Our English Blog

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

Brainology™/16

February 2 2015

Brainology® www.mindsetworks.com WHEN YOU LEARN YOU LITERALLY BUILD UP YOUR BRAIN MAKING IT SMARTER AND STRONGER Hi Kids! During our two last Brainology Classes, we’ve got acquainted with* some nice guys: “Summer-Camp Rats”, “Couch Potato Rats”, London...

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

Brainology™/15

January 22 2015

Brainology® www.mindsetworks.com WHEN YOU LEARN YOU LITERALLY BUILD UP YOUR BRAIN MAKING IT SMARTER AND STRONGER Hi guys, let me give you a short summary of today’s Brainology® lesson. First of all, we revised* our homework about “How does the brain learn?”:...

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

Family

January 21 2015

http://www.engvid.com/ Learn how to talk about your family in English, and not sound like a child! I cover vocabulary and pronunciation. Take a test to see if you've understood the lesson at ...

Tag(s) : #Family, #Vocabulary

Brainology™/14

January 21 2015

Brainology® www.mindsetworks.com WHEN YOU LEARN YOU LITERALLY BUILD UP YOUR BRAIN MAKING IT SMARTER AND STRONGER WARNING!!! Reading this post will make you smarter… “How does the learning happen?” This is the quest(ion!) we have tried to answer this week...

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

Animals in Danger

January 15 2015

This English listening exercise is based on a story about animals in danger. I start the lesson with some new English words and then I give you the questions that you will need to answer. You will ...

Tag(s) : #Listening, #Past simple, #Passive