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At the beginning of “Somewhere Only We Know” (Keane, 2004), the singer walks “across an empty land” and knows “the pathway like the back of my hand.” While listening, find your way through the maze to read and understand the lyrics of the song while facing a series of challenges related to grammar and sentence structure along the way.
(Activity retrieved from "On the same page" blog)
Browse Minds and Hearts website to find information, guide and support for a better understanding of your emotions and how to manage them when you feel overwhelmed. (Click on the image)
Have you noticed the variety of plants in our city?
Have a look at the guide that 1st year students have created for you to learn about them.
In colloquial conversation, we often use expressions that can't be translated into another language word for word. For example, while in Spanish I "me comería una vaca", in English "I could eat a horse". It's important to learn how to say this kind of slang expressions, so here I bring you a quizz with a practical collection of them. Do you know their English equivalent? Click on the picture to take the quizz.
By the participants in the eTwinning project Minds and Hearts, from schools in Poland, Italy, Greece and here Seville (Spain).
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the bystarder effect can be defined as the "inhibiting influence of the presence of others on a person’s willingness to help someone in need. Research has shown that, even in an emergency, a bystander is less likely to extend help when he or she is in the real or imagined presence of others than when he or she is alone. Moreover, the number of others is important, such that more bystanders leads to less assistance, although the impact of each additional bystander has a diminishing impact on helping."
According to your own experience, do you agree or disagree with the theory?
What about the situation pictured in this video? Could it be an example of the same theory?
