A recipe: my favourite dish

Look at the recipe and do the exercises to improve your writing skills.

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Grammar in a nutshell

Grammar in a nutshell

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World News for Students of English

News in English

If you read and listen to two articles every day, your reading and listening skills can improve fast. You can learn quickly and after some time you will not have to translate into your own language. You will simply understand. Why should you do this?

How to improve your English with News in Levels: 

Reading

1. Read two news articles every day.
2. Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

1. Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
2. Listen to the news from today without reading the text.

Writing

1. Answer the questions under today’s news and write them in the comments.
2. Chat in our Facebook Group for 2 minutes. You can write about today’s news.

Speaking

1. Choose one person from the Skype section.
2. Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.

How language shapes the way we think

"The limits of my language means the limits of my world."

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Travelling

"A great trip is the best start to a good story." @lovelystreets

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Theater 2017

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Un año más recibimos la visita de la compañía de teatro MOVING ON en nuestro pueblo. Este jueves 18 de mayo tuvimos la suerte de ver la obra "Change the Channel", representada íntegramente en inglés, y adaptada para los alumnos de 3º ESO en adelante. 

La obra ha sido dinámica, divertida e interactiva, pues son varios los alumnos que han subido al escenario a colaborar con los actores expresándose en la lengua inglesa. Así mismo, debemos hacer constar que hemos trabajado de una manera interdisciplinar la coeducación, ya que la obra abarcaba, entre otros temas, las desigualdad entre sexos en el ámbito laboral.

Podemos decir que la representación ha sido un éxito, pues así lo han manifestado nuestros alumnos, y esperamos que podamos contar con esta compañía también el próximo curso.

Company: Moving On

Audience: 12 y 18 years

Language: English

Duration: 50 minutes

Date: 18 May 2017

One Way Ticket

ONE WAY TICKET

“Inspect the unexpected!”

Company: Moving On

Audience: 12 y 18 years

Language: English

Duration: 50 minutes

Date: 19 May 2016

In an atmosphere of economic crisis and budget austerity, the government is sending inspectors to all the public transport stations in the country to evaluate their efficiency and profitability. Harry is going crazy, convinced that any one of the passengers that occasionally pass through his station may be the Government Inspector coming to close his station.

The show takes us on a vibrant, comical, musical, as well as educational journey through London, its history and its most emblematic places.

Phonetics 3

Here it is. Another Interactive Phonemic Chart. Our thanks to Adrian Underhill. This excellent teaching tool can be played full-screen and gives clear audio examples of the English phoneme set.

Click on this link to view the chart in full screen

A Phone Call

Here you will find interesting links to practise your telephone skills.


A Phone dialogue. Exercise 1.
Leaving a message. Exercise 2.

Phonetics 2

Pronunciation animations from Cambridge

There's a great Flash-based pronunciation resource on the Cambridge ELT site. The four sections cover the following areas:

• Diphthongs - mini movies to practise reading and saying all the diphthongs in English.

• Stress - word stress and sentence stress.

• Intonation.

• Phonemic chart - hear the English phonemes spoken by a male or female voice

I hope you like this site! It is very useful! Have a nice day!

Phonetics 1: Sheep or Ship?

Phonetic focus is a fantastic free resource for learning about phonetics from Cambridge English Online. Using a collection of Flash-based games (the hangman, pelmanisms, puzzles, quizzes, mazes...) you will improve your ability to recognize and produce the various sounds of English and associate them with their phonetic symbols. Click on the image below to see a full-size screenshot.

The BBC Learning English Pronunciation Tips site is another wonderful resource. The site features videos on all the sounds of English as well as Flash-based interactive activities and quizzes. All the videos can be downloaded along with posters giving examples of each sound. You can also listen to three radio programmes from 2005 on the topic of pronunciation. The full script and audio examples are available to download.

Diary of an English Immersion Programme

Let's go to a campsite for an English Immersion Programme

 Click the picture to know about our diary 

Click the picture to know about our diary 
October 21

October 23

October 24

Language Immersion Programme in Valladolid

Language Immersion

Next Sunday, twenty-five students of 2nd year of Secondary School and two teachers are travelling by bus to "El Trasto" in  Hornillos de Eresma (Valladolid) because they are going to spend a whole  week on a language Immersion Programme. 

