Noticias del IIE
Las últimas noticias de Instituto Internacional e información sobre nuestras actividades
Young Learners 4 termina un trimestre completísimo
The winter trimester at the International Institute has flown by for the kids in Young Learners 4! They learned a lot about natural disasters and catastrophes like tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, and more. After watching some disaster movie trailers to get some ideas, the students even wrote their own theater plays about disaster experiences and acted
Young Learners 2: What’s Your Dream Vacation?
During March’s theme of Vacations in the YL2 English class, the students have been studying the past tense with the verb “to be”. They learned how to describe situations in the past, such as “I was busy last week” and also ask for information about the past, like “Where were you yesterday?”. They have also been
Young Learners 1 ¡pescando, creando y bailando!
The Young Learners 1 group went fishing last week! They fished out the letters to create the words related to art activities and feelings we have done and talked about throughout the course. They had a great time doing the activity, which helped them review and solidify their understanding of spelling words in a kinesthetic way. You
Poetry Reading Club: second poem of the month
Our second poem for this month is “The Operation” (1962), by Anne Sexton. Like “Tulips” (1961), by Sylvia Plath, this poem is set in a hospital and records the speaker’s heightened emotional response to a surgical procedure. Like Plath, Sexton is associated with the confessional school of poetry, and many of the questions we asked
YL 5 diseña un desayuno más saludable
In March the Young Learners 5 class worked on a project to create a healthier alternative to the American breakfast. After completing a unit about food and nutrition, students compared the traditional breakfasts of children around the world. They discussed problems resulting from bad eating habits and how change can benefit people. The goal
PATHWAYS TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
PATHWAYS TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Tu ruta hacia la Universidad Norteamericana Un Programa del Instituto Internacional ¿Te gustaría estudiar en una Universidad en los Estados Unidos? Comienza tu viaje a una institución de educación superior norteamericana en el Instituto Internacional, donde obtendrás las destrezas esenciales a través de nuestros cursos integrados: Técnicas de estudio específicas
THE SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather
March’s story is “Paul’s Case” (1905) by Willa Cather. Cather is best known for her novels My Ántonia (1918) and O Pioneers! (1913), works which chronicle the lives of European settlers on the American frontier, in particular the prairies of Nebraska. Cather grew up in Nebraska, and graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1895,
Guest Speaker Clarissa
Los chicos de Young Learners 3 del sábado tuvieron la suerte a conocer a Clarissa, una estudiante de la universidad de MIT que está estudiando un semestre en Madrid. Explicó al grupo las fuerzas que están involucradas en el vuelo de un avión. Pensando en estas fuerzas, los Young Learners hicieron aviones de papel y participaron en concurso para ver cuál era el mejor.
Poetry Reading Club: First poem of the month
March brings us “Tulips” (1961) by Sylvia Plath. In this poem, color and nature imagery are used to great effect, just as in last month’s poem, “Colors passing through us” (1999), by Marge Piercy. But while Piercy’s poem dazzled us with its sensuous depictions of earthly delights laid out in “all the colors of the
Recomendación cultural para el fin de semana
Exposición “Guerrilla Girls 1985-2015” “Esta exposición compila la práctica totalidad del trabajo realizado por el colectivo artístico feminista estadounidense Guerilla Girls e inaugura una serie de eventos que en 2015 conmemoran los 30 años de la fundación del colectivo.” Extraído de Matadero. Ver además: http://www.mataderomadrid.org/ficha/4105/guerrilla-girls-conferencia–performance.html http://www.guerrillagirls.com/ http://www.abc.es/videos-cultura/20150215/matadero-madrid-celebra-anos-4056345041001.html http://www.culturamas.es/blog/2015/02/14/guerrilla-girls-en-matadero-madrid/ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_Girls — Fechas: Desde el 30 de
