When the class began, the teacher explained us how to dance a choreography in couples clapping our hands and turning around ourselves with a typical Austrian song. Apart from this introduction, the teacher started with special activities witch she had prepared for us.
First of all she wanted us to give her our opinion about Michel Jackson's death and Vanessa said: Well, everybody knows who was he… a really famous singer and a great dancer. In Spain there are a lot of fans, some people think that he was a crazy guy, because he changed his skin colour and then he was called “King of Pop” due to his dancing skills.
And one of the Austrian students said that he doesn’t know anything about him, only that he is dead. Afterwards we listened to “We are the world” and besides we sang it! (click here for the music video with lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2y1pE3yn6M)
Then Feli (our English teacher) played the guitar and sang “Algo se muere en el alma, cuando un amigo se va”, which is a “Sevillanas”. So some Spanish people showed the rest of the class how to dance it. In fact Vanessa and Inma were dancing together in front of everybody to let them see better the way to do it.
I enjoyed the lesson a lot and I hope the Austrian students did so too. We have learnt more about their dancing culture and they have also learnt about us, and the most important thing is that we shared our different points of view.
I felt proud of my school mates when they danced and when my teacher played the guitar and I don’t know why, but it was a special feeling.
by Marta
First of all she wanted us to give her our opinion about Michel Jackson's death and Vanessa said: Well, everybody knows who was he… a really famous singer and a great dancer. In Spain there are a lot of fans, some people think that he was a crazy guy, because he changed his skin colour and then he was called “King of Pop” due to his dancing skills.
And one of the Austrian students said that he doesn’t know anything about him, only that he is dead. Afterwards we listened to “We are the world” and besides we sang it! (click here for the music video with lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2y1pE3yn6M)
Then Feli (our English teacher) played the guitar and sang “Algo se muere en el alma, cuando un amigo se va”, which is a “Sevillanas”. So some Spanish people showed the rest of the class how to dance it. In fact Vanessa and Inma were dancing together in front of everybody to let them see better the way to do it.
I enjoyed the lesson a lot and I hope the Austrian students did so too. We have learnt more about their dancing culture and they have also learnt about us, and the most important thing is that we shared our different points of view.
I felt proud of my school mates when they danced and when my teacher played the guitar and I don’t know why, but it was a special feeling.
by Marta
