Good evening everybody,

Just waiting for my sweet potatoes and pulled pork to be  ready, makes me think of the Southern states of the USA and all that yummy food.

Here you can plan your trip:
http://www.travelsouthusa.com/

Here are some authentic recipes:
http://southern.food.com/

Oh how I love pecan pie...


And here are some lessons and quizzes to learn more about life in the USA:
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/life-in-the-usa.html

As Diane always says, have fun y'all!

Good afternoon everyone,

Hope you didn't just get caught in the hail.

Those pesky adverbs continue to cause us trouble. So take a moment to practise:
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adverbsum.html

Now we've got that out of the way we can concentrae on the real stars of the week: The Queen and Shakespeare.

Here's the Website of the British Royal Family:
https://www.royal.uk/

Loads of lovely pix and lots of information.

Here's The Globe in London, so you can see what it would have been like 400 years ago to visit a Shakespeare Play:

http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/

And here are more phrases we used everyday, from the Bard himself:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html

The sun is shining again here so I can go and look at my tulips...


Enjoy!

I'm probably teaching my grandmother to suck eggs (Idiom!), but just wanted to check you are all enjoying Pinterest.
It's free, easy to use and has become  my go-to for vocabulary and lovely ideas.

Let's imagine we want to talk about tenses. Google 'Pinterest ESL tenses' and you will find pages like this:

https://de.pinterest.com/pinningteacher/teaching-verbs/

Click on one of the thumbnails and you will be led further to other similar and recommended pages, like this:


https://de.pinterest.com/source/en.islcollective.com/


It's an Aladin's cave of treasures...

Prepositions:
https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=prepositions&rs=typed&0=prepositions%7Ctyped

Queen Elizabeth II:
https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=queen%20elizabeth&rs=typed&0=queen%7Ctyped&1=elizabeth%7Ctyped

Corgis:
https://de.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=corgis&rs=typed&0=corgis%7Ctyped&remove_refine=queen%7Ctyped


But be warned, Pinterest is addictive!

Have a good Sunday and a wonderful week.

Sunday morning again so here I sit ready to share some ideas with you all.

Feel like reading some English?
Here are stories at all sorts of levels:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/easy-reading?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglishteens


Not sure of your level? Test yourself here:

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/content?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bc-learnenglish

Prefer listening?

Visit and download ESL Podcasts:
https://www.eslpod.com/website/


For general browsing with lots of practice and help in all sorts of areas, visit the studyzone of the University of Victoria (Australia):

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/

Have fun and see you next week!

Good morning everyone,

What a lovely day yesterday! Just right for cleaning out our Pond.
Here's some vocabulary for Pond creatures:

http://www.wikipedy.com/pond_life_animals_plants_grass.htm

And some poems and quotations about spring (Horst is always talking about the blaues Band...)

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/springquotes1.html


Bluebells are a lovely sight in England in spring, here's the stunning Arlington bluebell walk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QYCveSKiEw

And here's a guide to other wildflowers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2niLTXqMkDc

Hoping for some sun today!

Good morning and Happy Palm Sunday.

Here are some Clips about traditions in English-speaking (well, one is Chinese, but it's Malaysia so that's OK) countries:

 Making Palm Sunday Crosses - A tradition at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox church:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WHMV1uADh4

 The distribution of Pax Cakes in Herefordshire : the round shortbread biscuits are given out by the vicar after the Sunday service. They are stamped with the image of a lamb and a blessing of “Peace and Good Neighbourhood” is spoken with each gift. The dole is believed to go back to a fifteenth century bequest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHLR6Jlfj0c

 I can’t resist this slide show of a Chinese mass in Penang, Malaysia on Palm Sunday 2013. (It’s a bit long.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDlhyUhpTXw

And let’s finish with “All Glory, Laud and Honour” on Palm Sunday in Stillwater, Minnesota.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vybSEKZQU6c



A Student mentioned this week that she thought she was having trouble with tenses.
Here's an overview:
https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf
 and a quiz:
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-quizzes/grammar-5-tenses.htm

See you next week!

Good morning after a brief Birthday-Break The Penguinet is glad to return to normal Service.

What a few weeks it has been, and how I have enjoyed sharing my admiration for Ernest Shackleton with you.

Here's the short film many of us already watched, with original footage and photos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgh_77TtX5I

And here's a longer documentary (in German!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzA6msnWB-Q

This site is in general about the polar explorers:

http://www.south-pole.com/

Here are lots of quizzes to practise your Business English:

http://www.businessenglishsite.com/business-english-grammar-tests.html


To finish with a bit of fun, try these simple hangman games:

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/spelling-games/

Have an excellent week!