Young Learners English Tests – STARTERS

     Οι Εξετάσεις Αγγλικών για Μικρούς Μαθητές

                   Οι εξετάσεις καλύπτουν τις τέσσερις γλωσσικές ικανότητες – ακρόαση, ομιλία, ανάγνωση και γραφή – με έμφαση στην ικανότητα ομιλίας και ακρόασης.

                   Οι εξετάσεις αποτελούνται από τρεις ενότητες σε κάθε επίπεδο:

  •  Κατανόηση Προφορικού Λόγου
  •  Κατανόηση και Παραγωγή Γραπτού Λόγου
  •  Παραγωγή Προφορικού Λόγο

Οι εξετάσεις για το πτυχίο STARTERS θα πραγματοποιηθούν την Κυριακή 1η Απριλίου.

Happy Spring… by Miss Evi (A2 Xeim)

Spring is one of the four temperate seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and “springtime” refer to the season, and broadly to ideas of rebirth, renewal and regrowth. The specific definition of the exact timing of “spring” varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. At the spring equinox, days are close to 12 hours long with day length increasing as the season progresses. For more info click HERE.

Weird Food… by Miss Evi (A2 Xeim)

Sannakji (Korea)

Octopus has lived in our imaginations for centuries as a demon. A monster wrecking ships and pulling sailors with its deadly eight legs in the darkness of oceans. But would you like to see a totally living octopus, with its eight horrible legs wriggling on your plate? This is what you will actually get if you order a Sannakji.

Nakji is Hangu for ‘small octopus’. The Sannakji is a bizarre food fonded in Korea. The sannakji consists of nakji cut into small pieces and served immediately. Occasionally you can see the octopus tentacles squirming in your plate.

Since the suction cups on the tentacles are still active therefore special care is taken to avoid choking while swallowing. There have been cases of deaths due to choking, the latest reported in Gwangju…

 

Casu Marzu (Italy)

You should have probably eaten cheese all your life. But this one comes with a twist. Casu Marzu is Sardinian for ‘rotten cheese’. It is a traditional Sardinian sheep milk cheese with living larvae of the cheese fly.

Casu Marzu goes one step ahead of the usual fermentation process. The larvae in the cheese digest cheese fat, forming a very soft moist texture. If you think that eating such a cheese would be yucky then think again because Casu Marzu not only comes with just the cheese but with also the larvae themselves, still alive. This bizarre food is eaten while the larvae are still alive because it is considered to be toxic after the maggots are dead. So don’t be surprised if you find something wriggling in your mouth.

 

Balut (Philippines)

Talking about weird foods, you can’t keep this great delicacy from Philippines behind. The balut is one of the most ridiculous and bizarre foods you could ever think of. Imagine peeling an egg and finding a little chick inside? Well, this is what Balut is all about.

Balut is ‘wrapped’ in Filipino and Malay. It is a fertilized duck egg which is boiled and served salted. It is a popular street food in many Asian countries including Philippines, China, Laos,Vietnam,etc. The eggs are savored for their balance of textures and flavors. The balut is enjoyed by sipping the broth around the embryo before the shell is peeled, and the yolk and young chick inside can be eaten.

 

Baby Mice Wine (Hong Kong)

What better to wash down your gelatinous lumps of tuna than a nice chilled cup of rotten mice? What better indeed.

The Baby Mice Wine is quite popular in China and Korea as a traditional health tonic. Apparently tasting like raw gasoline, it is believed to cure anything from asthma to liver diseases. Little mice, eyes still closed, only a few days old, are plucked from their little mother’s womb. Well it gets even worse for them when they are dropped in a bottle of rice wine, still alive, and drowned.

Surely many of us have eaten the worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle but how many of us could stomach a mouth full of baby mice?