Glossary of toxic dating tactics from banksying to zombieing

Social networks and match apps have triggered new, and modified versions of old, behavior patterns, and there are dozens of new terms to identify toxic dating tactics. (From El PAÍS English Edition)

EL PAÍS (News in English)

The music star who could flip a seat in Texas

Dear readers,

In South Texas, everyone knows Bobby Pulido. He spent 31 years as a tejano and regional Mexican singer, performing solo and with his father, the legendary Roberto Pulido. Now he is the Democratic candidate for the 15th district in the midterms, but he says he is not running to turn a traditionally red state blue: “I’m not talking about colors, but about things that matter to people.”

In Brazil, which is holding its own vote this Sunday to choose the next president in a tightly contested race, the incumbent Lula da Silva is loosening the purse strings with a series of payments to poor families, transportation workers, and entrepreneurs. (...)

This week we also interviewed the French economist Thomas Piketty, who discusses the dystopian future billionaires are envisioning for the rest of us; Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI; and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist behind the ’1619 Project’ on slavery.

We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS US Edition.

You can also read:

• Chinese women seek to break out of traditional roles
• Living with 230 data centers on the doorstep: ‘Nobody warned us what was going to happen’
• Scientists alarmed by dozens of whale deaths along Argentina’s coast
• Testosterone fever: the only hormone that has an ideology
• Child labor affects 3.5 million children in Mexico, with 1 million in dangerous jobs

Student Rep Election

The campaign to be class rep has just started. The election will be held next week during the last 5 minutes before the break.

C2: Wednesday 28th 

C1: Thursday 29th  

Representative Duties: 

• Serve as a mediator between the group and the teacher to solve class problems. 
• Summon the students of the group to inform them about topics referring to their rights and interests. 
• Attend Representative meetings held during the year. 

Library Timetable

Concurso de Ideas de ‘IGUALDAD’

Noche de las Ánimas

Learn about regional traditions & legends on All Saints' Eve! 

Alfonso Allepuz will tell you!

Don't Miss it!

List Of 100+ Common Adverbs By Type And With Examples (Dictionary.com)

Adverbs are incredibly common in English. You probably use hundreds of them every day, even if you’re not quite sure what an adverb is. An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases. There are different kinds of adverbs, which you can learn more about in our article Six Types Of Adverbs Used In The English Language. In this article, we are going to cover examples from each of six categories and how to properly use them in a sentence.

Will vs Going to

Read the theory first. 

KEY next Tuesday

Possibility, Probability, Certainty: English vs Spanish

Check different ways to express possibility. Do some grammar practice on this here.

Social Media Speaking Cards

3 Ways to Sound More British

Clock it!

Borrowings from other Languages

Halloween History & Traditions

Essential phrasal verbs for computers and technology

Phrasal Verbs for Computers & Technology

Technology & Teachers

Business English Abbreviations

Things Successful People Do...

12 Things Successful People Do in the First Hour of the Work Day

14 Things Successful People Do on Weekends:
1. Make time for family and friends 2. Exercise 3. Pursue a passion 4. Vacation 5. Disconnect 6. Volunteer 7. Avoid chores 8. Plan 9. Socialize 10. Gardening / crafts / games / sports / cooking / cultural activities 11. Network 12. Reflect 13. Meditate 14. Recharge

What do you think of them?

Would you add or remove some?

Succeeding, Achieving & Fulfilling

Attend the Talk!

The talk teaches how to use the EOI Cartagena C1 & C2 blog to improve your English, explore resources and strategies, and become a more independent user. Participants are encouraged to attend, share information, and support other students, with a focus on the importance of turning visits into learning and maximizing the available tools to progress at advanced levels.





CONCURSO DE IDEAS de ‘IGUALDAD’ Para el cortometraje de la EOI

Our School proposes an Idea Contest focused on gender equality, to be carried out in class as a brief oral and/or written activity: Microviolence in young  people. 

The goal is a contest for ideas on gender equality, whose main aim is to raise gender equality topics in the classroom. Another obvious aim is to harness and showcase our students' creative talent. The short film script will be based on the winning idea, and the creators will have the opportunity to participate in its development.

You can find the steps for setting up the activity in this document. It includes a couple of examples of a "hook" and a "synopsis." The first example is provided in English, while the second is just for your enjoyment. 

The deadline is Tuesday, October 27th. Please send the ideas to this email address before October 30th, which is when the final vote will take place. The judging panel will consist of teachers from our school.

I encourage you to participate both in this idea contest on gender equality and in the short film itself, which we will be shooting in late February.

Improve your Vocabulary

EL PAÍS (News in English)

An unbridled Trump

With 20 days to go before the midterms, the leader of the party that stands to lose everything at the polls insists on ignoring what those polls advise him to do: to step aside to prevent his unpopularity from affecting those who are running for office. Far from following that logic, Donald Trump has spent recent days on an unrestrained campaign tour across the country, giving speeches driven by his obsessions.

Meanwhile, a recent study by UnidosUS shows that nearly four in 10 Hispanic voters belong to what it calls the “moveable middle,” a bloc that represents 38% of the Hispanic electorate and remains undecided ahead of the midterms. (...)

And our interviewees this week include the economist Mariana Mazzucato, the chief conservator of the Acropolis in Athens, and the Spanish stunt double who does "all the dangerous stuff" for Brad Pitt.

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS US Edition

You can also read:

• Menopause isn’t a gentle slope, it’s a ‘cliff’: The consequences of a woman’s last period are much worse than previously thought
• Spain’s ‘grandchildren’s law’ before the Supreme Court: Who can vote on November 29?
• The researchers who achieved Chile’s first cloned horse: ‘It would not be complicated to clone humans; the only limitation is ethical’
• The cost of basic groceries, measured in wages: 1.2 hours of work in Ireland and a month in the Central African Republic
• How much AI is in Spain’s bestselling books?
• King of Spain in Ceuta: ‘Sovereignty and territorial integrity are not negotiable, and faced with any risk, our duty is their defense’

Houses of Astrology related to Star Signs

Astrology is a great field for dealing with personality adjectives. You can find in What Do the 12 Houses Mean in Astrology? a great deal of vocabulary associated with each of the signs. Click on the signs written in each House (in the article) to revise vocabulary and check whether it is  the same (or not) as the adjectives seen in class.

How To Write In the Subjunctive Mood

Read this article by Dictionary.com.

Types of Buildings & Houses

 

Hair & Accesories

20 C1 Words

Join our Pronunciation Workshop (every Wednesday)

If you cannot attend it, you might follow the blog with the topics and activities we see and study in our Pronunciation Workshop.

Office Politics

Speak more Confidently