To blog or not to blog?

Some people have claimed newspapers will no longer exist in ten years – we will all read blogs instead.  Are they a welcome addition to traditional media or is blogging a passing fashion?

Follow the link, read the text, do the comprehension tasks, note down new vocabulary and post a comment on the forum! http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/business-magazine/blogging-or-print

Are you a footy fan?

How much football vocabulary do you know? Test your knowledge!
http://premierskills.britishcouncil.org/phrasebook/content/football-actions-vocabulary

Some Spelling Tips

Click on the picture to go to Johanna Stirling's blog about English spelling!

Project - Strikes - "The winter of discontent"

This week the project  is a debate on strikes, so I have a question for you:

In 1977/1978 there was a period called "the winter of discontent" in the UK. What was the reason for this? Please get back with your answer to Tony as soon as possible and you will be in with a chance of winning a prize!!!

Tony

Spin the verb wheel!

This is a great new learning tool to find out more about verb forms (to go/going/went/gone). Click on the link to reveal the verb wheel, choose a verb and learn (or simply refresh your memory!):

http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/wp-content/uploads/wheel_v1/verbWheelMain.swf

Enjoy.

Jo

HARRY POTTER

Harry Potter is a series of eight wizard adventure films based on seven novels by British author J.K Rowling. The series is distributed by Warner Bros.

It charts the life of Harry Potter, a young teenage boy and his friends, who go to Hogwarts school to learn all kinds of magic. He was adopted by a “normal” family after the most powerful sorcerer V... killed them!

Since the release of the first novel , HARRY POTTER, in 1997, the books have gained immense popularity and commercial success around the world.

This series is very popular among young teenagers and adults. The third book has won an award.

In 2011 the book series had sold about 450 million copies, making it the best-selling book series in history.

Film releases

In total there are eight films produced by David Heyman.

The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the philospher's stone was released in 2001 and culminated with HP and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2 (2011).

The main actors are Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Waston as the three leading characters, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

France 22 England 24

After a cracking game on the weekend, England beat France 24-22. I thought it was a great game with some great attacking rugby.......... and in the end ........the right result!! But, how about you? What do you think? Do you think England deserved to win? Do you think France were unlucky to lose?

I would be interested to hear your views!

Tony

Social Programme photos

Hi OISE students!

I have a quick request for you all! Do you have any photographs of the social programme activities you have been on lately? Would you like to share them with us on the blog? Lately, you have been to:

London, Bath, and Wells
The concert at St Georges
The walk around Bristol
10 pin bowling
Pool
........as well as other activities, so please do go onto the blog and upload the photos, if you have any, so we can all have a look at them!

I look forward to looking at them

Tony

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. He is the greatest basketball player of all time. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984.He got 5 MVP in NBA. 3MVP in NBA ALL STAR GAMES and 6 champions in NBA.

He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.His nicknames are "Air Jordan" and "His Airness"


He finished basketballer life in 2003. Michael Jordan is my favorite basketball player.When I first saw him, he became my sport hero in my heart. He is the greatest basketball player in the world.

Justin Henin

Justine Henin is a great tennis player from Belgium and was born in early June 1982.

She started to play tennis very young, directly she showed early promise.

Her first victories were at the age of 14, the Orange Bowl and other similar European championships. She was trained by Carlos Rodriguez.

The following years she won the French Open as a junior. Then she decided to leave school. Justin won the Fed Cup, then her first Grant Slam was in Roland Garros but she was defeated in the second round by American Lindsay Davenport.

She perseveres and at the end of 2011 she was ranked #69 by the World Tennis Association

Leonil Messi

Leonil Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1987. He's a football player and plays for Barcelona and also captains the Argentinian national team.

Messi began playing football at a young age and he has excellent skills. He won the best football player in the world in 2009, 2010, 2011 and the best footballer in Europe in 2010. Not only that, he has won five Liga titles and three Champion leagues. Also, he scored 47 goals in all competitions.

