Our English Blog

Malala's Speech on Education

May 4 2015

Malala Yousafzai, studentessa, blogger e attivista Pakistana, in questo video del 12 luglio 2013, giorno del suo sedicesimo compleanno, parla alle Nazioni Unite dopo essere sopravvissuta ad un ... Honourable UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon, respected...

Tag(s) : #Education, #School, #Nobel Peace Prize, #Women's rights

Kitchen Vocabulary

April 30 2015

http://www.engvid.com/ Let's go in the kitchen and cook! You will learn basic kitchen vocabulary to help you in the kitchen! You can use an oven to bake a cake, a kettle to make tea, and a fry pan ...

Tag(s) : #Vocabulary, #House, #Kitchen

"Nuovomondo" ed Ellis Island

April 30 2015

NUOVOMONDO un film di Emanuele Crialese, 2007 COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY Why does Salvatore Mancuso decide to leave Sicily? A to get married B to escape poverty C to make a voyage Is he travelling alone? If not, who is he travelling with? Does Salvatore’s...

Tag(s) : #Culture, #Ellis Island, #Immigration

MLK's Speech "I Have a Dream"

March 16 2015

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of ... From MLK'S SPEECH I HAVE A DREAM ….. AND SO EVEN THOUGH...

Tag(s) : #MLK, #Culture, #Civil Rights Movement

How to order in a restaurant

March 1 2015

http://www.engvid.com/ Discover how to read an English menu and never worry about count or uncountable nouns again when ordering at a restaurant again! ...

Tag(s) : #Food, #Vocabulary, #Countable Nouns, #Uncountable Nouns

Successo a scuola e... nella vita

March 1 2015

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn't the only thing separating ...

Tag(s) : #Success, #Growth Mindset, #Learning, #Teaching, #Teens, #Brainology™, #Mentalità di Crescita

La lettera di Ellie: "Just a little Observation"

February 21 2015

"Questa lettera è stata scritta da una studentessa americana di scuola media, Ellie, che frequenta un istituto che sta coltivando il Growth Mindset o "Mentalità di Crescita" attraverso lo sviluppo professionale del corpo docenti e dello staff, le lezioni...

Tag(s) : #Growth Mindset, #Learning, #Teens, #CLIL, #Brainology™, #Mentalità di Crescita

Brainology™/17

February 4 2015

Brainology® www.mindsetworks.com WHEN YOU LEARN YOU LITERALLY BUILD UP YOUR BRAIN MAKING IT SMARTER AND STRONGER Hi Guys! We’ve just started the fourth level of our Brainology® program: Brain Boosters! In this level we’re going to learn useful and effective...

Tag(s) : #Growth Mindset, #Memory, #Study Skills, #CLIL, #Brainology™, #Mentalità di Crescita

Look, See, Watch

February 4 2015

http://www.engvid.com/ In English, we have three words to talk about sight, where most languages just use one! Learn which word to use when in this free lesson. Take the free quiz at ...

Tag(s) : #Vocabulary, #Verbs, #Visual Perception

Food and Drink

February 4 2015

http://www.engvid.com Crisps? Chips? French fries? Cookies or biscuits? Learn the differences between food vocabulary in British and North American English in this simple lesson! ...

Tag(s) : #Food, #Vocabulary, #American English, #British English, #Drink