Fun fact time!
Shakespeare invented half of the words he used! So... before Shakespeare the words 'worthless', 'grovel' and 'assassinate' didn't exist (along with many others!)

Intriguing....

Elementary


Wednesday 11th December, 2013

Hello! here is a link to help with the difference between a lot/ very/ much.
http://www.espressoenglish.net/common-errors-in-english-difference-between-so-very-and-a-lot/

--------------------------------- Friday 15th November, 2013

Message for Agatino: Your dictionary is here in Giga 12! It is safe, don't worry! Bye bye!


Thursday 14th November, 2013

Good evening students! 

Some important news: There will be a new, free class starting soon at Giga. It is a music class. You can study songs and vocabulary. Speak to Reception for more information!

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Tuesday 12 November, 2013


Hi everyone!


Good evening! Do you remember the Sherlock Holmes book in Engilsh and Italian I showed you in class today? Here is the link for the website where you can buy and download the books.

See you on Thursday! :) L


http://short-stories.it/

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Here is a website with some help in Italian for word order in English: L'ordine delle parole nella frase. I hope this helps!

http://ppbm.langedizioni.com/gram_eng2/doc/teoria/th073.htm

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Here is a link for homework for Thursday - it's a podcast from the British Council. Listen and answer the questions at the end:

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/elementary-podcasts/series-01-episode-01

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Well done for your homework emails, I liked reading them! Here you can read them:


Hello Lindsay,
my name' s Claudia. I'm from Catania. I'm admnistrative in a hotel. I speak only italian but i go to an english school to learn the language with the hope of moving abroud with my family.
I have a small family. I am married and i have a 7 year old son. My husband has been a manufacturer and working abroud, wich is why i would like to relocate to.
I have one brother 39 years while i'm 41.  
I like cinema and sports that i can not practice for a matter of time!  
In early.
Good weekend
Claudia

Hi Lindsay.  My name’s Agatino, i’m from Italy,and i live in Catania. I’m 31. Catania is a beatiful city,there are many church and building of Barocco style. In Catania the sun is every day,the rain is less. I have a normal family. I have a sister,her name’s Melania. She is married whit Luca and she live in Brescia.  My mother is a housewife. My father is in pension. I’m a unemployed.   I like paint a picture,music,cinema and i play football. I watch football in tv whit my father,and my favorite team’s INTERNAZIONALE MILANO. I have a wonderful cat, his name’s Monet. I love cats.                                        
Please write soon     
 Best wishes   

Agatino

The parts in pink are examples of good language. Well done!


L :)  

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4 November, 2013

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog. Here you can find interesting links, videos and websites for learning English. Click the link below to visit the Duolingo website. It's a good way to improve your English. It's also really fun! 

Enjoy yourselves! See you soon,

L

www.duolingo.com

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