A box of chocolates and many other ... containers!

Teaching and learning containers in English seems to be the lighter side of the job - here we have concrete object and we can easily test our knowledge in real life context. Making such a list, however, may result in forgetting something important. Here below you will find two links to a website which will be helpful in completing a sample shopping list using containers.


http://usefulenglish.ru/vocabulary/food-main-list

http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/learn-english/vocabulary/containers/

Native speakers vs. global English

An interesting article on how English is evolving and how flexible we should sometimes  be...
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161215-you-need-to-go-back-to-school-to-relearn-english

Brexit has given voice to racism...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/27/family-safe-eastern-europeans-brexit-britain-eu-referendum

News in English: Brexit will become a fact.

As the Britons had voted for leaving the EU we may expect that the UK will leave the organization sooner or later. 

Time will show if it turns for the better or worse. For the time being the pound's exchange rate has dropped significantly, which will affect those who earn in this currency but spend abroad.

Ever wondered about the origins of Winnie-the-Pooh?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh

Blog for professional teachers

http://www.deltapublishing.co.uk/development-blog

The Princess of Mars (audio story)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmKjyCOhGI

Myths around the world

http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/myths.htm

Fables and fairytales

http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/

Office vocabulary

http://www.theenglishalley.es/City/office.html?platform=hootsuite

Stories listening and learning

Beauty and the Beasts

Fantastic collection of short stories

Do you need a nice read? 
Here a fantastic collection of short stories to choose from (about 900).
http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/home/

English more important than technical skills!

http://whyenglishmatters.com/docuseries/introduction/?pk_campaign=Lead-Gen-Outbrain-Links

scooby doo

Did you know what SCOOBY DOO means?
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/scooby-doo

English for kids - pets

Slideshow: PETS :)

Hundreds of vocabulary quizes

Link to hundreds of free vocabulary quizes:    LINK

The largest dinosaur ever!

An insteresting read from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160201-meet-the-most-massive-dinosaur-to-ever-stomp-the-earth

EVERYDAY ENGLISH - listening devices

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