The Gettysburg Address Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate…we can not consecrate…we can not hallow this ground. Abraham Lincoln 19th November 1863 Speeches That Changed World Culture - The 100 greatest British novels What does the rest of the world see as the greatest British novels? In search of a collective critical assessment, BBC Culture contributor Jane Ciabattari polled 82 book critics, from Australia to Zimbabwe – but none from the UK. This list includes no nonfiction, no plays, no narrative or epic poems (no Paradise Lost or Beowulf), no short story collections (no Morte D’Arthur) – novels only, by British authors (which means no James Joyce). The British novel has influenced the form around the world for centuries, so we felt it was important to get a global perspective. The critics named 228 novels in all. 100. More on BBC Culture’s greatest British novels poll:Best of the best: The top 25 explainedWhy Middlemarch is number oneWhy women rule the listWhat makes a great British novel? If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter. The critics named 228 novels in all. 100.
The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trips The above map is the result of a painstaking and admittedly quixotic effort to catalog the country as it has been described in the American road-tripping literature. It includes every place-name reference in 12 books about cross-country travel, from Mark Twain’s Roughing It (1872) to Cheryl Strayed’s Wild (2012), and maps the authors’ routes on top of one another. You can track an individual writer’s descriptions of the landscape as they traveled across it, or you can zoom in to see how different authors have written about the same place at different times. Most interestingly of all, for me at least, you can ruminate about what those differences say about American travel, American writing, American history. A word to close readers: I hand-typed most of these 1,500-plus entries and located their coordinates as best I could. Some were difficult to track down. To be included, a book needed to have a narrative arc matching the chronological and geographical arc of the trip it chronicles.
Cambridge – English Grammar in Use Series PDF | A. Al Dakrouri Cambridge – English Grammar in Use Series PDF ‘Essential Grammar in Use is highly recommendable for the use of self-study or as supplementary course material because of its clarity, conciseness, illustrative examples, convenient arrangement, and outstanding lay-out.’ VVLE Newsletter, Belgium, 1997. Download links Share this: More Like this: 84 thoughts on “Cambridge – English Grammar in Use Series PDF” thanks… for this useful information Reply thanks Reply Great books! Leave a Reply “All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.” ― Voltaire Follow Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Join 1,110 other followers Build a website with WordPress.com %d bloggers like this:
Culture - The 100 greatest American films America’s films are among its greatest exports. Since Thomas Edison’s innovations in the medium in the 1890s, the United States has consistently been a powerhouse in the development of cinema – from the massively popular entertainments of Hollywood to independent and avant-garde film. In recognition of the astounding influence of the US on what remains the most popular art-form worldwide, BBC Culture has polled 62 international film critics to determine the 100 greatest American films of all time. This is a national film tradition that has influenced film-making worldwide, so we felt it was important, also, to get a global perspective on American film: the critics we polled live and work all over the world, from the United Kingdom and continental Europe to South America, Australia, India and the Middle East – and of course the United States as well. What defines an American film? The 100 greatest American films 100. Why are the best films the old ones?
11 Lessons That 'Jane Eyre' Can Teach Every 21st Century Woman About How To Live Well Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" was published on this day in 1847. While I'm a very big fan of most Victorian literature, "Jane Eyre" made an impression on me that other novels formerly hadn't. "Jane Eyre" is not just a gothic romance novel. I love that Jane Eyre is an unconventional heroine. The novel was very shocking for its time. Every time I encounter a woman who hasn't read this book, I advise reading it immediately. This is not to suggest that Jane Eyre didn't have flaws. Still, there's much to be learned from the way she chooses to live. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Draft EU deal: What Cameron wanted and what he got Image copyright Reuters David Cameron has hailed a draft EU reform deal as delivering the "substantial changes" he wants to see to the UK's relationship with the 28-nation bloc. He says some work is needed to hammer out the details ahead of a crunch summit in Brussels on 18 February. But how does the 16-page letter drawn up by the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, measure up to what the prime minister originally wanted from the negotiations? The BBC's chief correspondent Gavin Hewitt gives his verdict while Europe correspondent Chris Morris looks at how the deal will be perceived elsewhere in the EU. Sovereignty What Cameron wanted: Allowing Britain to opt out from the EU's founding ambition to forge an "ever closer union" of the peoples of Europe so it will not be drawn into further political integration in a "formal, legally binding and irreversible way". "It is recognised that the United Kingdom... is not committed to further political integration into the European Union.
