Tuesday 25 January 2011

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme, adapted from the American series Law & Order.Have you ever seen it? The opening statement of the series goes as follows: "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime, and the Crown Prosecutors who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."

Click here to watch this hilarious advert to promote the British adaptation.

Tuesday 18 January 2011

Nothing Personal - Exclusive Official Trailer [HD]

Wanna go to the movies? Nothing Personal.

This Thursday 20th, at 20.30 at the Alcazaba Centre.
Watch the trailer here.

Monday 17 January 2011

The new anti-smoking legislation in Spain in detail.

Click here to read about it. Good for learning specific vocabulary. Plus we are going to work with it in class.

Thursday 13 January 2011

Dear friend and fellow teacher, María, sends this. Obama's speech at the memorial event for the victims of the tragic shootings in Arizona. It's easy to understand. See what you think.

Wednesday 12 January 2011

2010 reviewed by CNN

We already did our own 2010 top 10 headlines. Do you want to compare them to the CNN's? Click here to watch it. I took it from Our blog!. Thank you, Mónica.

And if you want to compare further, click here to see the BBC's Panorama:2010 in review.

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Revision and extension of vocabulary: Crime and punishment

Click here to revise and extend vocabulary for crime and punishment.
Click here to revise vocabulary and do exercises.
Click here to see vocabulary with Spanish translation.

Monday 10 January 2011

Breaking news: ETA's truce

Read about it here.
If you want to listen to it, click here to watch BBC's One-minute world news.
The latest update of January 11th here.

A nice little book about how to use the internet

Welcome back, you people. For no reason at all, but simply because my dear friend María sent it, and I thought it was a lovely gift to welcome you back to school, I bring you this lovely little book about the Internet and how to use it. Click on the title to read "20 THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT BROWSERS & THE WEB", and enjoy!