Showing posts with label British traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British traditions. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 April 2022

THE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT WEEK 2022

ONCE AGAIN WE INVITED SOME OF THE BEST PERFORMERS TO OFFER OUR STUDENTS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE... FUN AND ENGLISH, HAND IN HAND!!!

 














 

THE MAGIC TEACHER


 
OUR VERY OWN CÈILIDH

                                      THE TALE TELLER ARRIVES AT INSNO

 
 
 
 ALREADY PLANNING NEXT YEAR'S LINEUP...
 
 
 




Thursday, 13 December 2018

FL WORKSHOP AT INSNO



Let us introduce to you a new experience we have just started. 

A workshop devoted to the creation of useful resources for the foreign language class, in English, French and German. 
Some of the teachers in our department plus teachers at other schools have been working together since October'18.
This is a joint effort by this group of teachers aimed at creating, improving, up-dating and sharing tasks to promote communication at all levels in and out the language class taking advantage of the possibilities ICT offers us all.






As you can imagine this is an activity in progress as we plan to keep on working for some years on it.
The project involves the use of many different new tools and an active role of our students.
You can follow the development of the tasks, their assessment and the final products and results of the experience at:



We plan to create activities to promote the reading and listening comprehensions and the oral and written productions in connection to the readers we are working on at each level, the oral tasks we regularly produce during the school year and many other little projects connected to cultural issues, our school magazine in English and celebrations and festivities.

This first year of the experience we are producing materials for 1st, 2nd and 3rd years ESO. We intend to cover the 6 years of ESO and Batxillerat in future editions of the workshop.


It will also involve so many different topics that many of the tasks include CLIL contents.

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

The Best Xmas Ad Ever!!!!



Welcome to a new edition of our world famous contest...

"The Best Xmas Ad Ever"


A selection of the fabulous commercials you can watch on British TV. 

Adverts that...

Make you feel happy...
That make you cry...
That make you miss your family...
That make you want to buy wonderful presents...
That make you wish for a faraway holiday destination...
That make you...


HOW DOES IT WORK?

Join your mates in a group...
Get yourselves a great name...
Print the ballot and...
Watch and vote!!!




You can vote each song with 1, 2 or 3 points.

At the end we will add up each song's results and together we will get the score and the...

 

 

  GREATEST XMAS ADS ON UK TV  

A TOP TEN




Furthermore... 

To make this competition more exciting, there is a set of questions on each video for the groups to answer. 
So, choose a spokesperson and listen carefully to those questions. 

In turns each group will answer ONE question at a time, BUT if they do not know the answer, the other groups have the opportunity to do so. 
The fastest spokesperson gets the opportunity.

Each correct answer gives the group ONE GOLDEN COIN.
Each "rebound" answer gets them ONE SILVER COIN.

And, of course, each team will get a little SWEET token of recognition for your participation.


VIDEOS TO WATCH:









And the winner is...

 

VOCABULARY TASK:

LOWER LEVELS

Try to elicit ADJECTIVES to describe the RELATIONSHIPS among characters in the stories, elements in the images, personality and emotions, physical description, etc.

Part of these questions may be the the questions for the group competition.






HIGHER LEVELS

Ask students to explain what could have happened BEFORE the story shown in the ad, AFTERWARDS or even DURING the short videos.




MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!





Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Christmas


How do English speaking nations celebrate Christmas?
How much do you know about it?

You can find the answers to these and many other questions about Christmas in this post.
Besides, you will learn songs, traditions, recipes and much much more.

Video stories:










  

The Story of Santa Claus 1 

The Story of Santa Claus 2 

The Story of Santa Claus 3 

The Story of Santa Claus 4 

The Story of Santa Claus 5 

Christmas Cards 






 
Online Resources


BC - Learn English Teens Resources

Bloggles World - Worksheets


ESOL Courses 1

ESOL Courses 2  

ESLFlow 

Kids Stuff 1
 
Kids Stuff 2

 
Eating and Drinking:













Other Topics:


 

Xmas E-cards 1


Xmas E-cards 2 
                              


For advanced readers and listeners...







 
Xmas Down Under






All members of the language department at Narcís Oller want to wish you...









































Thursday, 13 November 2014

Reading stuff for all levels...

There is no shortage of material on the internet for all those interested in reading in English. 
You can find magazines, newspapers, newsletters and specialised websites.

Furthermore, if you want to learn more about British/American traditions, geography, festivities and so on and at a level you can easily understand...
We suggest you should have a look at this webpage by O.U.P.




You can even submit your own contributions and comment on the articles which are, in your opinion, more significant, watch videos and learn quite a few curiosities...

All this, just a click away!!!

Monday, 30 June 2014

STONEHENGE


Who built the ancient monument? When was it built and to what purpose?

 

What was the role of the Druids?
What have modern studies discovered about the construction of Stonehenge?
Watch this video and complete the worksheet the teacher will provide you with.

 


Monday, 23 June 2014

The Bard of Avon


The greatest and most famous author in the English language.

Playwright, poet and actor.


Have you guessed his name? If so...
Watch the video and collect some facts about his life and masterpieces.



Complete the activity sheet as you watch.

British Council - Shakespeare
Lots of videos and informationa about William

TEA OR COFFEE, MADAM?

Tea, my darling. Always a nice cuppa!!


Allegedly the favourite drink of the British, for others just some tasteless dirty water. 
Regardless of the group you belong to, let us tell you some relevant facts about what once was one of the most expensive items man could afford to buy.



Get ready to complete some activities about the information you are watching.

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

The five o'clock tea

One of the quintessential British traditions involves drinking a strange tasting liquid, the result of some herbal brewing or infusion... God only knows what's in that!!!! Whatever...
It may be imbibed with or without milk, sugar or lemon.
Apparently it comes in different colours, i.e. black, green, white, red... Maybe just a question of fashion, I wonder.
If you want to learn more about this tribal concoction, read on...

http://gbcookiecompany.com/Etiquette.html

The Royal Wedding...

Have you already received the invitation? Not yet... Well, do not worry. We are sure that they haven't forgotten you. Keep an eye on your mailbox.
While you are waiting for that letter from Buckingham, the stars of the celebration tell us first-hand about their love story...


How sweet they are...don't you think!!!