Last tuesday, we had a very special surprise. A “live” listening activity!. The Australian writer Carlo Vella came to our school and gave us an interesting lecture about his country. Students at 2nd batxillerat could hear and speak to him about many topics related to the continent. We all learnt about aboriginies and yobbos, kangaroos and dingoes, deserts and houses under the sand, Chinese immigrants and European newcommers… A great and enjoyable experience.

On behalf of all our students and teachers at IES Guinovarda, we would like to thank Carlo so much for his effort and his unvaluable help. It has been a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a native English speaker in our class.

If you are interested in knowing more about Carlo’s biography or books you can click here and visit his website.

feelings

The moment I heard people clapping their hands and saw the curtain going down in front of all of us, I felt happy, relieved and moved. The actors started shouting and jumping, one of them gave me a big hug, all were laughing  in happiness and pride of having done a great job. That was how a big project finished, A midsummer night’s dream finally came to an end and all our students had been great. I felt really good, tired and longing for a rest… but it was one of the happiest moments in my professional life…

Well, this is a short summary of what you have seen in class. You have heard my speech as an ice-breaker and example of what I am expecting you to do.

Choose a moment of your personal experience that you want to share with the rest of the class and tell us about it. After your oral performance you must write a short summary on the blog, post it as a comment and if any of your peers or myself want to give you our opinion, we will.

It can be the happiest, the saddest, the weirdest, the most frightening, the … moment of your life!