Tuesday, 29 March 2011

SPAIN IN THE GUARDIAN.

Neus has sent me this fantastic link to The Guardian newspaper in-depth look at out country. I'm sure you'll enjoy learning what the Brits think about us. There are also podcasts and videos where people tell us what they think is the best country in Europe and talk about  lifestyle, politics, climate, dress sense... to justify their choices. Go to: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/new-europe.

Monday, 28 March 2011

The Fun Theory

www.thefuntheory.com This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is theeasiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself,for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing thatmatters is that it’s change for the better.

THE FUN THEORY GAP-FILL

Thursday, 17 March 2011

RED NOSE DAY

Learn about this very special day in the UK (18th March this year) on: http://www.rednoseday.com/. Comments welcome!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Hi class. Have a look at this very interesting site with loads of info about St. Patrick's Day (and many other topics!):  http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day

Monday, 14 March 2011

The virtual revolution

Watch the first 10 minutes of this BBC documentary and then answer the questions below:



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AKINATOR

Just in case you haven't met this smart genie that can read your thoughts. How clever! Have a go and see how he can guess who's in your mind!: http://en.akinator.com/

Top 10 Spanish swearwords

We'll soon be dealing with the topic of English swearwords in class (you students love to learn them!). I came across this very interesting webpage that teaches "guiris" how to swear in Spanish. Hope you find it as funny as I did. Looking forward to your comments:
http://www.wildjunket.com/2009/03/19/top-10-spanish-swear-words/

50 interesting facebook facts

Have a look at these 50 facts about Facebook that we dealt with in class. In this webpage, there are thousands of random facts about loads of things. Hope you find something interesting here:

http://facts.randomhistory.com/interesting-facebook-facts.html

How big a Loser are you?

After dealing with the topic of social networking in class, why don't you try this test? http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~stellal/Quiz.htm