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Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“Buñuel, Lorca, Dalí : el enigma sin fin” por Agustín Sánchez Vidal “La sinuosa relación de amor/odio de estas tres personalidades geniales del siglo XX. Películas, poemas, pinturas y anécdotas de sus vidas, obras, amores y odios en la Residencia de Estudiantes. Una rigurosa y sostenida labor de muchos años, con el apoyo de abundantes
Library Storytelling Morning activity for April 2014
Come to the “tellebration” with us! Monthly Saturday morning meetings from October to June where kids can enjoy selected stories in English, this time with Carrie and Alito as storytellers. Recommended for children between the ages of 4 – 8. Forty children per session and two adults per child maximum. 45 minutes approx. The activity
Nuevo número recibido de: THE NEW YORKER (Mar. 17, 2014)
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Las novedades destacadas de la semana
“Salinger” David Shields & Shane Salerno “Salinger-ians – those who are obsessed with the fabulously successful and famously reclusive Catcher in the Rye author– will find much to argue about in this oral history by filmmaker Shane Salerno (whose related movie is released September 6) and co-writer David Shields. According to the authors and the
Nuevo número recibido de: The Economist (March 15th-21st 2014)
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“Introduction to Public Speaking”: MOOC de la Universidad de Washington enriquecido por el American Space Madrid
“Introduction to Public Speaking”, curso en línea masivo y abierto (MOOC) de la Universidad de Washington en Coursera enriquecido por el American Space Madrid (en la c/ Miguel Ángel nº 8 de Madrid) con la participación de expertos, sesiones paralelas, ayuda para la grabación de tus vídeos y casos reales (de acceso libre previa inscripción).
Los libros preferidos de nuestros lectores
“Patrick’s dinosaurs” by Carol Carrick & Donald Carrick “One Saturday while visiting the zoo, Hank tells his brother Patrick all about dinosaurs, and Patrick scares himself by imagining what it would be like if the great creatures were alive today.” Extraido de Amazon. Ver además: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/912352.Patrick_s_Dinosaurs http://bit.ly/1eF3ccu http://bit.ly/1psbEh1 Los títulos seleccionados son una muestra
Nuevo número recibido de: TIME (Vol. 183, No. 11, March 24, 2014)
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Vernal Equinox
For our last YL 3 class of the trimester, we talked about the vernal equinox and how the tilt of the Earth’s axis contributes to the change in seasons here in Madrid. Spain and the U.S. are both located in the Northern Hemisphere; thus, both countries have recently welcomed Spring! To celebrate this season,
“Something Better Than This,” by Mary Gaitskill
The short story I have chosen for the March edition of the English Reading Circle, Mary Gaitskill’s “Something Better Than This,” is not an easy story. Its colloquial, conversational language has surely kept you close to the dictionary – or to the computer screen. In any case, I hope your linguistic frustrations have not kept