Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Pidgin English

Jamaican Creole or Patois CLICK

The Curse of Macbeth

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The Scottish Play

Read about the superstition surrounding Macbeth CLICK

Online Etymology Dictionary

IƱaki asked about the etymology of "spree" and "sprint". Discover for yourself whether they are related or not!! CLICK

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Newspapers and the media

Why don't you do this listening? CLICK
William Shakespeare wrote about sleep in his play "Macbeth" CLICK HERE

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Proverbs and sayings

The other day one of the students in Advanced 2 was interested in possible translations for proverbs and sayings from Spanish into English. It is certainly a difficult task and not all translations are as colourful and meaningful as in their original language. We were talking about "Cuando las barbas de tu vecino..." CLICK