“Needle in a haystack’s easy—- just bring a magnet” Keith deCandido After reading a text about Shinkansen we were astonished to discover that the train is very fast because it levitates using magnetism. How can this be possible? Can a train levitate? After this discovery we started to share all our previous knowledge about magnetism […]
SHINKANSEN: CAN WE MAKE A TRAIN LEVITATE? Llegeix més »
“Don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music.” Roald Dahl Last week we had a lot of fun while practising English by going to Can Papasseit to watch a theatre play: Little Red Rocks. Because watching a theatre play in English can be
LET’S GO TO THE THEATRE! Llegeix més »
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience” Ralph Waldo Emerson After learning about the art of Bonsai, the other day we discovered another plant that is a national treasure of Japan: marimos. When we arrived at the class we found a glass jar full of water and two little green balls floating in
DISCOVERING MARIMOS Llegeix més »
“Language is best taught when it is being used to transmit messages, not when it is explicitly taught for conscious learning.” Stephen D. Krashen In a book, someone found an article that made us wonder… How long can a person live? Reading an article, we discovered that the oldest person living now is an English
FROM THE OLDEST PERSON TO THE LONGEST PAPER Llegeix més »
“A true flag is torn from the soul of people. A flag is something that everybody owns, and that is why they work” Gilbert Baker During all September we have been working on flags. It all started when we used flags to reflect on the countries where people speak English as a first language. We