LÍNGUAS
LANGUAGES
SUMMER PROGRAMMES
Entre 1 e 11 de dezembro de 2015, esteve patente
na Biblioteca ESJAC uma exposição de Inglês
com testemunhos dos alunos sobre as suas experiências de aprendizagem da língua-alvo em cursos de
verão.
A week at Ballymaloe Cookery School
Por Tomás Bravo, 11.ºB
T
he more languages you
know, the more you are a person.
Languages are deeply entangled within the world’s culture:
they dictate and reflect the most
primordial need of a certain nation
and allow us to see how they developed the answer to such need.
Of course, being aware of our
earthly culture is a matter of
choice; however, it should be our
personal aim as Earth’s inhabitants
to value and have a deeper knowledge of the legacy our History has
left us.
We often gaze on the Past to
remember ourselves of the mistakes our forefathers made or
fought against, forgetting that humankind was also capable of marvellous progress and understanding, and all based on ways only
communication can provide. In
order to honour such a legacy, we
should learn other languages: who
knows how further we can reach
following the paths of speech and
communication.
10.º E
L
ast August I went to Ireland for a week to attend a course
at Ballymaloe Cookery School, Organic
Farm & Gardens in Shanoon, in the
district of Cork.
My main goals were to expand
my knowledge in cookery and improve my communication skills in
English.
The school is placed near the
sea and it is the only cookery
school in the world located in the
middle of 100 acre organic farm.
I stayed in a cottage with about
eight rooms and a kitchen. The
course consisted in demonstrations
and activities.
Firstly, every
morning we had some demonstrations made by the cooks, they
showed us how to cook dishes
with vegetables, fruit and all the
organic products of the farm.
Then, it was our turn to practise
and make the dishes we had learnt.
We learnt how to make cheese,
we had guided visits to the farm
and we went fishing.
It was a wonderful experience
because I enriched my English and
expanded my knowledge in my
favourite activity – cooking. I also
had the opportunity to socialize
with people from all over the
world and I was even invited to
have dinner with the owners of the
school, who were lovely. I liked it
so much that I wouldn’t mind repeating the experience.
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Atividades de escrita orientadas pela professora de Inglês, Margarida Beato
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