Luggage, timetables and various other things

Information for students:

Tea, Cakes and Indian Women

Today we had a great day at the school. Lots of students brought cakes: apple cake, ginger breads, cookies, nuts cake, banana cake, carrot cake, etc. They sat in groups and had a relaxed chat in English while they drank their tea.

Language Exchange

Tandem, a new language exchange meeting, has opened on Tuesdays from 19.00 to 20.00 at Sofa-Club. Avda. Tirso de Molina, 16. 1st Floor, Mercado Fuencarral.

This is a great opportunity for those who need to improve oral skills in natural environments. If you try it, please let us know about it. What was the experience like?

Reschedule

The London trip meeting has been rescheduled to Saturday 28. There was a mistake in the previous post. I am sorry.

The group tickets for Les Miserables are only 15 pounds. Those who are interested in getting tickets have to bring this amount to the meeting as they have to bee bought before the end of this month.

The Agency will be grateful if you can pay the rest of the ticket by February 23rd.

Madame de Sade

Those interested in seeing Madame de Sade, starring the great actress Judy Dench can email me so that I can get the tickets for Tuesday 17th, 19.30 at The Wyndham's Theatre in London.

The best tickets are 32.50. Please confirm at eventeoivalencia@gmail.com

Les Miserables

Those coming to London on March 16th who are interested in getting tickets for this London Musical on March 19th, please contact me saying so. The sooner we get the tickets the better. There are discounts for groups of ten or more people. The best seats are 55 pounds without the special price. Here there is an interesting page you want to search for more information.

British Film and Television Awards

Exciting evening at the British Film and Television Awards at Royal Opera House in London. Penelope Cruz won the award for best supporting actress in Viky Cristina Barcelona, while Kate Winslet got the best leading actress award for The Reader (a film I am looking forward to seeing) beating Maryl Streep (Doubt) and Angelina Jolie (Changeling). Mickey Rourke got the best leading actor award for The Wrestler while Heath Ledger got the best supporting actor award for The Dark Night.

Teacher training course

As most people know, Language Schools are undergoing huge changes in teaching and assessment. This weekend two members of The European Center for Modern Languages, Waldek Martyniuk and José Noijons, have been in Valencia to train EOI teachers in ways in which these changes can be carried out.

Meeting to organize trip to London

As I told you in a previous post we are busy organizing the Fallas trip to London. As some of the travellers work mornings, we are meeting again this Thursday (February 5th), at 19.00 in Anexo 1 (Salón de Actos). Those who are attending for the first time should bring ID or passport with them.

If you want to organize the trip, have a go at this link. There you can write a plan for the three days, as you have links on the left hand side where you can get information about London. The first thing is decide on "must" activities, such as: see a musical comedy or visit the oldest pub in London.

Hope to see you on Thursday!