On Thursday the 29^th of May 5 students represented our school at the annual “grand final” of the IES song contest for Spanish, French and German songs. This year the event was hold at IES Eskiltuna. To our great pleasure, one of our students, Malin Häger in 9D won the overall singing competition with a French song originally sung by Edith Piaf: “La Vie en Rose”.  Congratulations to Malin for her exceptional performance and to the four students of 9B who sung “La Bamba”.

Malin’s victory means that the event will be held in IES Enskede next year. The department of Modern languages looks forward to that.

Between the 28^th of April and the 4^th of May 38 year 8 and 9 students went to Lille in the north of France to stay at their pen-friends families while the French students visited us a week later. The exchange was a success. We visited Lille, Paris, Bruges and Breendonk in Belgium. Our students have hopefully increased their French skills and made friends for life.

Med Vänlig Hälsning

Jean-Pierre Guerneui

Internationella Engelska Skolans Yearly Modern Language Song Contest was held in Eskilstuna Thursday April 29th 2010. Malin Häger from year 9 in Enskede was one of the first contestants to perform with the French song “La Vie en Rose” playing the guitar at the same time. Malin was crowned the winner for her musical talent, French pronunciation and interpretation of Edith Piaf – giving the Jury “goose bumps”.

Torsdagen den 29 april 2010 genomfördes Internationella Engelska Skolans årliga musiktävling I moderna språk I Eskilstuna. Malin Häger i 9d från Enskede var bland det första att uppträda och bjöd publiken på ett underbart framträdande med sitt gitarrspel och sin sång när hon framförde den franska låten ”La Vie en Rose”. Då alla skolor och elever framfört sina bidrag korades Malin Häger till segrare. Malins musikaliska talang, franska uttal och liknelse av Edith Piaf gjorde att juryn fick gåshud.

As every year for the last eight years  the department of Modern Languages organizes an exchange with  Le college Thérèse D’avila in Lille in the North of France.

This year 38!! students from year 8 and 9 and four teachers will visit Lille between the 28^th of April and the 4th of May while the French students will visit our town between the 6^th and the 12^th of May.

As it has been in the past, the French teachers hope that this years’ exchange will be a success and that our students will improve their French and make new friends for life.

Year 6

The students have just learnt the French alphabet and the most common classrooms phrases that will enable them to speak mostly French during lessons. And  of course we will talk about how we celebrate Christmas in France. After the break the students will shortly present their family.

Year 7

We have just finished a chapter called “Ma famille” where the students have written an essay about their real family or an imaginary one. Furthermore the pupils have interviewed each other. And  of course we will talk about how we celebrate Christmas in France.  After the break they will present more about themselves .

Year 8

We have started a chapter about Sport where the students will interview each other about their sport habits. After that we will go to a French restaurant (or at least we will pretend…) and order a dinner.

Year 9

We have just finished a chapter about school where the students interview each other about everything about the school (teachers, schedule, food, subjects etc…)

After the Christmas break we will learn to write and talk about how life was when we were young(er)  (imperfect)  before we move on to a chapter called “Ma ville” where the students will do a tourist brochure about Stockholm.

Year 6:

The students work on a chapter about French culture, industry and sport( in Swedish) and will learn to place the main cities, mountains and rivers on the French map.

Year 7:

The year 8 students have just finish the drawing and the description of their own picture and are now working on a chapter where they express their liking or disliking of different matters. After the autumn break they will prepare a presentation of their family.

Year 8:

The year 8 students have just written postal cards that can be seen on the walls of the classroom. When they’ll come back to school after the Prao-period they will describe objects as detailed as possible.

Year 9:

Year 9 students work on a chapter about their music habits and about their favorite artist. This will result in a poster/booklet. We watch a movie  called “La vie en Rose” about the French singers Edith Piaf. After this they will start to work on a chapter called ”Le collège c’est un privilège” which is a unit about school.

Year 6

The students have now learnt their first words/sentences/expressions in French. They have learnt how to say hello and goodbye, their name and to ask somebody else’s name, he is and she is + professions, numbers to 20, colors and what to answer when the teacher takes attendance. During the next weeks they are going to learn the days of the week, the difference between masculine and feminine, the name of fruits and much more!

Year 7

The Year 7 students have just made their oral presentations about themselves and we have now started with the new book “Formidable2” where they will learn to describe pictures, talk about their families, interview each other and a lot more!

Year 8

New for this year is that we offer Year 8 students to participate in the exchange with Le Collège Thérèse d’Avila in the North of France.

In class the students work with grammar and in the next chapter they will learn to talk about their favorite seasons and to write a postcard.

Year 9

As every year for the last seven years the Year 9 students have the possibility of participating to the exchange with Le Collège Thérèse d’Avila in the north of France.

The students have just finished their work on the description of their bedroom (see pictures) and will now work on a chapter where they will express why they prefer to live in a town or in the countryside.