Point, Hop, Toe!!!

The following video shows Ciara Sexton, a world famous Irish dancer, demonstrating her skills and talking about her training routine.

And here is one photo of yesterday's show at the IES. Three happy students follow -very attentively- Bea's explanation on how to dance like a pro.

Unfortunately this is the only picture I was able to take. Quite probably a cranky leprechaun had played one of his tricks on me...

I had brought my camera, so I assumed the picture card was in it. 'It must be inside the camera,' I thought. 'Perhaps I should have checked to see if it was there but I didn't. I mustn't make that mistake again. Actually I didn't use to forget things like that. When I was younger I would double-check everything  till I got things right.'

Anyway, when I tried to shoot my second picture, I got this awful 'Out of Memory' message. 'It can't be true', I said. 'I may be getting too old for this job...'


And now for the BIG question:

What grammar point am I practising in this post?

If you guess it right, you will have won my unending respect for the rest of today (Students who wear glasses will win extra points).

Choose one:

• Countables/uncountables
• Conditional sentences
• Modal verbs

Think green, he said...

It's March 17, which means people everywhere are celebrating Ireland's patron saint, namely St Patrick.
We are having a show at the conference room in our school right now, with teachers and students dancing, singing and watching videos about the event. I will upload some photos when I can, but meanwhile you can learn how to celebrate St Patrick's Day like a real Irish. Just watch this video, and enjoy yourselves.

Ana's English Activities

I have discovered this blog. You may find it interesting if you like to learn English --I know you do :-) There are special sections for business English and technical English.
If you think it is nice, leave a comment with your impressions about it.

Just for the record...

Isabel has asked me to take  some photos of the exhibition we set up for Dickens' anniversary, to which she contributed so enthusiastically  (as always). I imagine she wanted to see them published just for the record, that is, only as a  proof that we really did it. So here they are.

In a few days, however, we'll be dismantling the exhibition to make room for a new one (if you think green you may guess what it will be about).





Meanwhile, I'd like to ask you if you have read anything about Charles Dickens apart from at school...


Don't worry, your answers will be kept strictly off the record :-)

New Materials (kind of a test, really...)

Need to practise your Reported Speech?

Here's a link to some GoogleDocs for you to download. I have also placed the link in the Classroom materials section for easy access.

International Women's Day

There are so many international days that sometimes we forget some really important dates. One of them is the International Women's Day (IWD), a day -8th march- when we celebrate women's achievements in different fields throughout history.

Even if you are a man, please remember that half the world's population are women, and they share with you the right to be respected as human beings and treated on equal terms.

Do the activities on this site and practise your reading... You will find crosswords, quizzes and also send E-cards from there. Surprise your colleagues --or better still, your teacher!!!

English with Cris

This post should actually be in the links section, but I think Cristina's English blog deserves to be mentioned here because of its freshness and general quality (even though she says she's just "starting"). I am sure that I will visit it very often, and you too can improve your skills if you browse it regularly.
Check it out!