ESO 1 students talked about sports. Here are some of their conclusions
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
AN IMAGINARY TRIP TO SYDNEY - Teacher: Mireia Solé
Check out the blog of Mireia Solé's two 13-year-old students, Maria and Claudia, where they recorded the experiences of their (imaginary) trip to Sydney.
Friday, October 24, 2008
ORAL PRESENTATION: THE ARABIAN DESERT
Video of a 12-year-old student explaining the main features of the Arabian Desert
Thursday, October 23, 2008
THE INUIT CREATION MYTH
This video summarizes the creation myth of the Inuit of Canada. It is highlighted by the amazing throat singing of Inuit artist Sainkho Namtchylak.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
THE BIG BANG?
In the Optional Subject of Geography in English we studied the origins of the Universe through the theory of the Big Bang. But then we explored how the creation or origin of our planet and humankind was explained by ancient cultures all over the world. Here are some of them.
Friday, October 10, 2008
ENGLISH TODAY
This video shows the experience of two 14-year-old students in London. Enjoy the sights!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
A FORCE MORE POWERFUL...
Highly recommended: a series of lectures about the power of non-violence... a much needed tool in our troubled world.
Click here to find out more
Friday, July 11, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
BARCELONA-BREDA STUDENT EXCHANGE 2007-2008
The English Department organized the Student Exchange to Breda (The Netherlands) for the second time. 17 students from Icària who had attended classes of subjects in content-based learning (CLIL) for three years took part in the exchange. The 17 Dutch students had also followed their studies in English as a means of communication in content-based learning.
From 26th February to 3rd March, 17 students and two teachers from Icària School spent a wonderful week together with our Dutch friends . Then, from 3rd to 10th April our friends from Breda came to Barcelona to spend a week with us. You can read some of our diaries here . ENJOY IT!!!
EXTINCT ANIMALS: THE DODO
Check out this new webquest I have just finished. You'll be able to learn a lot about the cute DODO and other animals that went extinct.
NEW INNOVATION PROJECT!
Our school has again been selected by the Department of Education of the Catalan Government to take part in a 3-year innovation project to improve the communicative skills of our students. This award, part of the PELE project, entails specific training for the teachers of English, a follow-up by the administration and 2000 euros to purchase materials. Five teachers of the English Department will take part in it: Maria Rosa Batlle, Carme Cemeli, Eva Gómez, Azucena Pé and Mireia Solé.
All the information is avaliable at the Servei de Llengües. Click on the logo to access it!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
BE BLOGGER MY FRIEND! (G.Dubois)
Substitute "be water my friend" for "be blogger my friend" and you'll find your philosophy for life!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
INNOVATION HISTORY AT ICARIA
This mindmap shows the history of innovation in EFL. We started out in 2000 and are still deeply involved in innovation projects to improve the quality of our EFL classes.
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ICARIA CLIL PROJECT 07-08
This mind map shows the subjects we teach in English.
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