Two cities
Vocabulary
Complete the tasks below during class time, then write a promotional review of a city of your choice using the descriptors in the table in exercise 'a'.
Monday, 28 May 2012
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Birmingham UK - a globally connected city?
How do people conceive their own city?
Take a look at these short video clips which compare how people see the city in which they live. How does your city or town compare to other cities in the world?
Is your city vibrant, attractive and socially connected? Is it diverse, prosperous or exciting?
Watch the videos or click on the links to view them in YouTube.
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Contact - Lesson 13
How we use gestures in body language to communicate
It's common to swing your arms around and make funny signs with your hands when communicating. Each and every society has its own way of doing this. What are the most common gestures in your country? How do they differ from those of Great Britain? Take a look below for a few suggestions about surviving a conversation in Italy.
How we use gestures in body language to communicate
It's common to swing your arms around and make funny signs with your hands when communicating. Each and every society has its own way of doing this. What are the most common gestures in your country? How do they differ from those of Great Britain? Take a look below for a few suggestions about surviving a conversation in Italy.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Determiners
Little, a little, few, a few
It's fortunate that you can make comparisons between much of English language and it's counterpart in Italian.
Few anglophones really know why they say the things they do. Most native Italian speaker, on the other hand, are usually quite aware of how the structure of language works and why certain things are the way they are? Does make English a mysterious language or does it make native English speakers ignorant? You decide.
Try to complete the following sentences using the given determiners
little, a little, few, a few
1. The average politician has _________________ real power.
2. ________________ people can speak a foreign language really fluently,
3. Would you like ____________________ soup?
4. Only _____________________ students in my class are studying languages.
5. '____________________ knowledge is a dangerous thing.'
If I ask for 'a little tomato', am I asking for a tomato of small proportion or quantity?
If I say 'there are few people at school today', am I saying more or less than usual? How is this different to 'a few'?
Little do native English know about their language and few are those who do.
Little, a little, few, a few
It's fortunate that you can make comparisons between much of English language and it's counterpart in Italian.
Few anglophones really know why they say the things they do. Most native Italian speaker, on the other hand, are usually quite aware of how the structure of language works and why certain things are the way they are? Does make English a mysterious language or does it make native English speakers ignorant? You decide.
Try to complete the following sentences using the given determiners
little, a little, few, a few
1. The average politician has _________________ real power.
2. ________________ people can speak a foreign language really fluently,
3. Would you like ____________________ soup?
4. Only _____________________ students in my class are studying languages.
5. '____________________ knowledge is a dangerous thing.'
If I ask for 'a little tomato', am I asking for a tomato of small proportion or quantity?
If I say 'there are few people at school today', am I saying more or less than usual? How is this different to 'a few'?
Little do native English know about their language and few are those who do.
Monday, 7 May 2012
Interested in learning English with recipes?
You'll find lots of delicious English recipes on the BBC Good Food website
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/british/
Visit my Great British Recipe Blog
http://martinsgreatbritishrecipes.blogspot.it/
You'll find lots of delicious English recipes on the BBC Good Food website
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/british/
Visit my Great British Recipe Blog
http://martinsgreatbritishrecipes.blogspot.it/
Ready to Cook!
Jamie Oliver's Great Italian Escape
Do you like to cook or do you prefer to watch someone else doing the cooking?
Take a look at England's acclaimed celebrity chef at work in Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56IgAPtF9s&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL6260DC9E059DE3D5
Jamie Oliver's Great Italian Escape
Do you like to cook or do you prefer to watch someone else doing the cooking?
Take a look at England's acclaimed celebrity chef at work in Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56IgAPtF9s&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL6260DC9E059DE3D5
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