And ... another song. Nothing to do here but ... ENJOY!!
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Sunday, 23 January 2011
OPEN UP!!!
1st year students here is a challenge for you: Try to write down all the words from this song. It's called "Open Up" and it has a lot of CAN. The lyrics are beautiful, so enjoy it!! (sorry about the nescafé thing)
Friday, 14 January 2011
Happy New Year!!
Hiya everybody!!
After the long holiday, here we go again. Welcome to 1st year students and get ready for the new long term.
Here is a Christmas Song by Coldplay. It's very easy to understand and very beautiful. Her we go
Lyrics
Christmas night, another fight
Tears we cried a flood
Got all kinds of poison in
Poison in my blood
I took my feet
To Oxford Street
Trying to right a wrong
Just walk away
Those windows say
But I can't believe she's gone
When you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Up above candles on air flicker
Oh they flicker and they float
But I'm up here holding on
To all those chandeliers of hope
Like some drunken Elvis singing
I go singing out of tune
Saying how I always loved you darling
And I always will
Oh when you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Still waiting for the snow to fall
It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Down where the sea and city meet
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Maybe they'll bring her back to me
Then all my troubles will be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Ohhhhohhhhoohhhohhhhhhhhooohohohohhhhhh
Oh Christmas lights
Light up the street
Light up the fireworks in me
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
After the long holiday, here we go again. Welcome to 1st year students and get ready for the new long term.
Here is a Christmas Song by Coldplay. It's very easy to understand and very beautiful. Her we go
Lyrics
Christmas night, another fight
Tears we cried a flood
Got all kinds of poison in
Poison in my blood
I took my feet
To Oxford Street
Trying to right a wrong
Just walk away
Those windows say
But I can't believe she's gone
When you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Up above candles on air flicker
Oh they flicker and they float
But I'm up here holding on
To all those chandeliers of hope
Like some drunken Elvis singing
I go singing out of tune
Saying how I always loved you darling
And I always will
Oh when you're still waiting for the snow to fall
Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Still waiting for the snow to fall
It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Down where the sea and city meet
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Those Christmas lights
Light up the street
Maybe they'll bring her back to me
Then all my troubles will be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Ohhhhohhhhoohhhohhhhhhhhooohohohohhhhhh
Oh Christmas lights
Light up the street
Light up the fireworks in me
May all your troubles soon be gone
Oh Christmas lights keep shining on
Friday, 24 December 2010
No homework today
HAPPY HOLIDAY to everyone. I hope you enjoy and rest and practice a lot. Be happy.
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Reunión Viaje a Londres
We are going to meet this Wednesday, 22nd December. The meeting is at the language School C/ taxdirt at 6.15 pm at the languages laboratory (downstairs). If you are interested in travelling to London but you or your friends can't go to the meeting. talk to me or send me an email. It's important!!
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
THE GOOD HEART - Sala Compañía
SALA COMPAÑÍA 14 DICIEMBRE 21.00
VERSIÓN ORIGINAL - INGLÉS
Año: 2009.
Nacionalidad: Francia, Estados Unidos, Alemania, Dinamarca, Islandia.
Género: Drama.
Duración: 95 min.
Dirección Y guión: Dagur Kári.
Interpretación: Brian Cox (Jacques), Paul Dano (Lucas), Isild Le Besco (April).
Música: Dagur Kári y Orri Jonsson.
Sinopsis
Lucas (Paul Dano) es un joven de buen corazón que vive en una caja de cartón debajo del puente de Brooklyn. Sin perspectivas para el futuro, intenta suicidarse, pero su intento acaba fallando, como todas las cosas que ha intentado en su vida… Mientras se recupera en el hospital, tiene que compartir la habitación con Jacques (Brian Cox), un malhumorado propietario de un bar, de carácter colérico y estilo de vida nada saludable, que acaba de sufrir su quinto infarto. Decidido a que su bar siga funcionando, y consciente de que sus días están contados, Jacques toma a Lucas bajo su maltrecha ala y lo instruye en las reglas decididamente misteriosas por las que él se rige. Lamentablemente para Lucas, el método pedagógico preferido de Jacques consiste en gritar, despotricar y tirar cosas. Algunas de sus estrictas normas incluyen no tener nuevos clientes, no confraternizar con ellos y, la más importante, nada de mujeres.
