Tuesday 29 March 2011

Recommended reading material














1 Avanzado: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Mary Anne Shaffer and Annie Barrows
To find out more about the book, take a look at this website: http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey/

1 Básico: The Black Arrow. R. L. Stevenson. BLACK CAT. GREEN APPLE

Monday 21 March 2011

Year 1: Past Simple (Regular verbs)

If you want to put into practice what we've learned this past week about the Past Simple of regular verbs, take a look at the following websites:

Year 1: Past Simple (Regular and irregular verbs)

Hello!

Here you'll be able to do two new listening exercises. Listen to this recording and do the exercises.



Thursday 17 March 2011

Year 1: St Patrick's Day

March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, an annual feast which celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland.

If you want to learn about the history of St. Patrick and some other Irish traditions, click here.

Then try this quiz.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Year 4: St Patrick's Day


March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, an annual feast which celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland.

If you want to learn about the history of St. Patrick and some other Irish traditions, watch this video.



Now you are ready to read this text to find out more about some Irish traditions.

And another video from History.com.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Tuesday 8 March 2011

Year 4: International Women's Day

Among the many things that New Zealand is famous for, it was the first country to grant women the vote. Many of us take the right to vote (suffrage) for granted but today (International Women's Day), we focus on the courageous women who fought hard to achieve equal rights. And the battle doesn’t go as far back as some may think; Switzerland only achieved suffrage in 1971, while South Africa didn’t achieve it until as recently as 1994.

Read the following text to find out more about those women and their extraordinary stories.

Now check your answers.

To know more, check out the following websites:
In some countries, women still have to fight to get equal access to education. Video script

Sunday 6 March 2011

Gender Facts

Next week we celebrate International Women's Day. The first International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911, so this year marks the centenary of this day of global celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.

Here are some gender facts that will get you thinking:
  • Of 1.2 billion people living in poverty worldwide, 70% are women
  • 80% of the world's 27 million refugees are women
  • Women own around only 1% of the world's land
  • Only in Japan and Peru are women more active in starting a business than men
  • Women do two-thirds of the world's work but receive only 10% of the world's income

Now watch this video in which James Bond is challenged by M to think about gender inequality.


Tell us what you think by leaving a comment.

Saturday 5 March 2011

More films in English at the Universidad Popular

Tuesday 22 March: You will meet a tall dark stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is a 2010 English-language Spanish-American co-production comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. It features Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto, and Naomi Watts.



Tuesday 29 March: Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian drama written and directed by David Michôd, and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville.