Since the
very beginning of this course 2012-2013 the school, and more concretely the
English department, has fully implemented English conversations during the
meals’ time in 3rd and 4th of ESO. On the one hand, 3rd
of ESO students are taking advantage of this new opportunity to practice
English during the breakfast time when a teacher meets with them in a classroom
to establish some dialogue. On the other hand, 4th of ESO students
put their speaking skills in practice at lunch time. From the time when this
activity started a couple of topics have been covered: first, they have been talking
about summer holidays and they all share a lot of experiences; this week we are
discussing about ‘Catalonia’s Independence’ because it is a current debate in
our society. In this way, we want our pupils to be critic when facing current
social and political conflicts to be able to give some arguments when taking a
certain position when carrying out a debate. They are all devoted to improve
their oral competence and as teachers, we pretend to provide them with the
appropriate communicative skills.