Saturday, 11 December 2010
The Story Of Stuff
Hiya,
I don't know whether you have watched this. You must. It is difficult to understand but ... it has subtitles. Enjoy it, and there will be more.
I don't know whether you have watched this. You must. It is difficult to understand but ... it has subtitles. Enjoy it, and there will be more.
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Spanish airports reopen after strike causes holiday chaos State of emergency declared after walkout by air traffic controllers grounded flights for 330,000 people
Share David Batty and agencies guardian.co.uk, Saturday 4 December 2010 15.53 GMT larger | smaller Article history
Stranded passengers rest at Madrid's Barajas airport after flights were cancelled due to a walkout of air traffic controllers. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Spanish airspace has reopened following a strike by air traffic controllers that has left thousands of British holidaymakers stranded in Europe and North Africa.
Airlines cancelled flights in and out of the country after industrial action affecting 330,000 international passengers. The Spanish government declared a state of emergency and threatened the strikers with imprisonment.
The reopening of airspace was confirmed by the Spanish air traffic control agency, Aena. Passengers are being advised to contact their airline before travelling.
Earlier today the deputy prime minister, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, said the controllers – who called in sick en masse – had been ordered back to work and could face charges and jail under the military penal code if they refused.
"We said that if the situation in the airports did not normalise we would call a state of emergency. It's clear that the situation has not normalised," Rubalcaba said after an emergency cabinet meeting.
Eight Spanish airports, including Madrid, closed across the Spanish mainland and flights from the Canary Islands, as well as Portugal and Morocco, were cancelled.
Airlines including Iberia, EasyJet and Ryanair cancelled all Spanish flights until Sunday morning. The country's airspace has been taken over by Spain's military in an attempt to get flights moving during a holiday long weekend in Spain. Spanish soldiers are not trained on how to use civilian airport equipment but instead are in place to give orders to controllers who did report for work.
Travel association Abta said airlines had a legal duty to care for passengers who were not able to return to the UK as a result of the Spanish dispute. Abta spokesman Sean Tipton said: "It is a pretty quiet time of year but there will be thousands of British people stuck over there. There have been widespread cancellations. Customers due to travel out today need to keep in contact with their airline or tour operator."
Tipton said customers who were yet to travel to Spain would be offered either the option to rebook their flights or a refund. Tour operators would be making efforts to reschedule flights for those on package holidays.
Some British passengers have already had their return home delayed due to snow and ice in the UK.
The British transport secretary, Philip Hammond, said the industrial action was unexpected. "We had no advance warning of this action in Spain. Clearly the airports are, in any case, suffering from delays and disruption due to bad weather," he told Sky News.
Keith Beevor, of Penrith, Cumbria, who has been stuck in Alicante for two days, said he had no idea when he would be able to return home. He told the BBC: "People are quite calm at the moment. But things might change if it's a long time before we can get away."
Iberia said in a statement that passengers should not go to airports, with those already there advised to go home or to hotels. Its flights are due to resume at 6am on Sunday.
In a message posted on its website Ryanair said: "Ryanair has been forced to cancel all flights to and from all Spanish airports (including the Canary Islands) and all Portuguese airports today.
"Our first wave of flights to and from Spain tomorrow morning is planned to operate but, as many Ryanair aircraft and crews are out of base as a result of this walk-off by Spanish ATC, these flights are at risk of delay or cancellation."
EasyJet cancelled all flights to and from Spain, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Portugal and Morocco for the day.
