SUCCESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

  According to recent research the IQ (Intelligence Quotient) has been proven to bring only 20% of significant agents to achieve success. This entails that the other 80% depend on other sort of agents.

EL ÉXITO Y LA INTELIGENCIA EMOCIONAL

  En estudios recientes se ha comprobado que el CI (coeficiente intelectual) parece aportar tan solo el 20 % de los factores determinantes del éxito, lo cual supone que el 80% depende de otra clase de factores.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION

  “Students´ emotional attitude determines their ability at learning”, as Plato stated 2,000 years ago. A long way has been done since then, and yet we must improve our capacity to handle emotions properly and to teach our learners to improve as well.

LA INTELIGENCIA EMOCIONAL EN LA EDUCACION

  La disposición emocional de los alumnos determina su habilidad para aprender” decía Platón hace 2.000 años, desde entonces hemos recorrido un largo camino, pero tenemos que mejorar nuestra capacidad de manejar adecuadamente las emociones y enseñar a nuestros alumnos a mejorar también.

WHICH REQUISITS DO FIRMS REQUEST IN THE RECRUITING PROCESS?

80% of job offers display the need for one or two foreign languages when it comes to business negotiation and exports. The most requested languages are English and German. French, Chinese, Arabic or Russian appear afterwards.

     

    65% of Spanish candidates are not able to hold an interview in English. Most Spanish students study this language during their school years and stop learning it in their quest for labour issues ahead.

         Thus, it is highly recommended not to quit the language, to try to maintain the level of Grammar achieved and see to apply it to their speaking skills, which will be, in the long term, the cornerstone to set the difference among candidates during the recruiting process.

A certificate may open doors ahead, but the ability to prove our skills will certainly open the door to the future in the labour world.

REFLECTION ON CHILDREN´S EDUCATION: EDUCATING EMOTIONS

Emotional Intelligence is a great deal of talk. However, this concept is not yet, generally speaking, applied nor at school nor at home when it comes to educating children and teens.

To start applying it step by step, a change of mentality will be necessary in parents as well as in teachers. The first step has to do with the change of the approach of easy questions suchlike: How was your day? How about your grades?

REFLEXIONES SOBRE LA EDUCACION DE LOS NIÑOS: EDUCANDO LAS EMOCIONES

Se habla mucho de la Inteligencia Emocional, pero este concepto todavía no se aplica, en general, en la escuela ni en la familia a la hora de educar a niños y adolescentes.

Para comenzar a aplicarlo poco a poco será necesario un cambio de mentalidad, tanto de los profesores, como de los padres. El primer paso sería cambiar el planteamiento de las preguntas sencillas: ¿Qué tal te ha ido el día? ¿Cómo han sido tus notas?

¿QUE REQUISITOS PIDEN LAS EMPRESAS EN LOS PROCESOS DE SELECCIÓN DE PERSONAL?

En el 80% de los anuncios de ofertas de trabajo se piden uno o dos idiomas (a nivel de negociación o exportación). Los idiomas más demandados son el inglés y el alemán; tras ellos el francés, chino, árabe o ruso.

    

    El 65% de los candidatos españoles no es capaz de mantener una entrevista en ingles. La mayoría de los estudiantes españolas, aprenden el idioma durante sus años escolares y después dejan de estudiarlo en pos de su elección de futuro.

   

      Por ello, se recomienda, no abandonar el idioma, seguir manteniendo el nivel gramatical alcanzado y aplicarlo en la destreza oral, que a la larga será la que nos diferencie en los procesos de selección.

Una titulación nos abre una puerta, pero la demostración de nuestros conocimientos nos abre el futuro en el mundo laboral.

THIRTY YEARS TEACHING LANGUAGES

 

  Technical College started due to the fact lots of acquaintances requested for English lessons in the 80´s for them to be able to express using the language of Shakespeare.

 The formal education of those days did not teach the learners to understand nor to speak English. It was related to the teaching of grammar and vocabulary instead. Therefore lots of parents and professionals were interested in lessons in which ONLY ENGLISH SPOKEN would be the method and in which the information learnt would be actually useful to communicate in the real world and not only in the classroom.

