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CHRISTMAS GIFT-BRINGERS OF EUROPE

This map shows who brings the gifts in each and every country around Europe.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 2018-19!

Today we're wishing you all 

Happy Holidays

because that's what we're starting right now.

In a few days, we'll be wishing you something else...

Enjoy your holidays!!!!

TIPS TO WRITE EFFECTIVE EMAILS

British Council's tips to effective email writing.

[10thCW] CINEMA: IDEAS TO WORK ON?

This year our 10th Cultural Week will be devoted to 

CINEMA. 

The week will be held between April 29th and 3rd May. So during the second term of the course we'll be working on the topic.

ANY IDEAS TO WORK ON?

- Film reviews in English.
- Film scripts in English.
- Videos of famous film scenes/trailers in English.
- Surveys on films.
- Film vocabulary in English.
...
You can post comments below with any ideas you come up with. Thanks.

Galician version @ ArquivoDoTrasno.

AND THE FILM CHOSEN BY 1st-BAC-B IS...

1ºBAC-B votes (in voting order)

José Paz: "'The Holiday', I like Cameron Diaz".

Cata Mir: "'The Holiday', because I like Cameron Diaz. She is a good actress and the film is very interesting".

Michael Sandoz: "I prefer to see 'The Holiday', because I love Jack Black".

Lucía Varela: "I want to see 'Love Actually', because I think it is funny".

Luís Otero: "My vote is for 'Love Actually', because it's the only film that catches my attention".

Axel Rodríguez: "'Love Actually', because I like comedies and I want to relax before Christmas".

Uxía Queijeiro: "'Love Actually', because I like love and Christmas".

Daniela Valenzuela: "I vote for  'The Holiday', because I like Cameron Diaz".

and so there's a tie for the WINNING FILM between:

 "THE HOLIDAY" & "LOVE ACTUALLY" (4 votes each)
THE TEACHER BREAKS THE TIE DECIDING FOR:

AND THE FILM CHOSEN BY 1st-BAC-A IS...

1st BAC-A votes (in voting order)

19 students have voted (half the class+4), here are their votes and reasons:

Javier Esmorís: "I would like to see the film 'Love Actually', because I prefer comedy films and I've seen movies with these actors and they are funny".

Carolina Grela: "I would like to see 'The Holiday', because I like the actors, the trailer and I think it is a great movie".

Jacqueline Ferrín: "I want to watch 'Stepmom', because I think that it could be very interesting and beautiful".

Amanda Trujillo: "I prefer 'The Holiday', because I like the actress Kate Winslet.

Eva Soldán:  "'Love Actually', because I like the plot".

Marta Souto: "I want to see 'Stepmom', because it caught my attention, I want to know what happens in the end".

Oliver Vaamonde: "I vote in favour of 'Stepmom', because the trailer convinced me".

Mauricio Rosa: "I want to watch 'The Holiday', because it seems intereseting and a comedy film. I like this type of films a lot".

Mauro López: "My vote is for 'Love Actually', because I think it will be an interesting film to watch, specially because its trailer if funny".

Rodrigo Rama: "My vote is for 'Peter's Friends', because it seems an interesting and fun movie that can make us have a good time".

Zeltia Mira: "I vote 'Love Actually', because I like love stories and the film 'Notting Hill' starring Hugh Grant".

Emma Zas: 'The Holiday', because it is a funny movie".

David Sandoz: 'The Holiday', because I love this movie".

Adrián Infante: "I vote for 'The Holiday', because it seems fun and interesting".

Paula Varela: "'The Holiday', because I think it's the most interesting film".

Mario Valderas: "I will choose 'Peter's Friends', because I am suffering the pressure of that deadline date of yours, so I prefer to vote now for one film I don't really love instead of losing the oppotunity to decide. I know that it's a poor reason, but i don't have any better.  Thanks and good night".

Adrián Riveiro: "'Love Actually', because I want to see the famous actor Rowan Atkinson".

Raquel Torres:  "The film I prefer to watch is 'The Holiday', because I think that house exchanges are an interesting and original topic".

Jennifer Vaamonde: "I vote for 'Stepmom', because the trailer is very interesting".

and so the WINNING FILM is:

 "THE HOLIDAY" (8 votes)

('Love Actually' 5, 'Stepmom' 4 & 'Peter's Friends' 2)

THE STORY OF ALFRED NOBEL AND THE NOBEL PRIZE

December 10th is 'Nobeldagen' in Sweden, that is, Nobel Day, the day when the Nobel prizes are awarded in Stockholm. Here's a video that tells the story of Alfred Nobel and his prizes.

Video:

BASIC QUESTIONS: PERSONAL INFO, EVERYDAY & TIME Qs

Bringing together a collection of basic everyday questions on personal info, habits and time.

QUESTIONS WITH 'WHAT...'?

TOP 10 MISTAKES SPANISH SPEAKERS MAKE

The link below comments on the top ten mistakes Spanish speakers make in English.

It belongs to the Schwa English blog:

- TOP 10 MISTAKES SPANISH SPEAKERS MAKE.

WEATHER vs CLIMATE

Difference in meaning between weather & climate.

ADJECTIVES vs ADVERBS

Basic to chart to distinguish adjectives from adverbs: when they appear, typical collocations and word order.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2018!

Photo: profilepictures.com

It's Halloween again...! Enjoy the day and the long weekend that comes with it this year!!!

