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Well done Gilles!

Well done for being the first student from your class to write on the class blog!

Hope you enjoy the football!

Have a good weekend!

Patric

Brasil FIFA world cup 2014

Gilles : Our 2 matches of the day : FRANCE vs GERMANY / BRAZIL vs COLUMBIA
In my opinion the really World cup start today,the first match's historic because those countries are competing in many things,politic,food,sport.......the second match est very important,because Brazil organize this worl cup.I'am keen of Branzilian team so I think if Brazil win this afternoon,we're going to be take this cup .

Welcome to the class blog!

Hi everyone!

I hope you enjoy the classes at the British Council and that you enjoy writing on the Tunis Class Blog!

Here's a little introduction about me:

I'm half Malaysian and half Irish.
I was born in London.
I've lived in lots of different countries: Nigeria,Hong Kong.Malaysia,Thailand,Spain and now Tunisia.
There are some really beautiful beaches in Malaysia and Thailand ! You should go there!
I like drawing,painting and photography.
By the way,I'm a keen fan of the science fiction ' Doctor Who' TV series!

Patric

By the way don't forget to write your introduction.

This is one of the places I've been to in Tunisia.

Morocco win the ' Tunisia Mini World Cup for Children ' !



The Trophy!



Morocco celebrate!

 

In an exciting climax to the ' Mini World Cup for Children '  2014 tournament at Club Nautique, Les Berges du Lac,Tunis on 7th June , Morocco beat Tunisia 3-1 to win the tournament. Although the Tunisia kids had impressed everyone with their attacking football, in an earlier match they had beaten Algeria 8 - 0 , they missed the opportunity to be the first winners of this special tournament. One supporter said the Tunisian's passing and team work had been like watching Barcelona ! .





Tunisian player about to head the ball!











The Indonesians warm up!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps that opening match against Canada earlier in the afternoon, which they won 5 - 0 , and the sweltering hot conditions had drained the energy out of the players.  One of the boys was tearfully overcome with sadness and disappointment at missing out on the chance to be champions. Although Morocco hadn't scored as many goals as Tunisia in the previous matches they gradually improved and in the final they showed some fast attacking football .

 

The referees!

The Lines-Women!

 The 15-minute matches were officiated by the Tunisian Premier Skills female referees and lines-women and were kept busy by the numerous matches.    
The children who played represented 20 different countries and were aged 9 - 13 years old and despite the temperature of 34 degrees they played lots of exciting football.

There was plenty of action on and off the pitch!  In the match against Tunisia ,the Turkish players were flabbergasted by the referee's decision to award an penalty to Tunisia ;which  they successfully converted to beat Turkey 1 -0.. As usual parents who are passionate about their children can get upset if their children don't play and in one case one man was really upset that his nephew hadn't played. Later on the boy, who was playing for the German team actually played in a later match and showed off his dribbling skills.

 

 

The Tunisia Mini World Cup for Children had proved to be a great success.
Perhaps Tunisia will win it the next time!

' World Cup Premier Skills ' radio programme

Today there was a special ' World Cup Premier Skills ' programme on RTCI and in the studio Hayet and me were joined by local teacher Dalel.  Apart from an update on recent Premier Skills projects there was a discussion on who would win World Cup 2014. Dalel predicted Italy but as she's from Algeria she was supporting them and hoped that they would do well.

We also discussed the qualities of a good player and what's necessary to keep in good shape.

Hayet mentioned the use of  modern technology to help the referee avoid those controversial decisions when teams have not been awarded a goal!

The ball has been redesigned so maybe the players will need time to get used to it; apparently it will aid better ball control.

During the programme Hayet mentioned some of the unusual things that the teams have requested for their hotel room ; the Ecuador team have asked for Ecuadorian bananas to be put in their rooms  ; perhaps the bananas have special qualities !

At the end of the programme I mentioned the useful resources on the Premier Skills web site.
                

Teaching English Radio RTCI 'Enjoying Your Teaching '

Many teachers enter the profession because of the human aspect. We all care for our students and enjoy seeing them progress and succeed.

Others share a love of language and want to pass this on to their students in order to give them better opportunities in life.Whatever your motivation, as long as you feel passionately about teaching English, your enthusiasm will undoubtedly rub off onto your students and make you feel better teacher! Today was the final Teaching English Radio programme of series 3 on RTCI. There was a lively discussion in the studio on the topic of 'Enjoying your teaching ' and also the factor of motivation in regards to enjoying your teaching and being a good teacher.

 

 

 

 

If you missed the programme then click the following link:( by the way the programme starts after a few minutes of music and an advertisement re the programme)

http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/rtci/sounds/anglais/ang02052014.mp3