Welcome back!

Would you tell us about your last holiday?

• Where did you go? Explain how you got there.
• When did you go?
• Who did you go with?
• What did you do during your holiday?
• What was the weather like?
• Where and what did you eat?
• Did you have a good time?

Farewell time

And after a year of enjoyment learning a lot of English with our super language assistant it's time to say goodbye. Then, it is also a time to celebrate all those nice moments we all shared together.

Have a look to the farewell parties that students have prepared for their last session with Daniel.

They've even prepared a chocolate cake!!

And last but now least, the never-ending hug!!

Thank you Daniel!!
We wish you all the best!!  :)

Vote for us in the "Shakespeare in London" competition!!!

And so the day has come!!!
Here is the result of our students' hard work. I really hope you'll enjoy it! 

To vote for our video click on the following link:

https://oupspain.wishpond.com/shakespeare-in-london/entries/99925667

Only one vote is allowed from the same email account so, if you have more than one, use them to help us win!!

What is creativity?

Article on creativity

Hip-hop and Shakespeare?

What does hip-hop have to do with Shakespeare? If you want to know, check this video. 

In this TEDx Talk, rapper Akala demonstrates and explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, and the wider cultural debate around language and it's power.

Leo DiCaprio on climate change

One week ago, actor Leonardo DiCaprio received the Oscar for his role in the film "The Revenant". Watch his acceptance speech in the following video:

"Thank you all so very much. Thank you to the Academy, thank you to all of you in this room. I have to congratulate the other incredible nominees this year for their unbelievable performances. The Revenant was the product of the tireless efforts of an unbelievable cast and crew I got to work alongside. First off, to my brother in this endeavor, Mr. Tom Hardy. Tom, your fierce talent on screen can only be surpassed by your friendship off screen. To Mr. Alejandro Innaritu, as the history of cinema unfolds, you have forged your way into history these past 2 years... thank you for creating a transcendent cinematic experience. Thank you to everybody at Fox and New Regency…my entire team. I have to thank everyone from the very onset of my career…to Mr. Jones for casting me in my first film to Mr. Scorsese for teaching me so much about the cinematic art form. To my parents, none of this would be possible without you. And to my friends, I love you dearly, you know who you are.

Activity: (from 2')

Listen to the speech and complete the text with the missing words.

And lastly I just want to say this: Making The Revenant was about man's relationship to the natural world. A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow. Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop *procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be most affected by this. For our children’s children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed. I thank you all for this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted. Thank you so very much". 

*procrastinate: to defer action; delay

London, here we go!!

Once again, we are going to take part in Oxford's competition. This time, students will have to act and record a short dramatization of one of Shakespeare's works. 

We are still resolving the class and the play to be performed so keep tuned for news!!