Instituto Internacional
Sonia Megías, directora del Coro Fulbright, nos habla de algunos de sus otros proyectos.
Sonia Megías colabora con el Instituto Internacional y American Space Madrid en varias actividades. Al piano, nos ha hecho pasar unos ratos extraordinarios acompañando musicalmente la proyección de películas como “El maquinista de La General” o “El hombre mosca”. También dirige el “Coro Fulbright”, que se reúne todas las semanas en el paraninfo del Instituto
Young Learners 4, 5 and 6 terminan el curso con un intercambio de conversación
On the last day of class the students from Young Learners 4, 5, and 6 celebrated the end of their courses with a fun academic exchange. The classes met with a group of American high school students from Kentucky who were completing a tour of Spain organized by Education First (EF) Educational Tours. The event gave the
La biblioteca en uso: “White noise” por Don DeLillo
“Winner of the National Book Award, White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an “airborne toxic event,” a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their
Empieza Summer in the City 2015: Campamento Urbano en Inglés
Ya ha terminado el colegio y ¡empieza Summer in the City! Nuestro campamento urbano en inglés viene cargado de muchas actividades para practicar inglés y divertirse a la vez. Los profesores nativos, todos procedentes de EE.UU. o Canadá, llevarán a los chicos a conocer la cultura norteamericana a través de talleres de manualidades, música, baile,
POETRY READING CLUB – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “Wishing Well” by Gregory Pardlo
Gregory Pardlo, recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, is the featured poet for the final session of our Poetry Reading Group. And, although this session will be the last one before we all retreat into summer vacation, you will be pleased to know that Pardlo will be visiting the International Institute on the
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE SECOND SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “THE LENGUAGE OF MEN” BY NORMAN MAILER
Our last story of the 2014-2015 cycle is Norman Mailer’s “The Language of Men,” published in Esquire magazine in 1953. This story closes not only our annual cycle, but also the sub-cycle of our last three texts, all of which (starting with Twain’s “The Californian’s Tale” and continuing on with Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants”)
Clase de inglés Young Learners 1: Occupations
During the last class of May, Young Learners 1 continued to do vocabulary practice using flashcards. In the photos you can see the students matching words for occupations to their images as they play musical chairs. Since the weather was so nice, they got to play (and learn!) in the Institute’s garden! En la última
Clase de inglés Young Learners 5: Cities of the World
In May the Young Learners 5 class worked on a city guide project. After studying a variety of infographics and promotional videos for tourism in North American cities, students researched a city of their choice (with the help of the International Institute’s new tablets!). Each group designed an infographic-style poster to present their findings, which
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE FIRST SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway
This month we close the 2014-2015 Reading Club cycle with two short stories that deal with a shared set of themes: gender and language. The first story is Ernest Hemmingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” published in 1927 and included in the collection Men Without Women. At a mere three and a quarter pages long, this
Earth Day en Young Learners 2
Coming on the heels of Earth Day, during May the YL2 class’s theme was Our Earth and they did many fun activities! Kicking things off after Earth Day, they worked in teams on a word mine of Earth Day. They tried creating as many words as they could by using only the letters found in