domingo, 22 de diciembre de 2013

Baubles with a message for Christmas

Pupils drom 2 ESO D & 4 diver coloured a bauble and wrote a personal Christmas message and a New Year's Resolution.We created a Chritmas tree with them.




Jesús García San Juan's talk in English

Last Friday, 20 December, the last day before Christmas break, the former Real Zaragoza's football player, Jesús García San Juan , currently living in our locality Utebo, came to our school to give a talk in English to our2nd and 3rd years ESO pupils. This is an activity included in our section devoted to "external participations", in which we are deeply grateful to welcome people from the outside world to take part in our project to foster the learning of foreign languages.
He summarised his entire professional life by replying to questions that the students had already prepared in class . He talked about his origins as an amateur footballer, his time as a professional footballer at the Real Zaragoza, his personal experience as a Spanish player in Scotland. He also talked about the golden age of the Real Zaragoza, the one he had the luck to enjoy in 1995, when Real Zaragoza won the World 's Cup Winners' Cup- La Recopa-. To finish with, he gave us some advice to reach success and he motivated pupils to take studies seriously, especially the need to speak English to improve your professional, academic and personal life.
From the English Department we would like to thank Jesus García San Juan for giving us the opportunity to practise our English and for teaching our students all the values he represents.It was great to listen to his Scottish accent, and to his wise advice for those who would like to devote themselves to playing football.

Christmas in the U.K


                   source:  http://englishwithatwist.com

Read  here the following article: Nine facts about  a typical English Christmas you may not know



lunes, 16 de diciembre de 2013

Attitudes to avoid to reach fluency in a foreign language

 
Do you start an English course every September? Is learning English your permanent New Year's resolution? Are you constantly joining language academies? Do you feel frustated at language learning?

If so , read these tips in order to avoid those attitudes which prevent you from a successful learning and then you will understand how you can be a better learner. 

9 Reasons Why People Fail to Get Fluent in English


martes, 10 de diciembre de 2013

John Lewis' Christmas advert 2013- The bear and the hare

LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CRAFTED CHRISTMAS CARTOON ADVERTISED BY JOHN LEWIS STORE.

LISTEN TO THE SONG AND FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE WORDS YOU HEAR.

SUMMARISE THE STORY AND GIVE YOUR OPINION ABOUT IT ( THE STORY! THE ANIMATION! ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A CHRISTMAS ADVERT ETC.)






Somewhere Only We Know

Group A

I _______________ across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the _______________ beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me _______________

Oh _______________ thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting tired and I need someone to _______________

I _______________ a _______________
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we _______________ love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh _______________ thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting tired and I need someone to _______________

And if you have a minute, why don't we _______________
Talk about it somewhere only we _______________?
This could be the _______________ of _______________
So why don't we _______________ somewhere only we
__________________?



Somewhere Only We Know
Group B

I walked across an _______________
I _______________ the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my _______________
Sat by the _______________ and it made me complete

Oh simple thing, where have you _______________?
I'm getting tired and I need someone to rely on

I _______________ a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we _______________ _______________?
Is this the place that I've been _______________?

Oh simple thing, where have you _______________?
I'm gegng Hred and I need someone to rely on

And if you have a minute, _______________ don't we go
_______________ somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of _______________
So _______________ don't we go somewhere only we know




Somewhere Only We Know
Group C

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like _______________
I _______________ the earth beneath my feet
_______________ by the river and it made me _______________

Oh simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting_______________ and I need someone to
_______________

I ______________ a fallen tree
I felt the _______________ of it _______________ me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been _______________?

Oh simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm gegng _______________ and I need someone to
_______________

And if you have a _______________, why don't we go
Talk about it _______________ only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go _______________ only we know?