People – Personalities & Appearances

(Slika: http://rebeccamoniquewilliams.wordpress.com/2009/03/)

Some usefule materials on the topic “People”:

Describing people

Character Glossary (1)

Character Glossary (2)

How important is one’s looks in the media?

Here is your last homework for this year!        

Have you heard of Susan Boyle? Do you know her story?

Watch the video and then answer the questions:

Susan Boyle – I Dreamed a Dream (Britain’s Got Talent)

1. What was the attitude of the jury and the audience to Susan before her performance?
2. Did this attitude change? Why and how?
3. Why do you think the jury was so cynical about her at the beginning?

Now watch the interview with one of the jury memebers, Mr Simon Cowell:

4. In what way is she different from other famous people and celebrities?
5. Does he respect her?
6. What is your opinion of her? What do you think of the importance of one’s looks, background and age for being famous and successful?

Carbon footprint

Here are some carbon footprint calculators:

www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx

www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator

www.focus.si

www.umanotera.org

www.energija.si

Calculate your carbon footprint with at least two of them and compare the results. Are there any differences in results?

Travelling, traffic problems,…

Watch the cartoon:

MODERN LIFE

 

Go to DVOLVER.COM and try to make your own movie.

You can send me the link to your movie by writing it in a comment to this post.

Slovenia

You can get some useful information for your homework on Slovenia HERE and HERE.

And what do you think about the “I feel Slovenia” video clip?

What about other “I feel”-videos?

All “I feel Slovenia” videos

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P.S.: Can you guess where the header image of this blog has been taken?

Films, Stories,… & Fun

French learning English:

How important is it to learn another language?

Sometimes, it can even save your life. Don’t you believe it? Watch:

Do you speak English?

What we will be doing in our course

Here is the lesson plan for this year, so that also those of you who cannot come to classes will know what’s going on and what the topics for the exam are: