This morning, maybe, I was in a parallel world, but people was speaking a weird dialect whi I couldn't understand... 09:00am This day was interesting because it was a good illustration for video using. We have discussed about the reasons to use it : introduction, consolidating, compréhension, discussion. Using a video can be helpfull to reinforce meanings dynamically, to capture [...]
22 July 2022 This new morning, the wind was a little bit cold. Walking to my lesson, I believe to hear a melancholy music. After looking after around me, no singer is near me. After few seconds, I understand that sound was carried by the air. 09:00a.m - Irish rhythm in the light We have begun the day by a [...]
21 July 2022 When the sunlights are rising from the darkness, I am feeling sportive, maybe athletic, with a lot of energy... Probably too much... 09:00a.m We have played to a game named Stop the bus with subjects about country, vegetable, song, building, transport and sport. We have played by group of five. After that, by wordle game, we have [...]
20 July 2022 In the early morning haze, I felt the fate waited for me to find out some mysteries about this land and his people. A long and complex history which created an important european civilisation... 09:00a.m As an introduction for this new day, in a group of three, we have done an exercise in which we have to [...]
19 July 2022 Greetings... Another day has come ! Seagulls sang since dawn and the weather was colder than yesterday. What was the meaning ? Anyway, let me tell you the second chapter from my book... 09:00 a.m In the morning, we have begun the course corresponding to Activate your English (B1+, B2). As an introduction, the instructor was presented [...]
Finally, I arrived !! And this diary will tell to you my adventures during my journey far away from my country. Each day, you could follow my different experiences in this new land for me, the Irland in Dublin capital city. My adventures goes to Mondy 18 July to Friday 29 July 2022. 09:00 a.m – Once upon a time [...]
Notre session de formation se termine aujourd'hui : nous assistons, avec l'ensemble des participants (une centaine de professeurs de 16 pays différents), à une présentation de la dimension éducative européenne par le responsable d'English Matters, Eduardo. Il nous invite à réfléchir à 2 concepts proches et complémentaires : communication (donner de la visibilité à nos actions) et dissémination (partager nos [...]
Aujourd'hui nous découvrons plusieurs jeux sur la culture irlandaise, que ce soit sur le vocabulaire, la grammaire, la musique… Pour compléter nos connaissances nous avons travaillé sur les temps employés pour parler du présent et du futur. Un quizz a clôturé la fin de la matinée sur les différents points étudiés durant ce séjour. Il est temps de finaliser le portfolio [...]
La culture irlandaise est le support principal de nos cours de langue. Dans ce contexte, notre formateur nous a fait découvrir, Riverdance, un spectacle théâtral irlandais composé principalement de claquettes irlandaises traditionnelles, de chants, de ballets, et de musique celtique. La première représentation date de 1997, lors de l'Eurovision qui s'est déroulé à Dublin. Pour fêter ses 25 ans, le [...]
Nous travaillons ce matin sur les mythes et légendes celtiques : par groupe de 5, nous devons lire puis résumer un conte, et le restituer sans note au reste de la classe. L'exercice nous permet de travailler notre compréhension orale et écrite, ainsi que notre expression. Le plus difficile est sans doute de nous comprendre entre nous, en raison des [...]
