See what´s coming

8th October 2009 National Poetry Day – the theme is Heroes and Heroines

9th October 2009 Teachit’s Big Day Out in Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Future dates

19th October 2009 Deadline for the Poetry Society and BBC Blast’s SLAMbassadors competition

23rd October 2009 Deadline for placing 2009 Booked Up order

Things worth knowing

The new draft specs for GCSEs in English, English Language and English Literature for first teaching in September 2010 are all now available online. Join our Staffroom discussion

The English and Media Centre has a usefully independent GCSE 2010 blog on the implications of the changes for English departments.

What’s on

Terrestrial TV and radio 

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Tom Stoppard’s own screen version
Sunday 30th August
1:00am BBC2

Becoming Jane
Biopic about Austen
Sunday 30th August
8:00pm BBC1

Wuthering Heights
First episode of a new two-part adaptation
Sunday 30th August
9:00pm ITV1

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Wednesday 2nd September
7:00pm ITV1

Blackadder Rides Again
Documentary marking 25 years of cunning plans
Friday 4th September
9.00pm BBC1

Pulp Fiction
Friday 4th September
11:40pm BBC1

BBC TV
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5

Poems for Infant Minds
Nigel Forde looks at the development of children’s poetry
Saturday 29th August
11.30pm Radio 4

Front Row
Mark Lawson interviews William Trevor …
Monday 31st August
… and Margaret Atwood
Tuesday 1st September
7.15pm Radio 4

The Media Show
Wednesday 2nd September
1:30pm Radio 4

The Essay
Craig Raine discusses T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
Daily from Monday 31st August to Thursday 3rd September
11:00pm Radio 3

In Business: Media Mayhem
Peter Day explores the effect of global recession on traditional newspapers and broadcasters and asks what the shape of the new media might be once the troubles are over
Thursday 3rd September
8:30pm Radio 4

BBC Radio

Theatre

• A Doll’s House
  18th August – 13th September 2009
  Greenwich Playhouse, London
• A Raisin in the Sun
  27th January – 20th February 2010
  Royal Exchange – The Studio, Manchester
• A Streetcar Named Desire
  28th July 2009 – 3rd October 2009
  Donmar Warehouse, London
• A View from the Bridge
  16th January – 30th January 2010
  Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
• All’s Well that Ends Well
  From 4th May 2009
  National Theatre, London
• All My Sons
  8th October – 14th November 2009
  Curve, Leicester
• Arcadia
  27th May – 12th September 2009
  Duke of York’s Theatre, London
• As You Like It
  18th April – 3rd October 2009
  Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon
• Broken Glass
  31st October – 7th November 2009
  Questor’s Theatre, London
• The Caretaker
  2nd October – 31st October 2009
  Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
• The Duchess of Malfi
  2nd September – 27th September 2009
  The King’s Head Theatre, London
• The Glass Menagerie
  10th November – 14th November 2009
  Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
• The Hypochondriac
  27th October – 31st October 2009
  Theatre Royal, York
• The Importance of Being Earnest
  26th January – 30th January 2010
  Nuffield, Southampton
• Julius Caesar
  15th May – 2nd October 2009
  Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
• Measure for Measure
  11th February – 3rd April 2010
  Almeida Theatre, London
• Othello
  11th September – 12th December 2009
  Trafalgar Studios, London
• The Spanish Tragedy
  14th October 2009 – 14th November 2009
  Arcola Theatre, London
• The Tempest
  1st June 2010 – 31st August 2010
  Old Vic Theatre, London
• Twelfth Night
  15th October – 21st November 2009
  Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
• Uncle Vanya
  30th October – 21st November 2009
  Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
• The Winter’s Tale
  31st March – 3rd October 2009
  Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

http://www.whatsonstage.com

Cinema

Guardian Unlimited Film

Festivals

Literary Festivals (British Council)

Book news

Wuthering Heights repackaged

‘Love the Twilight books? Then you’ll adore Wuthering Heights, one of the greatest love stories ever told …’ A new edition, with a cover similar in style to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, has sent Wuthering Heights to the top of the classics bestseller charts.

Read more

Recently published:

Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson

Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks

Flood and Fang by Marcus Sedgwick

Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd

Flying for Frankie by Pauline Fisk

Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson

A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson

Heroes of the Valley by Jonathon Stroud

Numbers by Rachel Ward

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Savage by David Almond

29 de agosto – Día del Arbol

Proyecto Verde 2009

 

            En el marco del Proyecto Verde 2009, Alihuen entrego este material al Intendente Francisco Torroba y se lo está alcanzando a todas las comisiones vecinales de nuestra ciudad. http://www.alihuen.org.ar/santa-rosa-la-pampa-espacios-publicos/proyecto-verde-informe-general.html

 

 Los invitamos a que ingresen a nuestra web para conocer el informe general dela Ciudad de Santa Rosa y ver los resultados que arrojó la encuesta barrio por barrio y la opinión de los vecinos respecto a:

1º- ¿Utilizás los espacios verdes de tu barrio?

