The 20 best travel books

According to "The Telegraph", these are the 20 best travel books of all time. Do you agree? ;)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/travelbooks/4932008/The-20-best-travel-books-of-all-time.html

English PHONICS

If you want to learn about English phonics in your free time, just visit Mr. Thorne's website; it's amazing!!

http://mrthorne.com/

Holidays in the United Kingdom 2015/2016

It's important for students to know that British culture is not just Halloween. There are more interesting festivities along the year which can be a nice resource to deal with in class.

What I always do before starting the school year is to create a home-made calendar where I write down all the British festivities; we celebrate them in class with enjoyable activities and games.

If you want to know which are those festivities, go tho the following websites:

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2016&country=9

The benefits of a bilingual brain

How knowing more than one language can actually change the way your brain looks and works (TED-Ed)

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-speaking-multiple-languages-benefits-the-brain-mia-nacamulli

Storyline Online

This is a great website with videos and activity guides linked to children's story books. I think it's a wonderful site!

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Welcome AUTUMN!!!

The History of the English Language in one chart

With the help of this chart, you'll learn about the History of the English Language very quickly. Enjoy it! ;)