Enciclopèdia Catalana has just launched their new internet version of the famous encyclopaedia. You can type the word that you want to look up and then decide if you want to use the Catalan encyclopedia, the dictionary or the English encyclopaedia.
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Next Thursday, 21st February, opens the International Year of Languages, whose motto is ‘languages matter’. The opening day coincides with the International Day of the Mother Tongue, which is celebrated every year since 2000.
Com cada any, l’ APAC (Associació de professors i professores d’ anglès de Catalunya) organitza unes jornades per què tots aquells que ens dediquem a l’ ensenyament de l’ anglès coneguem noves tendències pedagògiques, les darreres publicacions de les editorials o simplement escoltar el testimoni d’ altres docents.
Alguns dels professors de l’ IES Cubelles ja estan tramitant la matriculació.
I’ve just finished marking your compositions. Remember last unit’s essays consisted on a place description. The results have been relatively higher than in previous times and I have seen that some of you have used the vocabulary that we learnt in the classroom and, something which has made me even happier: some of you used a variety of connectors succesfully.
Next Monday -for some next Tuesday- you’ll see the results.
Well, I’ve just finished marking your exams. Half of you have passed it. The highest result has been an 8, which is very good news. The lowest result was 2,7, which is not so bad either. In some other exams we had much lower results. You’ll be able to see the exams for yourselves next Monday.
Today many teachers from our highschool have participated in a demonstration against the Catalan Education Bill. I hope the voice of teachers is listened to and the current situation of the Catalan school system is improved.
Today, 12 February, is Red Hand Day, set up to raise international awareness of the tragic situation of child soldiers, recruited to fight in wars and armed conflicts.
Before the 1980s, news reports were often read from a piece of paper, with little or no maps and terribly, inevitably boooooring. In the 80s, something started: news editors thought that the final message of a news report should be a happy story (otherwise, people would be too pessimistic and maybe even induced to suicide). Ever since, news reports have had the “happy” story, usually involving some kind of friendly animal or guinness records. If your memory reaches as far as mine, you will probably identify the “fets i gent” section in TV3, which was exactly that, the “happy” story. Talking of which…
Remember that the exam is next Wednesday (3r ESO C) and next Friday (3rd ESO A). The minimum number of exercises for the dossier is 45, but for a group of students of 3rd ESO C, it’s just 41 (they couldn’t complete the 3 group activities, only 2 of them!).