Further Education College

Here you have some pictures that I took yesterday at the Further Education College in Plymouth. In these college there are classes of English for adult students. They come from different countries around the world, and they will probably stay in England for a long time. Yesterday they talked about leisure activities.

Butternut Squash Soup

Yesterday I ate a delicious soup, and here you have Hannah's recipe!

This is a butternut squash:

Ingredients:

1 butternut squash
4 cloves of garlic
1 teaspoon of vegetable stock
olive oil
milk (optional)



Preparation:

Remove the skin and the seeds of the butternut squash and cut it into large pieces. Take the skin off the garlic. Put it all in a large baking tray and drizzle lightly with olive oil. Then, roast it at about 200C in the oven for 40 minutes (turn it after 20 minutes).

After it is roasted, put it in a blender and add some water or milk.

Finally, put it in a saucepan and add the vegetable stock.

Enjoy it!

Dartington

This is a photo of Dartington. It is a cultural centre near Totnes, a very special place. A rich American woman bought the state some time ago, and when she died, she gave it to a charitable trust. The objective of Dartington Trust is to express a respect for the natural world, and also the promotion of all sorts of arts and creativity.

In Dartington we went to a concert of Barroque English Music. The musicians were amazing, and the sound was great!

In Dartington there are beautiful gardens. There are some old trees too. The tree that you see on the picture is in the middle of a churchyard, and people say that it is 2000 years old. Can you believe that?

Here is another picture of the gardens, I love these colours!

International lunch

Hello! Today was a special day at school, because all the students had an international lunch together. There are students from many different countries, and we all prepared something traditional to share. Some Italian students made 'tiramisu', and it was delicious! It is already finished on the picture! Some students from Saudi Arabia cooked some traditional rice and a very flavoured coffee with cardamom and saffron, it was lovely! We also ate food from Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Libya, Great Britain and Egypt, it was great! I made some 'pa amb tomaca', which is not very elaborate, but I think they liked it because they ate it all!

Totnes

Totnes is a beautiful little town, a very special place. The town is divided in two parts by the river Dart: the centre, and Bridge Town. Bridge Town is a residential area, and it is where my host family live. All the shops, banks, pubs, the schools and a museum are in the centre. There is a lovely main street called Fore Street. There are very nice and lively shops there, I love walking up and down the street! Here you have some pictures of Fore Street:

And here you have some pictures of signs from different shops in Totnes, can you understand them?

Host family

Hello! This is my host family in Totnes. They are a lovely family with three children. They live in a beautiful house near the centre of town. Hannah is a social worker, Jim works in an Art College. Their children's names are Alfie, Mac and Nancy. Alfie loves computer games and Mac and Nancy are little artists and they draw beautiful pictures and sing around the house.

What are your news in Berga?

Bye-bye!

Bye-bye!!! See you in two weeks!!! I will miss you!!!

Teachers

Hello! We are the teachers of the School of Adults in Berga. Toni teaches Catalan, he loves horses and can ride them very well; David is the substitute teacher and he can play the kontrabass; Juanjo is the coordinator of the school, he teaches computer studies, maths and social science, he likes sport, reading and writing; M. Àngels teaches different levels of Catalan and Spanish, she loves the cinema and rock music, Judit teaches English and Catalan and loves travelling, sport and music.

Other groups

This is the group 'Instrumental'. They are in the class with M. Àngels today.







Computer Studies


This is the computer studies class. The teacher's name is Juanjo. They are studying to get ACTIC certificate. They are very motivated, they love computers and they are always on time for the class!








Catalan


Here we have M. Àngels with another group. They are students of Catalan language. They already use Catalan in their daily lives but they want to improve their skills.

GES Distance learning students

This is Míriam. She is a distance learning student. She is studying to get the certificate on Secondary Education. She usually studies at home, but today she is studying at the school because her computer isn't working.

Curs de Preparació CFGM

Hello, we are students. We want to do technical studies and we are preparing the test we will do next May. We come to the school every day in the morning and once a week we study English.
We are Dolors, Isabel and Teresa.
Dolors lives in Gironella, she is married and has two children.
Isabel lives in Puigreig, she is married and has two children.
Teresa lives in Avià, she is divorced,has two children and one grandson.We are textile workers but now we are unemployed.





What's your name?
I am Diego. I am from Ecuador. I'm a student of the school in Berga. My teacher's name is Judit.
I like playing football and play station 2.
I am Jonathan I'm from Ecuador.
I'm a student of the school in Berga.
I like football
I am Oriol I'm from Berga.
I'm a student of the School of Adults my teacher is Judit.
I like girls.
We are not married.

Hello,
We are three students.
We live in Catalonia and study in Berga.
Our names are Pilar, Dulce and Marina.
Pilar is married, she has two children, a daughter and a son. They are adults.
She is from Valldan.
She is a personal assistant for old people.
Dulce is married, too. She has a son, he is twenty-five years old,
she lives in Gironella in a big and beautiful house with a garden.
She is a textile worker. Marina is single she lives alone in Berga but she has a lot of pets: a dog, two cats, eight fish and two birds.
She likes studying and sport and travelling.

