We recommend... Recommendations for being more eco-friendly (2)

 Finally, here are the recommendations of Khrystyna, Irene, Elizabeth and Álvaro.

TIPS ON HOW TO BE ECO FRIENDLY:

Our planet is in danger. Every year, we waste water, food, energy, and clothes. We can't afford to  keep doing this to our planet, but, what can we do to reduce the waste of materials? Here are some ideas you can do at your school and at your house! 

-In school:

• Use public transport to go to class. (metro, bus)

• Use old paper to take notes.

• Separate the garbage into plastic, paper, glass and organic.

• Copy and print on both sides of the paper.

• Install led lights instead of normal lights to save energy.

-At your house

• Take your own bags to the supermarket.

• Save water by turning off faucets when you shower or brush your teeth.

• Reuse everything you can like bottles, bags or food.

• Turn-off the lights when you leave or when you don’t need it. 

• Install water-saving devices on faucets and toilets.

• Use non toxic products

• Exchange or donate clothes

• Unplug electronics you're not using.

• Buy second-hand clothes and furniture in Wallapop or Vinted.

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We recommend... Recommendations for improving your English (2)

 This week we bring you the recommendations of Víctor, María, Laura and Marco.

TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH

In this section of the blog we will recommend you tips in order to improve your english level. There are lots of things you can do to improve it but we will recommend you just a few ones:  

1. Watching TV news, movies or series in english with subtitles in english.

2. Reading books and news in English

Some of our recommendations are Matilda, how to kill a mockingbird, and Harry Potter.

3. Listening to music or podcasts in english

Such us crime junkie, speak English podcast 

 

4. Write a list of useful expressions and words on your phone, so that you will have it with yourself whenever you need to make use of them.

5. Change your phone settings to english so you will practice every time you use it 

6. Improve your pronunciation with English tongue twisters. Try repeating them several times as fast as you are able. (You can record yourself trying  and send it to the school’s instagram account)

7. Learning English expressions and sayings.

8. Write essays about different topics to improve your writing skills

9. Record your own voice speaking loudly in English and then listen to it in order to see your mistakes.

10.  Pay attention to the foreigners accent and try to imitate it.

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We recommend... Recommendations for being more eco-friendly (1)

This week we have the recommendations of Mayka, Clarisa, María and Erica to try and be more mindful of our waste.

These are some tips that we give you to take care of the environment:

• Save electricity: turn off the lights and avoid leaving the plugs connected.. 

• Use public transport.

• Replace plastic bags with clothes bags.

• Take your own bags to the supermarket.

• Products that are then reusable, use recyclable paper.

• Separate the garbage( plastic, paper, waste, crystal).

• Avoid shopping in fast fashion stores, reuse clothes or donate clothes that you no longer want or don't fit.

• Buy in second hand shops for example Magpie Vintage, Humana, Flamingos Vintage Kilo, Cash Converters.     
  

We invite you to collaborate with the planet for a better future♥️!!

 

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We recommend... Recommendations for improving your English (1)

This month of October, the first year students of Administration and Finance want to make some suggestions about different ways in which we can improve our English level and also recommendations about living a little more eco-friendly life.

Here we have the recommendations of Wendy, Valentina, Samantha and Maikol:

LEARN PRONUNCIATION AND VOCABULARY

STEPS:

• Choose your favorite song or one that the lyrics are easy

• Listen to the song and sing it with the lyrics. Try to learn the pronunciation.

• When you already know the song from top to bottom, look for the translation and sing it again at the same time while you're looking at the translation.

• Another tip, when you have an advanced English level, you can try to imitate other accents or learn the slang with different singers.

You can start with this singers:

Bruno Mars - Count On Me

Adele - Rolling in the Deep

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

(The idea is to choose one song that lyrics are so so easy)

Ideas for an advance English level:

• Eminem

• Nicky Minaj

• Avril Lavigne - Complicated

https://es.lyricstraining.com/

MOVIES AND SERIES

• Watch the movie/serie in Spanish with subtitles in English

• Rewatch them now both the audio and subtitles in English

• Examples

• Friends

• Phineas and Ferb

• Finding Nemo

• Comedy romantic movies (the proposal, clueless, 50 first days, leap year…)

                             

BOOKS

The majority of us knows all the basic tales so it's more easy to understand

*Write the vocabulary that you don't understand with the translation* 

• The three little pigs

• The little prince

• Pinocchio

• Little red riding hood

I'm going to recommend this book:

• Good luck (Alex Rovira - Fernando Trias) Good luck doesn’t just come your way—it’s up to you to create the conditions to bring yourself good luck.

LABEL YOUR HOUSE ITEMS:

you need to put the name of the item in english and if you want, you can add the translation in Spanish. You can also do it with another language if you want to improve both of them, for example: English and Italian or English and french.

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All about Nutrients (vitamins and minerals)

These past few weeks, the students of the second year of Dietetics have been working into making some informational documents about how different nutrients work and why they are important for our bodies.

Here we are going to show you some examples of what we have done:

Beta Carotene

Vitamin C 1

Vitamin C 2

Ecdysterone

Calcium

Vitamin K

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Jornadas de Movilidad Erasmus+ de Educación Superior. 35 años Erasmus+

A few weeks ago, we were able to participate in the Jornadas de Movilidad Erasmus+ de Educación Superior. Proyectos de Movilidad de Estudiantes y Personal de Educación Superior Financiada con fondos de política interior (KA131-HED). Erasmus+: 35 Años de éxitos.

We are very grateful, because each year, we get to know more about the Erasmus+ Programme and we also get answers to the questions that have arised on the previous school year.

I was also a grate experience to be able to share and listen to colleagues of other centres around Spain share their experiences.

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We welcome Andrea

This year we welcome our new assistant Andrea. She comes from The States and will be in our classes every Thursday, motivating us to speak English and learn about other cultures. Thank you for all your help!!  

Hello, I am Andrea. I am 25 years old. I was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. My family is from Barranquilla, Colombia. I studied at Georgia State University. My major was Linguistics and my minor was in Psychology. I graduated in 2019 and moved to Madrid a few months after. I have been in Madrid for 3 years now and I absolutely love it. I have traveled all around Spain and Madrid is still my favorite city. I love to explore new cities, try new foods and hang out with friends. I love listening to music and going to concerts. I love Atlanta rap, reggaeton, pop, house and techno. I love binge watching shows on netflix and always love having something new to watch. 

My goal for this year is to have engaging classes and help students feel more confident having conversations in English. I hope I can help students be successful in their future careers!

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