Escuela Oficial de Idiomas

Abierto el plazo de preinscripción en las Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas de Madrid.
Plazo: 22 de abril al 9 de mayo (ambos inclusive).
Para obtener más información y acceder a las páginas web de las Escuelas Oficiales de Madrid haz clic aquí.

Becas para la participación en programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés

Becas para la participación en un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés en España

Convocadas becas para la participación en un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística
en inglés en España, destinadas a estudiantes de Bachillerato, de Grado 
Medio de Formación Profesional, de Artes Plásticas y Diseño, de Enseñanzas
Deportivas, de Enseñanzas Profesionales de Música y Danza y de Idiomas de
Nivel Intermedio y Avanzado.
Plazo: 20 días hábiles desde el 11 de marzo de 2014.

Podéis consultar la convocatoria aquí.

Food Pyramid

Look at the food pyramid. Do you think the foods you eat every day are healthy?

Imagine you are a congressional committee responsible for recommending what the government should do to fight the obesity epidemid and regulate the fast food industry. Here are some ideas:

1. Limit restaurant hours
2. Sales tax on fast food
3. require that warning labels are posted on food packaging / restaurant (like the one we find on tobacco)
4. require that alternative healthy choices be offered...

Do you think thease are good ideas, can you think of any other ideas?

An airline commercial that's gone viral on Youtube: real-time giving

Watch the video and read about it here.

THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, here are some facts about the holiday!!

by Raj Kamal.
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Closed for business!

Some resources to help you understand Government Shutdown in the USA. Before the end of each fiscal year (September 30th), Congress is tasked with passing a set of bills that allot funds to many Federal Agencies. No funds, means no business, and all those agencies have to turn everything off (including the Departments of Education,  Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, Interior... Environmental Protection Agency, US Courts, NASA, National Parks...)
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Multimedia overview of the meltdown.
From USAToday.A clear list of explanations about the situation.

Embarrassed by Government Shutdown

Education Systems in the US and UK

Thanks to our Language Assistants, Mehdi and Jon, for putting together these interesting presentations about the education systems in their countries!!

Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas... Made Simple

Stephen Hawking's Big Ideas explained in cartoon form.
Check out this link to read the article.

What type of learner are you?

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What your Handwriting says about you

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Personality Adjectives

National Geographic

National Geographic celebrates 125 years of photographs with some of its most iconic images. Check out some of these amazing images!

Photography at 125! From nationalgeographic.com

Meet the TomTato!

A tomato-potato plant, now available in the U.K.

GMO OMG!

How much do you know about GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)? Here is some interesting information. What do you think? Do we know what we are eating?

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GMOs - Truth and Myths

Organic vs. Genetically Engineered Food:

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EXÁMENES DE SEPTIEMBRE 2013

CONVOCATORIA EXTRAORDINARIA DE SEPTIEMBRE 2013

ASIGNATURA	CURSO	DÍA / HORA	LUGAR
Inglés	2º Bachillerato 1º Bachillerato 4º ESO 3º ESO 2º ESO 1º ESO	Martes, 3 de septiembre 10:00 – 11:30	Salón de actos
Ampliación de Lengua Extranjera: Inglés	1º Bachillerato	Martes, 3 de septiembre 13:00 – 14:30	Salón de actos

EXÁMENES DE PENDIENTES. SEPTIEMBRE 2013

ASIGNATURA	CURSO	DÍA / HORA	LUGAR
Inglés	1º Bachillerato 3º ESO 2º ESO 1º ESO	Martes, 3 de septiembre 16:30 – 17:30	Salón de actos

Abraham Lincoln

On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed a measure abolishing slavery in U.S. territories.
Click here to learn more about the 16th president of the United States.
Listen to his famous speech, the Gettysburg Address.

These Pictures Prove that Maths are Really Hard

Why pay less when you can pay more?

Click here to see some more pictures.

Teenager Problems

The 15 most annoying things about being in high school, according to Reddit.

SMILE!!

Becas para el estudio de idiomas en el extranjero

La Comunidad de Madrid ha convocado becas para el estudio de idiomas en el extranjero.

• Destinatarios: alumnos de 3º y 4º de la ESO y 1º de Bachillerato
• Plazo: 20 días hábiles desde el 4 de abril
• Nota media mínima de un 8 en el curso anterior

Descárgate la convocatoria aquí.