What if it were your home?

If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person? This website offers the opportunity to compare your country to any other country in the world... It's a nice way to practise the use of comparatives and superlatives... Visit www.ifitweremyhome.com and find out!

Artist of the week (9)

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), better known as simply Rihanna (pronounced /riˈɑːnə/ ree-YAH-nə or /riˈænə/ ree-AN-ə), is an artist and songwriter born in Saint Michael, Barbados. Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a singing career. In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun. Less than a year later, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me (2006), which peaked within the top five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first US number one hit single, "SOS". Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), featured five top ten hits including three US number one hit singles:"Umbrella", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". Her fourth studio album, Rated R, was released in November 2009. Its first three singles, "Russian Roulette", "Hard" and "Rude Boy" peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with "Rude Boy" peaking at number one.

Class vocabulary

Some vocabulary that may be useful in class:
Board rubber:

Beamer:

 

Thumbtack:

Artist of the week (8)

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. Raised in Honolulu Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age. After performing in various musical venues in his hometown throughout his childhood, he decided to pursue a musical career and moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school. As a child, he was highly influenced by artists such as Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson and would often impersonate these artists from a young age. Mars also incorporates reggae and Motown inspired sounds into his work.

London Treasure Hunt

After our class tour around London, why not have a look at the city up close... Here's an 80 gigapixel (and that's a lot of pixels!) picture of the capital of England: London 360º. Try and find some of the most famous landmarks by scrolling over the picture:

• Big Ben
• Westminster Abbey
• The London Eye
• The Tower Bridge
• Buckingham Palace

Could you tell the time on the Big Ben clock?
How many cabins are there on the London Eye?

French contest

Enclosed you will find all the data about the French contest.

Reading list

Editorial: Burlington Books

2ºESO: The Canterville Ghost

3ºESO: The Lost World

1ºBACH: Pride & Prejudice OR The Last of the Mohicans

2ºBACH: Brave New World OR The Moonstone

Artist of the week (7)

This week I've posted Oceana's song, Cry Cry... since you've all sung this song in class, don't be shy and sing along. The song is actually about Oceana's childhood friend who got on the wrong path...

Where is Matt?

If you like travelling, have a look at this video. It's about Matt, a 34-year-old man from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing out on. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia and used the money he'd saved to wander around Asia until it ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is.

Answers for this year's Selectivity Exam!

Have a look at this year's exams...

Green energy industry asks for government help to meet targets
Social care for graduates: compassionate embrace

The World Cup: England vs US

England's players rallied around Robert Green, while coach Fabio Capello contemplated whether to drop the goalkeeper who cost them a World Cup win against the United States!

England: 1 vs US: 1

The World Cup

The World Cup has begun! Feel free to post any comments on the World Cup! Who will win the World Cup? Spain, England or the United States? I'll post the latest results after each match! Tonight it's England's debut against the United States! Will this be a clash between the old and new continent?

In the meantime have a look at Bisbal's song on youtube:



More up-to-date information on FIFA's webpage (in English, of course)...

Artist of the week (6)

The Baseballs are a Rock'n'Roll band founded in Berlin in 2007. They became popular with rock'n'roll versions in the style of the 50s of modern hits such as Umbrella by Rihanna and Hot N Cold by Kate Perry. Their version of Umbrella was a hit in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Norway and got into the charts in all six countries.

Europe Day: question # 2

What's the name of the President of the European Council and what country does he come from?
Good luck!

Europe Day Contest

Here's the question of the Department of Foreign Languages:

Name the country that presides the Council of the European Union, the country that presided the Council the second half of last year and the country that will preside the Council at the beginning of next year. Three countries altogether... Good luck!