Thursday, 10 March 2011
How I trained my husband
From a very interesting blog. click here to listen to Amy Sutherland talking about the article you read "How I trained my husband"
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
EQUALS
JAMES BOND SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2011
www.weareequals.org / www.weareequals.org/blog
The two-minute short, specially commissioned for International Women's Day, sees 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.
Directed by acclaimed 'Nowhere Boy' director/conceptual artist Sam Taylor-Wood, scripted by Jane Goldman ('Kick Ass') and featuring the voice of Dame Judi Dench reprising her role as 'M', the film will be screened in cinemas and streamed online in a bid to highlight the levels of inequality that persist between men and women in the UK and worldwide. It is the first film featuring Bond to be directed by a woman.
www.weareequals.org / www.weareequals.org/blog
The two-minute short, specially commissioned for International Women's Day, sees 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.
Directed by acclaimed 'Nowhere Boy' director/conceptual artist Sam Taylor-Wood, scripted by Jane Goldman ('Kick Ass') and featuring the voice of Dame Judi Dench reprising her role as 'M', the film will be screened in cinemas and streamed online in a bid to highlight the levels of inequality that persist between men and women in the UK and worldwide. It is the first film featuring Bond to be directed by a woman.
Darwin and gender. The Blog
Don't miss this blog to find out more about women and their role in history.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Debate on speed limits
Click here to read El Pais article about the reduction of highway speed limits.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Read one last article about the 30th anniversary of the failed military coup.
To read the article, click here.
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
23 F in El País In English
Click on the title to read the article:
Secret document provides detailed account of 1981 attempted coup
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Monday, 14 February 2011
How to Fold A Fitted Sheet
Excellent tip for singles! And a nice St Valentine present. Happy Valentine, you guys!
BAFTA Awards
Did you see the Goya Awards? Here's the British counterpart, The BAFTA Awards. Click here for the pleasure of listening to Christopher Lee speaking his delightful native tongue.
Sunday, 13 February 2011
More on Crime: Prosecutors want Valencia chief to stand trial for apparel payoffs
Read about Camps' sentence by clicking here. It comes from El País In English.
Thursday, 10 February 2011
The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Exp...
With thanks to Concha Lana, friend and fellow teacher, for sending it. Guys, don't miss this, it's really fast speech, but well worth watching it! For the full script, click here.
Riz Khan - Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian poli...
My friend and fellow teacher, Miguel, sends this. If you're interested in what's going on in Egypt, don't miss it.
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
What are they afraid of? Click here and then click on the pictures to find out what these people are afraid of? Do you share their fears?
Gever Tulley 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do | Video on TED.com
Click here to access the script with gaps for you to fill. All of this brought to you thanks to dear friend and fellow teacher, Sara Pro.
Gever Tulley 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do | Video on TED.com
Friday, 4 February 2011
An interview with Javier Bardem, in English, of course
Click here to listen to it. Thank you, sweet María, for your contributions.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
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
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
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Revision and extension of vocabulary: Crime and punishment
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!
Friday, 17 December 2010
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Sunday, 12 December 2010
More on how the air controllers's strike affected passengers. In their own words.
Here is the link to the BBC's article "Spain disruption: Your stories". You have video and written accounts of what some people had to go through during the strike, and their opinions about it. What do YOU think?
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
From Nieves's blog
Don't miss her latest post, Ellen DeGeneres and Hugh Laurie on the differences between British and American English. Thank you, Nieves.
Airports re-open in Spain
I've taken this from Our blog! by a fellow teacher. Thank you, Mónica.
Click here if you want to read the story, as told by the BBC.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Fashion. A Makeover Story
A Makeover Story is a reality show I used to watch -not that I liked it particularly, but I thought it was a good way to learn and revise vocabulary about fashion. Click here to watch an extract and tell me how well you understand it.
Wikipedia says: A Makeover Story is a reality show on TLC Network in the United States. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get makeovers including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup.
And these are the questions Na1B made. See if you can answer them:
- Why does the girl want to buy the clothes?
- Which of the dresses has a double strap?
- Why doesn't she like the first dress?
- How does she feel in the second dress that she tries on?
- Which of the dresses is described as timeless?
- What is said about the colour of the third dress?
- Why doesn't she choose the third dress?
- How does she feel in the fourth outfit she tries on?
- What detail is mentioned about the fouth outfit?
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Short answers, a doctor's surgery and British classic humour in Nieves's blog
Hey. And this is for the oldies like myself, who enjoy a bit of good old English humour. The first sketch will help you revise short answers and the second one will give you an insight into private medicine (?), all of it according to Monty Python. Don't miss it. Click here to watch it all.
Health and medicine from Nieves's blog
Hey, guys. Click here to learn about the American sitcom Becker and watch an episode. Who knows, you might even get hooked on it. Nothing better to improve your English than getting hooked on a series (in the original version, of course) Oh, by the way, what's with misanthropic doctors and series? Becker, House, Dr Mateo...
National Stereotypes
Check out the Popular post section on the right and click on National Stereotypes. The English, to do the listening comprehension exercise. To check your answers you just have to scroll down to the Comentarios section.
Revising Health and medicine
Here's a link to an earlier post from last year to revise Health and medicine.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Revise vocabulary from the reading on File 1C.
Do this cloze test to revise vocabulary from the reading "Get stressed, stay young". Tell me how many words you got right!
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