Excuse me if I keep this short today; my Keyboard is not working properly and a Touchscreen is modern but tricky... for me at least.
we looked at 10 Downing Street this week, here's some more info:

https://www.gov.uk/government/history/10-downing-street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYRM4tYm-Ik

http://www.eyerevolution.co.uk/blog/get-inside-10-downing-street/


And here's a quiz  to check phrasal verbs (groan)
http://www.stuff.co.uk/phrasal.htm

Back home again after a week to remember!

We have been talking about phrasal verbs  recently, and my what fun they are. Here are some online quizzes and explanations:

http://www.eslcafe.com/pv/
(alphabetical list of phrasal verbs)

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/ppva.html
(quiz)


And a special quiz featuring 'get'
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/apr3.htm


And, from our Best Favourite BBC, some Funky Phrasals!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/148_phrasalverbs/

What a week for the United Kingdom. Who knows how much longer we will be united?
Here's an interesting interactive map of Scotland:
http://www.incallander.co.uk/mapofcotland.htm

And here's the famous 'Freedom' speech from Braveheart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEOOZDbMrgE

Here is a great online  Feature to give you more background on  Robert the Bruce and Wallace:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/hist/wallaceandbruce/

What about Bonnie Prince Charlie?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/launch_ani_bonnie_prince.shtml

Enjoy!

Hello again, back after a long and sometimes hot summer, visiting Borneo, Britain and the surprisingly mountainous Sauerland.
But now thoughts turn again to Unterricht.
At the end of last term I asked students what they would like to do this term, and lots answered "Games!" Laura is also finding that her little Chinese, Korean & Malaysian pupils like nothing better than a round of Spitz paß auf!
So off we went to the Fleamarket in Thedinghausen and bought lots of games.
Funnily enough I heard a piece on the BBC this week about 'Mensch aergere Dich nicht'
Here you can read the text:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29050369
And here you can download the Podcast of 'From our own Correspondant' and listen to the original report:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/fooc

And here is an online game for practising your prepositions:
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/prepositions-of-place-esl-fun-game-online-grammar-practice/
Play nicely!