TECS World magazine Contents guide Welcome to Trimester Two Magazine 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Interview with Ernesto Fridays Classwork JG’s Song Comic Strips Radka’s class work Rosana’s class Happy St Patricks! Easter at TECS Teens Arts and Comics Intercentre competition poster Saturdays at TECS Fun in the summer with TECS What is the most difficult thing about learning English? Interview with Enresto What do you enjoy most about learning English? How long have you been studying English?I started when I was 4 years old so about 12 years I enjoy watching films in English and reading books in English When did you first come to TECS? I came when I was 8 or 9 What advice would you give to someone learning English? Don’t just study English in class. You have to find other things out of the class for example try to find a friend who What do you enjoy most about the TECS classes? You don’t just focus on grammar and vocabulary but cover different things like listening and pronunciation. I enjoy focusing on pronunciation and in classes there is a big focus on vocabulary and useful idioms and expressions. Why do you think it´s important to be able to speak English? You can travel around the world and speak to people in different countries. For example I have friends in Germany, Italy and Japan and I have to speak to them in English. Do you like learning English or do you see it as something you simply must do? I don’t enjoy learning grammar but when I have learned it I find it useful and I enjoy using it ay summer camps and doing things I wouldn’t be able to do if I didn’t speak English. What other languages do you speak? Apart from Spanish I speak French and I started learning speaks English and talk to them, read books in English or read a blog or something. Have you ever visited an English speaking country? Yes I was in Ireland for four months and in the USA month. In Cork I went to an Irish school and lived with a host family. In America I went on a cultural programme where I was learning more about the way they lived. That was in Chicago. How did it differ from learning English in Spain? I was talking to native speakers all the time and I watched a lot of English television. There are some things that you cannot learn in class.. idioms etc and the way they text. How often do you study English? Very often. I watch Youtube channels, I read books in English and I skype in English How do you hope to use your English in the future? I hope to travel around the world and maybe live for a while in the US. Italian this year. I´m currently preparing the B2 exam in French but my English is stronger than my French. What are your favourite books or films in English? Films – Mama Mia and Soul Surfer Books – The Divergent Trilogy Friday classes in Cádiz JG’s phrasal verb song Don´t Tell Me Off! A rewriting of Taylor Swift´s Shake It Up, using phrasal verbs by Nacho Barra, Julia Gutíerez, Victor Pecci, Maria Ribadavia, Paula Rodriguez and Andrea Saleis I always turn up late I never seem to care At least, that´s what JG says At least, that´s what JG says When I hang out with my friends Wanna carry on don´t let it end That´s what we all say That´s what we all say But I keep cruising….. saying it´s gonna be alright But I´m never gonna give up up up up And we never wanna grow up up up up We just wanna shake shake shake Don´t tell me off, don´t tell me off And the aeroplanes they all take off off off off And I really hate to wash up up up up We just wanna shake shake shake Don´t tell me off, Don´t tell me off! MORE FRIDAY KIDS!! MIGUEL CRISTINA Comic strips! First TECS OPEN CLASS In our Starters 2 class we introduced our Pilot project of OPEN CLASS The Children and parents had a great time! More comic strips! Starters I Radkas class Rosana’s class Happy Easter at TECS Happy Easter at TECS Congratulations to the winners of the certificates and prizes! Happy Easter everyone! Teens art work and comics Laura and JGs teens have done some fantastic work here!! Above we have JG´s UpperINT I teens class poster! Intercentre Competition Saturday 23rd May TECS-Central = Pandas and Sharks TECS-Spark = Tigers TECS-Jerez and Cadiz = Unicorns H a The topics they have focused on include: - Food and Fruit - The Beach - Valentine’s day - The family - Carnival - Chinese New Year - Animals p p y E a s t e r ! Fun in the Summer with TECS 7 Summer Camps View our catalogues www.tecs.es We hope you enjoy the magazine as much as we enjoyed producing it!! We can´t wait until the next one comes out, can you? TECS would like to say a big thank you to all of our students and teachers for making this amazing magazine possible. We hope you all have a great time during the Easter break, enjoying this week with your family and friends, relaxing and getting ready for the last trimester. THANK YOU VERY MUCH