Duolingo

Duolingo is a web-based application that teaches people languages by getting them to translate web pages: Users are able to learn languages for free, with no advertisements, while simultaneously translating the Web.

Which step have you reached today?

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Becas de inmersión lingüística "Vigo en inglés"

 

O Concello de Vigo vén de convocar as bolsas de inmersión en lingua inglesa "Vigo en inglés" para estudantes de 3º ESO na súa edición correspondente ó ano 2012. Podedes atopar toda a información que precisades no sitio www.vigoeningles.org ou no Servizo de Educación da Concellería de Educación do Concello de Vigo, programa VIGO EN INGLÉS, Praza do Rei s/n, Planta 11ª - 36202 Vigo, tel. 986 810 181, fax 986 221 726, e-mail vigoengingles@vigo.org.

A documentación requerida deberás presentala no Rexistro Xeral do Concello de Vigo do 23 de abril ó 11 de maio, ambos inclusive.

The History of English in 10 Minutes

'The History of English in 10 minutes' is a video-clip made up of 10 sections covering the evolution of the English language from its emergence up to the 21st Century: Anglo-Saxon, The Norman Conquest, Shakespeare, The King James Bible, The English of Science, English and Empire, The Age of the Dictionary, American English, Internet English and Global English.

You can find the transcript right below the video-clip.

Music: "My Valentine", by Paul McCartney

My Valentine, by Paul McCartney; guitar by Eric Clapton - Featuring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp

My Valentine belongs to the album Kisses on the Bottom, published in February 2012.

Editorial: A Monarch's Mishap

An editorial, leading article or leader is an article in a publication expressing the opinion of its editors or publishers. Typically, a newspaper's editorial board evaluates which issues are important for their readership to know the newspaper's opinion. We give you now El País in English editorial published today, Sunday 15th April, about King Juan Carlos I's accident in Botswana.

Debido a su interés reproducimos íntegramente ahora el artículo que Alejandra Aguado ha publicado hoy, domingo 15 de abril, en el diario El País.

Se pueden saber idiomas sin viajar (pero no igual)

La máxima inmersión en otra lengua se consigue con estancias largas en el extranjero.-La relación profesor-alumno no reproduce del mismo modo situaciones reales en otra sociedad.

Thank a Teacher Today

Thank a Teacher Today:
I am who I am because I had a great teacher

Thank you, teachers. I am who I am because of you, great teachers:

Thank you, Asun (Primary).

Thank you, Elías (Primary).

Thank you, Pepa (English, Secondary).

Thank you, Ana (Latin, Secondary).
Thank you, Jacinto (Literature, Secondary).
Thank you, Luz (Maths, Secondary).
Thank you, Alfonso (English Secondary)
Thank you, Gustavo (Spanish, Secondary)
Thank you, Xesús (Literature, University)

Thank you, José Antonio (Linguistics, University)

Thank you, Neal (Interpreting, University).

I Thank you!!

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Preview: RC Celta vs. Villarreal B

Last Sunday 1st April, Allen Dodson wrote a very interesting preview on www.villarrealusa.com for the match RC Celta - Villarreal B. This is what he wrote:

"Come with me to the sea at Vigo". So wrote the Galician Martin Codax in the 1200s, and tomorrow Villarreal's B team will take that advice. Or at least come within a mile or so of the sea, because that's how close the Balaídos stadium is to Vigo Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

Children Learn What They Live

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April Fools' Day 2012

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is a day celebrated in many countries on April 1st. The day is named for the custom of playing practical jokes and hoaxes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbours, or sending them on a fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, such as the UK, Australia and South Africa the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, The Netherlands, and the U.S., the jokes last all day.

Around the World in 80 Days (Talking Book)

Around the World in Eighty Days (French original title: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

Bolsas de Inmersión Lingüística 2012

A Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria convoca 2.495 prazas para realizar actividades de formación en linguas estranxeiras no ano 2012 no Reino Unido, Canadá, Francia, Alemaña e Galicia.
 (https://www.edu.xunta.es/axudasle/)

Vigo: Ciudad Fiel, Leal, Valerosa y Siempre Benéfica

Vigo is a city, a port and municipality in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, in Galicia, situated on the Ría of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.

The city of Vigo has 297,124 inhabitants, with an extended metropolitan population of 468,654, making it the 14th-largest metropolitan area of Spain.

The urban area of Vigo is built over both a Pre-Roman hill-fort (O Castro) and a Roman settlement. It is generally accepted that the name Vigo is derived from the Latin word vicus.

Breathe

"Breathe" is a song by Scottish singer Midge Ure released March 22nd 1996, as the first single from his album Breathe.

The song was written by Midge Ure and produced by Richard Feldman.

It was made particularly famous by its use in a popular television advertising campaign of the Swatch, two years after its actual publication.

Daylight Saving Time

Daylight saving time (DST)—also summer time in several countries, in British English, and European official terminology—is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn.

Best students - 2011/12 2nd Term

Our best students of English during the 2nd Term have been:

1 ESO A - Andrea Cobo Arena (9.32) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

1 ESO B - Andrea Aguado Oliveira (9.78) --Best overall ESO student of English in the 2nd Term!

2 ESO A - Antía Junqueira Leis (8.87)

2 ESO B - Mario Quinteiro Sotelo (9.48) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

3 ESO A - Rodrigo Rodríguez González (8.71) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

3 ESO B - Alejandro Penín Rodríguez (8.68)

4 ESO A - Iago Borrajo Rodríguez (8.94)

4 ESO B - Jessica Davila Prado (6.87) (2nd Time this schoolyear)

Very often the students who get the highest grades are not the most talented ones, but those who try harder, show a positive attitude and have a praiseworthy work ethics.

Congratulations!

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Muamba 'Effectively Dead For 78 Minutes'

We give you now the article published by Sky News today about Bolton Wanderers' football player Fabrice Muamba.

Doctors treating Bolton Wanderers' Fabrice Muamba have revealed the player was effectively dead for over an hour after his cardiac arrest on the pitch at the weekend.
They said the 23-year-old was given 15 electric shocks before his heart started beating again following his collapse during an FA Cup game against Tottenham.

Father's Day

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Another Quiz

Labor ESO Students,

I have received a message which started like this:

Hi, teacher, That such these?