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El plazo de matrícula será del 1 de febrero al 11 de marzo

Las matrículas deberán ser entregadas en la secretaría de cada colegio matriculador el día 11 de marzo como fecha límite. Las fechas de los exámenes y las tasas de matrícula son:

EXAMEN FECHAS TASAS

FCE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Sábado 11 Junio (Paper, 5) 27 Mayo al 19 Junio 140 €
CAE (Papers 1, 2,3,4) Miércoles 15 Junio (Paper, 5) 27 Mayo al 19 Junio 155 €
CPE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Jueves 16 Junio (Paper, 5) 27 Mayo al 19 Junio 165 €

Matrikula epea: otsailaren 1tik martxoaren 11ra arte
Matrikula inprimakiak eraman beharko dira matrikulatzen duen ikastetxe bakoitzeko idazkaritzara, martxoaren 11ra arte azken eguna izango delarik. Azterketen datak eta matrikula tasak hauexek izango dira:

AZTERKETA DATAK TASAK
FCE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Ekainaren 11a, larunbata
(Paper, 5) Maiatzaren 27etik ekainaren19ra 140 €
CAE (Papers 1, 2,3,4) Ekainaren 16a, asteazkena
(Paper, 5) Maiatzaren 27etik ekainaren19ra 155 €
CPE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Ekainaren 17a, osteguna
(Paper 5) Maiatzaren 27etik ekainaren19ra 165 €

The King's Speech

This excellent movie has received 12 nominations for the Oscar Awards

Watch the clip ‘Exercise’ on the official film website:


http://www.kingsspeech.com/media.html

http://www.filmeducation.org/thekingsspeech/index.html (right here there is an option to read the transcript of the trailer)


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fFHn2lRJQr398CrpzvPc1prO8pDhWG4BJGSTqLS39Fk/edit?hl=en# (fill in the gap activity.... to practise)


A few questions to consider:

a) the future king is treated quite roughly by the speech therapist, especially considering the great wide social
difference between them. But...look closely – who appears to have the greater power or control in the opening of this clip? Why do you think this is so?

b) In the film, before the 1934 radio broadcast of the King’s Christmas message, King George V (the former King) says:
“This devilish device will change everything…In the past all a king had to do was look respectable in uniform and not fall off his horse.Now we must invade people’s houses and ingratiate ourselves with them.This family has been reduced to those lowest and basest of all creatures.We have become actors.”
Radio changed the way the monarchy interacted with the pubic. Since the time the film is set, many more
changes in media technology and broadcasting have taken place. Consider the way any Royal Family use the media to interact with the public today.

Just for a laugh

We can see Hitler just wanted Peace, or "piece"?




I don't want war.
All I want is peace. Peace.
Peace!
A little piece of Poland
A little piece France
A little piece of Portugal
And Austria perchance
A little slice of Turkey
And all that that entails
Und then a piece of England Scotland
lreland and Wales

Nobody's allowed here
during a performance!

A little nip of Norway
A little spot of Greece
A little hunk of Hungary
Oh what a lovely feast
A little bite of Belgium
And now for some dessert
Armenia Albania
And Russia wouldn 't hurt

We're from the foreign office.
We must see Bronski.
I'm sorry, sir, but you can't.
He's on-stage.

A little piece of Poland
A little piece of France
A little piece of lndia
And Pakistan perchance

School Day of Non-violence and Peace

The School Day of Non-violence and Peace (DENIP from Catalan-majorcan: Dia Escolar de la No-violència i la Pau), is an observance founded by the Spanish poet Llorenç Vidal Vidal in Majorca in 1964.It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi, in schools all over the world . Its basic and permanent message is: "Universal love, non-violence and peace. Universal love is better than egoism, non-violence is better than violence, and peace is better than war".In countries with a Southern Hemisphere school calendar, it can be observed on March 30 or thereabouts. In Navarra the slogan for the 2009 was "above all, we are friends" (Spanish:"Por encima de todo, somos amigos").DENIP and World Association of Early Childhood Educators (AMEI-WAECE)

BURNS NIGHT

Today, 25th January, Burns Night is celebrated in Scotland.  This is a satirical poem by Burns. Below, the translation.


Addresed to a gentleman…

Robert Burns (Scotland, 1759-1796)

Addresed to a gentleman at table
who kept boasting of the company he kept.
What of lords with whom you've supped,
And of dukes that you dined with yestreen!
A louse, sir, is still a louse,
Though it crawl on the locks of a queen.

Dirigido a un comensal...
Dirigido a un comensal que presumía
de las compañías que frecuentaba.
¡Seguid comiendo con lores
y con duques id de cena!
El piojo es también piojo
en los bucles de una reina.

I have a dream.....

Today, January 17th is Martin Luther King's Day.

A good idea is to revise part of his famous speech in Washington D.C in 1963. Spot the differences.....

http://michel.barbot.pagesperso-orange.fr/hotpot/mlk/dream1.htm

My Blackberry Is Not Working!

This is a hilarious sketch broadcasted last December on BBC.
 Senior comedians Harry Enfield (who has just turned 80) and Ronnie Corbet delightfully take on the tech industry's obsession with fruit, and throw in Windows and Microsoft jokes for good measure.

BBC one's The One Ronnie comedy sketch show successfully combines old men, food and technology puns in an impressively effective way.


Enjoy!

New Year's Resolutions

Watch the sequence again and translate the highlighted expressions. Try to guess meaning from context.



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TGpXTCovlT1kG-D4LaPT-BRtwe4BvLaG3nNg_2RpknM/edit#


Apart from this, you can also listen to Jamie Cullum's song, NEXT YEAR, BABY, which deals with the new year's resolutions of the singer...

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El plazo de matrícula será del 10 al 17 de enero

Las matrículas deberán ser entregadas en la secretaría de cada colegio matriculador el día 17 de enero como fecha límite. Las fechas de los exámenes y las tasas de matrícula son:

EXAMEN FECHAS TASAS
FCE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Sábado 12 de marzo (Paper 5)
del 25 de febrero al 13 marzo 140 €
CAE (Papers 1, 2,3,4) Viernes 11de marzo (Paper 5)
del 25 de febrero al 13 marzo 155 €
CPE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Sábado 12 de marzo (Paper 5)
del 25 de febrero al 13 marzo 165 €

Matrikula epea: urtarrilaren 10tik - 17ra arte

Matrikula inprimakiak eraman beharko dira matrikulatzen duen ikastetxe bakoitzeko idazkaritzara, urtarrilaren 17a azken eguna izango delarik. Azterketen datak eta matrikula tasak hauexek izango dira:

AZTERKETA DATAK TASAK
FCE (Papers 1,2,3,4)Martxoaren 12a, larunbata
(Paper, 5) Otsailaren 25tik Martxoaren 13ra 140 €
CAE (Papers 1, 2,3,4) Martxoaren 11a, ostirala
(Paper, 5) Otsailaren 25tik Martxoaren 13ra 155 €
CPE (Papers 1,2,3,4) Martxoaren 12a, larunbata
(Paper, 5) Otsailaren 25tik Martxoaren 13ra 165 €

SMOKING BANS

Here you can find a global picture of the smoking bans







http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11845158

Read the article, it's worth it!