In Enric Borràs Secondary School, teaching the English language is not only an academic priority but also a pleasure. All the English Department staff contributes to boost the knowledge of this foreign language following different methodologies and applying the compulsory curriculum on key competences (competències bàsiques).
The materials used for ESO are Workbooks which follow the curriculum on key competences and in Batxillerat, the corresponding coursebooks. Supplementary photocopies are also passed to reinforce and broaden the students’ different skills. This traditional methodology is complemented with more innovative ones, such as Gamification, Content-based, Task-based, and Participatory Approaches, Communicative Language Teaching, Learning Strategy Training, Cooperative Learning, and Multiple Intelligences. Besides, ICT tools are implemented on a daily basis. Examples of these are Classroom, Google Drive, Google Forms, Youtube videos, infographic makers, Instagram, Tik Tok, Quizlet, Socrative, Mindmeister, Kahoot, and so on and so forth.
Extensive and Intensive Reading are fundamentally the reading skills practised in our school. For us, the benefits of reading are obviously multiple, and a way to stimulate and encourage our students is to provide them with appealing materials and activities: graded readers, “real books”, news, comics, and so on and so forth.
However, it must be taken into account that all the skills, not only reading, but speaking, listening, and writing need to be implemented in a synergistic way to produce enhanced results.
The English Department actively participates in the different workshops and activities that are organised by the School’s Festivals Commission along the course, which are: Castaween, Christmas, Carnival, the International Women’s Day and Saint George’s Day. 
The English Day is an event which the English Department fully organises with the valuable support of those teachers who have at least a B1 English level on a practical basis. 
The different workshops that are designed in this wonderful celebration (to be planned regarding the School Calendar) are: Irish Dance, Harry Potter Escape Room, Harry Potter magic wand making, The cricket games, Rugby, Pancake Making, Karaoke, Films in the original version, St Patrick’s Scrapbook, London Gymkhana, Party and Co, Board games and Funny Culture Quizzes.
To learn a foreign language it is absolutely necessary to implement practical activities, for this reason, English is also a learning tool when applying Content and Language Integrated Learning in these subjects: Technology, Biology, and Physics, Experimental Sciences, History, Social Sciences, Economy and Entrepreneurship.
The participation in Erasmus + projects is an objective to be achieved in the 2020-22 courses. A lot of effort has been made to achieve this goal by designing a school project, MULTICULTURALISM AND INCLUSIVENESS (with Portugal, Romania, and Turkey as collaborators), and participating in other school projects: THE VOICES OF TEENAGERS (Turkey), EUROPEAN STUDENTS-RESPONSIBLE, MOTIVATED, EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND USEFUL (Romania), SMALL STEPS – BIG CHANGES (Poland) and TASTES ACROSS LIFE (Turkey). Furthermore, an eTwinning project has been created partly to become the virtual tool for the Erasmus+ program, due to the fact that both physical and virtual mobilities are paramount for a more pragmatic and efficient scope in the language learning process.
Last but not least, we bear in mind our students’ necessities. That is why reinforcement of the different language skills and B1+B2 preparatory classes are carried out in extracurricular classes. To select those students who need review and reinforcement, the English Department staff is coordinated to take into account the student’s several characteristics: behaviour, motivation, commitment and a real need to improve the language skills. To select B1/B2 students, in turn, an exam is passed to test the students’ level. Those who are chosen are also registered for the EOI exam straight in our school.
On Wednesday 13th January 2021, Cristine, a teacher from the United States, came to our secondary school, Enric Borràs, to talk about British and American culture to our 4 ESO students.These Culture Classes belong to the editor’s project to enhance the cultural output and input… Llegeix més»
Els alumnes de primer B van buscar frases cèlebres d’escriptores i escriptors de llengua anglesa per celebrar Sant Jordi. A alguns alumnes li ha resultat impossible entregar la tasca o fer-ho a temps i per això el vídeo surt amb retard. No obstant això, el… Llegeix més»
Els alumnes de 4t d’ESO van anar ahir a Barcelona on van visitar el Palau Robert, el Passeig de Gràcia i van fer l’entrega dels premis literaris de Sant Jordi 2019 als jardins de la Universitat de Barcelona.
Us deixem uns moments del dia:
Aquest curs continuem oferint el reforç d’anglès a les vesprades, on els alumnes venen a fer activitats relacionades en anglès amb la professora, Sr. Maica Rojo.
Aquí els teniu fent una “Self introduction letter” per un pen pal project.
This year, Raul Bujardon is holding English lessons for 4th of ESO and Batxillerat students, who are preparing their B1/B2 exams. About 15-20 studens are working every Tuesday afternoon in small groups to improve their writing and speaking.
There is also a group for extra support… Llegeix més»
Aquest és el tercer any que des del Departament de Castellà conjuntament amb Anglès es posa en marxa el nostre diari escolar i amb ell, l’institut participa en el concurs nacional de “El País de los Estudiantes” en el que ja ens hem classificat dues vegades en l’edició… Llegeix més»
Els alumnes de 3er d’ESO han preparat uns audios de tràiles i contes en anglès.
Us passem l’enllaç de la carpeta que els conté per veure la feina que han fet.
Carpeta videos
La Martina Bacci de 2nE ha guanyat el 1r premi de la seva categoria del concurs escolar del Saló del Còmic, amb el seu còmic en anglès “Evolution”. Des de les àrees d’Anglès i de Visual i Plàstica es va treballar el tema d’enguany: els… Llegeix més»
l’institut ha celebrat el dia de la Francofonia, organitzat per la Pilar i els seus alumnes de Francès. Va haver literatura, degustació de plats de tot el món de parla francesa, moda… Moltes felicitats a tots per la feina feta!
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