May 23, 2012

Activity: Language workshops

Robin Walker is a freelance teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer. A former Vice-president of TESOL-SPAIN, he is a member of the IATEFL ESP Special Interest Group, and is the Newsletter editor of the Pronunciation Special Interest Group.
Today, Wednesday 23rd May, he is giving a lecture  to our students in the 3rd and 4th year on Australia and New Zealand.
Welcome Robin, thanks for being with us!

Activity: Language workshops

On Wednesday 23rd May, Robin Walker (from Newcastle Upon Tyne) will give our students in the 3rd and 4th year of ESO, a lecture on Australia and New Zealand. We are trying our students to learn more about different cultures and we hope this to help them improve their English!

May 19, 2012

Activity: Information on the EU

This week we have been  visited  by two specialists in the EU to give  a lecture to our  students in grades 4 ESO. They were two girls of the Europe Direct service of the Provincial Council of A Coruña.
Through the lecture, students were able to reflect on their rights as citizens of the union and the consequences that derive from them.
The approach has been very dynamic and that through a presentation with a quiz, kids have been learning more of what European citizenship means.
The talks have taken place in English in order to continue working on the multilingualism of students.


May 01, 2012

May day

May day, in medieval and modern Europe, holiday (May 1st) for the celebration of the return of spring.The observance probably originated in ancient agricultural rituals, and the Greeks and Romans held such festivals. Although later practices varied widely, the celebrations came to include the gathering of wildflowers and green branches, the weaving of floral garlands, the crowning of a May king and queen, and the setting up of a decorated May tree, or Maypole, around which people danced such rites originally may have been intended to ensure fertility for crops and, by extension, for livestock and humans. In the 20th century, traditional May Day celebrations declined in many countries as May 1st became associated with the international holiday honouring workers and the labour movement.