Results of the comprehension activities for Spanish students. April-May 2017

Results of the comprehension activities for Spanish students. November-December 2016

Reading comprehension in Spanish: Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize for Literature 2016 (October-November 2016)

The topic that we're dealing with in this comprehension is: 'Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2016 in Literature'. The article was published on La Vanguardia on 21st October, 2016.

Link to the article: 

http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20161021/411170618792/bob-dylan-reconoce-premio-nobel-web.html

 

Link to the PDF document with the text and related questions.

Results of comprehension activities of Spanish students (May-June 2016)

As in previous occasions, we can see below the graph with the results assessment for the activities of reading and listening comprehension of journalistic texts.

Reading comprehension in Spanish: Gay adoption, May-June 2016.

The topic that we're dealing with in this comprehension is gay adoption. The article was taken from EL PAÍS, published on 17th May 2016, to commemorate the International Day against homophobia. It was written by Estefanía Grijota.

Link to the PDF document with the text.
Link to the PDF document containing the questions.

Reading comprehension in English. End-of-year test (May-June 2016).

In the link below you can find an article in English about drones and their use today and the related questionnaire.
Five awesome uses for drone technology.pdf

Results of comprehension activities of Spanish students

As in previous occasions, after carrying out the activities of reading and listening comprehension of journalistic texts, we can see below the graph with the results assessment.

Spanish students

Activity of reading comprehension in Spanish.

The Spanish students that are taking part in the project are doing the beginning-of-year questionnaire related to the reading comprehension of a journalistic text in their own language. The articles selected for this task (two articles) were taken from two of the main national newspapers in Spain. They both reflect on a TV debate but from different perspectives. The goal is to analyse in which ways what we read can influence our personal decisions.
The authors and the newspapers they were taken from are:  Emili Rodríguez Bernabéu form EL MUNDO and Jesús Ruiz Mantilla from EL PAÍS.
Below you can find the link to the work document with the text of the article and the related questionnaire.
Activity of reading comprehension in Spanish (PDF)

Results of comprehension activities of Spanish students

After carrying out the activities of reading and listening comprehension of journalistic texts, both in the own language and in English, we can see below the graph with the results assessment.

Results from Spain

Activity of reading comprehension in Spanish.

The Spanish students that are taking part in the project are doing the end-of-year questionnaire related to
the reading comprehension of a journalistic text in their own language. The article selected for this task is entitled 'Torres de bambú y plástico para sacar agua potable del aire'  and it was published on April 3rd, 2014 in El Confidencial.
Below you can find the link to the work document with the text of the article and the related questionnaire.
Activity of reading comprehension in Spanish (PDF) 

Transnational Project Meeting IES de Catabois, Ferrol. Agreements reached.

This is the summary of the most important agreements we reached and conclusions we got after several meetings, celebrated in Ferrol as part of the Erasmus + project What's new on the news?, which we are carrying out.
Below, you can find the link to the PDF document where the agreements are explained.
Agreements reached in Ferrol.

FIELDS MEDAL MATHEMATICS PRIZE WON BY WOMAN FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY: ANSWERS AND GOALS

 In the PDF document below, you'll get an explanation of the goals of this activity as well as you'll get the most relevant answers to the questions in the article published on our e-journal.

Goals and asnwers to the questions about the Fields Medal

Results of comprehension activities of Spanish students

After carrying out, during November and December, the activities of reading and listening comprehension of journalistic texts, both in the own language and in English, we can see below the graphs with the results assessment.

 

The results broken down by age of students are also available.

Some analysis of the news habits of Spanish students participating in the project

The group of 36 students consists of 17 girls and 19 boys with ages among 13 and 16.
After having done the news habits questionnaire, below you can see some conclusions about their uses and customs related to media.
Teenagers access to technological devices related to media

Frequency of use of different media

Listening comprehension: Ebola

LISTENING COMPREHENSION IN ENGLISH:

It's a short listening comprehension, 2'14 min. to test the students'understanding of the spoken language when talking about a relevant actual topic: the Ebola outbreak.

The text was taken from:

http://http-ws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2014/08/bbc_6min_ebola_for_web_140828_witn_6min_ebola_audio_au_bb.mp3

Listening comprehension: Ebola outbreak (PDF).

Activity of reading comprehension in English 2

The Spanish students that are taking part in the project are doing the second exercise related to the reading comprehension of a text taken from The BBC, published on 7th October, 2014.:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29516882                  
Below, you can find the link to the work document with the text of the article and the related questionnaire.
Reading comprehension activity in English 2

Activity of reading comprehension in English

The Spanish students that are taking part in the project are doing the first exercise related to the reading comprehension of a text taken from The Guardian, published on 10th October, 2014.:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/10/malala-yousufzai-pride-pakistan-nobel-peace-priz
Below, you can find the link to the work document with the text of the article and the related questionnaire.
Activity of reading comprehension in English (PDF).

Activity of reading comprehension in Spanish

Spanish students that are taking part in the project are doing the first exercise related to reading comprehension of a journalistic text in their own language. The article selected for this task is entitled “New edible packaging for fruits and vegetables” and it was published on December 30th, 2013 in the on-line magazine Journal of Gastronomy.

Below you can find the link to the work document with the text of the article and the related questionnaire.

Activity of reading comprehension in Spanish (PDF)

Template for monitoring students productions

Here you have got a document template that we are going to use for monitoring and control the tasks of the students involved in the project.
We hope it can be useful for you.

Template (Ms Word format .doc)             Template (LibreOffice Writer format .odt)

Introduction of Spanish teachers

Hello to everybody! The teachers involved in the project send a greeting from Ferrol.