An account of a decade

Dear students,

Here we are again. Once more you've done an excellent job with your presentations on different decades ( the 60s, 70s, 80s, etc.)

I think it's a great way to travel back in time and learn a few things about "the good old days".

See you around.

The Noughties by Judit (4t B)

View more presentations from Jose M. Truco.

The 80s by Maria (4t B)

View more presentations from Jose M. Truco.

The eighties by Sheherezade (4t B) on Prezi

And also some excellent GLOGS:

Ares F. (4t B): Lost in the Sixties

Irene C. (4t B): Living in the 70s

Sofia S. (4t B): The Sixties

Juan Pedro (4t A): The Noughties

Sandra (4t A): Fashion in the sixties

Pol dlC (4t A): The Eighties

Mariona (4t A): The Seventies

Well done:))

See you around

I used to...

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/menu.php

Lyrics training

Dear students,

I hope you're having a great summer. I know you'll be doing many interesting and funny things but if you have some time and you want to improve your English in a different way, Lyrics Training is an easy-to-use website to practise your English by listening to music and writing lyrics.

I think it's cool and really useful. Why don't you try it?

See you around.

Voki

Dear students,

I wanted to show you a new tool which is called VOKI. You can create your avatar and you can customize it, record messages (in English, of course), etc.

This is my avatar (you can even make it younger, attractive..:)

I think it can be interesting if you want to practise your English!

See you around

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!!

Dear students,

This is the original version of "Love is in the air", the song that we're going to use next week:)). We might use a different, more "disco" version, but in the meantime you take a look at the video and so you can become familiar with the rhythm and the words:

These are the lyrics by the way(quite easy actually...):

Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound

And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes

Love is in the air
In the whisper of the trees
Love is in the air
In the thunder of the sea

And I don't know if I'm just dreaming
Don't know if I feel sane
But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when you call out my name

(Chorus)
Love is in the air
Love is in the air
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

Love is in the air
In the rising of the sun
Love is in the air
When the day is nearly done

And I don't know if you're an illusion
Don't know if I see it true
But you're something that I must believe in
And you're there when I reach out for you

Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
And I don't know if I'm being foolish
Don't know if I'm being wise

But it's something that I must believe in
And it's there when I look in your eyes

(Repeat Chorus 4X)

Well, get ready for next week!!!

See you around

Songs!!!

Dear students,

I know it's been a long time since the last post but, as you know, we've all been pretty busy. Some students keep sending songs that we might use in class one of these days.

Here they are:

The Pretty Reckless (never heard of them): Make me wanna die. (Nikol - 3r B)

Timbaland ft. Katy Perry: If we ever meet again (Ares - 3r B)

Mitchell Musso: The Three R's (weird but nice song about recycling - Cristian - 2n A)

Thanks everyone. CU around!!

VOCAROO

Dear students,

Vocaroo is a voice recording service so I thought it would be great if you used it to practise speaking skills. You just need to sign in, a microphone and you can start...

By the way, this is my first voice message!!! (click PLAY)

See you around

Modal verbs (3r ESO)

Hi there!

Our 3r ESO students are working on Modal Verbs and I asked them to look for information and activities related to the topic on the Net. This is what they found:

Nikol (3r B): The Grammar Aquarium - Modal Verbs

Thanks everyone and see you around

The latest craze (2)

Dear students,

This is the second post on your latest crazes. Here you'll find more links to some other blogs created by our 3r ESO students.

Jordi T. (3r B) - Football

Marta M. (3r A) - Beyoncé

Jordi R. (3r A) - Barça

Mariona (3r A) - Cameron Diaz

Anna (3r A) - Agata Ruiz de la Prada

Joel and Miquel (3r A) - Basketball

Núria and Clàudia (3r A) - Jeans

Roger (3r A) - Champions League

Jaume, Xavier M. and Gerard B. (3r A) - BMX

Gerard R. and Oscar (3r A) - World of Warcraft

Mariona (3r B) - Extreme Makeover

Adrià (3r A)- Snow

Alejandro (3r A) - Kickboxing

Sergi (3r B) - Freeride

Ariadna (3r A) - Types of music

That's all for now. See you around

The latest craze!!!!

