See you soon!

Watch the video below.



Now, listen to this soundtrack.

Would you ever sing such songs? Why/Why not?
Do you know any other songs used at special occasions?

Now let's watch 'See you in september' again and find a quick answer for an easy question: can you hear any rhyming words? If so, which ones?

Have a look at the phonetic symbols below and find words in the song whose pronunciation matches them:

Let's move on now to 'The Sound of Music' again and try to match the rhyming words with the phonetic symbols above, first of all. 

Next, let's concentrate on the farewell words. How many different languages are the children using?

Finally, let's discuss for a litlle while about multilingualism. 

Is it a myth or a fact, fiction or reality? 

What does being multilingual involve? 

How does one become multilingual?

Are multilinguals the odd ones out? Are they specially talented? Can they pick up any language they want just like that?

Is multilingualism a fad or a consequence of living in a multilingual world?

Are you multilingual? Would you like to be multilingual or your family to be multilingual?

Lyrics of See you in September and The Sound of Music.

The Sunshine Award

This morning I woke up with a surprising but very rewarding piece of news. We have been nominated by Carmen Arias and Pilar Pamblanco to The Sunshine Award.

Thanks ever so much, Carmen and Pilar, I am really humbled and honoured and the fact that you have thought of this blog is just amazing!

The Sunshine Award is an award given to bloggers by other bloggers. It is given to 'bloggers who are positive and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere'. As with other similar awards, there are rules, which are:

1) Including the award logo in your post or site. 

2) Answering seven questions about yourself.

3) Nominating five to ten other wonderful bloggers. 

4) Link your nominees to the post and comment on their blog, letting them know they are nominated.

5) Share the love and link with the person who nominated you.

So, here we go to abide the rules:

Questions about me:

1. I am just an ESL teacher who loves her job and working with ICT.

2. I love my family: husband and two boys, aged 10 and 16.

3. I love travelling; the further, the better.

4. I am madly in love with Twitter, blogging and sharing!

5. I hate papers, tests, exams, I just can't stand all that stuff!

6. My favourite films ever are The Sound of Music, My FairLady, Gone with the wind, Billy Elliot, The Lord of the Rings..., these are too many, aren't they? Well, I'll stop here, then.

7. Books, favourite books? Almost impossible to name a couple, I'm a bookworm, but I must say that my most beloved writer of all times is David Lodge.

My nominees are:

Crea y aprende con Laura. By @jhergony, awesome colleague in the Canary Islands!

Blogmaniacos. By @blogmaniacos, a fantastic band I learn an awful lot from!

My English Scrapbook. By @EstherMartinez, for the incredible amount of ESL resources she posts!

Sharing Learning. By @inma_a, for her tremendous effort to share all she does!

Creación Literaria y más... By @jferna35, an amazingly good Primary school teacher!

Learning Station!: 'El Perchero'. By @yolanda_egea, always ready to share tips and awesome ideas, the perfect eTwinning ambassador!

Mi primer año en Red XXI. By @julisanzmamolar, for his availability and willingness to learn and share. Proud to work with him!

Lengüetrazos. By @lajaines, the most friendly and close colleague I have found on the cyberspace!

Is Google Glass the future of teaching and learning?

Just watch and leave your comments.

We are part of Generations@school!

Our The Value of Wrinkles project is part of the Generations@School European iniative that engages pupils and older people in intergenerational dialogue.

Find out all about it!

Thanks a bunch!

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Communicative Skills In The Classroom

Here you are the video-summary of a training session I delivered for Language Teachers at #microcursosCPROviedo in May 2013. 

I just wanted to share it here to thank you all for your great school work, without which it would be impossible to develop this kind of training sessions.

Watch live streaming video from cproviedo at livestream.com

An unforgettable week in Pajares

From Asturias to Mallorca

The most elegant in the world