EU TO STOP TIME SHIFTING

This weekend will be changing the time again, we'll have one extra hour to sleep... Previously this summer, there has seen controversy throughout Europe to stop shifting time in Spring and Autumn. It's said that March 2019 will see the last time shift as Governments consider this change has more disadvantages, specially in people's health, than benefits in saving energy. Not changing the time will mean that each country will have to opt for one of the time patterns (Winter's or Summer's) and some like Spain will also have to consider in adapting its time to our appropriate time zone or not.

+ info:

Spain to Shift an Hour 

Back to Get Rid of 

Hitler Time

Video THESE ARE THE WORLD'S STANGEST TIME ZONES:

THOSE WHO SAY ENGLISH VERBS ARE DIFFICULT...

...just compare!

BASIC INTERROGATIVE & PASSIVE STRUCTURES

INFO ABOUT "AMANCIO ORTEGA" SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY 1st BAC IN USA OR CANADA

On this post 4th-ESO year students can find the link to all the information about the 2019 "Amancio Ortega Foundation" Scholarship Programme to enter for an option to one of the 600 grants, 100 for Galicia, to study 1st BAC at the USA or Canada. On that page, you'll find all the information about the programme, this year's announcement, the way to register (up to deadline on October 30th at 13:00h) and the most frequent questions.

- "AMANCIO ORTEGA FOUNDATION" SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME 2019-20.

The programme has a free assistance phone and an email address where you can post your doubts about anything in this announcement:

Telephone line: 900 103 651

Email address: info@becas.faortega.org

Galician version of this post @ RafaelDiesteBlog.

JOBS & PROFESSIONS DEFINED

This chart shows jobs and professions defined. 

More on jobs in a previous post in this blog HERE.

20 YEARS GOOGLING

Our favourite search engine is celebrating its 20th birthday today. 20 years searching for information.

REMEMBERING PACO DE LA IGLESIA, FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER AT "RAFAEL DIESTE"

 The school community of the "Rafael Dieste" is very sad to learn that one of our most precious former teachers and member of the first English Department of this school from its beginning until 2007, Paco de la Iglesia. RIP.

In fact, Paco had been my tutor-trainer during my teacher training course previous to my official teacher exam and also coincidingly he left me his post at this school when retiring.

REMEMBERING PACO DE LA IGLESIA

All the members of the IES Plurilingüe "Rafael Dieste" school community are sad to know about the death of one of the dearest teachers here, PACO DE LA IGLESIA.
One of the first teachers of our English Department since the first years of this school up to 2007.
From here all our love and respect to his family and friends.
RIP, Paco.

BANNING MOBILE PHONE USAGE @ "RAFAEL DIESTE"

This course has started with new rules and regulations at "Rafael Dieste".

The use of mobile phones has been banned in all the school venues during all times, both classes and breaks. Mobile phones cannot be seen at any moment of the school schedule. If phones are brought to school, they must always be disconnected and kept in the school bags. Phones are not necessary at school. If there's an emergency, school phones can be used.

Another new regulation is that no ESO students can leave school if there's no class in the last session. Only BAC students can.

Galician version @ RafaelDiesteBlog.

WELCOME BACK TO THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR

Another September, another school year that starts... good luck to everyone!

NINE YEARS CLICKING ON ENGLISH!

Celebrating today our 9th anniversary. Nine years clicking on English to get information about English learning. 11... posts about all the aspects of English. Starting another school year once again.

MOON IDIOMS

On the day of the moon eclipse, here are some common English idioms with 'moon'.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2018

Closing down for the summer holidays, hope you all enjoy them!

Back in September. Bye!

MEANINGS & USE OF 'JUST'

Chart on uses and meanings of 'JUST'.
Previous posts about 'JUST': Confusing 'Just' vs 'Only' & 
Present Perfect common adverbs: 'STILL', 'ALREADY', 'YET' & 'JUST'

ENVIRONMENT: HOW LONG UNTIL IT'S DECOMPOSED?

EU wants to ban the use of plastic bags, plastic cutlery (forks & knives), plastic plates and cups and straws, taking a look at this chart the reason why is quite clear! It seems we should do so as soon as possible.

'RAFAEL DIESTE' 2018 STUDENTS' GRADUATION

This evening we said goodbye, once again, to another 2nd Bac year students from IES Plurilingüe "Rafael Dieste". It was the 2012-2018 group of pupils. The event was held at the "Andrés Gaos" Auditorium at the nearby Superior Music Conservatory. And like every year, speeches, videos, performances and memories reminded us of their years at our school.
Here are photos of the outstanding moments.

Congratulations and good luck to all!

Galician version of this post @ RafaelDiesteBlog.

Hosts of the show: Uxía Soneira & Jonathan Suárez.

The headmaster's speech, Fernando Gómez reading Robert Louis Stevenson's Spanish version of his poem "To all that love the far and blue".

2ºBac-A tutor's speech by Inma Mato.

2ºBac-B tutor's speech by Eloi Rodríguez.

Clarinet performance by Miguel Alcaide.

Speech by Carlos Blanco, 2ºBac Spanish Literature & Language teacher.

Speech by Paula Conde, representing 2ºBac-A class.

Performance by María Alcaide (voice) & Luisana Álvarez Monsalve (guitar).

Speech by Andrea Núñez & Iago Mora, representing 2ºBac-B class.