He played two world cups with the Argentina national team in 2006 and 2010. He won an Olympic gold medal with the Argentina Olympic football team. At international level Messi scored 22 goals in 67 games.

ALI ASSERY

Vicent Clerc or the new prodigy !!!!

     Today, I'm going to talk about my favourite sports hero “Vincent Clerc”. He was born in Echirolles in Isere (near Grenobles).

     Vincent Clerc is at this moment in France a great rugby player. He began his career with the “FC Grenoble”. Today, he plays in the “Toulousains Stadium team” (he moved in 2002) and now Mr Clerc is a superstar for all the people in Toulouse. For example, when Vincent is not here for the games all the team feel his absence. In comparison, Wilkinson is just good for selling shavers. After this very good beginning with Toulouse, Clerc continued with the national team of France and now he is le coq le plus fier which translates as “the most proud rooster of the team” and you can see his exceptional performances in every game. He has scored 31 tries for France and 6 tries in the last World Cup in 2011.


     In addition, Vincent Clerc is a winner in his personal life too because at this moment Vincent spends some good time with his wife and his children.

     To conclude, Vincent Clerc is a good sportsman because he is talented but not only that, he has developed his personal life and when you are always traveling with your team it's very difficult.

HAJJ

The current exhibition at the British Museum shows the different steps for Hajj, including different pictures, beautiful old maps, the holy Quaran and the ritual of the Hajj. It explains what Muslims do in each step and what power they feel when they are doing Hajj. Further more, the reason why people feel that those steps are the right things to do is mentioned. The journalist thinks that this is a very important subject to write because of the great number of Muslims in the world and how that great number of people are equal and have the faith and are all gathered in one place. Would you be interested in this Museum and why? Abeer & Sali

Seoul

Seoul

Introduction :

Seoul is the capital city of South Korea. In Seoul is megacity with a population of about 10 million, it is the largest city.

In Seoul you can find the 63building, Namsan Tower and Blue House (Cheon Wa Dae). Namsan Tower is the highest building in my country and Blue House is where the president lives.

Famous Landmarks :

Seoul also has many famous buildings that you can visit. Namdaemun markets, Cheonggyecheon, Namsan Park.

Namdaemun markets is you can buy some food, shoes, clothes and good sightseeing. Cheonggyecheon is a 5.8 km river and Namsan Park is you can see

the many events and nice sightseeing it has a cable car.

Shopping :

Seoul has many large shopping malls. The Myeongding is a shopping and entertainment area, Namdaemun is the oldest market in Seoul, everything is good quality and there is a lot of delicious food.

Seoul Transport :

Subway :

In Seoul there is the main Metorpolitan Subway. Seoul has 12 lines. It is connected city. The tickets cost from £0.56

Bus :

Seoul's Buses system is operated by Metorpolitan government with 4 important

easy servicing of the city. Seoul has many largest express bus terminal. These buses connect Seoul with major cities by South Korea.

The tickets cost from £0.56

If you want to travel cheaply you can buy a buscard. It saves you money.

Train :

Seoul connects to other major cities in South Korea by rail and the KTX high speed train. Its normal speed is 186mph.

Ma Eunyong

postcard from london

Dear Hannah
I am writing to tell you about my wondenful day in London.I went shopping in Harvey Nichols and Harrods.Then I went to Hyde |Park and sat boat on the lake.The lake view was very beautiful.Finally I visited Big Ben,the Tower of London and Tower Bridge and the Natural History museum.The trip was very good. I wish you were here.
Your friend,
Justin

News from London !!!!

Hi Alfred !!!!

How are you ? ^^ I'm writing this letter from London. I have had a wonderful day on this holiday. It was on Tuesday, first of all, i woke up at 11:00 a.m, I had lunch at 12:30 and in the afternoon I went sightseeing. I have visited Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament (I saw David Cameron :) ). After that, I went shopping on Oxford Street and in the evening I went to a nightclub where maybe I met the future Miss JAUDON. Brief, I'm going to come back tomorrow and I tell you finished.

Your best friend Paul JAUDON.                      KiSSSSSSSSSS