2º- ¿Qué actividades te gustaría hacer en el espacio verde de tu barrio?

3º- ¿Cómo es el mantenimiento del o los espacios verdes de tu barrio?

4º- ¿Quién o quiénes podrían cuidar los espacios verdes?

5º- ¿Qué cambiarías o mejorarías del barrio en que vivís? ¿Por qué?

6º- ¿Cuidás los árboles de tu vereda?

7º- ¿Qué pensás del arbolado de las veredas de tu barrio? (calidad y cantidad)

8º- ¿Creés necesario podar los árboles de las calles?

9º- ¿Qué proponés para mejorar el arbolado de tu barrio?

Además elaboramos un mapa fotográfico de la Ciudad con 524 fotografías.

 

http://www.alihuen.org.ar/santa-rosa-la-pampa-espacios-publicos/proyecto-verde-informe-general.html

 

El material elaborado está conformado por el Informe General de la ciudad de Santa Rosa y 30 archivos anexos teniendo una extensión total de 181 páginas.

 

Responsable del Proyecto:

Ing. Agrónomo Leandro Altolaguirre, Especializado en Planeamiento Paisajista y Ambiente, en la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales de la UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA

 

Equipo de Trabajo: María Inés Papávero; Lic. en Comunicación Mariano Pineda; Lic. en Biología Luciana Rastelli

 

Asesor técnico: Ing. Forestal Juan Lell, Especializado en Silvicultura en la Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Madrid, España y en el Instituto de Silvicultura de Gottinga (Alemania).

 

Fotografías: Leandro Altolaguirre; Rosa Bachella; Margarita Benito; Gustavo Copes; Pablo Ermini; Luís María Fiorini; Carla Gatto Cáceres; Adriana Montepaone; María Inés Ortellado; Pablo Pera; Mariano Pineda; Claudia Salomón Tarquini; Ana Paula Soncini; Alejandrina Trucco Massa; Luís M. Varela;

 

Agradecimiento: A todos los vecinos que colaboraron con nosotros en este trabajo.

 

Asociación ALIHUEN

 

Alihuen: Palabra de origen mapuche cuyo significado es “Arbol en pie”.

Web: http://www.alihuen.org.ar

E mail: alihuenong@cpenet.com.ar

Dir. Postal: H. Lagos nº 520, CP. 6300, Santa Rosa,

Prov. de La PAMPA, Patagonia ARGENTINA

Personería Jurídica de L.P. nº 1378

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Cursos a distancia y Capacitacion Online – Septiembre 2009 – Proximos Inicios

Cursos de Ingles para el Sector Turístico-Hotelero-Atención al consumidor

 Ingles para la Industria Hotelera y del Turismo. Ingles para la Industria de Servicios en Alimentos. Ingles para Hotel Staff. Ingles para Guias Turisticos. Curso de Ingles para la Atención al Consumidor. Inicio: 03 de Septiembre Costo: $ AR 140 o US 50 Inscripción ________________________________________

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Marketing & Publicidad E-mail English. Telephone English. Ingles Laboral: Business writing- CV´s-Effective presentations. Ingles Laboral: Entrevistas de trabajo – Cartas de presentación – Resumes. Business english. Marketing & Publicidad.

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Cursos de Ingles para el Sector Petrolero y Minero – Energético. Ingles para la Industria Petrolera y Minera Ingles para el Sector Energético – ESP Inicio: 10 de Septiembre Costo: $ AR 140 o US 50 Inscripción ________________________________________

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Cursos de Ingles para Profesionales y Empresas de la Comunicación Curso Online para Profesionales de la Informática – IT Information Technology. Inicio: 25 de Septiembre Costo: $ AR 140 o US 50 Inscripción

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Ingles para Principiantes – Intensive Grammar for Intermediate Level

 

Cursos y Capacitación online
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Inicio: 24 Agosto
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Learn About Science in English

Learning English can help to make knowledge available to you in so many fields of study, especially science. So today’s task looks at how you can learn more about science and improve your listening, reading and vocabulary at the same time.

This is quite a challenging task, so I’m also going to include a link to a dictionary site called Ninjawords which will help you.

Task:

• Let’s start with some listening. Go to: http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/ Here you will see a collection of 1 minute audio podcasts.

• Choose one to listen to. Here are some suggestions.

1. The Myth of Multitasking
2. Movie Magic (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs), Part 1
3. Fish Shrink to Beat Heat

• Get a pencil and some paper ready, turn up your volume and click the small button to play the audio. As you listen try to make notes about some of the facts. You can listen two times if you are finding it difficult.

