Mother's Day - Mothering Sunday

Mother's Day is the first sunday of May in Spain. It is a day when children give presents, flowers, and home-made cards to their mothers. In this BBC's link, you can know more about the history of this celebration.

Mothering Sunday

And now, let's watch a video on the history of Mother's day in the USA (celebrated on the second Sunday of May).

 

How to text in English

You can find some common expressions about how to text in English in this blog, The world is your oyster. This can be a new language in the future!

Essay Map

With this tool, you can write your own essay map and share them with us. You will remember the most important topics with your little map.

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Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America is a huge collection of digitized artifacts and exhibits from museums and libraries across the United States. Through the DPLA you can find documents, books, images, audio recordings, and video clips. 

David Crystal: Which English?

 Which 'English' should we teach our students? This is an interesting question and, maybe we will have more answers tomorrow (Tuesday, 9th April, from 9:00 to 10.25)  in the Plenary Session by David Cristal with  IATEFL - Liverpool Online.

Origins of English words

What is the origin of  robot? Try to find the solution with this English language quiz (by The Telegraph).

Poetry Idea Engine

Maybe, you are a romantic person and  would like to write a beautiful poem, but you don't have ideas...Poetry Idea Engine is the solution for your problem. You can write a haiku, limerick, cinquain or a free verse poem. Choose your words and you will feel like an autentic poet!