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Batxillerat grant for immersion courses in English

El BOE del sábado día 17 de febrero publica el Extracto de la Resolución de 1 de febrero de 2018, de la Secretaría de Estado de Educación, Formación Profesional y Universidades, por la que se convocan becas para la participación en un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés en España, para el año 2018.
Benficiarios:
-Bachillerato
-Enseñanzas profesionales de música y danza
-Grado medio de Formación Profesional
-Grado medio de artes plásticas y diseño
-Grado medio de enseñanzas deportivas y
-Enseñanzas de idiomas de nivel intermedio o avanzado
Requisitos:
– Haber obtenido en el curso 2017-2018 la condición de becario del Ministerio de Educación,
Cultura y Deporte
-Tener totalmente aprobado el curso inmediato anterior, con una nota final mínima de 7,50
puntos en la asignatura de inglés
Plazo:
-El plazo para la presentación de solicitudes finalizará el día 22 de marzo de 2018

Para acceder a la Resolución: Extracto Resolución Inmersión Lingüística en Inglés

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The history of a product

In groups of three, you are going to do a presentation about the history of a product. It can be any general product you like or you find interesting or it can be a specific brand.

You can use Power Point, Google Slides, Prezi … to do you presentation. Remember to include bibliography, webgraphy and to use images labeled for reuse. If the images are not labeled for reuse, don’t forget to attribute them! You can also include a video or anything you find interesting and is significant.

You can write your names and the products or brands in these lists: STUDENTS’LIST 

You need to add the following information:

1- How did this product get its name? 

2- Why did people use it?

3- What was it made from?

4- How did it become popular?

5- Who used them?

6- What has happened to this product/brand recently?

7- Is this product popular today?

Remember that your Power Point is a kind of guide that you follow to present the information. Do not copy paste from the Internet, use facts and figures and key words in the slides and use your own words to explain them. You can use index cards to remember what you want to explain.

The presentation must be sent to me by email by Monday 12th March as the latest.

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Ethical & unethical fashion

I. Where do you normally buy your clothes? Do you know where they are made? What are the conditions of the workers in those countries?

II. We are going to listen to Livia Firth, executive producer of a documentary film about the fashion industry. Listen to her and answer the questions.

  • Why did she go to Bangladesh?
  • What were the conditions of the women working in the factory?
  • How did she feel?
  • What did she decide to do and why?

III. Now watch the trailer of the movie and answer the following questions:

http://truecostmovie.com/

  • What was the promise of globalisation?
  • What is the meaning of “rapacious”? Explain it.
  • Why is the current system unsustainable?
  • How do you think the system can be changed and what can you do as an individual ? Write your opinion in the comments of this post. (50 words aprox.)
  • Go to Google and find three brands which make ethical clothing. We’re going to comment on them in class on Tuesday 27th.
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Colours of the season

I. Do you think Christmas is a special season? Why? Why not?

II. Look at the following pictures from the Boston Globe and, in pairs, choose the two of them you like most.

Source: Wikimedia Commons

III. Describe one of the picture to your partner. Why do you think they represent the colours of the seasons? Why did you choose these pictures, why are they special?

IV. Choose one and explain to the rest of the class why you chose it.

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PAU practice

PAU

So that you remember me over the Christmas break …

Take these listening & reading tests in real exam conditions. Don’t use a dictionary and listen to the tests only twice. Use up to 45′ to answer each reading exam.

pau_angl11june.pdf

pau_angl11sept.pdf

june11-john craven.mp3

june11-lost.mp3

sept11-end of the world train.mp3

pau_angl11june_key.pdf

pau_angl11sept_key.pdf

 [Thanks to Mireia Xortó for arranging and sharing this post]

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Australia (film)

Australian promotional poster

Pre-viewing activities

I. What do you know about Australia? Brainstorm your ideas and share with the class.

II. Baz Luhrmann’s film Australia is set in the 1940’s. Look at these pictures.

scenes

What do you think are the main themes of the film? Refer to the timeline below.timeline1 timeline2 timeline3

II. What do you know about Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?

III. Match the words to the definitions (worksheet)

Post-viewing activities

I. Write about 2 of these topics (about 100 words each writing assignment). We will discuss orally all the other questions in class after the Christmas break.

  1. Both Lady Ashely and Drover change a lot during the film. Describe both characters from when they first meet to the end of the movie.
  2. Love epics are romantic films done on a large scale, usually in a historical setting. Do you think Australia is a good example of a love epic. Why (not)?
  3. What is the relationship between Lady Sarah Ashley and Nullah?
  4. In most films we can easily pick out the star. However, who do you think is the real star in Australia: Lady Sarah Ashley, the Drover or Nullah? Why?
  5. Describe King George under the following headings:
    1. Appearance
    2. Character
    3. Role
  6. What do the Indigenous Australian traditions in the film tell you about the Indigenous’ way of life?
  7. Who is Australia’s narrator? Why do you think the story is narrated by this character?
  8. In the film Lady Sarah Ashley tells Nullah the story of The Wizard of Oz to comfort him when his mother dies. He later sees the film at an open air cinema. What song does Lady Sarah Ashley sing to Nullah? When does the song appear again in the film? What do you think is the significance of this?
  9. Look at the film poster designed to promote the film Australia. What does it tell you about the film? Do you think it’s an effective design? Why/not? Which element in particular might influence audiences?
  10. For exteriors, the director relied on the beauty of the Australian landscape as a backdrop for his epic tale. Do you think the use of these stunning landscapes would attract people to Australia? Why/not?

II. Did you like the movie? Submit your opinion in a comment to this post.

III. What is “The Stolen Generation”? Find out about it.

IV. The ‘Outback’, ‘bush’, ‘never never land’ and ‘big backyard’ are all names which refer to remote dry areas of Australia. Why do you think one of the names for the Outback is ‘never never’? What kind of landscape is this?

outback

[Thanks to the Irish Film Institute and to Mireia Xortó for sharing these activities and creating the post]

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The tragedy of the commons

“Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history’s biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons.”

Go to TedEd to watch the video and do the activities. You’ll need to sign in with your name and surname to complete them.

STEPS: 

  1. Click on WATCH and watch the whole video.
  2. Click on THINK and do the exercises. You can stop the video any time you wish.

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