Kinetic typography

There's a different way of watching your favourite films: no images, just animated words. Practise your listening skills with this scene from the film 300.

Sing along!

A good way to practice your English is singing with videokes, that is, a karaoke video where they play the music and you put the voice. Here you have an example, Imagine by John Lennon, but you can find many other songs of all sorts of music in www.youtube.com

Happy birthday!

Today the world celebrates the 200th aniversary of one of the parents of modern biology: Charles Darwin. You can celebrate it too by finding out more about him and his works, just check out the following links.

The Origin of Species (full online free version)

Darwin day celebration site

BBC Darwin bicentenary special
The history of evolutionary thought

Get the glass!

Get the Glass is a 3D board game produced as a part of a new Got Milk advertising campaign (an American iniciative to promote milk drinking). This is a Flash mini-game where you can help a family escape from the cops. You can practise your English on the way and enjoy its amazing graphics. Have fun!

Get the glass

What would you do if you could have a flying car?

This video is a short film by Kevin Smith, the director of Clerks, Mallrats or Dogma. It is a dialogue between Dante y Randall, two of the main characters in Clerks and Clerks 2, who discuss about the possibility of having a flying car. The speak very quicky, but the subtitles will definitely help you. Have a good laugh!



If you want to find out more about real flying cars, check the following links:

How a real flying car works video

A flying car on the road (it can be yours for just a few pounds!)

Study abroad (Eurocursos 2009)

If you want to go to the UK or Ireland to study English in the summer, this is your chance. The IVAJ is offering several grants for people currently studying first or second of Bachillerato. If you are interested, hurry up, since you only can apply until the 15th of January. Check up the following link to see all the details and the requiremets you need to be able to participate. Eurocursos IVAJ

Funniest telemarketer call ever

How many times have you recieved an annoying phone call from a telemarketer? Here you can listen to a man with a real strategy to turn this typical situation upside down. You can read the conversation as you listen, so it's easier to understand. Have a good laugh!

When I grow up...

If you are on your way to finish High School, you may have quite a few doubts about what to study in the future. If this is your case, don't make an unplanned decision and look for the further studies that suit you best. There is a lot of information on the net just a click away. Here you have the sites where you can see the different degrees offered by the Valencian universities, along with all the subjects and details of each course.

Universidad de Valencia
Universidad Politécnica
Ciclos formativos

Is the monster of Lake Ness a lie?

It is the only question that everybody has. Is the monster a lie? Is it a legend or it's true that a monster lives in Scotland? Nobody knows it. The monster of Lake Ness is an attraction for a lot of tourists, but the monster hasn't been seen by anybody. We have not enough information about it.

The photos about it aren't many, but the stories of the Scottish people are numerous. Paul Johnson, an American scientific says: If this animal lives today, he is now more than four centuries old!

Some people believe that the monster is a dinosaur, but does a dinosaur live four hundred years? I don't know. When I was a kid, I believed that the monster really existed, but now I am not sure. It's probably a mythological animal, as the Minotaur, Hydra or Dragons.

Courtesy of Jordi (4th of ESO)

If you want to know more about Nessy, check out these sites:

Official Loch Ness monster site
Loch Ness in Wikipedia
Loch Ness live web cam

A Valencian discotheque gives plastic surgery as a prize

A discotheque in the Valencian Community, Pacha, has announced a party where there will be a prize draw for a plastic surgery operation. All boys and girls will be able to participate at a cost of 20€ per entrance. This way of attracting new customers is not new: in Argentina there have been similar iniciatives in the past. Although a great controversy has been raised, the owner of the disco said that there is nothing unethical in this campaign, that it's just a new form of marketing that proves that not everything has already been done.

What do you think about it?. Say your word by voting this month's survey.

Motivational video

If you think your English is bad, have a look at this video and get ready to change your mind... So next time you are afraid to talk in a foreign language, remember that this artist even had the courage to record this song!

Halloween online hangman

Try this interactive game where you can hang a very chatty skeleton! All the words are related to Halloween and creepy stuff. You can keep playing and accumulate points if you keep guessing words. Have fun!

Halloween hangman

Halloween warming up

Here you have a link where you can read the original version of 'The Raven', a poem by Edgar Alan Poe. You may find it difficult, but there's a little help with the vocabulary. Anyway, forget about the unknown words and try to read it poetically and enjoy how the words flow like music...

The Raven

Time to cook!

Zucchini cream

You need:

• 1 zucchini per person
• 2 portions of 'Caserio' cheese
• salt

Peel the zucchinis. Then cut them in thin pieces. Boil the pieces until they are soft. Add the salt. Finally, put them in the blender until it becomes a cream. Add two pieces of cheese per person and press them to make a mixture. TIP!: If you feel a strong taste, you can add cream (milk) into the zucchini cream.

Courtesy of Gaby (4th of ESO)

Just carrots?

Internet is a great way to visit museums around the world. Here you have a site where you can find all sorts of things about carrots, including recipes, pictures, lots of information and virtual museums tours. You will never see a carrot with the same eyes...

www.carrotmuseum.co.uk

The Earth has a message for you...

This site powered by Google maps allows you to create messages with satellite images from all around the world. You can send them to your friends and see where each letter comes from. Enjoy!

www.geogreeting.com

I'm back!

Long time, no see! It's been a long time since I don't update this blog. I'm sorry... I won't do it again...

Beware of wallets!

The controversial Michael Moore strikes again with the critical irony that made him famous.

What would you do if people froze around you?

Here you can watch a video where over 200 hundred people freeze at the same time and in the same place: the Grand Central Station in New York city.

How many countries can you name in five minutes?

Currently there are 270 countries in the World. Try the following link to check how many countries you can name (in English!). You just have to type the name of the country and if it is correct, it will be added automatically to your list. When the five minutes are over, you can check your score and the countries you forgot. Have fun and challenge your friends to see who is the master of geography.
How many countries can you name?