Dear students,

Here we are again with your great blogs on your latest crazes. I just wanted to say that you've done an excellent job. Congratulations!!! By the way, I think it could be a good idea to take a look at your classmates' blogs and become a follower of all of them. We have blogs on many different topics, such as music, fashion, snowboarding, hip-hop, drums, the 60s, etc...

Here's the whole list of blogs:

Ares: Crazy about fashion

Nikol: Evanescence

Xavier D.-T.: Drums

Sofia: Music debate

Sergi M (3r A): Snowboarding

Sandra: La Oreja deVan Gogh

Marta and Sandra: The Sixties

Pol d.l.C.: Lady Gaga

David: Warhammer

Aitor: HipHop

Irene: Tennis

Well, that's all for now. It's worth taking a look at these great projects!

See you around

English Central

Dear students,

First of all, welcome back after Christmas (I hope you all had a wonderful holiday).

Back to work and I've heard of this amazing website - English Central - where you can practise your oral expression through videos of different levels. The only thing is that you need a microphone in order to record your short speeches. Take a look because I think it's quite interesting.

See you around.

And the winner is...Penélope Cruz

Dear students,

These are the results of the survey "Who speaks English better":

1. Penelópe Cruz : 40 votes (57%)

2. Antonio Banderas: 20 votes (28%)

3. Paz Vega: 5 votes (7%)

4. Pedro Almodóvar: 5 votes (7%)

* Votes: 70 (thanks a lot to the people who voted)

See you around.

Who speaks English better?

Dear students,

Our second survey has to do with some very famous Spanish film stars and their English. So, who do you think speaks English better? I know that maybe it's not fair because Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz live or have lived in the US for some time but... well, it's just a survey.

So, take a look at the videos and then vote for the film star who, in your opinion, speaks English better.

Antonio Banderas

Penélope Cruz

Paz Vega

Pedro Almodóvar

See you around

SURVEY RESULTS!!

Dear students,

These are the results of our 1st blog survey on your favourite music videos:

a) Outta my head - Lucas Grabeel: 3 votes (7%)

b) Automatic - Tokio Hotel: 11 votes (26%)

c) Wake me up when September ends - Green Day: 19 votes (46%)

d) None of them: 8 votes (19%)

And the winner of our 1st survey is...well, you know that already, don't you?

Thanks a lot to the 41 "brave" students who voted.

See you around

P.S. WATCH OUT for our next survey!

Engvid

Dear students,

Engvid is a useful website if you need help with some grammar or vocabulary topics by means of short and easy-to-understand video lessons, for example, on "much, many and a lot of" or "How to talk about the weather in English".

See you around

SONGS

Dear students,

Here we are again with some more music. These are two nice songs that two 3r ESO students sent me. Thanks to Nikol and Adrià. Enjoy the videos!

Outta my head - Lucas Grabeel (from the musical "I kissed a vampire)

Automatic - Tokio Hotel

See you around

THE BEATLES

Dear students,

Have you ever heard of them? I hope so. They're one of the most famous bands in the history of music. I know maybe it's not the kind of music you like but I'm sure many of their songs will ring a bell with you.

Have a look at this amazing website and you'll get to know everything you need about John, Paul, George and Ringo.

See you around

Your Favourite Music (2n ESO)

Dear students,

This is the TOP 10 of your favourite bands and singers:

1.- Green Day : 8 points

2.- Eminem : 7

3. - Simple Plan: 7

4.- Linkin Park: 6

5.- Black Eyed Peas: 6

6.- Taylor Swift: 5

7.- Katy Perry: 4

8.- Coldplay: 4

9.- Lady Gaga: 4

10.- Jonas Brothers: 3

Keep sending your votes until Sunday. In the meantime, have a look at this nice video of one of your favourite bands:

A Survey: Your Favourite Music (2n ESO)

Dear students,

We've started a survey with 2n ESO students about music and their favourite bands, singers, etc.

We'll publish the results next week so post your comments or send me your TOP 3 via email. For the moment, we have votes for Green Day, Taylor Swift, Paramore, etc.

See you around

Pronunciation

Dear students,

As you all know some English sounds are a bit difficult because we don't have them in our language. Here you'll find an introduction to English sounds through nice pictures and related to some easy vocabulary. I think it's a very useful resource if you want to improve your pronunciation.

See you