This Week's Video

BBC's life in slow motion. Click here to see how slow motion transforms a moment into minutes and simple actions into incredible events.

This Week's News

Our programme of work for our first week back after the Xmas holidays is as follows:

Monday 10th / Tuesday 11th: class activities.

Wednesday 12th: finish Unit 3. We will do our FCE type listening exam between 7.05 and 8.00. If you belong to the Tuesday group and you were unable to do this test, you are very welcome to join us at this time.

Thursday 13th: start unit 4.

Friday 14th (Monday / Wednesday Class): do the consolidation test on Unit 3 in small groups during the first hour of class. Do a composition under exam conditions in the second hour.

Please also note that the unofficial starting date for the "Pruebas de Dominio" is Monday 24th January. More news on this topic later.

Week Beginning Monday 13th December

This Week's Technology

This Week's News (Amended)

Our programme of work for Tuesday 21st December / Friday 14th January is as follows:

• Consolidation test of grammar and vocabulary from Unit 3
• Writing an opinion essay under exam conditions
• FCE Listening test*

*The listening test may be brought forward to Friday 17th December if there's enough time.

This Week's Homework

Monday / Wednesday class: we have done up to Page 45 in our Student's Book. Do SB Page 45 Mini Grammar and Page 46 Grammar parts a, b, c and d.

Tuesday / Thursday class: we have completed up to Page 45 in our Student's Book. Make sure you have done Page 45 Mini Grammar and Page 46 Grammar 4a, b, c and d. Please also do Section 3A (a) and 3B in our Grammar Handout.

It goes without saying that everyone is working on their Workbooks; you should have completed lesson 3B by now. Don't forget that the deadline for our next reading assignment is 10th / 11th January.

This Week's Grammar

This Week's Strange But True

Motorists getting uptight in a traffic jam

In English, a motorist is someone who drives a car; a motorcyclist is someone who rides a motorbike.

Now you know!

This Week's Science

This is the barreleye fish. The green orbs are its eyes, directed
upwards to detect its prey in silhouette through its transparent head

In the last decade, scientists and explorers have discovered a quarter of a million new plant and animal species around the world. In a celebratory special programme on BBC television, presenter Chris Packham chooses his top 10 most extraordinary discoveries of the past 10 years. Here is a selection.

Source: The Guradian Newspaper

This Week's Art

David Hockney is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He was an important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s. He is considered as one of the most influential figures of British art in the 20th century. Visit his website here.

This Week's Listening

Wedgewood Teapot

To what extent is drinking tea typically British? What is the historical backdrop behind this beverage? Find out by listening here. Print and read the transcript by clicking here.