A spokesman added: "It is likely that there will be further disruption into tomorrow. A further update will be issued later today regarding tomorrow's schedule."
British Airways told its passengers: "We will be doing all we can to minimise any disruption as a result of unplanned industrial action by air traffic control staff in Spain.
"We are advising passengers to check ba.com before they leave for the airport to check the status of their flight."
Passengers due to travel from Heathrow and Gatwick have generally heeded advice not to go to the airport and to contact their airline instead.
Luton Airport has advised passengers that flight disruption is expected until 6pm at the earliest.
Ten flights from Manchester were cancelled because of the strike, an airport spokeswoman said, but they were keeping "fingers crossed" that the action would be over shortly and flights could return to normal.
Passengers from Manchester were advised to contact their airlines or check online that the flight was still as scheduled.
A spokeswoman for Liverpool John Lennon airport said 16 outbound flights were cancelled due to the strike and advised passengers to check with their airlines before setting off.
A spokeswoman for air traffic body Nats said the situation should now being to improve.
Controllers abandoned their posts amid a lengthy dispute with the air traffic authority, Aena, over working hours and conditions. The strike also came hours after the government approved measures to partially privatise Spain's airports and hand over management of Madrid and Barcelona airports to the private sector.
About 15 of 77 controllers scheduled to begin a shift at Madrid airport turned up for work, the national air traffic control agency Aena said.
Police handed out blankets at Madrid's Barajas airport to travellers who had not been able to find or afford hotel rooms for the night.
The walkout brings to a head a year-long dispute and has also closed key tourist airports in Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Menorca and four airports in the Canary Islands.
Aena said the Canary Islands airports had begun operating this morning and some flights were landing and taking off at Barcelona airport as well as at some Andalucian airports.
The guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010
Share David Batty and agencies guardian.co.uk, Saturday 4 December 2010 15.53 GMT larger | smaller Article history
Stranded passengers rest at Madrid's Barajas airport after flights were cancelled due to a walkout of air traffic controllers. Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters Spanish airspace has reopened following a strike by air traffic controllers that has left thousands of British holidaymakers stranded in Europe and North Africa.
The reopening of airspace was confirmed by the Spanish air traffic control agency, Aena. Passengers are being advised to contact their airline before travelling.
Earlier today the deputy prime minister, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, said the controllers – who called in sick en masse – had been ordered back to work and could face charges and jail under the military penal code if they refused.
"We said that if the situation in the airports did not normalise we would call a state of emergency. It's clear that the situation has not normalised," Rubalcaba said after an emergency cabinet meeting.
Eight Spanish airports, including Madrid, closed across the Spanish mainland and flights from the Canary Islands, as well as Portugal and Morocco, were cancelled.
Airlines including Iberia, EasyJet and Ryanair cancelled all Spanish flights until Sunday morning. The country's airspace has been taken over by Spain's military in an attempt to get flights moving during a holiday long weekend in Spain. Spanish soldiers are not trained on how to use civilian airport equipment but instead are in place to give orders to controllers who did report for work.
Travel association Abta said airlines had a legal duty to care for passengers who were not able to return to the UK as a result of the Spanish dispute. Abta spokesman Sean Tipton said: "It is a pretty quiet time of year but there will be thousands of British people stuck over there. There have been widespread cancellations. Customers due to travel out today need to keep in contact with their airline or tour operator."
Tipton said customers who were yet to travel to Spain would be offered either the option to rebook their flights or a refund. Tour operators would be making efforts to reschedule flights for those on package holidays.
Some British passengers have already had their return home delayed due to snow and ice in the UK.
The British transport secretary, Philip Hammond, said the industrial action was unexpected. "We had no advance warning of this action in Spain. Clearly the airports are, in any case, suffering from delays and disruption due to bad weather," he told Sky News.
Keith Beevor, of Penrith, Cumbria, who has been stuck in Alicante for two days, said he had no idea when he would be able to return home. He told the BBC: "People are quite calm at the moment. But things might change if it's a long time before we can get away."
Iberia said in a statement that passengers should not go to airports, with those already there advised to go home or to hotels. Its flights are due to resume at 6am on Sunday.
In a message posted on its website Ryanair said: "Ryanair has been forced to cancel all flights to and from all Spanish airports (including the Canary Islands) and all Portuguese airports today.
"Our first wave of flights to and from Spain tomorrow morning is planned to operate but, as many Ryanair aircraft and crews are out of base as a result of this walk-off by Spanish ATC, these flights are at risk of delay or cancellation."
EasyJet cancelled all flights to and from Spain, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Portugal and Morocco for the day.
A spokesman added: "It is likely that there will be further disruption into tomorrow. A further update will be issued later today regarding tomorrow's schedule."
British Airways told its passengers: "We will be doing all we can to minimise any disruption as a result of unplanned industrial action by air traffic control staff in Spain.
"We are advising passengers to check ba.com before they leave for the airport to check the status of their flight."
Passengers due to travel from Heathrow and Gatwick have generally heeded advice not to go to the airport and to contact their airline instead.
Luton Airport has advised passengers that flight disruption is expected until 6pm at the earliest.
Ten flights from Manchester were cancelled because of the strike, an airport spokeswoman said, but they were keeping "fingers crossed" that the action would be over shortly and flights could return to normal.
Passengers from Manchester were advised to contact their airlines or check online that the flight was still as scheduled.
A spokeswoman for Liverpool John Lennon airport said 16 outbound flights were cancelled due to the strike and advised passengers to check with their airlines before setting off.
A spokeswoman for air traffic body Nats said the situation should now being to improve.
Controllers abandoned their posts amid a lengthy dispute with the air traffic authority, Aena, over working hours and conditions. The strike also came hours after the government approved measures to partially privatise Spain's airports and hand over management of Madrid and Barcelona airports to the private sector.
About 15 of 77 controllers scheduled to begin a shift at Madrid airport turned up for work, the national air traffic control agency Aena said.
Police handed out blankets at Madrid's Barajas airport to travellers who had not been able to find or afford hotel rooms for the night.
The walkout brings to a head a year-long dispute and has also closed key tourist airports in Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Menorca and four airports in the Canary Islands.
Aena said the Canary Islands airports had begun operating this morning and some flights were landing and taking off at Barcelona airport as well as at some Andalucian airports.
The guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
WORLD AIDS DAY - 1st December
The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day on December 1st is ‘Universal Access and Human Rights’. Although universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care is a human right, across the world 9.4 million people are still in need of life-saving antiretroviral treatment, and millions of people are denied access to HIV prevention and care.
Saturday, 27 November 2010
Thursday, 25 November 2010
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today, 25th November we celebrate the International Day against Domestic Violence. This day has been celebrated since 1999 and the date was chosen to honour the Mirabal sisters who had been killed on that day in 1960 in the Dominican Republic for their involvement in the fight against the fascist government.
You can have a look at these interesting commercials:
You can have a look at these interesting commercials:
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
READING WORKSHOP - Nivel Básico 22 Nov.
Hiya!,
We did some practice at the reading workshop yesterday. This is a document for you to read. Hope it helps
We did some practice at the reading workshop yesterday. This is a document for you to read. Hope it helps
PROCEDIMIENTOS DE EVALUACIÓN DEL ALUMNADO Y CRITERIOS DE CALIFICACIÓN
Estos son los criterios de evaluación que se aprobaron en el Consejo Escolar del pasado viernes.
1º Nivel Básico, 2º Nivel Básico y 1º Nivel Avanzado
Se aplicará la evaluación continua ponderada.
El alumnado será calificado en tres sesiones y cada una de éstas tendrá un valor en el cómputo total, es decir, el resultado de la convocatoria ordinaria será la suma de las notas ponderadas obtenidas en el primer trimestre (10%), en el segundo trimestre (20%) y en la convocatoria ordinaria de junio (70%).
