Unit 1: Food

This is the first specific topic of the year. Although it might not necessarily have a direct relation with some school subjects, it is obvious that this topic is of great importance in our daily lives.

These are some links that may be useful for you:

1) How teachers may help to change some habits in order to improve their students' health:

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36311&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

http://healthiergeneration.org/schools.aspx?gclid=CLe-osarn5YCFQxMtAodVHGt5w

2) Nutrition and sports:

http://www.nutrition.org/ (general, maybe a bit too technical)
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/nutrition-sports.html (interesting definitions of basic concepts and entertaining nutrition quiz)

3) Recipes:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes (healthy food in general)
http://www.marthastewart.com/food (not so healthy but with very descriptive videos good for listening too, after advertisements though; also a "light and healthy" section)

4) Sustainable food movement:

http://www.yale.edu/sustainablefood/RealFoodSummit.html (Sustainable food project)
http://www.themeatrix.com/ (interesting videos)

5) Other (your suggestions):

Still waiting.....

TASK 1 Send a comment about how your subject could be directly related to this topic. Don't forget to mention what your subject is!

TAKS 2 Send more links that you consider relevant or interesting for you as a teacher (and for your students) in which food and /or nutrition are the main topic.

Unit 0: Introducing yourself

We (hopefully) know how to introduce ourselves in conversations and informal situations. Another way of introducing ourselves could be a blog like this (you can visit profiles of other bloggers and check it up).

In a more formal context, we use CVs as a way of introducing ourselves. Of course, these can also be very detailed or include just basic and general information.

Click on the following link to find a simplified CV. Here you can find the basic structure of a CV. It is Alex Stubb's, a Finnish politician who uses a blog to make himself and his work known to the world.

http://www.alexstubb.com/en/index.php?trg=info&id=21

TASK 1

Of course, you can also give the same information about yourself in a narrative form. This is going to be your first written task this year. Using Alex Stubb's CV as a reference, write your own CV as a text, with linkers, proforms and other elements not normally included in CVs. Don't use headings, such as "personal details, work experience, etc." Of course you may decide to omit or add information which you would or would not include in a formal CV. Write between 100 and 120 words.

TASK 2

You've probably heard or read about Finland's education system, as it is considered one of the best in Europe and a model for the rest of the countries in the European Union, Spain included.
Alex Stubb, as present Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, signs a short article about this in the summer number of the Finnair airlines magazine, called Bluewings.

Click on the following link to access this magazine and go to the June issue, page 40 (sivu 40), where you can find the article in English. Read it and write down the vocabulary that you consider most relevant in the field of education. Then add your comments about the article in this blog entry.

UNIT 0: Which subject do you teach?

First things first.

You must teach your subject in English, but:

Do you know the name of your subject in English?
Does your subject have an exact correspondent in English?

Click on the following linK (BBC) and find out about some subjects. You will also find some materials to use in class.
If you prefer having a list of subjects and their translation into Spanish, along with some vocabulary about the school, click here.