English Page: May 2012

Tuesday, May 8

Apresentação da AC Anne Grünberg na EB Dr. Costa Matos

Assistente Comenius(AC) Anne Grünberg, na EB Dr. Costa Matos

No dia três de maio foi a vez da AC alemã, Anne Grünberg, nos apresentar o seu país. Anne, natural de Berlim, está colocada na EB de S. Vicente de Pereira Jusã. Vive no Porto e veio à escola sede do nosso agrupamento para nos dar a conhecer um pouco da História e Cultura da Alemanha.

Após a sua apresentação em alemão, traduzida pelo Diogo Liebner do 7ºC, Anne mostrou-nos vídeos e imagens muito interessantes sobre a Alemanha.

Danke schön, Anne!

Friday, May 4

Apresentação do AC Haydn Hammersley, na EB Dr. Costa Matos

Projeto Comenius do Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Costa Matos

Na quinta, dia 26 de abril, o Assistente Comenius Inglês Haydn Hammersley, do Agrupamento de Escolas de Infias - Vizela, esteve na escola sede do nosso agrupamento para apresentar o seu país.

Na sessão da manhã participaram os alunos do 8ºC e à tarde estiveram presentes alunos dos 7º A, 7ºC e 9º B.

Ambas as sessões decorreram de uma forma muito positiva.

Thank you, Haydn!

Tuesday, May 1

Apresentação da AC Elia Castillo, na EB Dr. Costa Matos

Apresentação da Espanha

Dando continuidade às atividades do Projeto Comenius, no dia 20 de abril, Elia Jiménez Castillo, Assistente Comenius (AC) da Espanha da ES dos Carvalhos, veio à nossa escola apresentar o seu país aos alunos do 7ºA, 7ºB e 7ºC, que têm Espanhol no seu currículo desde o início deste ano letivo.

Com vídeos e imagens deslumbrantes, Elia deu-nos a conhecer os costumes e tradições do seu país e apresentou-nos cidades espanholas: Sevilha, Córdoba, Granada, Málaga, Madrid, Valência, Barcelona…

¡Muchas Gracias, Elia!

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS?

It's chique smart stylish and small. It's something you've got to have because all your friends have one. It connects you to far away people and cuts you off from those sitting next to you.

Can you guess what it is?

Answer: Mobile phone

TEXT MESSAGING
Language code and meaning

B4 = before
LUV U = love you
THX = thanks
M8TS = mates
CU L8TR = see you later
RUOK = are you OK?
WOT RU DOIN 2NITE? = what are you doing tonight?
GR8 2 CU = great to see you
PCM = please call me
DO U LUV 2 TEXT? = do you love to text?

Can you understand this message?

RUOK? PCM 2NITE B4 U GO 2 THE CINEMA. LUV U.

WORLD WIDE WEB OF ENGLISH

The Internet was created back in the 1960s. Initially designed for military research use, it has since then grown enormously and its popularity seems to be never-ending.

It hasn't always been so, but nowadays the Internet, especially since the invention of the World Wide Web, allows for the use of practically all forms of distant communication at the click of a button. Even so, there is still a lot of room for evolution so that it can be used more easily by more people on the planet.

English has always been the most widely used language on the Internet. This is no surprise, if you remember that it was created and developed in an English-speaking country. Although there are hundreds of millions of pages in the World Wide Web in dozens of languages, more than half of these pages are written in English.
Teen 3, Porto Editora

Nowadays teenagers all over the world visit many chat rooms. Some of them have had bad experiencies, that's why they advise us to follow these basic rules when we visit a chat room:

1. Don't reveal your name, address or telephone number.
2. Don't arrange a meeting with anyone without telling your family.
3. Don't go to those meetings alone. The person at the other end may not be who or what he/she says he/she is.
4. Don't believe everything you are told. Use common sense and a sense of measure and play it safe.
5. Don't accept e-mails from strangers, as they may contain viruses.
6. Turn off the computer if you feel uncomfortable.