Las Gafas Más Caras del Mundo...

A few weeks ago I shared a thought-provoking DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico) road safety video for your students to translate. Here's another in the same vein, along with the accompanying poster.

Las Gafas Más Caras del Mundo

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El Cocinero Desnudo??

Well, that's my Spanish translation of 'the Naked Chef'. Who else, but Jamie Oliver? 

Here's an interview with J.O. from this morning's XL Semanal magazine which I spotted earlier today in our local coffee-shop. (Who says this blog isn't up-to-date?)

Have a great finde!

Jamie Oliver entrevista

If you enjoyed this resource, you might enjoy reading about my life here in Spain as an immersion teacher of a class of primary children. Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher´s Spanish Adventure is published as an eBook by Monday Books. There´s a free sample chapter available to download here: Zen Kyu Maestro

La Canción Más Cara del Mundo...?

What´s the most expensive song in the world?

Wrong.

It´s this one...

Spanish public information films have a reputation for pulling no punches. Here´s one from the DGT (Dirección General de Tráfico) about taking care when driving. A good translation exercise for your students, and maybe a debate afterwards...

La Canción más cara del mundo... 

Un saludo,

JJD

If you enjoyed this resource, you might enjoy reading about my life here in Spain as an immersion teacher of a class of primary children. Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher´s Spanish Adventure is published as an eBook by Monday Books. There´s a free sample chapter available to download here: Zen Kyu Maestro

El Himno No Se Pita

The Copa del Rey (football) final last weekend caused a huge controversy here in Spain, when the (Catalan) supporters of Barcelona and the (Basque) supporters of Athletic Bilbao whistled throughout the playing of the national anthem. Here's a flavour of some of the news coverage:

TVE report

Since the game the news has been full of reports and investigations speculating on the sanctions which might be imposed on the two clubs.

Below is the latest contribution to the debate, from the Spanish world champions of rhythmic gymnastics, who have made this video supporting silence during the national anthem. I have a feeling this won't be the last word on the issue. Watch this space...

#elhimnoNOsepita

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It's off to work we go...

With unemployment among 19-25 year-olds hovering around the 50% mark, tens of thousands of young Spaniards have emigrated over the last few years. Here's the story of one who went to the UK. A translation exercise for A-Level, I'd guess...

Emigrating to the UK in search of work.

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¡Elecciones!

24th of May is the day of elections to many municipales and autonómicas. Here's an interesting article from today's ABC describing how some British residents in Spain take part.

If you enjoyed this resource, you might enjoy reading about my life here in Spain as an immersion teacher of a class of primary children. Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher´s Spanish Adventure is published as an eBook by Monday Books. There´s a free sample chapter available to download here: Zen Kyu Maestro

La invasion de los emoticonos...

I enjoyed this article on emoticonos in this weekend's edition of the ABC newspaper's magazine XLSemanal. My guess is that A-Level students would like it also. Let me know if you think I've misjudged the level.

La invasion de los emoticonos

If you enjoyed this resource, you might enjoy reading about my life here in Spain as an immersion teacher of a class of primary children. Zen Kyu Maestro: An English Teacher´s Spanish Adventure is published as an eBook by Monday Books. There´s a free sample chapter available to download here: Zen Kyu Maestro