Hello everyone:
We continued with our specific activities to practise speaking. This time Cecilia was the one who proposed the ideas for the conversation. And we spent the whole hour with this. So, thanks Cecilia for your contribution.
See you tomorrow!!
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2011/04/07
2011/03/28
25th MARCH SESSION.
Hi mates:
We have decided to propose different kind of activities in order to change a bit. We want everyone to participate and get involved, so we've started to do more practical activities. For the moment it worked and we had fun too. We mainly did two activities: one about talking for a minute about a given idea and another one about a roleplay dealing with different situations. Needless to say that if you have ideas, they will be welcomed. You needn't be a teacher, just use your imagination.
Bye!!
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We have decided to propose different kind of activities in order to change a bit. We want everyone to participate and get involved, so we've started to do more practical activities. For the moment it worked and we had fun too. We mainly did two activities: one about talking for a minute about a given idea and another one about a roleplay dealing with different situations. Needless to say that if you have ideas, they will be welcomed. You needn't be a teacher, just use your imagination.Bye!!
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2011/03/23
18th MARCH SESSION.
Hello everybody:
This time, there weren't lots of topics as usual, but we had fun. We started with Cecilia's proposal: she brought some pictures to provoke reactions and invite people to talk about them. It really worked. We also had fun playing linguistic games.
See you in the next session.
See you in the next session.
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2011/03/13
11th MARCH SESSION.
Hello everyone:
As usual, we talked about a varied range of topics. For example, we talked about neighbours and meetings. Then, we turned to a current topic: elections are nearer and politicians seem to be very good now. Another current affair was Esperanza Aguirre's recent illness and, of course, the state of the Community of Madrid public health system. Following with the topic about politicians, we discussed the different application of laws depending whether if you're a public person, authority (police) or not, regarding parking. The final part of the session was more relaxed: the second series of jokes and the visit of an old member: François.
I leave you some jokes:
1. Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the Shell station.
2. Why did the one-handed skeleton cross the road? Toget to the second- hand shop.
3. What do you call a cow in an Earthquake? A milkshake.
4. Why don't skeletons play music in the church? Because they don't have organs.
5. What do you call a chiken that crosses the road without looking both ways? Dead.
I must confess we really had fun in both joke sessions. So if you have time to find more, bring them to the next session.
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As usual, we talked about a varied range of topics. For example, we talked about neighbours and meetings. Then, we turned to a current topic: elections are nearer and politicians seem to be very good now. Another current affair was Esperanza Aguirre's recent illness and, of course, the state of the Community of Madrid public health system. Following with the topic about politicians, we discussed the different application of laws depending whether if you're a public person, authority (police) or not, regarding parking. The final part of the session was more relaxed: the second series of jokes and the visit of an old member: François.
1. Why did the turtle cross the road? To get to the Shell station.
2. Why did the one-handed skeleton cross the road? Toget to the second- hand shop.
3. What do you call a cow in an Earthquake? A milkshake.
4. Why don't skeletons play music in the church? Because they don't have organs.
5. What do you call a chiken that crosses the road without looking both ways? Dead.
I must confess we really had fun in both joke sessions. So if you have time to find more, bring them to the next session.
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2011/03/07
4th MARCH SESSION.
Hello everyone:
We started our session talking about bookshops and Alberto suggested one place in Madrid: J&J Books and Coffee., where you can find lots of second-hand books with interesting prices. We also talked about on line bookshops: Iberlibro. and Book depository. This lead the discussion towards the contrast between traditional and e-books. Once we changed the topic, we started to talk about geography and our sense of orientation. Inevitable, a comparison between men and women came out. Our final topic was fashion, men's cosmetics, metrosexual men and dres codes.
See u all in the next session.
P.S: Thanks for your contributions.
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We started our session talking about bookshops and Alberto suggested one place in Madrid: J&J Books and Coffee., where you can find lots of second-hand books with interesting prices. We also talked about on line bookshops: Iberlibro. and Book depository. This lead the discussion towards the contrast between traditional and e-books. Once we changed the topic, we started to talk about geography and our sense of orientation. Inevitable, a comparison between men and women came out. Our final topic was fashion, men's cosmetics, metrosexual men and dres codes.See u all in the next session.
P.S: Thanks for your contributions.
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2011/02/28
25th FEBRUARY SESSION.
Hello everyone:
Well, this was our last session in February. As usual, varied topics were discussed. For example, we started with the New Zealand earthquake and the Lybian situation. Then we relaxed a bit and we changed the topics: we talked about the 1st meeting of the recently-created "Time Bank". Our last topic was about private information in the Internet, minors using social networks, piracy, copyright of intellectual, artistic... works as well as the current situation in the music industry.
See you in the next session.
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See you in the next session.
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2011/02/13
11th FEBRUARY SESSION.
Hi everyone:
To be honest, last session was one of the funniest. We were in a very good mood, so witty comments became something natural. Our first topic was the "Time bank project", which is currently starting in our town. Then, we also talked about different accents of non-native people. Then we moved to talk about resources to learn English or interesting websites e.g. the use of podcasts to train our ears or watching films in original version. Our last topic was related to that: dubbing vs. original version films.
Apart from the topics I'd like to tell you that Elena will not be coming for personal reasons. So, Elena, thank you very much for being a member and we expect your visit one day.
See you all on Friday.
P.S: Please write something about you for the blog. Thanks in advance.
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Apart from the topics I'd like to tell you that Elena will not be coming for personal reasons. So, Elena, thank you very much for being a member and we expect your visit one day.