La ponderación se realizará sólo en caso de que habiendo aprobado las evaluaciones del 1º y 2º trimestre, el alumnado no supere la evaluación de la convocatoria ordinaria de junio.
Asistencia a clase:
Para tener derecho a la evaluación continua y poder acceder a la prueba de junio, el alumnado tiene que haber asistido al menos a un 25% de las clases.
El cómputo total de asistencia del curso se realizará a mediados de mayo.
El/la alumno/a que no cumpla los requisitos necesarios para llevar a cabo la evaluación continua, podrá hacer uso de la convocatoria extraordinaria de septiembre.
La evaluación será continua en cuanto que estará inmersa en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje del alumnado con el fin de detectar las dificultades en el momento en que se producen, averiguar sus causas y, en consecuencia, adoptar las medidas necesarias que permitan al alumnado continuar su proceso de aprendizaje.
En cada evaluación, el alumnado recibirá información por parte de su profesor/tutor sobre el progreso de su aprendizaje en cada una de las destrezas evaluables, así como los consejos que el profesor/a considere oportunos hacer constar para conseguir mejorar el rendimiento del alumno/a.
En todos los cursos y niveles se evaluarán las cuatro destrezas
• Expresión con/sin interacción escrita.
• Comprensión de lectura
• Comprensión oral(audición)
• Expresión con/sin interacción oral
Para obtener la calificación de APTO los alumnos tendrán que obtener
un 60 % en cada una de las destrezas evaluadas.
La calificación de cada una de las destrezas será expresada en términos de
superado /no superado.
En la convocatoria extraordinaria de septiembre los alumnos sólo tendrán que examinarse de las destrezas que no hayan sido superadas en la sesión ordinaria.
La expresión del nivel alcanzado será de APTO o NO APTO en la convocatoria de Junio y de APTO, NO APTO o NO PRESENTADO en la convocatoria de Septiembre.
El tratamiento de los libros de lectura queda a criterio de los departamentos didácticos.
Notas aclaratorias
1. No existe evaluación continua en la convocatoria extraordinaria de Septiembre
2. No se guardan las destrezas superadas para el siguiente curso escolar.
3. Cada ejercicio que constituye las pruebas será evaluado y calificado de forma individual.Para superar el curso en su totalidad será necesario haber superado cada una de las destrezas.
1º Nivel Básico, 2º Nivel Básico y 1º Nivel Avanzado
Se aplicará la evaluación continua ponderada.
El alumnado será calificado en tres sesiones y cada una de éstas tendrá un valor en el cómputo total, es decir, el resultado de la convocatoria ordinaria será la suma de las notas ponderadas obtenidas en el primer trimestre (10%), en el segundo trimestre (20%) y en la convocatoria ordinaria de junio (70%).
La ponderación se realizará sólo en caso de que habiendo aprobado las evaluaciones del 1º y 2º trimestre, el alumnado no supere la evaluación de la convocatoria ordinaria de junio.
Asistencia a clase:
Para tener derecho a la evaluación continua y poder acceder a la prueba de junio, el alumnado tiene que haber asistido al menos a un 25% de las clases.
El cómputo total de asistencia del curso se realizará a mediados de mayo.
El/la alumno/a que no cumpla los requisitos necesarios para llevar a cabo la evaluación continua, podrá hacer uso de la convocatoria extraordinaria de septiembre.
La evaluación será continua en cuanto que estará inmersa en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje del alumnado con el fin de detectar las dificultades en el momento en que se producen, averiguar sus causas y, en consecuencia, adoptar las medidas necesarias que permitan al alumnado continuar su proceso de aprendizaje.
En cada evaluación, el alumnado recibirá información por parte de su profesor/tutor sobre el progreso de su aprendizaje en cada una de las destrezas evaluables, así como los consejos que el profesor/a considere oportunos hacer constar para conseguir mejorar el rendimiento del alumno/a.
