diumenge, 18 de setembre del 2011
dijous, 15 de setembre del 2011
Sopar Estellés, dia 17
diumenge, 17 de juliol del 2011
Traductors
dimecres, 13 de juliol del 2011
Sílvia al programa Tens Un Racó Dalt Del Món
diumenge, 10 de juliol del 2011
Frog or Toad?
dijous, 9 de juny del 2011
divendres, 3 de juny del 2011
Llegint contes per a "adults" a Tortosa
El divendres dia 3, a les 19.30 hores, l'autor Jesús M. Tibau llegirà una selecció dels seus contes a la llibreria Ebrebooks de Tortosa (Av. Generalitat 107). Això si, no són contes infantils, sino les histories curtes de ficció que Jesús escriu per a gent "adult"!dimarts, 26 d’abril del 2011
L'art de contar contes
dissabte, 23 d’abril del 2011
Saint George/Jordi, and the art of giving books and roses

Today is the 23rd of April - a very special day in Catalonia. The Catalans’ Patron Saint happens to be Saint Jordi (or George in English). Yes, the guy who killed the dragon. Jordi was a Roman soldier born in Palestine in the 3rd century AD who later converted to Christianity. Although the first documented writings of the dragon incident state that it happened in Libya, the Catalans believe it actually happened in the town of Montblanc in Catalonia. They may have a point as I can vouch that there are definitely no dragons currently living in Montblanc.
Jordi finished the dragon off with his lance, and from the wound the dragon’s blood spilled out and amazingly turned into a beautiful red rose.
Nowadays in dragon-free Catalonia, it is customary to walk the streets on this day with your family looking at the many open-air book stalls set out, as the Catalans celebrate this day by giving books and roses to their lovers/partners. Tradition dictates books for men and roses for women, though many men give both a book and a rose to their “better half”. It is an extremely beautiful, cultural and peaceful celebration. There are many public poetry recitals and book-readings today too alongside other literary events. Many countries have also tried copying this idea of a “book giving day”, and in 1995 UNESCO declared 23rd April to be World Book Day (even though, for reasons better known to themselves, the UK celebrates its “World” Book Day in March!).
This day has many literary connections. Cervantes was born, and died, on the 23rd April, and Shakespeare also died on this date – but as the English and Spanish used different calendars back then, these “23rd”s were not exactly the same day, if that makes sense!
Click here for more info regarding this celebration.
divendres, 22 d’abril del 2011
Time for a story
El llenguatge que hi trobem és el que cal assolir amb els més petits que comencen a aprendre la llengua anglesa. Els personatges i els arguments resulten especialment atractius per als nens d’aquestes edats: una sardina enamorada, un porquet fent amics, un ninot de neu a la recerca d’un nas com cal... Sempre hi ha un toc de misteri (què ens trobarem al tombar el full?) i un rerafons que ens permetrà reflexionar i aprendre a ser millors persones.
Cada llibre inclou un CD amb el conte per escoltar i una cançó relacionada per a cantar i ballar. Així que, ja sabeu, a buscar (i a trobar!!) “una estona per a un conte”.
Col.lecció: Time For A Story
Autores: Anna Panisello i Estrella Ramon
Il.lustradors: Marta Costa, Óscar Julve, Lluís Farré, Africa
Fanló, Maria José Aoíz i thePAPERkids.com
Edita: Combel
dimecres, 30 de març del 2011
Dijous - contes de petits i de grans ...
Aquest dijous, dia 31, tornem a col·laborar amb la biblioteca de Tortosa, amb una sessió de conta-contes en anglès. Especialment recomanat per xiquets de 4 a 8 anys, però segur que a qualsevol jove, o gran, també li agradarà! A les 18.00 la Sílvia ens explicarà un conte de tota la vida, la historia de Rapunzel, i desprès, un de més modern – el Mr Wrong, de la sèrie de llibres dels Mr Men.dimecres, 2 de març del 2011
Bookcrossing a Tortosa, dia 5 de març
Wikipedia ens diu: El bookcrossing (passallibres) consisteix en deixar llibres en llocs públics per tal que altres els recullin, els llegeixin i els tornin a deixar.L'autor ebrenc Jesús M. Tibau ha organitzat la 2a jornada de Bookcrossing Massiu a Tortosa, que tindrà lloc el proper 5 de març, durant la qual alliberarà un centenar de llibres, amb la col·laboració de diverses editorials i de la Biblioteca Marcel·lí Domingo.
També ens proposa que aprofitem el mateix dia per a alliberar aquells llibres que ja només pleguen pols a casa i, així, donar-los una segona vida. Com més serem ...
Per més detalls, mirem al seu bloc.
dimarts, 1 de març del 2011
Saint David's Day
divendres, 25 de febrer del 2011
Language learning is good for you

The study involved 230 men and women with an average age of 73 who had spoken or currently spoke two to seven languages. Of the participants, 44 reported cognitive problems; the rest of the group had no memory issues.
Researchers discovered that those people who spoke four or more languages were five times less likely to develop cognitive problems compared to those people who only spoke two languages.
People who spoke three languages were three times less likely to have cognitive problems compared to bilinguals. In addition, people who currently spoke more than two languages were also four times less likely to have cognitive impairment. The results accounted for the age and the education of the participants.
"Further studies are needed to try to confirm these findings and determine whether the protection is limited to thinking skills related to language or if it also extends beyond that and benefits other areas of cognition," said Perquin.
The research was conducted in Luxembourg, where there is a dense population of people who speak more than two languages.
The MemoVie study was supported by The National Research Fund (FNR) from Luxembourg.





