MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2nd Bachillerato and 4th E.S.O.

Christmas is a wordlwide celebrated Christian festival. And when December reaches its climax, Christian communities around the world celebrate Christmas in different ways ( very different sometimes ). In this exercise you will find out lots of different aspects about Christmas in many countries around the world which share the same language, English, and yet are separated by thousands of miles and sometimes unique traditions . This makes them different, but at the same time they share a common core of celebrations. Both differences and similarities are worth being discovered. Herminio J. García-Riaño Fernández ( Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Langreo - Spain )

1. Choose an English-speaking country. Look for information on how they celebrate Christmas, and write a short paragraph on them (including festivities, traditions, typical food, presents, etc.) comparing them to those in Spain.

You can find information here: http://www.whychristmas.com/

and http://www.northpolesantaclaus.com/main.htm

ALL GROUPS!! ELF YOURSELVES!!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING!! Send your family and friends this ElfCard. It is fun! CLICK here http://www.elfyourself.com/ and follow the instructions. You need to have photos of yourselves saved in your computers. It is very easy to do!

4th ESO. THANKSGIVING DAY

Last thursday 27th "Thanksgiving Day" in the United States, Julie, our language assistant, talked to you about this very important celebration that takes place in her own country.

Here: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ you have a beautifully made presentation on The First Thanksgiving; so turn your loudspeakers on, listen and learn.

Words you don't understand? Click here: http://www.ldoceonline.com/

2nd ESO. UNIT 2 -MUSIC-

You know The Corrs, don't you? Here you can find more information about them: http://www.thecorrswebsite.com/
For now, just listen and enjoy "What can I do?", and do the quiz.

Difficult words? Click here: http://www.ldoceonline.com/

1st DECEMBER WORLD A.I.D.S. DAY

The number of people living with HIV is continuing to rise in every part of the world - including in the UK. There are now 33 million people living with HIV worldwide and 80,000 people living with HIV in the UK.

Here Living With HIV PowerPoint you will find more information on this matter. Click and have a look!

2nd, 3rd, 4th ESO, 1st COMMERCE, and 2nd BACHILLERATO -25th Novemeber. International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women-

Next tuesday 25th we will be joining this special day. You can take action too! Click on the following link: http://www.saynotoviolence.org/ and add your name to this global movement of people willing to end Violence Against Women.

Here you have overwhelming information on this topic: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ACT77/034/2004/en/dom-ACT770342004en.html

What do you think about that? What would you say against it? Write down a slogan to show what are your feelings about it!

1st COMMERCE (QUIZ QUESTIONS) -1st TERM-

Hi! Here you have your first TASK! CLICK on this LINK. http://www.harrods.com/harrodsstore/ It will lead you to Harrods, a very famous department store in the United Kingdom. You are going Christmas e-shopping, so choose any of the different departments in the web page and do your shopping. You have to include the name of the product, a short description of the it, the price and the department you are buying it from.

2nd BACHILLERATO QUIZ QUESTIONS (1st TERM)

Have you seen the photos from Göteborg that I published last week? Beautiful place, isn't it? Let's do something else now. Go to this LINK: http://www.universeum.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=3&Itemid=19 It will lead you to Universeum's web page. Universeum is a Science Center with losts of things to do and see.

1. CLICK on Conservation Projects. Choose one and TRANSLATE it into Spanish.
ONLINE DICTIONARY: http://wordreference.com/

2. CLICK on the following link and then click on the PDF about saving the environment of your city. Write down everything you would do to keep your city clean!
http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/environment/environment.html

3. In the same webpage, choose now the PDF file devoted to environmental slogans. Write down some more. The best ones will be pinned up in the classroom.

Surf the rest of this web page. It is quite good!

4th ESO QUIZ QUESTIONS ( 1st TERM)

Places to see in Göteborg. CLICK here: http://www.goteborg.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=595 This link will lead you to Culture & Attractions in Göteborg. Choose one of the following ones: Börshuset / The Indiaman Göthenborg, and TRANSLATE it into Spanish.


ONLINE DICTIONARY: http://wordreference.com/

3rd ESO QUIZ QUESTIONS (1st TERM)

Click on this LINK: http://www.goteborg.com/templates/Page.aspx?id=630 It leads you to Göteborg's tourist information page. Go down to Botanical Garden, and CLICK on READ MORE.
Read the text and write down if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE: 1. The Göteborg's Botanical Garden does not remain a public garden. 2. It is similar to most traditional botanical gardens in Europe. 3. There is no fee to enter the garden.

ONLINE DICTIONARY: http://wordreference.com/

2nd ESO QUIZ QUESTIONS (1st TERM)

Do you know Sweden? Let's learn a bit about it! Click on this LINK: http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/europe.html There you have a map of Europe. Look for Sweden and CLICK on it. You have two TASKS to do now: 1. Write down Sweden's neighbouring countries. 2. Write down 10 Swedish cities.

ONLINE DICTIONARY: http://wordreference.com/

I.T.E.W. Göteborg 2008

Photographs (up/left to bottom):

1. Göteborg is an old and beautiful city on the west southern coast of Sweden. The weather was not very good, but there were people everywhere; walking under the rain, getting on and off the trams and the buses or just riding their bicycles.

2. Another view of the old part of the city, with the Town Hall on the right.

3. Göteborg's port, next to the New Opera House. That old sailing ship has been turned now into an expensive hotel and restaurant.

4. The tiny island of Marstrand, an hour drive north from Göteborg. We visited there and old castle, and had dinner in a "viking way".

5. That is Ebba Petterssons Privatskola, the school we went to visit in Göteborg.

Welcome back!

A new academic year has just begun, and with it lots of queries and topics we can talk about -obviously in English (;-P)-. So, come on. Don't hesitate, don't be dull and comment on anything you want to, including grammar queries, of course!