Exchange 2019 / Tuesday 2nd April: KRONBERG IM TAUNUS, THE VILLAGE

In the afternoon, both Spanish & German students toured the village where they were staying. These are some pictures of the centre of the village. Above Viktoriapark.

Kronberg im Taunus, rathaus (town hall)

St Peter's church

Exchange 2019 / Tuesday 2nd April: SCHOOL TOUR & WELCOME

Photo: alkönigschule.com

On our first day we were received by the German teacher organizing the exchange, Julia Westenburger, who showed us around the different buildings and parts of the Altkönigschule. The school's headmaster Mr Peppler also read a welcome speech in Spanish.

Corridor between library & cafeteria in the main school building. 

Two separate buildings from the main one: The building behind is the one for the older students doing BAC, the one in the front is for the younger ones starting secondary educaction.

The hall of the main building where the library & teacher's room is.

This board shows the different extracurricular activities available at the school.

This board shows the cross-curricular monthy topic to be worked in clases. This month was personal image.

The hall of the Gymnasium building, the eldest students.

The teacher's room during a break

STUDENT EXCHANGE 2019: ALTKÖNIGSCHULE @ KRONBERG IM TAUNUS

Our School Exchange 2019 starts today. This course we're beginning a relationship with a new German school: the Altkönigschule in Kronberg im Taunus, near Frankfurt. Our students travel there today to stay for a week. On April 29th the German students will come for their one-week stay in our city.
As usual, students will be living with their partner families, attend some activities in each school and they will be planned visits and trips to nearby places of interest. Twelve of our students take part and fifteen Germans.

Galician version of this post @ 'RafaelDiesteBlog'

[10thCW] TALKING ABOUT GOING TO THE MOVIES

Another video about going to the movies for our Xth Cultural Week on the Cinema.

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[10th CW] THE HISTORY OF CINEMA TIMELINE

This chart shows a short history of cinema timeline.

STUDENTS EXCHANGE 2019-PLACES WE'LL BE VISITING: HEIDELBERG

The other place we'll be visiting during the exchange is the historical German town of Heidelberg. Here's a video with the top ten things to check there.

Video Heidelberg:

STUDENTS EXCHANGE 2019-PLACES WE'LL BE VISITING: FRANKFURT

During this year's student exchange, we'll be visiting the German city of Frankfurt am Mein. Here's a video with the top places to visit there.

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PHONEMIC CHART VIDEO

Watch this animated phonemic chart video to hear the different possible sounds in English from cambridgeenglishonline.com.

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STUDENT EXCHANGE 2019: KRONBERG IM TAUNUS (GERMANY)

Photo: Kronberg im Taurus from Die Inteligente Stadt

This year's students exchange is again to Germany, but not to our all-time friends in Nuremberg, but to a new school: the Altkönigschule in Kronberg im Taunus near Frankfurt.
In a month's time, our twelve Spanish students will exchange experiences with fifteen German ones during one week in each country. We'll be going on the first week in April, they'll be returning the visit on the first week of May.

We'll report on the activities on this blog. But today, here's a video of the place we are visiting: KRONBERG.

Video KRONBERG IM TAUNUS:

REUSING & RECYCLING IS POSSIBLE

Here's an example that shows reusing and recycling is possible. It's a shopping centre in Elskilstuna, near Stockholm, next to the city's recycling plant, which only sells recycled and upcycled items. A way of fightening exaggerated consumerism and protect the environment.

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+ info:

Eskilstuna: how a Swedish town became the world capital of recycling

[10th CW] WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE GENRE OF MOVIE?

Another video of people giving their opinions, this time about their favourite movie genres. Which kind of films do you like?

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[10th CW] TALKING ABOUT MOVIES

Here are some videos checking on how to talk about movies, films and cinema.

Videos "Talking about films":

 

'THAT' vs 'WHICH'

CONFUSING: 'MAY BE' vs 'MAYBE'

 

THE DAY THE O PORTIÑO LANDFILL COLLAPSED

Photo: César Quián LaVozDeGalicia.

At 10 o'clock on September 10th 1996, 200.000 cubic metres of rubbish and trash from the Bens landfill collapsed and buried O Portiño leaving a horrible smell through the city, which would last for months and killing a 58-year-old man Joaquín Serantes López, who was washing his car nearby. His body was never found.

That ecological disaster radically changed the treatment of rubbish in our city. City rubbish has since then been treated at rubbish recycling plant in Nostián and the place where the landfill has become a green park of 300.000 square metres.

Info taken from news @ LaVozDeGalicia (11-Sept-18)

[10th CW] LET'S TALK FILMS... (DESCRIBING A FILM)

ST. VALENTINE 2019: HOW TO SAY 'I LOVE YOU' AROUND EUROPE

CONFUSING: "EVERY DAY" vs "ALL DAY"

CONFUSING: (A) FEW vs (A) LITTLE

Link to a previous post about the same quantifiers HERE.