THANKSGIVING DAY

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

☺️

http://es.english-attack.com/photovocab/thanksgiving

A FILM TO BE RECOMMENDED

Hello!!

If you like Beatles music and learning English with songs I think you may like this film!

For more information about the film click on the following link

http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/pelicula.php?ano=2013&codigo=610929

I haven't seen it yet, so I would like to have some reviews, please, give me some feedback about it ok?!

Missing you all

Xx

Marta

BODY LANGUAGE: 5 minutes CULTURAL TEST!!

Hello again!

How is your week going?
Do you remember last lesson? we talked about BODY LANGUAGE in Speed Dating... didn't we?

Here you have the book I suggested as further reading.

I would like you to have a look at this quick cultural test, as it will be part of our lessons this week

SO WHAT DID YOU SCORE!?

:-)

See you at the school!!

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Spanish Official Language School in The Guardian newspaper

Good morning!

Please, have a look at this article, it is very interesting to see a foreigner's point of view about our schools!

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/24/spanish-state-funded-language-schools

20 INTERESTING WORDS!!

I found this nice article today surfing the web

I hope you like it!

http://bigstockblog.squarespace.com/blog/20-british-words-that-mean-something-totally-different-in-the-us

WELCOME TO THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013. LEARNING ENGLISH IN SABIÑÁNIGO!!!!

Dear Sabiñaniguenses!

Welcome to the blog we will use to study English  in class and at home.
First of all I would like to introduce you the EOI Sabiñánigo webpage, where you can find information about course registration, fees, timetables and much more!

Please click on this link:
http://www.eoisabi.org/

Within this webpage, you will find interesting links and information , specially if you click on "Departamento de Inglés"
 http://www.eoisabi.org/?page_id=26

... and make sure you have a look at "Categorías" with very useful links.

Finally I want you to pay attention on this link. Here you will find a lot of useful information for  your exams, and extra material to improve all your skills :-)

http://www.eoisabi.org/?page_id=593

See you at the school!
Marta

SEPTEMBER EXAMS

Hello again and welcome back!!!
I hope you had a good holiday

Here you have the September Exam calendar in case you have any doubt
See you soon
XX
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RIVERS THE BLOOD OF THE EARTH

Hello
how is the revision before the exams going? Remember you can post any doubt in the blog and I will answer it!

I'm writing to let you know that the students in Alcañiz together with the teacher Lourdes Miguel carried out a class project this academic year called "Rivers, the blood of the earth", as 2013 is the International Year of Rivers.

They gathered a lot of information about rivers, reservoirs and lakes in the region and made a fantastic work telling stories about how these rivers have influenced people's life all along Bajo Aragón History.

Here you have the link if you want to know more about this project, read it and see its phantastic photos!learn about water domestic power stations and much more!


http://www.eoialcaniz.com/eoiwpa/wp-content/multimedia/RIVERS.pdf

 

 

VERY USEFUL FOR YOUR ORAL EXAMS!!

CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH

Here you have some expressions that you can use in your oral exam!!

I see

let me think...

right /Ok

so...

well

It depends on....(enumerar cosas)

I agree

On the one hand.... on the other hand...

I mean...

Also

moreover

At the beginning /at first...

really? Do you think so?

Let me tell you something....

Some time ago....

Marta

READING CLUB MEETING 18th June

ABOUT ADJECTIVE ORDER

Hello
Some of you asked me in class about the order of adjectives before a noun, when we have several adjectives

This is an interesting link about it:

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives

TRIP TO SCOTLAND

HELLO!!
HERE YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF OUR TRIP TO SCOTLAND

In order to watch the videos as well, try to see the photos on the "presentación de diapositivas"

Click on the following link:

https://picasaweb.google.com/107976261815855617042/SCOTLAND2013#slideshow/5875392279268616386

It was a great tip!
xx
marta

CONVERSATION IN ENGLISH 08/05/2013

Hello!
Kevin is going to meet students for one hour conversation from now onwards.

The first meeting will be tomorrow WEDNESDAY 8th APRIL at GRAFFITI BAR( Avda San Jorge 68) in ANDORRA, at 19:30h.

You should think of a menu ( you make up one that you like)Here you have an example:



Starter: Haggis in puff pastry
Main: Venison with fennel&onions
Desert: Cranachan
Wine: Cuvée Chabert Rasteau


He said the tip for 1h conversation is 5€ per person.

Anyone interested in conversation in English is welcome
Xx
MARTA

MEETING KEVIN TODAY (23rd April)

Hi there!
we are back from Scotland!

Kevin is coming this afternoon to the school to talk about "DIFFICULTIES AND TIPS IN LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE"

 INTERMEDIATE LEVEL from  17:30pm to 18:30pm.

BASIC LEVELS from 18:45pm to 19:45pm

Even if you don't have lessons today you are welcome to come anyway!

See you soon!
Marta

CURRICULUM VITAE

Hello
Remember that the webpage where you can make your own English CV (Curriculum Vitae) is :

Click on this link to make your own CV
Kind regards
Marta

VERNAL EQUINOX IN OLIETE

Hello!

This weekend we have a special walk with Kevin and Jean to see the Vernal Equinox (Equinocio de Primavera) in Oliete. It will be a 30 min walk, plus an almuerzo, of course.

These photos show the sun light going through the mountain hole and the visual effect of the snake sneaking down the hill as the sun moves.

