SYMBOLS: # AND @

 

Two very common symbols of the technological age. Here's a video that explains the origin of the hashtag (#) and the at (@) symbols.

Video:

TODAY'S THE DAY...

Today's the day... 

We'll get to know... 

...in which groups we're in, 

...who are our class-mates, 

...who are our teachers, 

...who are our pupils...

By the way, in my case...

...I already know who I'll be teaching this year: all 1st BAC groups. So most of us will already know each other... Some will be new, though.

I'll also have students from 2nd ESO.

So, see you soon. And a good start and good luck to you all in this 2015-16 school year.

6 YEARS WITH "CLICK ON ENGLISH"

About to start a new course, this blog celebrates today 6 years of posts to help you learn, practice and use English. Here we are collecting posts day after day, thanks for following! And remember you can always look back on previous posts...

Check here how we've started all these school years since 2009:

STARTING OFF A NEW COURSE: 2009-2010

THE BLOG RE-OPENS FOR THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR. WELCOME BACK!

WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR 2011-2012

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL & TO THIS BLOG. 2012-2013

2013-2014 SCHOOL YEAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN... & WELCOME BACK...

"CLICK ON ENGLISH" 5th ANNIVERSARY!

2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR. WELCOME BACK!

DIFFERENT LANGUAGES & ACCENTS IN THE BRITISH ISLES

As we saw in the previous post yesterday, Britain has different languages and accents, as an example, the longest name of for a village in Welsh. 
Today we're presenting the map that shows the geographical distribution of the different languages/dialects (____) and accents (_ _ _) spoken throughout the British Isles. Another interesting curiosity.

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYMDROBWILLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH

While we wait to start off the new school year, let's begin with a funny curiosity. The title of this post is nothing strange... It's not exactly English, but Welsh. It's the village with the longest name in Britain and in the whole world with 51 letters (considering ch and ll as digraphs in Welsh, so single letters). You can see in the photos above, the name and where the village is on the map.

which means: Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the parish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch).

but if you want to hear it being pronounced, here's a video of a weatherman on British TV saying the name correctly live on the weather forecast.

Video:

By the way you can also check on the weather vocabulary once again.

BACK TO SCHOOL 2015: WELCOME!

September exams having finished, we're on the countdown to the start of the new school year 2015-16. Are you ready? Batteries charged? Enjoy the last few days and be prepared to discover lots of new things at school and here...

Are you ready for school?

[You can leave your comments in English below]

THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN...