Thursday, December 23, 2010
Nastic Movements
Here you have the scientific names (Nepenthes aristolochioides, Drosera tokaiensis, Nepenthes rajah, Drosera madagascariensis), try to put the correct name to each one.
Then, explain the main trapping mechanisms.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
AGRADECIMIENTO
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
FELIZ NAVIDAD
Sunday, December 12, 2010
CINÉMA
Choisis des films que tu aimerais voir pendant les vacances. Écris le titre en français et en espagnol.
Indique aussi le genre du film et donne une opinion.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
John Lennon
One question: Who is the person that appears next to Lennon in the video? Leave your comments and your answers here.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Elizabeth, Betty, Lizzy, Beth, ...
Are they common English names? Check here the top 50 girl names in 2009,
and here the top 50 boy names in 2009.
And what about your name?
- Does it have a translation into English?
- If it does, is it in the list?
- Do you know the meaning of your name? Find out here and explain.
- Can you name a famous person with your first name?
In my case, Raphael is the English version of my name, although it is
not very popular in English-speaking countries. It is of Hebrew origin
and it means "God has healed". Perhaps, the most important person with
my name was the 16th century painter Raphael Sanzio, from Italy.
Flexibilizan el uso de la nueva Ortografía española
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The internet and the powers
One of your friends on "tuenti" took the picture and sent it to five friends. You don't know who, you probably added him/her without even knowing his/her name.
They don't understand the actual meaning of the picture (two friends just having a good time), and they think that you were drunk. The next day each of the five friends send the picture to another five, and they do the same thing the following day and so on.
Watch this video before answering two questions.
- What happens when you upload something on the internet?
- How many new people will see your picture the day number... (answer with your list number)?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
PREMIO CERVANTES 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Circulatory System
According to the video, answer these questions:
1. What is the name of the body's largest artery?
2. Could you explain me what are capillaries?
3. When blood returns to the heart which ventricle does it enter?
4. In order to pick up more oxygen blood enters the lungs through an artery. Could you tell me its name?
Friday, November 19, 2010
Maratón de lectura
An Englishman's home is his castle
There are many castles in England, some of them, really fascinating. When we hear the word "castle", we immediately think of the Middle Ages, brave knights and beautiful ladies, wars and, even, ghosts. Would you like to discover some of the most outstanding castles in England? Click on each photo and find information to answer these questions:
1. What is the name of each castle?
2. Who built the castle?
3. When was it built?
4. Does anybody still live there?
5. Can people visit the castle?
6. What famous movies were filmed in Alnwick Castle?
7. Which castle would you like to visit when we go to England?
Click here if you want to see Warwick Castle in detail.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Using Google Earth, travel to the Haram Mosque and the Ka'ba, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia: (You have to download the software to use Google Earth. It is free.)
• Which direction would you follow?
• Why is it so important for Muslims to know this place?
Click on the cameras and other icons to get images and information.
Monday, November 15, 2010
LA MODE
PARIS, CAPITALE DE LA MODE
Paris est considérée la capitale de la mode et du glamour. La prééminence française dans la mode date sans doute du XVIIème siècle, époque à laquelle les arts, l'architecture, la musique et la mode de la Cour de Louis XIV à Versailles sont admirés et imités par l'Europe entière.
Actuellement, il y a deux collections de mode: La Haute Couture et le prêt à porter. La Haute Couture sert de vitrine pour diffuser l'image de marque des maisons de couture.
1. Regarde la vidéo de Haute Couture:
1.1. Tu penses que le défilé est créatif?
1.2. Quelle est l'inspiration du créateur des vêtements?
1.3. Le papier qui entoure la coiffure des femmens, à quoi il te fait penser?
1.4. Regarde la liste de couturiers français et cite un couturier célèbre que tu connais.
2. Regarde les photos et exprime ton opinion sur les différentes tenues d'homme et de femme.
2.1. Qu'est-ce que tu penses de la mode?
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Citas célebres sobre la lectura
Friday, November 12, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Poland: Gosia's country
Saturday, November 6, 2010
NUEVA ORTOGRAFÍA DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA
Monday, November 1, 2010
Digestive process
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
RETO LINGÜÍSTICO III
Todos conocemos para qué sirven, en castellano procedimientos lingüísticos como los aumentativos y los diminutivos. Como sabemos, el sufijo -ón/-ona, entre otros es propia del mecanismo aumentativo, que se utiliza para aumentar el significado de los objetos, personas, cosas, etc. Sin embargo, como el lenguaje no es lógico ni sigue unas reglas exactas, en multitud de ocasiones, existen términos con dichos sufijos que adquieren, contradictoriamente, valor diminutivo.
¿Podrías poner algún ejemplo y su significado?
Thursday, October 28, 2010
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
a) Germanic kingdoms:
b) Byzantine Empire:
c) Islam:
WORDS: Orthodoxy, Franks, mosque, Arabia, Hagia Sophia, Latin, Baghdad, Visigoths, Lombards, Justinian Code, jihad, barbarians, gunpower, Ostrogoths, Constantinople, East-West Schism, Toledo, Greek, algebra, caliph, Avicena, Averroes, Córdoba.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The Waiter
The waiter is not only poor at mathematics but dishonest and instead of going to the trouble of splitting the $5 between the three he simply gives them $1 each and pockets the remaining $2 for himself.
Now, each of the men effectively paid $4, the total paid is therefore $12. Add the $2 in the waiters pocket and this comes to $14.....
Where has the other $1 gone from the original $15?
Monday, October 18, 2010
Television
Now, it's time to revise the vocabulary you have learned. Click here to do this quiz. It's good fun!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
PREMIO PLANETA 2010
- ¿A quién corresponde la imagen de este escritor, recientemente galardonado con el Premio Planeta 2010?
- ¿Cuál de sus obras ha sido la ganadora?
- Nombra otras obras del mismo autor.
- ¿Quién le entregó el premio? ¿Es miembro del gobierno central?
PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2010
EL PASADO DÍA 7 DE OCTUBRE LA ACADEMIA SUECA OTORGÓ EL PREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA AL ESCRITOR PERUANO MARIO VARGAS LLOSA. EL NOMBRE DEL AUTOR YA HABÍA SONADO EN OCASIONES ANTERIORES, SIN LLEGAR NUNCA A CONSEGUIRLO.
ESA MAÑANA DEL 7 DE OCTUBRE A LAS 5:30, SU ESPOSA CONTESTÓ A UNA LLAMADA TELEFÓNICA DE LA ACADEMIA, PERO AL NO ENTENDER A SU INTERLOCUTOR, LE PASÓ EL TELÉFONO AL ESCRITOR, QUIEN ASÍ SE ENTERÓ DE QUE, ESTA VEZ, LA RUEDA DE LA FORTUNA GIRÓ A SU FAVOR.
DESDE AQUÍ LE DAMOS ¡NUESTRA MÁS SINCERA ENHORABUENA!
RESPONDE A LAS SIGUIENTES CUESTIONES:
- ¿Quién era Alfred Nobel?
- ¿A quiénes se otorga cada año el Premio Nobel?
- ¿Qué otros galardones ha recibido Vargas Llosa a lo largo de su carrera como escritor? (Nombra sólo algunos)
- Nombra, al menos cinco obras de este autor.
Les paroles de la chanson et les versions
Après les premiers commentaires sur la vidéo, je vois qu’on peut faire des recherches sur la compréhension et sur l’auteur.
1. J’ai trouvé les paroles en espagnol de la chanson de « voyage, voyage » en internet , mais je pense qu’ il y a des erreurs de traduction.
Vous pouvez les chercher ?
2. La version de Kate Ryan n’est pas la première.
Vous pouvez trouver l’auteur de la première version ?
2.1. Il y a aussi une vidéo de Gregorian.
Quelle version vous aimez ?
Friday, October 15, 2010
RETO LINGÜÍSTICO II
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
CHISTES LINGÜÍSTICOS
¿CÓMO SE HACE UN CHISTE?
