10 funny (and bad) translations from Spanish to English and viceversa

You all know how difficult learning a language could be when we have as  many false friends and exceptions as in English.

Yesterday I happened to read this article and it made me laugh, so give it a try!!! (Not recommendable for beginners)

How the languages we speak can affect the way we think

Today a friend of mine shared on facebook an interesting article on how people can think differently according to the language we speak. Do you think this could be possible? Do you think you are a different person in English and Spanish?

Click here and read the article. Highly recommendable and interesting!!!

Oral exams-Intermediate

Dear all;

Here you have the link to the document for the oral exams. Check it in case you have doubts

Scary outdoor activity

Do you like walking in silence? If so, the best place to do it is....a graveyard!!!!

Some students of the school are organising a trip to the British Cemetery of Madrid. The tour (commented in English by our guide, David Butler) will take place on Saturday, the 23rd at 11.00 am

For further information , visit www.britishcemeterymadrid.com or contact the student Maribel Feito (NI1C English) Email: mimpj@gmail.com

Address here

Linking words

As the mock exam is just around the corner, here you have a list with the most common linking words

USEFUL LINKERS

You can visit the document, save it in your PCs or even edit it if you want to add some more linkers that you happen to find

And here you are some exercises to practise.

ORAL EXAMS-ADVANCED

Dear all,

To make things easy for you, I've opened this google doc for you to choose the day, hour and partner you'd like to do the oral exam with.

Please, first of all, agree with your partner on the day and hour and then write your names in the available gaps. LATER, YOU WON'T BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.

Click here: Oral exams document

See you

American vs British English

Dear all;

I think is high time we see this big difference. Try to do this exercise the best you can

  American English - British English

Can money buy happiness???

Last day, we were talking about money and its impact in our happiness as people

Here you have an interesting video with the answer to the question: CAN MONEY BUY HAPPINESS?

And this is an example on how money shouldn't be spent (or you could spend it that way and be miserable forever )



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 And if you have 10 minutes, you can't miss this