Christmas lights are turned on around the world!
12/12/2011
02/12/2011
14/11/2011
Lyrics training
Adele - Someone Like You, Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke
09/11/2011
Enjoy with music
Noisegames is a collection of fun, noise-making games. Would you like to try? Click on the picture and enjoy!
Image: bigchus /flickr.com
08/11/2011
07/11/2011
06/05/2011
Up
UP
Read until the end ... you'll laugh.
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v]....MORE
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03/05/2011
English Grammar on line
I've just found this learning website. It has got grammar lessons, exercises and everything you need to learn English. This is the link: My English Pages. I hope you'll find it interesting and useful.
Image: renjith krishnan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
An Ode to English Plural
We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?......More
01/04/2011
April Fool's Day
30/03/2011
When the British Isles became Great Britain
The name Great Britain refers to the union of what were four separate countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. When did it happen? On March 24th 1603 King James became King of England, but he was already a king - King James VI of Scotland. He was the first Stuart monarch to rule both countries creating the kingdom of Great Britain. In 1707 an act of Parliament formally brought the two countries together.
29/03/2011
Borrowing days
The last three days of March are said to be borrowed from April according to a Celt tradition. These days have a reputation for being stormy. An old ballad tells how capricious March begged generous April for a loan and then rendered the three days awful:
The first of them was wind and wet,
The second of them was snow and sleet,
The third of them was such a freeze,
It froze the birds' claws to the trees.
There are different explanations for this: Scottish folklore proposes that these three days were borrowed from April so that March might extend his power. READ MORE...
But, Irish folklore says that an old brindled cow boasted that even the rigours of March could not kill her, whereupon March borrowed three days from April and using these with redoubled fury, killed and skinned the poor old cow. READ MORE...
22/03/2011
The Spring equinox
It occurs on or around March 21st (this year on 20th). This day has inspired many rituals celebrating the return of warmth, sunshine, and renewed life in the northern hemisphere. From ancient times, the pagan peoples of Europe and Asia held their spring festivals, re-enacting regeneration myths and performing magical and religious ceremonies to make the crops grow and prosper. The egg, which miraculously bursts forth with life, was therefore identified with this time of year and was believed to have special powers.
Flowers are also identified with Spring, the country comes alive with meadows of richly coloured flowers; some of the first are Daffodils, heralds of Spring.
Flowers are also identified with Spring, the country comes alive with meadows of richly coloured flowers; some of the first are Daffodils, heralds of Spring.
21/03/2011
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12/01/2011
Language
This is an excerpt from one of Stephen Fry's podcasts, which has been animated by Matt Rogers. It explores the English language and Fry wonders why people don't enjoy language.
Source: The English Blog
Source: The English Blog
21/12/2010
20/12/2010
Jane Austen's anniversary
Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775 in Hampshire, England. Her father was Reverend George Austen and Jane was the seventh child. Apart from three years of school in Oxford, she was educated at home. Her brother, James, provided reading lists. Early on, she devoted time to writing.
Austen's first work to be published was Sense and Sensibility on October 30, 1811. Other works include: Love and Friendship (1789), A Collection of Letters (1791) Lady Susan (1793-94), Elinor and Marianne (1795), First Impressions (1796-1797), which later became Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (December 1815), Persuasion (1818, published posthumously) Northanger Abbey (originally sold as Susan in 1803, published posthumously in 1818).
Source: classiclit.about.com
Austen's first work to be published was Sense and Sensibility on October 30, 1811. Other works include: Love and Friendship (1789), A Collection of Letters (1791) Lady Susan (1793-94), Elinor and Marianne (1795), First Impressions (1796-1797), which later became Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (December 1815), Persuasion (1818, published posthumously) Northanger Abbey (originally sold as Susan in 1803, published posthumously in 1818). Jane Austen is famous principally for her refinement of the English novel. In her works, she mirrored society: manners, customs, and beliefs. She worked magic with the commonplace, seemingly subtle, realities of life.
Brabourne said about her that "she describes men and women exactly as men and women really are, and tells her tale of ordinary, everyday life..."
Source: classiclit.about.com
17/12/2010
12/12/2010
25/11/2010
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. According to UNIFEM, at least one in three women in the world has suffered from violence, usually by someone known to her. In many societies, bias in the legal system and community attitudes add to the trauma.
Text source: UNIFEM
Picture source: bristol.indymedia.org
21/11/2010
15/11/2010
Listening to English - Bullfighting
Practise your listening comprehension with this conversation.
Ir a descargar
If you want to read the text click HERE.
Ir a descargar
If you want to read the text click HERE.
03/11/2010
05/07/2010
Guessing
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
17/06/2010
Timeline
Today I've found a place where you can create your own timeline. You enter www.dipity.com and follow the instructions. Very useful! Click on the picture if you want to practise.
10/01/2010
British Culture Quiz
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
British Culture Quiz
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22/10/2009
Halloween riddle
Welcome! Have a seat. Dinner will be served shortly. Sorry we don't have any garlic bread. I can't stand it. What am I drinking you ask? Don't worry . . . it's . . um . . . grape juice. Now just relax while I look at your neck.
Can you tell me who is talking?
Can you tell me who is talking?
07/10/2009
Helping you
Today I've found LINGRO, a useful tool to understand any English text. You enter Lingro and write the address of the webpage, newspaper or whatever you want to visit, choose the language you want to translate it and click on the word you don't know. Easy and free!
16/09/2009
Singing
Would you like to sing with Amy Macdonald? Click on the photo and have fun!
You can find many other songs and singers in this website.
You can find many other songs and singers in this website.
17/06/2009
The longest day of the year
The longest day of the year, the Summer solstice, is on or near the 21st June. It is the day when the sun is at its most northerly point and this is why it is "the longest day". Do you want to learn more about this? Click on the photo.
10/06/2009
Trooping the Colour
The official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II is marked each year by a military parade and march-past, known as Trooping the Colour (Carrying of the Flag)...
If you want to learn more about this day, click on the photo.
If you want to learn more about this day, click on the photo.
28/05/2009
Poe's bicentennial
Edgar Allan Poe, the father of the modern mystery, was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mistery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American writers of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective-fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.
His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.
His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.
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