Hello, EOI Villaverde!!!

Hi all,

Welcome to this new academic year 2012-2013. This year I'll be teaching two levels: intermediate 1 and advanced 2. So if you want to see what activities are available for you, click on the corresponding level under the "labels" section (right-hand column of this blog) and choose intermediate or advanced.

I hope you come to my classes and enjoy them!!!

Nice to meet you

Marta

Farewell

Dear all, Yesterday I had no time to see you off. Here you are a farewell message. See you

 

The meaning of frienship

Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss. Rodriguez' son was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001; el-Wafi's son Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of a role in those attacks and is serving a life sentence. In hoping to find peace, these two moms have come to understand and respect one another.

What do you think about this?


 

World Day against Child Labour

It's incredible that something like this is still happening in the 21st century, but some children around the world aren't as lucky as you are. They don't even have a right to an education and are forced to work at a very early age.


A couple of months ago, the UNO celebrated the World Day against Child Labour. This was a day to raise some awareness on the topic and call for the following:

• Universal ratification of the ILO’s Conventions on child labour (and of all ILO core Conventions)
• National policies and programmes to ensure effective progress in the elimination of child labour
• Action to build the worldwide movement against child labour

Watch this video about children in the Congo. Then, complete the gaps below

Theater in English

Do you want to go to the theater? Do you have an intermediate or advanced level of English? If so, you can't forget to see "The Master and Margerite" by Complicite, belonging to a series of plays taking part in el Festival de Otoño en Primavera.


The play will be represented next Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 in Teatro Canal.


Here you have more information and you can buy your tickets on-line here

An unusual weather reporter

On a visit to the Scottish BBC premises, Prince Charles decided to become a weather reporter for a minute.

Have a look at this video. Can you imagine Prince of Asturias doing the same? Why/not?

Most common mistakes in English (made by Spanish speakers)

As somebody suggested, here you are a presentation with the most common mistakes you all make. I'll add a list in the forthcoming days with some other that are also recurrent.