Las segundas lenguas habladas en los diferentes países del mundo ¿Sabemos cuál es la segunda lengua de nuestro país y de los diferentes países? ¿Sabemos hablarla? La página web MoveHub.com es un web destinada a ayudar con información a personas que quieran mudarse al extranjero, y recientemente lanzó esta interesante infografía que muestra la segunda lengua popular de las diferentes regiones de todo el mundo. Algunas informaciones, como el conocimiento de la lengua francesa en Canadá, son bastante predecibles. Otros podrían sorprendernos, y este gráfico nos da una idea general de la historia del mundo durante los últimos cientos de años y cuáles son los flujos de influencia. También aprendemos que el inglés es el segundo idioma más popular para conocer, seguido por el español, francés y ruso. via curiositasmundi / mymodernmet
ENT Gallery: Bringing Text to Life King Philip Regional School District Bringing Text to Life OVERVIEW The title of this unit "Bringing Text to Life" reminds us that understanding and communicating a literary text is a creative process. "Bringing text to life" emphasizes the distinction between speaking and communicating , between reading and reading for meaning, and between writing and writing for discovery. Bringing text to life implies a layering of language types for reader and audience. This unit is designed to develop speaking, reading and writing for meaning and communicating interpretations of text using videotape technology. The overarching year-long goals or "throughlines" are for students to understand how to read different genres of American literature and communicate their interpretation. During each step of reading, reflecting, and rehearsal, students assess their work using feedback from the members of their acting group. On to: The Context of the Unit
Double-R: A Computational Cognitive Grammar of English Last Updated 3 September 2015 Jerry Ball with Mary Freiman, Stu Rodgers and Alan Ball Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction Double-R Grammar is a computational cognitive grammar of English that details a system of grammatical representation focused on capturing two key dimensions of meaning — referential and relational meaning. Although most of the examples in this document show the representation and processing of isolated sentences, Double-R accepts input from single words up to an entire document of text. We refer to Double-R representations as grammatical or linguistic (but not syntactic) representations. The grammatical representations encode two key dimensions of meaning: referential and relational — hence the name Double-R. From the perspective of formal linguistics, Double-R aligns with the Simpler Syntax of Culicover and Jackendoff. Double-R is a work in progress. Top Chapter 2: Methodological Commitments Cognitive Plausibility
Las redes sociales también te enseñan idiomas Actualizado 16/04/2015 12:33:02 CET MADRID, 15 Abr. (CAMPUS VIVO) - Las redes sociales se han convertido en un elemento más en nuestra vida y la gran mayoría formamos parte de, al menos, una de ellas. Hoy en día utilizamos estas plataformas para contar todo aquello que nos sucede y hasta hemos integrado en nuestro vocabulario términos procedentes de las mismas como hashtag, tendencia o timeline; y nuevas palabras para denominar a los usuarios de estas redes, tales como Influencers (Twitter), Instagramers (Instagram) o YouTubers (YouTube) . Pero podemos dar otro uso a las redes sociales y sacar beneficio de ellas. En Campus Vivo hemos hecho una selección de algunas de las mejores redes sociales para aprender idiomas desde cualquier dispositivo electrónico y en cualquier momento del día. - Babbel. - Skype. - Livemocha. - Italki. - Lingualia. - Babelyou. - Políglota. - Babelians. - FriendsAbroad. - Soziety. - My Happy Planet.
POETRY IN THE CLASSROOM: 10 FUN ACTIVITIES | ELT-CATION Looking for fun activities to explore the art of poetry and use it to support language learning? Try these simple and fun activities. Is your favourite activity missing from this list? If you are thinking about using poetry in the classroom or looking for some fresh ideas, check out these resources: Enjoy and happy teaching! Like this: Like Loading... Australian migration to NZ hits new high Image copyright Getty Images More people are moving from Australia to New Zealand than vice versa for the first time in 24 years, officials say. Statistics NZ said 25,273 people migrated to New Zealand from Australia in 2015, almost two thirds of them were New Zealanders returning home. A total of 24,504 people moved from New Zealand to Australia, making a net flow of 769 people to New Zealand. This marks the highest net flow of Australians heading to New Zealand since 1991. In 2012 a record 53,000 New Zealand residents had departed for Australia, while just 13,900 people moved the other way. New Zealand and Australia have an agreement which allows most citizens to live and work in either country. New Zealand's economic and political stability, along with the end of Australia's mining boom, have been credited for the shift.