Saturday 25 October 2008

TO LEARN...


Dependent on a teacher, and a group of pupils, learn English can be very fun!; and IT be my position!
I´m part of a wonderful team!, at the "Liceo Municipal", in Esperanza, and my teacher -Juliana- apart from being very funny, is the cornerstone of this site... she makes some corrections...
Our intention is to reach first all the pupils at the Liceo, then all those interesed in learning English so that we can learn from each other!

LEVEL:
Beginner:
Newspaper Chase:
Book Description

Harry Black roba una pintura de un millón de dolares y la esconde en un
periódico en su habitación. Pero Janey es experta en reciclaje de papeles ...


Elementary:
The Piano:
Book Description

One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. 'It's all rubbish,' he says.
In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers.
When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever . . .


Pre-Intermediate:
How I met Myself:
part 1 part 2
Book Description


Modern, original fiction for learners of English. One icy winter's evening in Budapest, John Taylor is on his way home from the office when a man runs into him and knocks him over. The man turns to say sorry and John is amazed at what he sees: the man is John's double. The double rushes away but leaves no footprints in the snow. Over the next year it becomes clear to John that the meeting was no accident and that his double has a very important message to give him.


Intermediate:
The Thirty-nine Steps:
part 1 part 2
Book Description

'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?


Upper-Intermediate:
2001: A Space Odissey:
Book Description

Un extraño enigma es develado en la Luna. Este descubrimiento tiene grandes
implicaciones y entonces un grupo de hombres es enviado a lo profundo del
sistema solar. Pero las cosas comienzan a ir horriblemente mal ...

Arthur C. Clarke colaboró con el director de cine, Stanley Kubrick, escribiendo
la novela mientras Kubrick creaba la película.


Advanced:
American Crime Stories:
Book Description

7 historias de reconocidos escritores americanos, nos muestran las distintas
facetas del crimen (crímenes pasionales, venganza, robos y asaltos, etc) y
distintas clases de detectives (una joven determinada a probar que la muerte de su prima no fue un suicidio); profesionales fríos y calculadores ...

See You!

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