambridge!!

In a few days' time we will be flying to England to spend a week in Cambridge. Write your comments giving the students participating in the experience your wise advice about what to do or not to do while they are there.

FAREWELL, JOLLY GOOD FELLOWS!!

Europol announces massive international soccer match-fixing scandal

Some articles related with football match-fixing scandal and football in general:

• Europol announces massive international soccer match-fixing scandal

• Match-Fixing Scandal: How International Football Has Failed

 

Real Madrid faces Manchester United in must-win game

 

What is a 'must-win game'?   What is a 'must-have'? (you can look it up in my site in the 2º Bachillerato page)

How to face your day-to-day hurdles

Times are getting tougher and tougher. Well here is a nice song which gives you a good piece of advice.

Well, at least you had the chance of having a little break!

University students in the UK today

Before doing the selectivity exam you have to do, read these two articles and familiarize with some useful vocabulary you may come across in the text:

• Alcohol and drug use in UK university students 

• University students spend no more time with lecturers than six years ago  

Alternative medicine

Can a bee, fish or a pet be used to cure people? Read these three articles about the issue and tell me your opinion or if you know any other kind of alternative medicine.

• Bee stings as therapy? Apitherapy can treat arthritis and more

• Fish pedicure - is it safe to let Garra rufa fish exfoliate your feet?

• Zootherapy: animals that heal people

 

 

TV ENGLISH COURSES, the new section in my site

VISIT THE NEW SECTION IN MY BLOG:

TV ENGLISH COURSES

Think about your level of English,watch different episodes, have fun and improve your English.

Why the B1 at the Official Language School?

Millions of times, since you met your English teacher Albert long, long ago, you have heard him saying how important it would be for you to get your B1 at the Official Language School in Motril. Very few of you take into account granda's old story, although last year 18 of you succeeded (so perhaps times are changing!!!). Yesterday an old student of our school, who is now at university, sent me this email.

Hola! 

El primer día que vine a la facultad me acordé de usted, el profesor de química nos preguntó que cuántos de nosotros seríamos capaces de seguir una clase en inglés, y nos dijo que teníamos que entrar con un nivel B1 supuestamente. Trabajamos con una plataforma que es toda en inglés, problemas, preguntas, explicaciones y trabajos todo en inglés. Me alegro de haber seguido sus consejos y haberme sacado el B1 en bachillerato, porque ahora no tengo tiempo de nada!

¿Han introducido ya el examen oral en selectividad?  

Gracias! :)

So remember that at the beginning of April you will have the opportunity to register for the exam.

Pen-Friends: WRITE ROUND THE WORLD!

Do your want to exchange letters with boys and girls of the same age from  Estonia and      Slovakia?

Would you like to learn more about their daily routines and lifestyle?

Would you like to meet people from other countries in the world at the same time that you practise your English?

Take part in our Pen-Friend!!

                                         

If you want to take part in this experience, there is a form to fill in next to our library noticeboard.

 

Deadline to join in: by Tuesday, 29th January.

How to make grandma's trifle

Here's a video where they show how to make Grandma's Trifle, one of the most traditional puddings or deserts in Britain.

Your comment can be about how to make it after watching the video or telling me about an easy recipe you know. Remember to use the PASSIVE VOICE.

Here you've got the link to other video and to this other video + an activity you can do.

Bon appetit!

Your romantic story

This entry is especially aimed to my 4º ESO students.

Make up a love story using the vocabulary learned in unit 4 and the extra expressions given in class.

Today, the end of the world????

Some articles and videos to watch about the issue, just in case.

• Is the end of the world really nigh?   
• Mayan prophecies: Life after the (non) end of the world  
• Mayan Apocalypse: the end of the world - live!  

 

  The Mayan apocalypse: Guardian guide to the end of the world part 1 - video

And now listen to this song by The Cure: The end of the world   

OUR READERS' PROJECTS BY IES MEDITERRANEO STUDENTS

Here are the links to some projects our students have done about the readers we have to read (you can also find the revised versions in my site ( revised versions in my site  ):

• Cristóbal Tarifa (2º Bachillerato) A FOREIGNER IN NEW YORK >>>>  his blog     
• Elena De la O   (2º Bachillerato) A FOREIGNER IN NEW YORK >>>>   her blog  
• Patricia González  (2º Bachillerato) A FOREIGNER IN NEW YORK  >>>> her blog  
• María Rodríguez (2º Bachillerato) A FOREIGNER IN NEW YORK >>>> her blog   
• Pablo González (2º Bachillerato) A FOREIGNER IN NEW YORK >>>>>  his blog & his project     
• Mireia González 4º ESO C   >>>   Her project  
• Andrea Ligero 4º ESO C    >>>   Her project    
• Oscar Fernández   4º ESO C    >>>   His project   
• María Martín  4º ESO C  >>>> Her project    
• Anna Mª Rodríguez Pöhnlein  2º Bach A   >>>   Her project