The Fonix 2.015. Official Poster

The Fonix 2.015: Be Prepared!

The Eighth English Competition for Catalan Schools (THE FONIX 2015), designed to promote the use of English among school students through a fun and educational competition in an informal educational setting, is hereby announced.

The objective of the competition is to select a finalist from each of the first two stages: local, territorial and the winners at the final stage.

The exercises in all the stages of the competition will consist of writing tasks, each based on a different theme (for example: geography, history or music). The written tasks contain a variety of activities on vocabulary, reading and writing. In the final stage of the competition, there will also be an oral section in the test.

STAGES OF THE COMPETITION: 

• LOCAL STAGE: The tests will be held at each school between 16th of January and 15th February 2015 inclusive.
• REGIONAL STAGE: The tests during the regional stage will be held on Saturday 28th February at 12:00 midday, and will last for a maximum of 60 minutes. The location of the examination will be made public well before the test date.
• FINAL STAGE: The final stage of the competition will be held Saturday 25th April. The test at the Final stage of the competition will consist of an oral as well as a written section. The test will take between 40-50 minutes at the most.
• By 13th May: The FONIX award ceremony of prizes and diplomas will take place.

 THE PRIZES:

The following prizes will be awarded to the candidates who classify for the final stage of the competition:

• 4 two-week stays in “English Summer Camps” in Catalonia for the four winners in the 5º pri. to 2nd ESO categories.
• 4 two-week stays in an English-speaking country for the four winners in the 3rd ESO to 2nd de Batxillerat/Grau Superior de Cicles Formatius categories.
• 8 standard on line English courses and 8 sets of study materials for the runners-up in each of the 8 categories.
• 32 standard on line English courses for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed candidates in each of the 8 categories.
• Sets of study materials for the remaining finalists.

Further information about the competition can be found on the official website.

Who Are "The Fonix"

Did you know that THE FONIX comes from the English language Phoneme table? Have a look at the table below and see if you can spot the similarities:

We would like to introduce you to:

Which is pronounced like "V" as in "VERY"		Which is pronounced like "R" as in "READ"
Which is pronounced like "A" as in "AMERICA"		Which is pronounced like "P" as in  "PIG"
Which is pronounced like "TH" as in "THORA"		Which is pronounced like "OO" as in  "HOOK"
Which is pronounced like "G" as in "GORDON"		Which is pronounced like "S" as in "ASIA"
Which is pronounced like "TH" as in "HEATHER"		Which is pronounced like "OR" as in "GEORGE"

They are fictional characters which look a little bit like Martians. They are noisy, excitable, adventurous and full of energy. They get on really well with young people. In fact – this is why they are called THE FONIX, because in English SMS messages – this is how we write PHONICS.

4th ESO to participate in the Schools Song Contest 2.015

Our students of 4th ESO-A will take part in the 5th Schools Song Contest. 

This contest consists in shooting a video clip with a cover version of a song in English and then performing this song in a live festival that will be held next May in the theatre of the school Sant Gabriel in Barcelona. 

They've chosen as an artistic name The BestCrops. And you can see their promotional video below.

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