sábado, 19 de noviembre de 2016

25TH NOVEMBER: INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

Background

     By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25th November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day.

     Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican ruler Rafael Trujillo (1930-1961).

    On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly, by resolution 48/104, adopted the
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Why This International Day?

  • Violence against women is a human rights violation.
  • Violence against women is a consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practice, and of persisting inequalities between men and women.
  • Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. Prevention is possible and essential.
  • Violence against women continues to be a global pandemic.







miércoles, 26 de octubre de 2016

jueves, 15 de septiembre de 2016

WELCOME BACK!

I am very happy to be your teacher again, I hope you learn a lot of English this year.
ICEBREAKERS (taken from www.insight.typepad.co.uk | Grahame Knox)
ACTIVITY 1: INTERVIEW
Divide  into pairs.  Take three minutes to interview each other. Each interviewer has to find 3 interesting facts about their partner. Bring everyone back to together and  present the 3 facts about your partner to the rest of the group.
ACTIVITY 2
1. If you had a time machine that would work only once, what point in the future or in history would you visit?
2. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
3. If your house was burning down, what three objects would you try and save?
4. If you could talk to any one person now living, who would it be and why?
 5. If you HAD to give up one of your senses (hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting) which would it be and why?
 6. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
7. Do you have a pet? If not, what sort of pet would you like?
 8. Name a gift you will never forget?
9. Name one thing you really like about yourself.
10.What's your favourite thing to do in the summer?
11.Who's your favourite cartoon character, and why?
 12.Does your name have a special meaning and or were you named after someone special?
13.What is the hardest thing you have ever done?
 14.If you are at a friend's or relative's house for dinner and you find a dead insect in your salad, what would you do?
 15. What was the best thing that happened to you this past week?
16.If you had this week over again what would you do differently?
 17.What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about God?
 18.What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?
 19.If you could ask Christ to change one problem in the world today, what would you like him to change?
 20.What book, movie or video have you seen/read recently you would recommend? Why?
ACTIVITY 3: IF
 Sit in a circle. The first person takes a card, reads it out and gives their answer, comment or explanation. The card is returned to the bottom of the pile before the next person takes their card.
 1. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
 2. If I gave you $10,000, what would you spend it on?
 3. If you could watch your favourite movie now, what would it be?
 4. If you could talk to anyone in the world, who would it be?
 5. If you could wish one thing to come true this year, what would it be?
 6. If you could live in any period of history, when would it be?
 7. If you could change anything about yourself, what would you change?
 8. If you could be someone else, who would you be?
 9. If you could have any question answered, what would it be?
10.If you could watch your favourite TV show now, what would it be?
11.If you could have any kind of pet, what would you have?
12.If you could do your dream job 10 years from now, what would it be?
13.If you had to be allergic to something, what would it be?
 14.If you sat down next to Jesus on a bus, what would you talk about?
15.If money and time was no object, what would you be doing right now?
 16.If you had one day to live over again, what day would you pick?
17.If you could eat your favourite food now, what would it be?
18.If you could learn any skill, what would it be?
19.If you were sent to live on a space station for three months and only allowed to bring three personal items with you, what would they be?
 20.If you could buy a car right now, what would you buy?

miércoles, 13 de enero de 2016

SPELLING BEE

Es sabido que el inglés presenta importantes dificultades en su ortografía. Con las actividades y competiciones de "spelling" que haremos en clase pretendemos motivaros  para que mejoréis dicha ortografía y desarrolléis vuestro máximo potencial en este ámbito así como animaros a que perseveréis en el aprendizaje del idioma.
WHAT IS A SPELLING BEE?
A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty. The concept is thought to have originated in the United States,[4] and spelling bee events, along with variants, are now also held in some other countries around the world

domingo, 10 de enero de 2016

UNIT 4: WHAT AN IDEA!

VOCABULARY
1- MATERIALS : exercise 1, exercise 2
2- MEDICINE
GRAMMAR
THE PASSIVE
TOPICS WHICH BRING UP A LOT OF PASSIVE FORMS:
- Inventions: Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.
- Description of products and raw materials: Tea is grown in India.
- Stories of companies: Zara was founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega.
- Crimes and punishment: The suspect was seen entering the building.
PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE: exercise

PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE: exercise
Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4,
TRANSFORMATIONS
Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4,

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Welcome back, I hope you have had a wonderful Chritmas holiday, but... we are in January and we have to work hard again. Remember, these are our NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS:
- SPEAK MORE ENGLISH DURING THE LESSON.
- DO HOMEWORK EVERYDAY.
- STUDY AND LEARN MORE
- BE MORE POSITIVE AND ENTHUSIASTIC.
- NEVER SURRENDER!!!