NEW ADVANCED 2015: SPEAKING

The Lost Thing

What follows is an Academy Award winning film version of one of the best works by Shaun Tan.

Hope you like it!

                                


Here's additional information about an exhibition on the film-making process based upon this book. If you're interested, you can watch a related video that shows part of the work.

Kisses!

Back to school again!

Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. "Wake up, son. It's time to go to school!"

"But why, Mom? I don't want to go."
"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go."
"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!"
"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready."
"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."
"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're the Principal!"

Well, it's hard for everyone!!!!! WELCOME!

 

CONDITIONALS IN SONGS

Listen to the following famous songs. Each of these songs has in their lyrics different conditional sentences. 

Let’s discover them! Which is the conditional in each song? 

CAMBRIDGE MARCH EXAMS 2012

You can get your Confirmation of Entry from the School Office.

HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY, MR. DICKENS!

Many cities around the world are celebrating Charles Dickens' bicentenary today, so why not pay one of the major novelists in English Literature a little homage and see the following videos? Happy Dickens' Year!

(Check http://www.dickens2012.org/ for full information on this event)





http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16850193 (BBC News: 200th anniversary celebrates the works of Dickens)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-16846438 (BBC News: Charles Dickens bicentenary: The Dickens industry)

FEARS AND PHOBIAS

THE SKETCH SHOW                                         

This video is an American version of a previous British sketch from the programme “The Sketch show”. This sketch was called “the Phobia convention”

http://www.loftv.com/index.php3?affich=detail&idemission=18396

1) MATCH the beginning with the end of the sentence:

The man in the brown jacket

The blonde girl.

The man in the dark jacket 
The girl in the pink blouse


 is terrified of repetition
 is scared of apologies.
 is afraid of silences.
 has a fear of the word which is spelled “aagh!” (screaming).

2) Answer the following questions with your partner.

• Are you afraid of any of these? Do you know anyone?

• Which are the most common phobias? Write a list

• In the video you have just watched, which of these expressions are not recommended?

Sorry!               Aagh!       -Hi!                                     Hello!

                                       -Hi! 

(Silence)                                                    I apologize for that…

(Screaming)                    Can you repeat that?       

3) this is another video, this time the original version, the British sketch.. It was titled “the Phobias workshop”. You’ve got the option of reading the subtitles too.

Enjoy!!!!