Monthly Archives: April 2016

Last week of classes for the Senior groups

PANIC! sorry, what we really mean is DON´T PANIC.

Keep studying and carry on going over all the resources you have – both in paper and digitally.

  • your notes
  • the exam practices that you have been doing over the past montshs
  • Scholar
  • other tools such as Edmodo, with all the content that you can find there…
  • Perhaps watching or listening to some Spanish radio / television to sharpen your listening skills

And if you still need of extra help, don´t forget that the teachers are still around to help you out with what you need.

Have a good and useful study leave  S4 and Higher classes!

 

Eight Tips For Improving Your Vocabulary

[This is an articule extracted copied from another webpage. To read the whole article and get into more detail about the tips, go to the original article here ]

Words. We all need them. However fancy your grammar may be, without words you can’t communicate. […] The trouble is, there are a lot of words to learn. Here are eight things to keep in mind on your quest for a larger vocabulary.

1) Love dialogues

2) Find text with audio recordings

3) Don’t expect to remember things first time

4) Don’t let vocabulary escape unrecorded

5) Learn that vocabulary which is around you

6) Use mnemonic devices

7) Put the language to work

8) Learn the script!

To read the whole article and get into more detail about the tips, go to the original article here 

XCHANGE SCOTLAND and volunteering

The Spring break is here (yay!) and the summer holidays  are approaching rather quickly (yaaaay!), so you may be considering to do something during your holidays, but you are bored of doing always the same thing. Maybe you want do something useful for others and enriching for yourself at the same time? Develop some skills and meet people you would not meet otherwise? Or even just have fun in a different way, why not?

Well, so you have another option to consider for yourself!

Exchange-ScotlandWHO XCHANGE SCOTLAND ARE

Xchange Scotland is a charity set up by young people in Scotland (in Glasgow, as a matter of fact) to help others to see the world and develop communities along the way. Their aim is to offer a world of exciting and accessible international opportunities.

HOW THEY WORK

They are a part of the Alliance network  and work with NGO’s in the CCIVS (Coordinating Commitee for International Voluteeriing Service), so they can access their connections to organisations within 50 countries around the world.

I AM NOT SURE I WANT TO GO ABROAD ON MY OWN!

But you don’t have to necessarily do volunteering abroad. One can opt for Projects in Scotland or collaborate in non-formal educational activities.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?

To see some most Asked Questions and Answers, you can visit their Q&A section in their own webpage.

Have a look and see if you find something you like or if there is any project, you may click here