TREINTA AÑOS ENSEÑANDO IDIOMAS

            

El comienzo de Technical College fue debido a una necesidad de muchos conocidos que nos pedían clases de ingles en la década de los 80 para poder expresarse en la lengua de Shakespaeare.

La enseñanza reglada no enseñaba a comprender ni hablar la lengua inglesa era una enseñanza gramatical y de vocabulario, por este motivo muchos padres y profesionales se interesaban por clases donde se hablara ONLY IN ENGLISH y donde lo aprendido sirviera realmente para comunicarse en el mundo real, no solo en  clase.

Fuimos pioneros en impartir clases con profesores británicos y norteamericanos, en utilizar juegos, canciones y todo tipo de actividades para motivar a los alumnos en el aula. También fuimos la primera empresa de Aragón que organizo campamentos bilingües de inglés y deportes en el Pirineo Aragonés con resultados altamente satisfactorios: Alumnos que hablan y entienden la lengua inglesa y que están más receptivos y motivados para continuar aprendiendo.

Nuestra filosofía ha sido siempre enseñar la lengua, pero también la cultura y civilización de los países donde se habla inglés.

Tenemos ya en nuestro centro la segunda generación de familias que confían en nosotros y saben que cumplimos nuestros objetivos: hablar y entender idiomas.

GRACIAS A NUESTROS ALUMNOS POR LA CONFIANZA QUE DEPOSITAN EN NOSOTROS. ELLOS SON NUESTRA RAZÓN DE SER.

Do you like learning English?

English students do not come to their English lessons like blank sheets of paper. They already have views about and attitudes towards learning English. These attitudes are formed by the social environment in which they grow up and by the people around them. It is important to be aware of these attitudes as they can influence pupils desire and motivation to learn English.

Learning English Having Fun

  Children have a great capacity to enjoy themselves.

  When they are enjoying themselves, they are usually absorbed by the activity and want to continue with it. They are not always aware they are learning a language.

 

USING LANGUAGE CREATIVELY

    Children actively try to experiment and work the rulers of the language in their heads, though they may not be aware of doing this.

   The activity which the pupils carry out in their classroom and the discussion afterwards allowed them the freedom  to be creative and go beyond what they have learned. The teacher invited pupils to say what they felt, when the pupils spoke the teacher showed interest and was supportive.

 

 

SUMMER CAMP ZARAGOZA. - VIDEO

 

Some scenes from the camp

                                                                  ...I love it.

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 9

As usual, we had classes in the morning and the evening we had a “triathlon”: Dodgeball, K.O (Basketball) and a football match.

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 8

Only two days left in Naval! Today we are showing you David’s class and Julian’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP ZARAGOZA -

"Today we've practised lacrosse at sports time".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 7

We did something different today. Thanks to Víctor, the baker in Naval, the kids made bread. They put their imagination at work to make different shapes, faces, turtles, mice and even the Aragón shield. Here we have Tony, Paul and Mencía working:

 

 

Take a look at the result:

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 6

Today was a very special day. After the classes we went to mass and then we visited the Dolores hermitage, where we had a wonderful barbeque.

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 5

Today was Saturday but we had classes in the morning anyway. Here we have Judith’s class singing “Call me, maybe”.

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 4

Hi there! We went to Alquézar today, it’s only one hour away from Naval so we could even have classes in the morning.

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE - LAST WEEK

Monday, 15^th July

We had free day to do some shopping or to go to the beach, or just lie down in the park. But in the evening all together went for the last time to the disco in the church, it was crowded and everyone liked the music.

 

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 3

Hi there again! Although it rained a bit in the evening we were able to do all of our planned activities. In the morning we played scrapool. What’s scrapool? It’s like scrabble but in the pool. We throw some tiles with letters into the pool, the kids have to look for them while they dive and then they have to build words.

In this picture we can see the Red Sox ready to dive!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE

Os adjunto mas fotos de la excursion que realizaron nuestros alumnos a Londres.

