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Theatre in English: Three Promises
It is highly satisfying to publish the following post. I am very proud of La Foia High School students. Their performance on stage was brilliant and I think the audience enjoyed the play Three Promises (a tale adapted from The Canterbury Tales, Penguin Readers).
I would like to thank all the people that helped me with the project: my colleagues from the Department (Emma and Isabel Berenguer), Enri (for her wonderful presentation of the play), Casa de la Cultura, Juan Ma (machining teacher), Chafino (for lending me his great music), Nacho, for helping me with some pieces of medieval music, APA, the mothers of some students who did the costumes of the Sun God and the Moon, etc
You can see some photos of the activity by clicking here
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American Party
I would like to congratulate my students from Practical English 1st year of Bachillerato for their involvement in setting up the American Party. Two years ago, we held an English Party, last year it was Scotland’s turn and in 2012 we celebrated an American party.
The objectives were accomplished: to practise English, to learn something from American geography and culture, to taste food from the USA and, of course!, to have fun.
The best way to see what it was like is to watch this homemade video.
If you want to see some photos of cities and landscapes of the USA, click here. The photos were made by Oliver Martínez and the video by Chafino. Thank you both.:-)
And finally, you can watch the photos of NY by the professional photogapher Mike Dumonceau, by clicking here.
Special thanks to people and institutions that make these events possible:
Casa de la Cultura
La Foia High School
Teachers and friends
Students from Practical English 1st Year Bach and 4th ESO
Publishing firms: Richmond, Pearson Longman (for their presents…)
Parents’ Association (AMPA from IES La Foia)
THANK YOU ALL!!!
Women in Machining
Maia is a student of Vocational Training (Ciclos Formativos) in Machining (Mecanizado). She has been so kind as to participate in an interview in English about her, her studies and the importance of English nowadays.
Here you can listen to the interview
Music
The power of music is inexhaustible, also in language learning .
Here you have an English activity with a song by Nirvana: Come As You Are.
Posted in 4th ESO, Practical English
Country Music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s.[1] It takes its roots from Western cowboyand southeastern American folk music. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjoes, electric and acoustic guitars, fiddles such as violins, and harmonicas (Wikipedia)
Here you have an example:
Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus
And the lyrics of the song
Now sing with the Karaoke version.
Ask Dr Love
Love, 
love, love…
My students were very imaginative. I asked them to invent a radio programme. A listener calls Doctor Love to ask for advice for his or her love problems. Funny!
You can listen to the radio programmes here.
Posted in Practical English
Charles Dickens
2012 marks the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’s birth. He is one of the greatest English writers of the Victorian period.
Our students had to read Great Expectations, one of his most famous books. He was a prolific writer.
Many of his works have been made into films: Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Scrooge, David Copperfield, etc
If you are interested, you can read more here.
Dickens believed that enriching people’s life with knowledge and enjoyment of the arts was key to building a fair society and creating opportunities. I agree with him.
You can read more about this celebration on this website
Job Interviews
English has become important, let’s say essential, in order to get a job nowadays. 80% of the job offers requiere a knowledge of English.
My students had to make job interviews to a teacher and to a student from La Foia High School. Special thanks to the teachers and students who collaborated with my students.
CLICK HERE FOR THE RESULT
http://youtu.be/U5QqSZYffF4
Posted in Practical English
Let’s Get Romantic!
Posted in 4th ESO, Digital Radio, Uncategorized