See attached video in Spanish to know more about this magnificent natural event!

http://www.cuatro.com/.../t08xp06/Codigo-piedra-luz_0_1492050027.html

Those students interested in meeting Kevin and Jean Firth for the Saturday 23th walk in Oliete, please pay attention to the following meeting points:

-Calanda, before 7:15 at the post office
-Alcorisa,at 7 o'clock at the bus stop
-Oliete,at 8 o'clock in Oliete bridge

Students departing from Alcorisa please call me or whatsApp me on Friday 22nd to see who's driving a car and who isn't.

See you there!
Marta

NUMBERS

Hello again
Some of you have problems to say numbers in English
Here you have an interesting link to learn more about numbers!

http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/numbers.htm

 

I hope it is useful for you!

KEVIN AND JEAN PRESENTATION

Thank you so much Kevin and Jean for your lovely presentation about Rivers and Lochs in Scotland, we really had fun and we hope you can come back to the school soon!!!

 

FALSE FRIENDS

Hi there!!
Some of you are interested in False Friends

I found two useful links about this topic

http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/obviouswrong.htm

http://spanish.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/obviouswrong_2.htm

http://www.developingteachers.com/tips/false_friends.htm

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_false_cognates_and_false_friends_with_English

Have a look at them!
You should be careful with these False Friends when you write and speak in English

See you!
Marta

On Tuesday we have something different at the school!!! don't miss it!!

Hello

How are you doing? I guess you look forward to your Easter holiday!me too ;-) hehehe!!

This week we have the "Cultural week" at the Official Languages School in Alcañiz and the rest of schools depending on it  (Andorra, Alcorisa, Valderrobres and Caspe). 

The main subject this academic year is "rivers" so all these activities deal with rivers around different countries.

CLICK on the link to see the week programme

http://www.eoialcaniz.com/eoiwpa/wp-content/multimedia/PROGRAMA.pdf

XVI Jornadas Culturales “Aprovechando que el río pasa por …” Del 18 al 26 de marzo de 2013

ESCUELA OFICIAL DE IDIOMAS DE ALCAÑIZ www.eoialcaniz.com Please, remember the date and time and try to be on time.  Alcorisa (aula de clase) Martes 19 de marzo 17.30h Scottish rivers and lochs. Kevin y Jane Firth nos mostrarán los ríos y lagos de su país (todos los niveles básicos) 18.45h Scottish rivers and lochs. Kevin y Jane Firth nos mostrarán  ríos y lagos de su país. (both intermediate levels) See you there! Marta

THE WEATHER FORECAST, Celsius (ºC) and Fahrenheit (ºF)

Helloooo!!

We are having some snow showers at the moment in Alcorisa, so please, BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER FORECAST, specially if you have to commute.

Check this link
http://www.weather.com/weather/hourbyhour/graph/Alcorisa+SPXX1114:1:SP

Can you tell Celsius ºC degrees from Fahrenheit ºF degrees?
Here you have further information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit

Be careful and enjoy the snow !!
Marta

MAKE or DO ?

Here you have a brief explanation and some exercises for you to practise!

 

EL PAIS NEWSPAPER IN ENGLISH

Hello everybody!!!
Please check this out if you want to read Spanish news in English 😉

http://elpais.com/elpais/inenglish.html

NAMES OF HATS

Someone asked for NAMES OF HATS...
Here you have all of them!!
Click on the link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_headgear

Dead Poet's society

These poems are both mentioned in the film "Dead Poet's Society"(El Club de los Poetas Muertos)


I hope you enjoy them

CARPE DIEM (Horace)_________________

Original usage from Odes 1.11, in Latin and English: (source: wikipedia)

Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi/ Don't ask (it's forbidden to know) what end
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios / the gods have granted to me or you, Leuconoe. Don't play with Babylonian
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati / fortune-telling either. How much better it is to endure whatever will be!
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam / Whether Jupiter has allotted to sink you many more winters or this final one
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare Tyrrhenum / which even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the rocks placed opposite
sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi/ — be wise, be truthful, strain the wine, and scale back your long hopes
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida/ to a short period. While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled
aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero. /Seizes the day, trusting as little as possible in the next day.


O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN - a poem by Walt Whitman_______________________

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung for you the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths for you the shores a-crowding,
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head!
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Kevin and Jean, the Scottish couple living in Calanda

Hello there!
How is the weekend going?
Yesterday Kevin and Jean, the Scottish lovely couple living in Calanda, made a presentation about Scotland at the Casa de Cultura in Calanda.
They told us interesting things about Scotland and the Uk and they invited us to come to their trip around Scotland in summer. They are planning to go to Glasgow, Edinburgh,Stirling,Loch Ness, whiskey destilleries and visit some museums in Edinburgh as well. Flights will be Ryanair cheap flights from Reus to Glasgow and accomodation will be in youth hostels. Depending on the people who join the trip, they will go by cars or rent a minibus.
If you are interested in this trip and would like to have further information please join the facebook group "Walking and learning English with Kevin and Jean".
They also organise weekly walks in the countryside every Saturday, if you want to join these walks, please join their facebook group too.

Here you have some photos of the presentation
Have a nice weekend and remember to do your English homeworks!!

ALL LEVELS

Here you have a very interesting and useful webpage to study English at home, you've got grammar, videos, listenings and all you need to revise at home

http://www.autoenglish.org/

I hope you like it!
Marta

Rose got her degree!

An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.
I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.
She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”
“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for the
next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us. She was
introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell
you what I know.”
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day.
You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.
If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.
Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”
She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.”
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be .When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!
These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.
REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.
We make a Living by what we get, We make a Life by what we give.

INTERMEDIATE PHOTOCOPIES week 18/02/2013

photocopies for Intermediate 2,  19/02/2013 lesson, just in case you missed it!

COOKIES!

HEALTHY PROTEINS

PHRASAL VERBS: GET