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
Sunday 6 May 2012
Saturday 5 May 2012
Fragments of an empire
English speaking UK territories outside Great Britain
How strange it is to take one step forward and find yourself in a totally different country. On reflection, I'd like to have little territories in each country. Think about the benefits for everyone. Wouldn't it be great to have little states within the state. This is exactly how it felt for me when I visited Gibraltar last Easter.
As soon as I'd crossed the border, I found myself in familiar surroundings. There was an English bus with an English speaking bus driver. The price of a ticket was 1.50 - one pound and fifty pence. The shops were English, the traffic lights were English, the money was English, and the language was English.
Just how far do you have to travel from Catania to experience a similar environment. Well, there's Sigonella just 30 km away. But for a real English colony feeling you could go to Malta. Although no longer British, Malta has retained tradition and, of course, the language. It is one of the many territories scattered around the world where English is spoken on a daily basis.
Gibraltar is still part of the Crown today. Take a look at the YouTube link below to discover just how far the empire still stretches across the globe today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
English speaking UK territories outside Great Britain
How strange it is to take one step forward and find yourself in a totally different country. On reflection, I'd like to have little territories in each country. Think about the benefits for everyone. Wouldn't it be great to have little states within the state. This is exactly how it felt for me when I visited Gibraltar last Easter.
As soon as I'd crossed the border, I found myself in familiar surroundings. There was an English bus with an English speaking bus driver. The price of a ticket was 1.50 - one pound and fifty pence. The shops were English, the traffic lights were English, the money was English, and the language was English.
Just how far do you have to travel from Catania to experience a similar environment. Well, there's Sigonella just 30 km away. But for a real English colony feeling you could go to Malta. Although no longer British, Malta has retained tradition and, of course, the language. It is one of the many territories scattered around the world where English is spoken on a daily basis.
Gibraltar is still part of the Crown today. Take a look at the YouTube link below to discover just how far the empire still stretches across the globe today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
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