Reading about music

The most reputed music website around, Pitchfork.com, just released a list of recommended musical reads.



Just about every possible style or period is covered here. Dig deep and find your choice. You'll discover there is much more out there than you suspected.

Click the image to get there, or click here.

How do I pronounce this word?

Problems with pronounciation? There is a useful web which helps you with your pronounciation problems.

It's called Forvo and it contains the pronounciation of thousands of words in many languages.

You can look up the English pronounciation of words here.

What a wonderful world!

Here is an example of what you can do with a Presentation file (PPT, for example) and an audio file (a song, for example).

You need to create your presentation file and choose an audio to go with it.

Now go to Myplick.com and follow the instructions there. It's really simple.

What a wonderful world JR

Tags: english education music

My trip to...

This is a presentation of my trip to Japan. It is to be used as an example of the report on a journey we are preparing with 3rd year students.

My trip to Japan

Tags: Japan Polenmusic 

Totally awesome: NME

In Unit 5 at 3rd of ESO, we are working with cultural passions.

Music must be one of the most common, and the NME, the New Musical Express, is the oldest running weekly magazine covering all that matters in pop and rock music.

Go to their website to be up to date in all the gossip and news related to your favourite groups and those who will be big soon...

Environmental veterans: Greenpeace

In Unit 5 at 4th of ESO, we are dealing with global issues and the environment.

Here is a link to Greenpeace, a non-profit organization which has been dealing with these issues for many years and are an international reference when it comes to environmental affairs.

If you visit their web, you will certainly find many interesting reads. Go check it out.

Information about EOI certifications

For our Wednesday students and for anyone else that could be interested, here is the link to the web of the Escoles Oficials d'Idiomes de Catalunya.

On the left you will find a menu, which makes navigation very easy. Here are the points you might be interested in:

• Certificat de nivell intermedi
• Convocatòria ordinària de juny 2011
• Recomanacions nivell intermedi (pdf)
• Mostres de les proves (requires Real Player, and you can install it here)

Good luck!