Friday, 1 February 2013

Time-travelling letters

For 15 minutes write a letter to yourself, to be read in the last class of this term.

No one other than you, the writer, will get to read your letter.

The idea is that you write freely, without having to worry about the teacher's corrections. You work on fluency more than accuracy. 

What you write about is entirely up to you, try to choose things that you will enjoy reading about when you read your letter.

Your start:


  • Dear + own name,
  • Remember to put the time, the day of the week and the date at the top of the letter.

  • Sign the letter.
  • You will be given an envelope, write your name on it and seal it.

HAPPY WRITING!!

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Visualize your intention (5 min. guided meditation)

Visualize your intetion meditation:
http://www.yogaglo.com/online-class-1214-Visualize-Your-Intention.html

Pre-teach vocab.:
outcome
goal
keep breathing
a few more breaths
put your soul-power into this intention

Monday, 7 January 2013

What adds to job satisfaction?


The Guardian newspaper recently sent out a questionnaire to its readers on the subject of work and careers and received more than 11,000 replies. In one section, aspects of work which might contribute to job satisfaction were listed and readers were asked to say how important they were.

Working with a partner, consider the 15 points below and put them in order of importance.

What adds up to job satisfaction?
How important are each of the following to you in providing you with job satisfaction?

·        Challenge
·        Meeting people through work
·        Security
·        The respect of colleagues
·        Working conditions
·        Status in your organization
·        Learning something new
·        Personal freedom
·        Being part of a team
·        Exercising power
·        Helping other people
·        Being praised by your superiors
·        Social status
·        Being promoted
·        Making money

When you have finished, compare your results with those of another pair. 

TV DEBATE on education


All of you have been invited to a TV debate to discuss some issues about education.
                            
STATEMENTS TO DEBATE:

1.    The best way to study for an exam is to do it with a fellow student.
2.    There is no point in studying the night before the exam.
3.    Physical education should be an optional subject.
4.    Most parents influence what university their child will attend or what degree they will study.
5.    Students who cheat during exams must fail the subject until they take a final exam in June.
6.    It is impossible to study with background music playing.
7.    School holidays are too long.
8.    School uniforms are boring

DEBATE PROCEDURE
There will be 2 groups:
  • The people in one group have to work out and note down all possible arguments IN FAVOUR of each statement, including defences against points that might be brought up by the opposition.
  • The students in the second group have to work out and note down all possible arguments AGAINST each statement, including defences against points that might be brought up by the opposition.

NOTE: Groups to do not need to be divided according to actual opinions. They are divided arbitrarily, so many of you will find yourselves having to argue in favour of something that you oppose, or vice-versa.  This is in fact a kind of role-play.

1-      Each student is allowed 1 minute to give his/her opinion and support his/her arguments.

2-      The procedure will be as follows:
student for     ->   student against     ->   student for     ->  student against
   

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Are high-heeled shoes a good idea for the party?

Today fashion is very important in our society. When girls go out, such as going to the disco, girls wear high-heeled shoes. The boys are asking: Why? What for?

It's easy, I wear high-heeled shoes because I'm a short person and I like feeling tall (a little bit). I love high-heeled shoes! but I think that:

When I go to the disco I dress well and I wear my high-heeled shoes (12 cm), I dance, I laugh, I sing, etc. But finally I can't walk because my feet hurt. I get tired of walking on tiptoe and the pain lasts for days. It's horrible. Also, the high-heeled shoes don't let me dance well, I can't walk quickly and sometimes you can twist the ankle.

On the other hand, wearing high-heeled shoes has advantages, for example, you look pretty and sexy. For short people it's good, you feel tall! Also, it's fashionable and elegant. The high-heeled shoes stylize the woman's body.


Monday, 17 December 2012

Give a little love

Hey guys!

It's been awhile since the last time I posted something here, but I saw this yesterday and I couldn't resist to post it here.
It's perfect for this time of year, with the Christmas spirit and everything.
I hope it'll make you realize of what you can do just with a little gesture.

I hope you like it!



PS: From an ex-student, keep taking care of the blog ;)

Saturday, 15 December 2012

The Best Things In Life Are Free

A lot of people think that money gives you happiness. Personally, I think that the best things in life are free.

