Acceda al Newsletter del Instituto Internacional (pdf) , [CLICK : Notes&News December 2017] From the President One hundred twenty-five years ago, in late 1892, the Massachusetts Legislature authorized the formation of the International Institute for Girls in Spain. Outgrowth of a missionary effort, the International Institute was the brainchild of Alice Gordon Gulick, a graduate of
El próximo 13 de enero iniciamos un nuevo curso: Preschool Playgroup. Dirigido a estudiantes de infantil, con el objetivo de que tengan una exposición temprana a la lengua inglesa y la cultura norteamericana a través de auténticas experiencias con hablantes nativos en un ambiente atractivo. Consta de cuatro temas principales: dos una semana y otros
It’s the end of the trimester, which means it’s time to celebrate the holidays and spend valuable time with family. Unfortunately, this also means it’s the end of Kids Club 2 – for now. The past few months have been action-packed! Our students have been hard at work, getting their creative juices flowing while learning
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
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
In addition to improving their language skills this trimester, Matt’s YL 1B class has been exploring the culture and traditions behind some of our beloved fall holidays. Two of their favorites have been Halloween and Thanksgiving. For Halloween, the students made masks that they wore as they visited some of the other classes while “trick-or-treating.” We
The YL6 Saturday group is currently working on the topic of travel and transportation. After discussing the different modes of transportation and their personal preference the class was able to watch several videos on some of the most scenic train routes in the United States. After talking about American transportation students were paired up to
The YL3B Saturday class has been busy! In addition to studying our pronouns and future tenses, we’ve been learning a lot about American culture. For Halloween we carved our own jack-o’-lanterns. We’ve also played many popular American games, such as Jeopardy, Scattergories and Taboo. Books are an important part of the class. After reading about
¡Ya puedes consultar en nuestra web la oferta académica de cursos de Invierno de 2018! El periodo de matrícula se abre el 24 de noviembre y finaliza el 22 de diciembre. Los alumnos que hayan realizado un curso en este trimestre de Otoño tienen la posibilidad de un descuento de 20€ en la matrícula del
This fall in YL2B Saturday classes has been focused on experiments and conquering the fear of speaking English! In October we made videos talking out our hobbies to share with the rest of the class. We also read about about “Masks Around the World” and designed masks of our own based on our favorite emoticons. For Halloween