11 old Schoollane

Edinburgh 321

6 October 1998

Dear Anna,

Thank you for your letter, which I got yesterday. I was very happy to hear from you. The news about your interview is very interesting. Did you say that you get the work? I hope it. I was sorry to hear that you were burgled again. How many times has this happened to you? Five hundred pounds is a lot of money! Do the police know who did it?

You wanted me to tell you about what I'm doing in Edimburgh, and how is my life here. Well, I enjoy it very much. The course is good, but harder than I had thought. First I hadn’t friends, but I soon met the people who are in the same department than me. Actually, I spend the all time trying to buy the books I need to read for my course. although they're difficult to find. I'm sure I'll find them soon. When I buy them I'll be very busy!

I'm finishing now. A friend of mine has to write a letter in French, and I said I would help him. Please, write or phone me soon. If you come to Scotland, you have to visit me, but remember to take warm clothes! Here the weather is very cold!

Best wishes,

Serge

Flipping the Classroom: Explained

Here there’s a summary of the video about flipping the classroom.

This video explains different ways of teaching. It tells us the traditional way; teacher explains the lesson but some students learn faster than others. But the videos suggest a new way of teaching, it consist in the teacher record his explanation, the students watch the video at home, and when they come to classroom they practice it, so the teacher could help them.

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Official language school Banyoles celebrates its 10th birthday

The official languages school Banyoles celebrated its 10^th birthday in the auditorium in Banyoles, twenty one days ago, at 6:00 p.m. The official languages school is located at 155 Llibertat Street, Banyoles, and it was inaugurated in September 2005.

Some people talked in the event, among them were: Albert Bayot director of the educational department in Girona, who, spoke about new projects and, the introduction of other languages, like Italian; Annie Gil, the principal of school, spoke about the progress and evolution of the official language school; Miquel Noguer, the mayor of the town, congratulated and motivated the teachers of the school; And finally, Sebastià Serrano, professor at Barcelona university, made a speech called “communication in the third millennium”.

In the school there are four teachers of English and two of French. At the moment they have 400 students, and they teach five levels of English and three of French. The school opens on weekdays from 16:00 to 21:00.

Hi Ferran,

How are things? Have you decided to come? If you come to Pla de l’Estany, I recommend you to come the first two-weeks of August.

When you come here, we could go to the lake by bicycle and swim. Every day in the morning we could go running to Puig Clarà, around the lake or Sant Patllari. Another day we can go to Girona by bus and go to the cinema in Espai Gironès, a big shopping centre. While we are there, we can go shopping and we can have dinner at Köning, where they cook delicious food! After that or another day, we can go bowling with my friends.

I’m looking forward to the day you come because we will enjoy it very much.

See you,