• Now scroll down the page and you will see the text that you heard. Read it and check how much of the information you noted down was correct. It may also help to listen again as you read.

• Now go to http://ninjawords.com/ and check the meaning of any words you don’t know.

 

• Once you made notes about the new words listen to the podcast once more and this time try to read along copying the pronunciation of the speaker if you can.

If you are really interested in science and you found this activity useful then you can subscribe to the podcast using i-tunes or download the audio to your computer and print a copy of the text. This will be useful for revising the texts in a few days time.

Spending just a few minutes each day doing this activity will help to improve your listening, reading and vocabulary, so why not give it a try?

Booming U20 Junior Programme

 

The busy summer period is almost over, and this year has seen another very successful U20 teenage summer programme at twelve of the Sprachcaffe schools. ‘It’s been a great season so far’ says Anna Kubny, Head of the U20 Programmes, ‘We see a steady increase in the demand of junior programmes each year, and with over three thousand students, 2009 was no exception!’ Our English-speaking destinations were once again the most popular, but this year was also marked by increased popularity in the junior programmes in Barcelona and Frankfurt. With so many young students, this has also been a busy summer for Sprachcaffe’s 250 international group leaders, who have been stationed in the various language schools after intensive training sessions. ‘Security is our main priority,’ explains Kubny, ‘which is why we ensure that every member of our team has the skills, training and experience to provide our students with a fun, yet safe programme’. 
   
Frankfurt: more than just banks and suits!

A city of banks and suits: this is what many associate with Frankfurt. But this ever-changing city in the heart of Germany and Europe has much more to offer! From the charmingly restored houses and traditional apple wine taverns in the restored city centre, to the sophisticated quarters along the river banks, this really is a city of contrasts. ‘Frankfurt is the ideal place to learn German,’ explains Zhao, a student from Beijing who’s been studying at Sprachcaffe Frankfurt for the past three months. It’s very international, and is so well connected to the rest of Europe, it’s the perfect stepping stone to explore other cities and countries. Tomasz, a language student from Hungary, is also fascinated. ‘I’ve been here for two weeks now and have already seen so much! Our teacher at Sprachcaffe has taken us on some really interesting excursions: we have visited a vine-growing region in the area, and have gone up the city’s tallest sky scraper! It’s great to get an insider-view to the place!’ Next week the class is going on a Frankfurt by Night Tour – Tomasz can’t wait!
   

Sprachcaffe’s New Study in Europe Programme!

One of the best ways to invest in your future is by studying at a university abroad. But with the many course options, regulations and entry requirements out there, finding the right course and university can often be a long and complicated process. Sprachcaffe’s new Study in Europe Programme can change all that! With our university placement programme, studying in the UK, Germany, Spain or Malta will be a smooth and exciting process! We will not only help students achieve the language level required by the university, but will also guide them along every step towards their objective. Be it the course requirements, enrolment procedure, visa regulations, accommodation, or any of the other aspects involved in such a move, Sprachcaffe will be by your side both before you leave home and at the destination, right until you are truly ready for university!

Columna de Idiomas

de Analía Kandel

3er martes de cada mes, 23 hs

En “Bureau de Arte”, martes de 23 a 24 hs.

Conducción / Producción: Elena Fassio / Nolo Correa

Emisión por

FM Identidad 92.1

Online: http://www.fmidentidad.com

 

Desde 2004 la columna de idiomas aborda temas relacionados con aspectos lingüísticos y culturales de las lenguas a través de comentarios, gacetillas y entrevistas a especialistas, profesionales y representantes de diversas instituciones con el fin de brindar información actual y relevante a profesores, traductores, intérpretes y amantes de los idiomas y la palabra.  

Próxima columna: MARTES 18 de agosto, 23 hs

Roxana Mansilla   Lic. en Educación Traductora Pública de Inglés Docente USAL – UB

El arte de la traducción. La profesión del traductor público, científico-técnico y literario. Próximas Olimpíadas de Traducción para colegios secundarios organizadas por la Facultad de Lenguas y Estudios Extranjeros, Universidad de Belgrano. Convocatoria, reglamento y organización

Jornadas del Profesorado de Español

Tenemos el agrado de invitar a uds. a la II Jornada del Profesorado de Español que se realizará  en nueva fecha y horario: el día 20 de agosto del corriente, de 17:00 a 20:30 horas.

En primer lugar, la Dra. Laura Masello se referirá al Núcleo PELSE. La Profesora es docente y Directora de la Sección Lenguas Extranjeras Modernas de la Universidad de la República, Uruguay. 

A continuación la Prof. Ester Myrian Rojas Osorio, Profesora de Español de la Universidad Estadual Paulista de Assis, Brasil, se referirá al tema “Enseñanza del Español en Brasil”.

Tech & Learning

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Question of the Week

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