Javier’s English Corner

Blog for advanced English students at EOI Luarca

Archive for April, 2008

Australia: Aboriginal Art

Posted by fcojavim under Advanced students

art.jpgListening comprehension practice for today’s lesson:

You are going to watch a National Geographic Video on aboriginal art in Australia. Listen carefully and answer the questions you will see on the following link, Aboriginal art

Once you have completed the exercise, do not forget to click on the ’submit’ button at the bottom of the form.

Good luck!

If you would like to find out more about aboriginal culture, go here: aboriginalart.com

Concert at EOI Luarca

Posted by fcojavim under Advanced students

 

Yesterday (22/4/08) we had a great concert at our school. Iñaki Fernández and Gabriel Cerbelaud played beautiful classic French and English songs, which our students were able to follow on the hand-outs we had prepared for them.
We all had a great time and look forward to seeing Iñaki and Gabriel again soon. You can play the slide show below to see some of the pictures we took during their concert. By the way, the background music is one of the songs they sang yesterday, Here Comes The Sun, by the Beatles.

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Noa: Genes and Jeans

Posted by fcojavim under Advanced students, Songs

noa.jpgAchinoam Nini, also known by her professional name Noa, is Israel’s leading international concert and recording artist. Born in Tel Aviv in 1969 Noa lived in New York City from age 2 and attended SAR Academy primary school, and remained there until her return to Israel alone at the age of 17. Her family is originally from Yemen.

Noa’s music is most prominently influenced by the singer-songwriters of the 60s, such as Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Barbra Streisand and Leonard Cohen. These musical and lyrical sensibilities, combined with Noa’s Yemenite roots and Gil Dor’s strong background in jazz, classical, country and rock, have created Noa and Gil Dor’s unique sound (From Wikipedia).

She has recently released her latest album called Genes & Jeans (note for my students: both words are pronounced the same way), and this is what Noa had to say about it:

‘This album was born from my wish to seek and revive the Yemenite songs I heard from my grandmother as a child. I listened to endless amazing singers, from Aharon Amram, Zion Golan, Shoshana Damari, Shlomo Dachyani and Miriam Tzafri to Avner Gadasi and Ofra Chaza. The beautiful melodies and wonderful voices touched me deeply and humbled me greatly, though none as much as grandma Rachel’s… she is number one, all 4 feet of her. It was clear to me that a girl born in Israel and raised in New York, where the Yemenite songs faded and were replaced by Joni mitchell and Paul Simon, would have to find her own way to connect to that rich place called Root…’

I have chosen the song Waltz to the road from her latest album to share with you today. If you feel like it, you can also do some reading and listening practice about this superb singer.

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