AMERICAN LITERATURE COURSE

Con el nuevo año dió comienzo nuestro American Literature Course que a juzgar por los asistentes y gracias al magnífico Robert, será todo un éxito. Además de repasar la geografía e historia norteamericana, enfrentarse a un sermón de Jonathan Edwards o a la correspondencia de Abigail Adams en estos tiempos es todo un desafío para más de uno.

"Am I new minted by thy stamp indeed?
Mine eyes are dim: I cannot clearly see.
Be thou my spectacles that I may read
Thine image and inscription stampt on me.
If thy bright image do upon me stand
I am a golden angel in thy hand."
Edward Taylor

Christmas Carol

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

With our best wishes to you all.
Our gratitude to our students and Companies for their trust.
Our very special thanks to our teachers,Donald, Megan, Maria, Sabina, Anthony, Kaveh, Paul, Almudena, Sally, Lona and our dear Robert, for having done a splendid and creative job, helping us in the development of new and exciting activities that have helped to make the learning of English (and German, thanks Johanna) a richening experience (and that comes straight from the mouth of our students).

Seasons greetings to you all. See you in January.

Maltrato a las Mujeres, Violencia de Género

Extracted from Dragonslippers by Rosalind B.Penfold as published by HarperCollins Copyright Rosalind Penfold 2006
Desgraciadamente, habrá muchas mujeres que se reconocerán en este excelente libro, una recopilación de los diarios dibujados de Rosalind Penfold. Son dibujos que realizó a lo largo de muchos años en los que vivió una relación destructiva con un hombre violento. En su libro cuenta como pudo escapar de una situación que para muchas mujeres acaba siendo una trampa mortal. Terriblemente desasosegador, el libro refleja la violencia doméstica a través de unos dibujos de trazos infantiles . Creo que no está traducido al español. Os recomiendo el extracto completo que reproduce el First Post.

First Global Evening

Wednesday night is the big night!! FaceToFace will be holding its first Global Evening about Australia.

Anthony Bozic will be talking about his country and after his lecture we will be serving a light dinner.

A wonderful excuse to get together and meet interesting people with whom to practice your English.
We'll hear a lot of useful facts about Australia and have a great time over a glass of wine and a good meal.

If you'd like to come along, make sure to book before tomorrow lunchtime - we have practically full house so don't leave it till the last minute.
Call Patsy or Francisca or e-mail to confirm attendance.

Welcome and enjoy!

For the homeless

An estimated 100 million people in the world are homeless.

A sunbeam to warm you,
A moonbeam to charm you,
A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Change

Enjoy. (Swedish with Spanish subtitles)