See you all on Friday.
P.S: Please write something about you for the blog. Thanks in advance.
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2011/01/31
28th JANUARY SESSION.
Good morning:
Our conversation topics reflect our worries and the latest news. So, it's not so strange that our first topic was pensions and all the changes of the new Spanish law about it. Then, we talked about human resources and we talked about languages (including Spanish regional varieties). After that, Elena proposed us to explain her particular view on human evolution, nature, tele-transport or dimensions. We became a bit philophical in this point because we turned to discuss about the universe, the infinite and space. Apart from this, Jairo talked about the dark period of the Middle Ages. Another completely different topic was farms.
Linguistically speaking, we learnt two new expressions: "pull strings" (I copy definition by thefreedictionary.com):
Our conversation topics reflect our worries and the latest news. So, it's not so strange that our first topic was pensions and all the changes of the new Spanish law about it. Then, we talked about human resources and we talked about languages (including Spanish regional varieties). After that, Elena proposed us to explain her particular view on human evolution, nature, tele-transport or dimensions. We became a bit philophical in this point because we turned to discuss about the universe, the infinite and space. Apart from this, Jairo talked about the dark period of the Middle Ages. Another completely different topic was farms.
Linguistically speaking, we learnt two new expressions: "pull strings" (I copy definition by thefreedictionary.com):
2011/01/26
21st JANUARY SESSION.
Hello everybody:
In the last session we were less than normally. We talked about stand-up comedy and shopping centres, specially those in Villalba. Then we moved to a very recent topic of discussion: restaurants, smoking and the new law. We also analysed the current situation of employment/ unemployment in Spain as well as matters regarding the world of work. Then, we changed the topic to discuss about pollution and alternative energy sources.
So, as you can see, we always change from topic to topic and we never stop talking.
See you again on Friday.
In the last session we were less than normally. We talked about stand-up comedy and shopping centres, specially those in Villalba. Then we moved to a very recent topic of discussion: restaurants, smoking and the new law. We also analysed the current situation of employment/ unemployment in Spain as well as matters regarding the world of work. Then, we changed the topic to discuss about pollution and alternative energy sources.
So, as you can see, we always change from topic to topic and we never stop talking.
See you again on Friday.
2011/01/17
14th JANUARY SESSION.
Hello everyone:
It seemed very far away, but, finally, we've had our first session this year. At the beginning we were a bit shy and silent, maybe because our English had some "spiderwebs" after Xmas holidays. The warming up consisted of talking about our holidays (or in some cases lack of holidays, sorry Alberto and Marina). Then we started to talk about some movies as well as the shooting incident in the U.S. This led us to talk about violence nowdays. As usual, our final topic was a bit different: the National Health Service, basically in the U.S and Spain.
See you in the next session.
It seemed very far away, but, finally, we've had our first session this year. At the beginning we were a bit shy and silent, maybe because our English had some "spiderwebs" after Xmas holidays. The warming up consisted of talking about our holidays (or in some cases lack of holidays, sorry Alberto and Marina). Then we started to talk about some movies as well as the shooting incident in the U.S. This led us to talk about violence nowdays. As usual, our final topic was a bit different: the National Health Service, basically in the U.S and Spain.
See you in the next session.
2011/01/12
SESSION REMINDER.
Hello English fans:
This post is to remind you we're having a session the next Friday, 14th. I hope to see you all there!
This post is to remind you we're having a session the next Friday, 14th. I hope to see you all there!
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2010/12/20
EXTRA SESSION (17th DECEMBER)
Hello everyone:
We had the last session of the year. Although it wasn't in our schedule, some of us met last Friday. We were finally (and fortunately) more than we expected. Everything started when Estela told us about her "unforgettable" Christmas lunch with her workmates. That was the perfect excuse to start talking about restaurants. Who knows? Maybe next year we'll have our own "Michelin guide" (in English, of course). Then we changed the topic and we talked about trains, tickets and public transport abroad. This also led us to talk about funny experiences abroad and we finished talking about something apparently unrelated: guns. Well, I have to explain: we were talking about Mexico and security there. Don't worry, we're a pacific group!
See you in the next session.
We had the last session of the year. Although it wasn't in our schedule, some of us met last Friday. We were finally (and fortunately) more than we expected. Everything started when Estela told us about her "unforgettable" Christmas lunch with her workmates. That was the perfect excuse to start talking about restaurants. Who knows? Maybe next year we'll have our own "Michelin guide" (in English, of course). Then we changed the topic and we talked about trains, tickets and public transport abroad. This also led us to talk about funny experiences abroad and we finished talking about something apparently unrelated: guns. Well, I have to explain: we were talking about Mexico and security there. Don't worry, we're a pacific group!
See you in the next session.
2010/12/12
10th DECEMBER SESSION.
Hello everyone:
As you can imagine there has not been a unique topic in this week's session. Last Friday we started by talking about Internet provider companies, anti-virus, etc and we continued talking about our dear air controllers and the current situation of the Spanish athletes.
Next week we will have an extra- session because some of the members will be coming and the room will be available for us. We haven't decided about a specific topic, you know we start in one point and we move to a completely different topic.
As you can imagine there has not been a unique topic in this week's session. Last Friday we started by talking about Internet provider companies, anti-virus, etc and we continued talking about our dear air controllers and the current situation of the Spanish athletes.
Next week we will have an extra- session because some of the members will be coming and the room will be available for us. We haven't decided about a specific topic, you know we start in one point and we move to a completely different topic.
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