If you want to know more about this programme, click here. Our students and teachers are going to stay in a beautiful place and they will enjoy nature and animals. Visit this blog if you want to see some pictures.

We hope they have a lot of fun and learn English, too. 

Nadin, a Canadian girl in Valverde

Nadin at the Square

Hello, everyone!

My name is Nadin and I am your new English Conversation Assistant. I am excited to work here at Don Bosco!

I am from Ottawa, Ontario, the capital city of Canada. Ottawa is located in the southeastern region of Canada, very close to the border with Quebec. Canada is well-known for its long, cold winters, but Ottawa is great to visit in the summer – the temperature is around 25-30 degrees, we have many parks to see and water sports to try, and there are plenty of great outdoor music festivals. Ottawa is known for its Parliament Buildings, Rideau Canal, the Ottawa Senators hockey team, and delicious pastries called beavertails.

Parliament Buildings

I am from a family of four people: my mother, my father, and a younger sister named Nora. They all still live in Ottawa, except for my father who lives in Germany. I went to university in Ottawa and have a degree in Humanities and History with a minor in Psychology. In my free time, I like to dance salsa, sing, kayak/canoe, draw, hike, travel, and try out new kinds of food.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you this semester!

Where is Otawa?

PS: If you want to know about Nadin, click here and read this article: Bachelor of Humanities Graduate Begins Teaching Job in Andalucía    ;p 

Nadin Hassan is looking forward to starting a job working at schools in Spain: “I’ll be working as a teaching assistant in two schools, a secondary school and an elementary school, in a little pueblo called Valverde del Camino. It has a population of 13,000 people and is a typical small Andalusian village.” While researching various teaching opportunities, Hassan discovered this particular program, which is run by the Spanish Ministry of Education. Originally from Egypt, Hassan enjoys the Mediterranean lifestyle but it was Spain’s history and culture that primarily attracted her to that country.

As for the village where she’ll be working, Hassan selected the location with great care, “I selected Andalucía because of the climate, the mix of Spanish and Arabic cultures (and the long history of the Ottoman Empire), the soulful flamenco music, the seafood, and the beautiful landscapes.”

Welcome to Huelva, Nadin!!

26th September, The European Day of Languages

Food for Thought

“Language learning is an act of creativity, imagination, exploration, expression, construction and profound social and human collaboration.” 

Mark Warschauer

Next 26th September is the official European Day of Languages. It is a day to celebrate all languages and to generally have lots of multilingual fun. Let's play in the library!! Visit the Council of Europe's European Day of Languages site. It's a great opportunity to take language learning out of the classroom, too. 

To mark the occasion, Macmillan English has put together an exclusive infographic, selection of quizzes, and special social surprises dedicated to celebrating Europe and the importance of English language learning! 

Nevertheless, whatever language is being learnt at school it is important to emphasise the value of all languages. The European Day of Languages is not just a celebration of European languages, so use the day to instil an appreciation of the value of all languages. 

Languages change lives, open minds!!

Enjoy your Day!!!

PS:  Thank you very much, arigatou gozaimasu,
muito brigado, merci beaucoup...

Happy European Day of Languages!!!

"For growing up, just watch a tree. As the tree grows up, its roots are growing down, deeper. There is a balance: the higher the tree goes, the deeper the roots will go. In life, growing up means growing deep within yourself -- that's where your roots are." 

Osho.

Describe yourself in one sentence

"If you could describe yourself in one sentence, 

what would that be?"

What about you?
Are you... active, adventurous, or determined?

Fermi Mun 2014

Alex, our new English Conversation Assistant

ALEX

Hello,

My name is Alex and I am your new English Conversation Assistant. I am very happy to be here in Valverde and to be working with you.

A little about me...

I am from Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. The State of Alabama is located in the southeastern region of the United States. The state is bordered by Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. In Alabama, the weather is very hot in the summer and can be very cold in the winter. The spring and fall seasons are both very nice. In the southeast, we are known for our tasty food, hot summers, beautiful beaches, and great American football teams.

I am from a family of four people: my mother, my father, and one younger brother named Scott. They all still live in Birmingham. I went to university in Birmingham and have a degree in Economics. In my free time, I like to go running and hiking, play tennis, read, and eat. I also enjoy traveling and hanging out with friends and family.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you and working with you this semester!

The USA

In the Southeast - Alabama - Birmingham

A picture is worth a thousand words.....