Muchos chistes nacen de la manipulación la lengua:
- De la manipulación semántica o del significado: se juega con la POLISEMIA, la SINONIMIA, la ANTONIMIA, el CAMBIO DE SIGNIFICADO. Muchos chistes tienen gracia si pescas la paradoja y la incoherencia semántica, la ambigüedad...
- De la manipulación fonética o de los sonidos: se juega con ENTONACIONES EXPRESIVAS, con variantes y errores de PRONUNCIACIÓN, con las PAUSAS...
- De la manipulación morfosintáctica: se crean palabras nuevas, se manipulan los LEXEMAS, se juega con el ORDEN DE LAS PALABRAS, se alteran EXPRESIONES COLOQUIALES, FRASES HECHAS...
- De la manipulación de los elementos TEXTUALES e INTERTEXTUALES: se incluyen SIGNOS VERBALES Y NO VERBALES (GESTOS), se juega con la ENTONACIÓN, se mezclan y manipulan los CONTEXTOS, las REFERENCIAS CULTURALES, se juega con los DOBLES SENTIDOS y las INTENCIONES DE LOS EMISORES Y RECEPTORES...
LA RECETA DE UN BUEN CHISTE:
LENGUAJE
HUMOR
INTELIGENCIA
En este enlace encontrarás muchos ejemplos: http://www.materialesdelengua.org/aula_virtual/humor/chiste.htm
Como tarea propuesta:
- Ríete mucho con los chistes lingüísticos que aparecen en la web presentada.
- Aporta otros ejemplos, que hayas encontrado en esta u otra web.
- Indica el significado de algunos de los procedimientos lingüísticos que se citan arriba y que se utilizan para crear un chiste, tales como:
- Polisemia
- Antonimia
- Sinonimia
- Expresión coloquial
- Ambigüedad
Balanced diet
I'd like you to answer these questions:
1. Describe your daily diet. Do you think it is a balanced diet?
2. Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Why?
Sunday, October 10, 2010
RETOS LINGÜÍSTICOS
¡¡¡¡ NO PIERDAS TIEMPO; MUCHO ÁNIMO AND GOOD LUCK!!!!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
TRAJAN: A good Roman Emperor
Look at the roman coin. This is the legend:
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TR P COS V PP. Imperator. Trajan. Augustus. Germanicus. Dacicus. Pontifex Maximus. Tribuniciae Potestate. Consul V. Pater Patriae.
TRAJANO: Emperador Trajano. Augusto. Germánico, Dácico. Pontífice Máximo. Con potestad tribunicia. Cónsul por quinta vez. Padre de la Patria.
Ok! Beautiful coin! Now you have to answer two questions. (wiki or whatever)
1. Where was Trajan born?
2. Was he a good emperor or not? Why?
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Our new language assistant (1)
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I'm back again!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
This is 2nd ESO
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Are you a bookworm?
In English, we say that you are a "bookworm" if you like reading very much, you spend your time reading, you talk about books all the time, you are an avid reader, etc. However, in Spanish, we say that you are "un ratón de biblioteca". Why do you think the animal related to books is a worm in English-speaking countries (Anglo-Saxon countries) and a mouse or a rat in Mediterranean countries like Spain?
In other languages:
German: Bücherworm (like in English)
French: rat de bibliothèque
Italian: topo di biblioteca (topo is mouse in Italian)
Portuguese: rato de biblioteca
In any case, are you a bookworm?
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
A hungry worm
- A worm has pierced 1.600 pages!
- Oh! No friend! Not that many! -answers the teacher calculating the result-
- Really? so how many pages has the worm pierced?
Friday, May 14, 2010
Fact or Fiction?
It's not too difficult.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Europe Day
What is Europe Day?
On 9 May 1950 the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union. That's why we celebrate Europe Day on that day. At the moment there are 27 countries in the European Union. If you want to know about them, click here.
Which country would you like to visit? Explain why. The most original answer gets a prize
I would like to visit the United Kingdom, because I want to improve my English and know British way of life personally.