She is Agda from Brazil, she´s 27 years old. Karima is from Marocco, she's 16 years old. Gabriela is from Ecuador she's 16 Year Old, and Cristina is from Spain, she's 21 years old.
Karima,Gabriela,Cristina and Agda like chatting and enjoying life.
Karima likes walking with friends. My friends are Cristina, Agda and Gabriela. She likes watching tv and listening to music. She likes spaguety, chicken, hamburgers, sandwitches...Oh!she also likes playing football. Gabriela likes playing volleyball and eating pasta. Cristina likes playing Xbox and travelling. Agda likes travelling, the cinema and Brazilian food (feijaoo tropeiro).

Xavi

This is Xavi, he is the administrative assistant of the school. He works part-time in the School of Adults, and part-time in the Official School of Languages. He likes music and he plays the clarinet.

Anglès Funcional

Hello!

I'm Dolors. I live in Viladomiu. I like reading books.
I'm Georgina. I live in Berga. I like searching mushrooms and walking in the mountain.
I'm Emma. I live in Berga. I work in a factory. In my free time I like going to the cinema.

We are Adora, Montserrat, Maria and Montse, we are students of English, it is the second year we are in the school, our teacher is very nice, and we are excited because we are learning English language, for us it's very difficult.

Dora is married and has two children. She is a secretary of an English school in Berga. This job is very interesting.
Montserrat is from Avià, her son is Marc Coma, he was the world champion of Dakar Rally in 2006.
Maria is from Berga, she's a housewife, she's married, she has a son and a daughter.
Montse lives in a house near Avià. She is very happy because she will be a grandmother in January.

We are students of the English class in Berga.
I am Carmen. I am on the second course of English. I live in Berga but I am from Barcelona. I like walking with my dog in the country,and I like reading books,magazines and newspapers.
I am a student of the English class in School of Adults, Berga. I am Maria. I live in Gironella. I am married I have a son and a daugther. I like going to the cinema and reading books. It's the first year that I study English in the School of Adults, but before I studied at home.
I'm Lídia. I´m from Berga. I'm fourty . I´m married and I have a daughter . I´m a student of English in the second course , I like it, though it is very difficult for me.
Last year we went to London for three days . I have very nice memories about the trip!
Hi ! My name is Enric . I´m 32 years old , I study English because it is one of the most spoken languages in the world. I like travelling. I like watching football and going out with my friends.

People of the group:

Begoña, Marià, Joan, and Glòria.

Begoña is single, she is a cleanner, and she is from Asturias.

Marià is married, he is retired, and he lives in Berga.

Joan is married, he is retired too, and he lives in Berga.

Glòria is divorced, she is a nurse, and she lives in Berga too.

In our free time, we do differents activities, for example : studying English, swimming,

working on the computer, walking, going to the theatre, painting, travelling...

Anglès Inicial

Hello, we are students of English, we are from Berga. Our names are Bea, Maria Rosa, Feliça, and Agustí. We have different jobs, Maria Rosa is a housewife, Rosa is a babysitter, Feliça is a pensionist , Agustí is a cook, Bea is a sport technician. We have a nice teacher, we go to the school twice a week, we speak Catalan, we live near the mountains and collect mushroom. Here it is cold now!

We are from Berga in Catalonia. Our names are Anna, Dolors, Joana, Montserrat and Leandro.
We are students of the School of Adults in Berga. We are studying English.
Our teacher name's Judit. She's a young teacher. She has a lot patience.
In the week we have two classes of English, Wednesday and Friday.
We are fourteen students, a lot of women and a few men. Our English is perfect!
We want to go to England on holidays.
Anna is from Avià. She's married and has a daughter. Her name's Anna, too.
Dolors is from Berga. She's a pensionist. She has two children, Marc and Judit.
Joana is from Berga. She has three children, their names are Lluis, Rafel and Mercè.
She has four grandaughters and one grandson. She is a grandmother.
Montserrat is from Berga. She is married. Her husband's name's Ramon. She is
a wifehouse. She has two children, Montse and Albert.
Leandro is from Barcelona, but now he lives in Berga. He has two children
Ismael and Leandro. He is married. He's a pensionist.
Yes, we can.

Català Elemental

Here we have some pictures of the students of Catalan. They are from different countries: Equador, Spain, Uruguay, Morocco, Iran and Colombia. They are improving their Catalan very quickly and they are very motivated.

Their names are Jenny, Joana, Carola, Daniel, Ahmed, María, Hauria and Magda, Lorena, John, Mari Pau and Mina.

Instrumental

This is a photo of the students of 'Instrumental'. They are learning to read and write in Catalan and they work very hard!

Their names are Driss, Joan, Sole, Jose, Driss, Yousseff, Touria, Fatna, María and Soufiane.

BERGA

This is a photo of Berga, the town where the School of Adults (AFA Berga) is located. Berga is a beautiful town with a lot of interesting places to visit.

What can you tell about Berga?