World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 each year around the world. .This day is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.. Since 1995, the President of the United States has made an official proclamation on World AIDS Day. Governments of other nations have followed suit and issued similar announcements.

UNAIDS 2012 World Report:

http://www.un.org/en/events/aidsday/2012/pdf/JC2434_WorldAIDSday_results_en.pdf

This collection of resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students learn more about HIV/AIDS and to plan curriculum-related projects and classroom activities related to this sensitive but important topic.

http://www.teachersfirst.com/spectopics/hivandaids.cfm

English Video Lesson

This website offers free English video lessons for English learners and teachers. In fact, their videos are collected from and hosted by Google, Youtube, Dailymotion, etc…

Categories make it easy to find the videos that interest us, as they are classified by content, source, popularity... It can be very useful for our daily work.

http://www.englishvideolesson.com/

November 25. Fighting violence against women

Women's activists have marked November 25 as a day to fight violence against women since 1981. On December 17, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960 of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. To commemorate this day, we would like to share the following video, produced by UNTV for UN Women. 

In South Africa, a country often referred to as the murder and rape capital of the world, one group of women are especially at risk. Lesbians are increasingly the targets of a particularly heinous crime: "curative" or "corrective" rape, which perpetrators believe will change their sexual orientation.

 

Critical Thinking Skills by Enokson via Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vblibrary/4576825411/sizes/l/in/pool-27724923@N00/

Close your books

Amazing blog by Ana García (IES Tartessos. Camas. Sevilla) with resources for the her students and colleages (English culture, music, grammar explanations, vocabulary, activities, book reviews and literature, information about places…) and also for the families. In words of the author (http://recursostic.educacion.es/blogs/malted/index.php):

El blog tiene una frecuencia de tres entradas semanales aproximadamente, suelen ser 10 al mes durante el curso escolar; sin embargo, en la barra lateral hay un “tablón de anuncios” (noticeboard) que se actualiza de lunes a viernes con los deberes que mi alumnado debe realizar, así como otros avisos de interés (...) En las barras laterales tengo también un traductor a español de la página, un reloj (soy algo maniática del tiempo), las entradas más visitadas en la última semana (...), los últimos comentarios (para fomentar que dejen huella de su visita al blog), mi blogroll (con varios blogs de compañeros y compañeras blogfesores), el archivo y la nube de etiquetas, así como un buscador del blog (para facilitarles la búsqueda), el libro que me estoy leyendo, del cual cuando termine haré una reseña que  publicaré y algunos recursos externos que se actualizan por sí solos entre otras cosas.

Very recommended to visit:

http://closeyourtextbooks.blogspot.com.es/

The History of the English Language

Infographic showing facts about the History of the English Language. 

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‘The History of the English Language’ courtesy of Brighton School of Business and Management.

Europa. Kids' Corner

EU website on children's rights for for children and young people aged from 6 to 16. They can play games (divided into age groups), watch cartoons and videos and learn about their rights. 

It can be a very good CLIL resource for them. They will learn about their rights and the world around them in a funny way and, of course, in English. Games range from simple quizzes to puzzles and action game. 

http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm

More games and teaching material can be found on Teachers' Corner

Inicio de los cursos de competencia comunicativa en inglés para le profesorado

El Servicio de Formación del Profesorado ha publicado en su página de plurilingüísmo  un resumen con las principales condiciones de participación en esta convocatoria.

Durante esta semana se procederá al alta de usuarios y usuarias en la plataforma de My Oxford English. A medida que se vayan produciendo bajas en distintas modalidades, se contactará con las personas en lista de espera. Estas personas no han de presentarse en los aularios hasta que no se les comunique que pueden hacerlo. 

La primera sesión presencial se celebrará en la semana del 12 al 16 de noviembre. Se puede incorporar el número de teléfono a la solicitud original, con el fin de facilitar la comunicación. Se puede acceder a ella a través de esta dirección.