En todos los cursos y niveles se evaluarán las cuatro destrezas
• Expresión con/sin interacción escrita.
• Comprensión de lectura
• Comprensión oral(audición)
• Expresión con/sin interacción oral
Para obtener la calificación de APTO los alumnos tendrán que obtener
un 60 % en cada una de las destrezas evaluadas.
La calificación de cada una de las destrezas será expresada en términos de
superado /no superado.
En la convocatoria extraordinaria de septiembre los alumnos sólo tendrán que examinarse de las destrezas que no hayan sido superadas en la sesión ordinaria.
La expresión del nivel alcanzado será de APTO o NO APTO en la convocatoria de Junio y de APTO, NO APTO o NO PRESENTADO en la convocatoria de Septiembre.
El tratamiento de los libros de lectura queda a criterio de los departamentos didácticos.
Notas aclaratorias
1. No existe evaluación continua en la convocatoria extraordinaria de Septiembre
2. No se guardan las destrezas superadas para el siguiente curso escolar.
3. Cada ejercicio que constituye las pruebas será evaluado y calificado de forma individual.Para superar el curso en su totalidad será necesario haber superado cada una de las destrezas.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Trip to London. More information.
If you are interested in the trip to London the School organizes this year, click this link. There is new information!!
http://actividadesextraescolareseoijerez.blogspot.com
http://actividadesextraescolareseoijerez.blogspot.com
Thursday, 18 November 2010
And another song ... with questions
Another song. This time and easy one with questions to answer. Do you think you can answer them? Good luck (you can write your answer by sending a comment).
1) Where was Dave travelling to at the beginning of the story?
2) What did Dave hear the passenger behind him saying?
3) Who did Dave alert about the situation before the plane took off?
4) When did Dave discover that his guitar had been broken?
5) How long did the saga of Dave's complaint last?
6) How did Dave want his complaint resolved?
7) What was United's response to his complaint?
1) Where was Dave travelling to at the beginning of the story?
2) What did Dave hear the passenger behind him saying?
3) Who did Dave alert about the situation before the plane took off?
4) When did Dave discover that his guitar had been broken?
5) How long did the saga of Dave's complaint last?
6) How did Dave want his complaint resolved?
7) What was United's response to his complaint?
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
LISTENING WORKSHOP
Here is part of the work we did yesterday at the Listening Workshop. Read it slowly. I hope it helps.
Saturday, 13 November 2010
Talking about songs...
here you are. Listen to this beautiful song by The Beatles and do the exercise. Enjoy and sing along.
This gap fill quiz will help you to revise and practise using English prepositions.
over as at down on to in for with by of
Gap Fill Quiz - Type in the Missing Prepositions
Picture yourself a boat on a river,
tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers yellow and green,
Towering your head.
Look the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.
Lucy the sky with diamonds,
Lucy the sky with diamonds,
Lucy the sky with diamonds,
Follow her to a bridge a fountain,
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone smiles you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear the shore,
Waiting take you away.
Climb the back with your head the clouds,
And you're gone.
Picture yourself a train in a station,
With plasticine porters looking glass ties.
Suddenly someone is there the turnstile,
The girl kaleidoscope eyes.
This gap fill quiz will help you to revise and practise using English prepositions.
over as at down on to in for with by of
Gap Fill Quiz - Type in the Missing Prepositions
Picture yourself a boat on a river,
tangerine trees and marmalade skies.
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers yellow and green,
Towering your head.
Look the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.
Lucy the sky with diamonds,
Lucy the sky with diamonds,
Lucy the sky with diamonds,
Follow her to a bridge a fountain,
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
Everyone smiles you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear the shore,
Waiting take you away.
Climb the back with your head the clouds,
And you're gone.
Picture yourself a train in a station,
With plasticine porters looking glass ties.
Suddenly someone is there the turnstile,
The girl kaleidoscope eyes.
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