NO-TEEN!!!

Three years ago we embarked on a new adventure...

Our first students' magazine in English at INSNO.

We called it "NO-TEEN!!!"

NO for our school's name - Narcís Oller

TEEN because all our reporters and contributors are teenagers, and...

NO-TEEN!!! because it sounds a bit like naughty.

And, yes, we all love being a little naughty.

So far we have published six issues. Not even the lockdown could stop us.

At present we are working on the 7th publication, which we hope will be out some time around May.

Students of our 2nd and 3rd years ESO and 1st year Batxillerat are creating the contents.

If you want to learn more about the past issues, you will find the link below this picture.

NO-TEEN issues

We hope you enjoy them!!

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:

FLD's WORKSHOP

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.

Voice Of America

Do not miss the opportunity of learning English while having fun and discovering lots of new things at the same time.
This website, especially devised for you... LEARNERS!!!!!, offers so many resources that you all will certainly find something interesting.

Voice of America

VEGETARIANS & VEGANS

Most of us know what vegetarians eat and do not eat, but...

What is it exactly to be a vegan?
And what's more...
Why do they do what they do?
Here you will find some links to help you undertand their lifestyle choice.

1.- Animal Rights
2.- Veganism
3.- The Vegan Society
4.- Vegansource


There are many programmes and even channels on TV devoted to cooking and keeping a healthy and balanced diet. 
Here you can watch two snippets from a Youtube Channel, Think Tank, dealing with the topic... 

 The dumbest things vegetarians have to deal with. Part 1

The dumbest things vegetarians have to deal with. Part 2

For more information go to The full list

DUBAI

Get a deeper insight into a place so far away and still so appealing.

Dubai has experienced a wave of change and modernisation in the last 25 years which attracts millions of tourists and foreigners every year.

How much do we know about this little kingdom in the Middle East and of the country it belongs to?

How and why has it become so extremelly rich?

The following links with shed some light on these questions and many more.

Dubai, the place

What is it like to live there now? Watch these videos and get an idea of it.

 Dubai - Timelapse

The city 

 This gallery of pictures will take your breath away...

Dubai in pictures

From the inside

Impressive Dubai 

But, what will it be like in the future?
Watch some of these videos and let your imagination fly.

At the airport

Burj Khalifa 

The Palm 

The World

Dubai Sports City

Ski Dubai

Writing Skills

 

Many of you find it difficult to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings in a piece of paper.

Writing stories, narrations about your life, other people's experiences, other cultures, for specific purposes (a job application, an email, a complaint and so on), i.e. all types of situations whether fact or fiction, turns into a nightmare.

Ok, but...

Do not panic!!!

 

Do you want to improve your writing? 
Learn how to plan, write and review all kinds of texts - emails, articles, reports, short stories, essays and more with these activities!

Start with the activities at level A1 and as soon as you feel more confident, move to level A2.

Tasks to improve your writing skills 

Later, as you notice the progress you are making, continue with levels B1 and B2 where you can find tasks such as emails writing, for and against essays, opinion essays, narrations, formal and informal letters and so on.

Finally, now you can get ready for the day of the exam!!!!
YES!!! We know that writing exams can be scary. 

You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. 

Now what? 

The first thing is not to worry! 

The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam.   

Read them all slowly and with your full attention, they can really be extremely helpful.

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam.  - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Exam Writing - Three Stages & Useful Tips

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Writing exams can sometimes be scary. You’re sitting down, the exam has started and you have the exam paper. Now what? The first thing is not to worry! The tips and advice in this section will help you to plan, write and review your writing task in an exam. - See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/writing-exams/writing-exams?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens#sthash.TLhozNzr.dpuf

Oscar Pistorious

Maybe you have read the text at page 31 in your books and learnt a lot about Oscar Pistorius' disability and his impressive achivements as an athlete.

Unfortunately, he has been on the news recently for a much more devastating event.

  Newspapers' accounts

Mass media around the world offered information about this dramatic story and covered the trial live from Pretoria (RSA).

Watch the story

Even on the net it became a new entry in Wikipedia.

Wikipedia

Although life continues, he still attracts other people's attention and every new developement is followed.

Life in prison

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.

Oxford Culture Mania

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!!!

What shall we do with all that plastic?

Are we aware of where and how all the plastic we use on a daily basis ends? Read...

Be a hero - Part l 
Be a hero - Part ll 
National Geographic 

 

 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Do you want to learn more?
If so, watch these videos...
The life cycle of a plastic water bottle 
Miriam Goldstein 

What is being done to change this dramatic situation?

There are different campaings working to prevent the oceans from becoming the dumpsite of tons of plastic.

Another relevant issue deals with ideas and strategies devised and/or implemented to  eliminate all the rubbish that already floats in them.

We include here some of those proposals...

Plastic Oceans

BBC

The Ocean Cleanup 1

The Ocean Cleanup  2

Natural Reserve Defence Council

Centre of Biological Diversity

How do you fit in it all?
How can you work in order to contribute to saving our oceans and their inhabitants?
Do/Can you do anything at home to help prevent all this pollution?
Which solution/s do you think is/are more practical?
Is there a campaign you believe to be more effective?

The Midnight Visitor

Let's read the story...          

The Midnight Visitor

Who was Robert Arthur?       

 A biography

And, what is the story about?

A study on the story...

Let's talk about the real thing...
Watch this video...

A struggle for survival - A story about spies... 

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.

England's National Poet

Complete the activity sheet as you watch.

British Council - Shakespeare
Lots of videos and informationa about William

NELSON MANDELA

His life, his fight, his legacy...

  

 Back at Robben Island...

These links will take you to some activities which will help you learn more about the first ever black President of South Africa, the man who defeated Apartheid.

Activity I - Level B-1

Nelson Mandela by Famous People Lessons

MP3 Recording

Activity II - Level C-1

                                 

 Nelson Mandela Video Quiz

You can find more information about his work and his commitment on many documentaries on Youtube and at the following websites:

I The Nelson Mandela Foundation

II The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund

III The Mandela Rhodes Foundation

IV His biography on Wikipedia