The London International Mime Festival: an idea for a lesson about miming and non-verbal language

The  London International Mime Festival   is taking place from Saturday 9 January to Saturday 6 February 2016. It  is an annual theatre even...

Never too young to remember - International Holocaust Remembrance Day

“If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left,  when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed,  will be held up as a...

Let's talk about the UK (still with Scotland)

At the beginning of the new school year teachers usually explain to their students what they are going to study. Sometimes efl teachers not ...

Notting Hill Carnival - August, 24 and 25 2014 - What's your favourite Carnival?

Colours, music, stalls, floats and costumes. The   biggest European    street festival  is held in London in August. London's Afro-Carib...

Aesop's moral stories - let's talk about fables using digital tools

Aesop was an ancient Greek fabulist. He is presumed to have been born in 620 B.C. Unfortunately not much is certain about his life but some ...

Cineforum - some movies based on British or American novels for children

If we want to talk about foreign literature in our EFL class, watching some movies could be very useful.  I choose six films based on some ...

Travelling into Italian culture - Puglia

Puglia (or Apulia) is the "heel" of Italy. Click on the following Thinglink image I've created to have some information:     h...