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 2

We were expecting bad weather today but we had a really sunny day instead. After seeing how hot it was, we decided to hold our special Poolympics! The New York Yankees and The Boston Red Sox competed fiercely against each other and the Yankees won.

In this picture we can see some of the kids trying to throw balls into baskets.

 

 

SUMMER CAMP ZARAGOZA

Nuestros chicos del curso de verano en Zaragoza, antes de empezar sus clases de ingles por la mañana.

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 16 JULY 2013

Hello everybody! We are back in Naval with a new bunch of kids. Today the kids had the opportunity to get to know each other, do some sport, practice archery and pottery for the first time and of course, we had our special McNaval in El Salinar!

Let’s see some pictures:

 

These are our four girls from Zaragoza: Laura, Ana, Pilar and Inés, floating around in the water.

 

 

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE

Buenos dias  a todos,
  el sabado se fueron nuestros alumnos con la monitora Beatriz a visitar Londres, se lo pasaron fenomenal y vieron muchas cosas.
  A continuacion os ponemos algunas fotos que nos han enviado.

SUMMER CAMP ZARAGOZA

       Despues de las clases de inglés y los deportes, no hay nada   mejor que un buen chapuzón.

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE

Friday, 5^th July

We visited Saint Peter’s and we learnt the history of Tudors and the Church of England, after lunch we went to Poole and we discovered a 99p shop and everyone got crazy!!

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 9

Yesterday we had our baseball final. The winners were the Detroit Tigers who were also the champions of the House Competitions. The man of the match was Pablo Ochoa who played for the Tigers as the pitcher. Congratulations Tigers!

In this picture we can see Arthur as the catcher and Javi batting:

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 8

After the classes we had our baseball semifinal. The New York Yankees played against the Boston Red Sox and the winners were NY. These are Helen from NY, who is batting and Marta from Boston, who is the catcher.

 

 

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE

Tuesday, 2^nd July,

In the morning we went to have a walk in the Alum Chine Park, and in the afternoon we went to Saint Paul’s Church where Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein is buried. In the evening we went to the under-16 disco, where we enjoyed a lovely soirée with other students from diferent countries.

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 7

After our classes and mass we went to the Dolores hermitage where we had a BBQ!

In this picture we can see some boys ringing the bell that can be heard from the village:

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP - ZARAGOZA

   Comenzamos una nueva semana.
       nuestros alumnos siguen perfeccionando el idioma y divirtiendose mientras aprenden.

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 6

     Although today it was Saturday we had normal lessons. We are going to show you David and Julian’s classes:

 

 

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE

El entorno donde se mueven nuestros participantes en Westbourne (G.B)

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 5

Today we went to Alquézar. The weather was really sunny and hot, so the kids were really looking forward to swimming in the river. However, we first visited the Colegiata and we took a picture of the whole camp:

WESTBOURNE'S COURSE

Nuestros participantes siguen familiarizandose con la vida inglesa.

  Acuden a clase y participan en todas las actividades que organiza nuestra tutora Beatriz.

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 4

It was such a hot day today that we decided to play scrapool.  This year we made it even more difficult since we put black tape on the kids’ goggles. Here we can see Xavi collecting some tiles:

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP ZARAGOZA - 4 JULIO 2013

Hoy nuestros alumnos han participado en el mercadillo solidario. Han practicado las expresiones de compra y venta, ademas de recaudar por una buena causa.

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - DAY 3:

   After the classes, we celebrated our special water activity: Poolympics. Some of the kids were really competitive and they tried their best. It was very hot and they had lots of fun:

 

 

 

SUMMER CAMP NAVAL - day 2:

 

We started our usual routine today. We had classes in the morning, pottery, archery and baseball in the evening and we went to the pool to have a swim and play volleyball.

In this picture we can see Jimena, Ester and Isabel with their pottery work. It doesn’t look bad!

SUMMER CAMP ZARAGOZA

 

Se puede aprender ingles jugando.

     Cuantas palabras usamos mientras jugamos y no somos conscientes de ello. Aqui nuestros chavales practicando inglés, mientras se divierten.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuando las clases no son una lata, si no una forma de lúdica de aprender.