Men's clothes

Men's working clothes will be the subject of debate tomorrow 20th April.

The end of the suit

Asociación Educativa Oscar Wilde

 LIVELY DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS IN ENGLISH EVERY WEDNESDAY

If you're a foreigner, it is an opportunity to socialise with the locals; if you're a Spaniard don't let your English get rusty!

(18:30 - 20h Av Baunatal)

Happy Easter!

 A week until Easter Sunday and schools are off for the Easter holidays.

We will be back on April 20^th2022. Enjoy the mini holiday.

In the meantime here you can browse some articles about Oscar Wilde.

Search | Poetry Foundation

His beautiful writing is timeless.

The children’s story The Selfish Giant was the touching inspiration that gave this association its name.

 On another note, this poem is appropriate for Palm Sunday which is today.

The Donkey by G. K. Chesterton | Poetry Foundation

Planting seeds of peace

 The children of the Spanish civil war is a term used to describe the plight of families who had no alternative but to send their children to the safety of countries such as Britain, Mexico and Russia where they awaited the end of the atrocious war. However, the elected government of Spain’s second republic was replaced by a dictatorship that lasted forty years and there was no return.

Franco passed power on to King Juan Carlos who allowed a referendum where the Spanish people chose democratic rule.

Spain now has a constitutional monarchy with King Philip VI as head of state.

This period is known as the transition and has been exemplary for other nations emerging from dictatorships.

When President Zelensky of Ukraine addressed the Spanish Parliament yesterday  5^th April 2022 he invoked the memory of the bombing of Guernica in 1937 when the children of the Spanish civil war were shipped to freedom from similar horrifying scenes in the Basque country as in the Ukraine today.

An ancient oak tree in Guernica survived the bombing and its acorns have been collected and are given as gifts to symbolise the desire for peace. The current tree standing in its place in the town of Guernica has grown from one of these acorns and is only fourteen years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gernikako_Arbola

Discovering alternative lifestyles

Discussion Wednesday 30th March.

Lockdown has opened up opportunities. Remote work means millions of workers can now access new roles previously geographically off limits. 

Workers may choose to work in the office full time or for companies that offer flexible and hybrid work arrangements.

Currently young people are changing jobs every two years.

All of this means businesses have to adapt to a new scenario and make chnges.

Elusive inclusives

 This newspaper article is seven years old yet we still have not managed to come up with words that we need to use in everday language that are not gender specific, beginning with the third person singular pronoun. Or maybe we have  but the news has not reached us. Come and have your say at ourWednesday conversations

https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2015/jan/30/is-it-time-we-agreed-on-a-gender-neutral-singular-pronoun

Wearing shamrock

 The earthy nature of the shamrock we pinned on our lapels on St Patrick’s Day is a strong memory of childhood in Ireland.

Shamrock is not easy to find but usually you will find some growing in a cemetery or near a wood. It is like tiny clover.The leaves are heart shaped. 

We would pick clumps, bring them home and wash the soil off the roots and wrap the little bunches in tin foil or tissue. Then we would have a pin ready for all the family to wear their  sprig of shamrock proudly on St Patrick’s Day. 

More shamrock

Céad Míle Fáilte Romhat A hundred thousand welcomes

 St Patrick's day comes a day early this year for us at  ASEDOW.

To get you in the mood this is an invitation for you to come and meet us and to tell us your story.

You can sing a song or play a tune too if you like. We would love that.

Wednesday 16th March

International Women's Day

 LOVE LIFE

And the rain came

 At last it is raining in Spain. 

To improve her diction Eliza Doolittle had to sing 'The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.'

Eliza Doolittle was the character in a play, written by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, called Pygmalon. It was later adapted to the cinema under the name 'My Fair Lady'. 

 The phrase is not true at all but good for practising the sound  /eɪ/