Firtsly, I think that money makes you crazy and little by little you become selfish and stringy. You loose emotions, you look only at superficial things. You think only about yourself, and you want more and more money. It's a crazy life. I think that this people are the richest of the poor.

Secondly, the best things are love, patience, empathy, laughter, hugs, caresses, kisses, looks, peace, solidarity, dancing, walking, sleeping, dreaming, hoping and more. But, for me the most important is making people happy and helping them when they need.

To sum up, you don't live without knowing what it feels like to improve someones life. All life returns.


An Interesting Place I Have Visited

One of the most interesting places I have ever visited is a house in Berna, Swetherland. Berna is the capital, I went to a small town near the city. The town is peaceful surronded by nature. It is also famous for their houses in the Alps.

From the outside, the house looked ruristic. There was such a small wood door. In the balcony it was so flowery with a lot of colours. However, when I went inside the house, I realized that it was very spacious. In addition, it was relaxed and I felt very clam. The windows of the house were so big. The kitchen was so small but it was very sophisticated.

I liked this house because is was so relaxing. Moreover, it was very comfortable. I wolud like to live there.



The First Date

Last week, I met a handsome and friendly boy called John at a café, and he asked me aou on Friday night. For our first date, we arranged to meet at a shopping centre. I was wearing my favourite dress.

I arrived a little late, but as I always say " what is good is worth waiting", whan I arrived he looked at me and smiled. A man had given us some tickets for a new restaurant while we were walking and finally we decided to do there and eat or drink something. After, we went to a park and we were talking about us.

At the end of the day, we came home and he asked me my phone number. Two days later he called me and we met again.


Monday, 10 December 2012

Do you think that school holidays are too long?


Nowadays, in Catalonia school holidays last forthree months. Possibly some people think that it is too long, and other people think that it isn’t long enough, but, in my opinion, the course is very hard and it’s necessary to have long holidays. When we were younger than now, we went to “esplais” and “casals”, very educational sites and very important for our relations with other people. If the holidays had been shorter, people wouldn’t have done their hobbies in these “esplais”. I wish I could return to those times, it was brilliant.

Now, holidays are a good time to revise some things from the last course, to read a book or to improve the contents of the next course. Also, young people can search employment at this time. A lot of teenagers use it to work in some shop or company. It’s fantastic to earn your own money. You can use it to buy clothes, to go to the disco or to donate money to charity.
If people want to work in summer, they can do a lot of other activities; never activities of vandalism of course.
Furthermore, if we are relaxed on holidays, next we will work better at school, with more motivation.

To sum up, we need the holidays for to rest and enjoy, or to do other activities that we don't do at school like working.
They can change the duration of summer holidays as long as the winter holidays last more time. Unless they change it, it’s irrational that summer holidays last less that now.

Description of my house

My home is in the neighborhood of Montigalà. The area is modern and lively. My street is very cramped and peaceful; almost there isn’t traffic or fuss. Also, the street is very convenient for the kids; they play every afternoon without worries.

The house is big and cozy. The living room is comfortable and the kitchen is spacious. There are two bathrooms. My room is the place where I spend more time. In my bedroom I have my computer, my books and my PlayStation. It feels very calm there. In addition, I have an amazing garden. It is the funniest place of the home. There are a table of tennis, a basket and a reveille. There was a table football three years ago, but unfortunately it broke. The garden is perfect for warm summer days. There is light at night too. It is so high that I have played basketball matches with my friends.

However, I don’t like spending much time at home, I like going out and relaxing with my friends. In conclusion, it isn’t a mansion, but it is perfect for me.

A nightmare in the train

It was a Saturday evening. I was going to Barcelona because I needed to buy some clothes for the winter.
I used the train to go. When I entered in the train, I sat near the window. At the second stop, I fell asleep because I was very tired.

I was still sleeping when the train passed for Barcelona. I wake up very far. I wasn't recognizing anything out of the window. The man who was in front of me there was looking at me. I asked him where we were. He answered: "We have already passed Barcelona, we are at Valencia".

I got off the train at the next stop. I hadn't been there never. There was nobody at the station. I was very nervous, I was lost.
Suddenly I wake ip and I was in my bed. I was sweating but I could breathe calmly, I was safe.