Saturday, November 5, 2011

Friday, November 4th

The weather is nice, it 's a wonderful day, sunny and cold.
Today is the last day in this school.
In the morning, everyone has been showing their Project Actions.
Our Proyect Action


Later we have done a Ireland in groups a test about and, finally, we have received our certificates. It has been funny.

In the afternoon we have been drinking a pint and, in the evening, we have been watching and listening Irish music in a pub.

That's all. Tomorrow I'll come back home.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Thursday, November 3rd

Today it's sunny and cold.
In the morning, we have been working: "Taking the stress out of fonetics".

In the afternoon, we have travelled to Cobh. It's the last place where Titanic arrived before travelling to New York.
It's a wonderful place with a beautiful railway Station, a Cathedral and a small exhibition about The Titanic and The Lousitania.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Wednesday, November 2nd

The Weather, the weather!!...Today it has been the worst day since I am here: raining, windy and cold. Horrible!!

All the Morning, we have been in a Computer room, I love it!. I've got lots of links to create new English material.
Links to work on the internet
In the afternoon, Brian has explained all about Northern Ireland to us. Interesting!


No more for today

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Tuesday, November 1st

We discovered Cork in the weekend. Cork Jazz Festival started. Lots of people came to Cork to attend to it. All Pubs had live shows.
On Sunday, it was an awful day, it was raining and foggy all day. We travelled to Gougane Barra (where Lee River is born), Kenmare and, finally, to Killarney (Beautiful Cathedral). We could not see the marvellous landscapes, lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. It was a pity, but we enjoyed a lot.

On Monday, it was a rainy day in the morning but the sun shone in the afternoon. It was cold, too. We visited the shopping centre and I went shopping. After dinner, we were looking for Irish music but it was a bank holiday and we could not find it.
On Tuesday, Sunny day!, we started the school again.Today we have been training: "Listening in the classroom". We have done the following activities: "famous for 5 minutes", "Get me to the church on time", "Country dash", "Telephone number", " What's my job?", "Spot the difference", "Crazy art competition", "Change a word/expanding text", "Fruit salad".
Listening handout
After break, the lesson was about "Poetry in the language classroom". Some teachers and students have a natural aversion to poetry. It is my aim to put it the hands of the students and give them control of the poem/work/creativity.

We did lots of activities: Acrostic, Adjective Poem, Biopoem, Contrast Poem, Days of the Week Poem,....
Poetry in the classroom
In the afternoon, we were learning about "Using songs in the classroom". I am going to give you a list of activities which will hopefully prove enjoyable and rewarding. These are: Song Titles, Running Dictation with gap-fill, Market Place, Wrong Word (find the mistakes), Shouting Dictation, Ordering the Lines/Verses, Grammar/Pronunciation/Vocabulary gap-fill and, Singing.
Using songs in the classroom
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