Biblioteca
La cultura americana a bocados en las bibliotecas públicas de Madrid: American Cultural Bites
El Instituto Internacional siempre ha estado abierto a colaborar con instituciones afines y desde la biblioteca hemos hecho lo mismo en distintas ocasiones. Disponiendo del magnífico espacio de Miguel Angel 8 habitualmente esta cooperación pasa por utilizar nuestras instalaciones, pero con American Cultural Bites se le ha dado la vuelta a esta idea. El objetivo
FAMILY BOOK CLUB: RECIPE OF THE MONTH (NOVEMBER): STUFFING
We hope you have enjoyed the story for this month “Turkey Trouble” by Wendy Silvano & Lee Harper… and also your homemade stuffing following Nanor’s recipe. You can also download it in PDF format. The Family Book Club pairs food stories from the American children’s literature with short “take home” recipes using food items and ingredients from the text
YL 2A News
The YL 2 A group has been doing activities and projects to practice the past tense forms. They’ve talked and wrote and sang, sometimes about what they did in summer and sometimes about what happened in BrainpopESL videos. Here you can see the ‘new’ lyrics they wrote to the tunes of familiar songs such as
Happy Halloween from YL 4 (Saturdays)!
We’ve had a great start to this year in YL4! We’ve already done a lot of activities where I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the students’ creativity. We have focused a lot on speaking, and the students have written and performed a number of dialogues and plays. Last week was our class dedicated to Halloween where
Kids Club 1: All about North American Music
This trimester in Kids Club 1, we are learning all about music from North America. We use poetry, games, media and creative activities inspired by music to learn about the people and places that helped create American music styles. We spent our first week exploring all the different ways music can make us feel by
FAMILY BOOK CLUB: RECIPE OF THE MONTH (OCTOBER): PUMPKIN SCONES
We hope you have enjoyed the story for this month “The Pumpkin Smasher” by Anita Bernarde… and also your homemade pumpkin scones following Nanor’s recipe. You can also download it in PDF format. The Family Book Club pairs food stories from the American children’s literature with short “take home” recipes using food items and ingredients from the text
NUEVO CICLO DEL CLUB DE LECTURA SOBRE LITERATURA ESTADOUNIDENSE
LO QUE CUENTA LA MUJER NORTEAMERICANA: CUENTOS Y NOVELAS CORTAS DE MUJERES EN LA LITERATURA NORTEAMERICANA Bien conocida y reconocida es la ya larga tradición de los géneros narrativos breves, el cuento especialmente, pero también la novela corta, en la literatura norteamericana. Tampoco hace falta insistir en la valiosa nómina de escritoras que los han
FAMILY BOOK CLUB: RECIPE OF THE MONTH (SEPTEMBER): GREEN EGGS AND HAM
We hope you have enjoyed the story for this month “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss… and also your homemade green eggs and ham following Nanor’s recipe. You can also download it in PDF format. The Family Book Club pairs food stories from the American children’s literature with short “take home” recipes using food items and ingredients
Recomendaciones del personal del Instituto Internacional para el verano: libros y películas
Las vacaciones de verano siempre han sido un buen momento para leer o ver películas y poner al día esa lista de lecturas pendientes que todos tenemos. Las recomendaciones son una buena manera de orientar nuestras elecciones y muchas veces, la mejor forma de descubrir autores y obras. Pensando en esto, presentamos las sugerencias del
NEW ACS MINI-COURSE FALL 2017: Redefining American: Latino/a Identity in the U.S.
Designed for advanced English speakers, this course explores how Latinos—the largest minority group in the United States—are redefining what it means to be American in the 21st century. What is the difference between the terms “Hispanic,” “Latino/a,” Latin@ and “Latinx”? How is President Trump’s proposal for a wall along the US-Mexico border connected to 1950s Hollywood
