A TRIBUTE TO MY FRIEND MANDELA!!!

Hi everyone,

Last Saturday I woke up with terrible news. My friend Mandela had died. I knew that he was really ill and I also knew his age however, it is really hard to understand this world without his sight, his feelings, his heart...some people like him will never die in our world and in our thoughts because of his wisdom, his way of living, his compassion and his passion with humankind...Could you tell me what Mandela means to you???

This picture is taken in New York City when Mandela attended  an important meeting there. He was very kind and nice to me and I noticed that he was a humble person.

He made amazing statements that changed the world, that avoided wars and differences between people of colour and non-colour. He always focused on human beings no matter their colour, their religion, their ideology...so many things to learn from him

I definitely encourage you all to share your thoughts about this relevant man: NELSON MANDELA. if you also want to share some of his quotations, feel free to do it ok??

BFN!!

DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND TO WIN A TRIP TO NEW YORK???

Hi guys!!!

Here you are a link for you to read and to decide if you want to participate. It is a photography contest about a topic titled: CURIOSITY

From my point of view you have awesome prizes and no difficulties to participate in it. I encourage you to do it. So will I!!!

Check this web page and if you have any doubts, let me know ok??

www.curiosipics.org 

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT: OUR C.V.

Curriculum Vitae / Resume Outline

Contact Information

·    Name, address and phone number

·   NOT COMPULSORY to write your birth date as it is considered to be discrimination. You can if you wish.

Resume Statement

·         Resume Objective (that is related to the job you are applying for)

**This is your first opportunity to catch the hiring manager's attention. This is where you tell the employer what job you want or what career field you want to work in. Be very specific. A vague statement will get your resume redirected to the rubbish.

• Career and personal summary

Work Experience

·         Where?

·         What?

·         When?

Education

·         Include school, university or other tertiary education, training and courses

Optional Sections

• Skills
• Certificates (include here things like drivers license, first aid etc)
• Accomplishments
• Honors and Awards
• Professional Associations/Volunteer Experience
• Interests/hobbies

Referees (minimum of 2)

TIPS:

• Keep your sentences short
• Avoid first person pronoun (do not use ‘I’)
• Go from general to specific – use a logical order
• Use plain English

NEW PROJECT: MY C.V & A JOB INTERVIEW

Hi everyone!!!!

As you all know, we have started a new unit related to jobs. In different sessions with Kristie you have learnt enough vocabulary to display in our new projects. Now it is your turn to show your skills facing the competitive labour market.

This time we are going to deal with two projects: 

The individual one: MY C.V. ( We will deal with this one later in class).

 The other one: A JOB INTERVIEW  (in pairs) I will explain this one deeply:

1) You are going to work in pairs. Each person has a job. With your partner you have to choose one of the jobs to work with.

2) Once you have decided the job to work with then, one of you two is going to be the boss (interviewer) and the other one the person who applies for the job (interviewee)

3) You have to make up a dialogue in the context that fits with the job you have choosen (10 minutes minimum) in which the person that wants the job has to sell herself/himself.

4) Speaking fluently, pronunciation, accurate vocabulary will be required to pass this project. You will have an extra mark if you use your sense of humour or even if you dress up according to the context. 

5) You will be recorded and the deadline for this activity is going to be 2nd December.

GOOK LUCK GUYS!!!!

NEW PROJECT: KNOWING YOUR ECOLOGICAL SIDE!!!!

Hi again guys!!!

We would like to know how ecological you are in your real life that is why you are going to follow these instructions to share this information with your classmates.

1) You are going to record a tiny film in which you are the main character so, take your video camera or your mobile and try to show us your habits from the morning till night underlining those habits that are right or wrong in terms of ecology. Of course you are your own narrator in the story.

2) Create a slogan for you to remember these habits and write it down on your blog-portfolio

3) Upload your video below your slogan on your blog-portfolio

This project is going to be marked as the other ones. GOOD LUCK!!!!

That´s all folks!!!

BFN!!!

NEW UNIT IS COMING!!!! ECOLOGY!!!!

Hi guys!!!

We start a new and quite interesting unit related to ECOLOGY in our daily life. To introduce this topic you are going to watch the videos I´m uploading below and you have to make a comment telling us how ecological you are in your everyday life and the things you like most about these videos. Ask yourself a few questions:

1. Do I respect the environment?
2. Do I put in practise the three "R"?
3. Do I have ecological habits?

THANKS A LOT TO EVA HERRERO & VEGA MARTÍN, ELISABETH DOPAZO & ALBA MONTIEL & LUCÍA VILLORIA

Thanks a lot to Eva, Vega, Elisabeth, Alba M for your awesome muffins and for sharing them with all the class. Very kind of you. Above all, I really appreciate your effort trying to put in practise everything we have learnt in class.Go on this way!!!.

Here you are some picts for you to remember:

I also want to say thank you to Lucía Villoria for allowing us to listen to One Direction group in a song titled Diana related to the topic we are dealing with : FOOD DISORDERS and SELF- ESTEEM

Here you are the link if you want to enjoy the song once more:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_eFDTzxHLtQ

BYE GUYS!!! I´M CHECKING YOUR PORTFOLIOS RIGHT NOW!!!