[youtube http://youtu.be/PgdYPcFWCuE] BBC News – Toilet tech: Big changes in the smallest room. This video has lots of vocabulary for intermediate students and plenty of points for discussion. Also the non-native speakers of English provide more advanced students with…
BBC News – Electronic cigarettes challenge anti-smoking efforts
BBC News – Electronic cigarettes challenge anti-smoking efforts. Its been some time since I’ve posted anything in my blog. I’ve been quite busy teaching English online and studying for my Masters in Microsystems Engineering here in Germany. As summer has…
Haiti is a beautiful country and I hope more will be done to help its people this year. BBC News – Haiti quake: Why isnt aid money going to Haitians?
BBC News – Haiti quake: Why isnt aid money going to Haitians?. Did you donate to help the Haitian people overcome the earthquake that occurred in 2010? Accord to this BBC news article only 1% of the aid actually given…
Let’s enjoy the end of the Election season with a bit of fun. What celeb would you want to lead the free world? BBC News – Pick your celebrity president
Being that I’m living abroad this election season I’ve already cast my vote through mailing in my Absentee ballot. In fact I believe you can even write in your choice for President if you didn’t like the choices you’d been…
Check out this fun article from the BBC News – Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English
BBC News – Britishisms and the Britishisation of American English. This is a very interesting article that talks about words and phrases that have “crossed the atlantic” from Britain to become common place in America. I definitely saw this coming,…
Can you guess what the oldest world in the English language is?…BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | ‘Oldest English words’ identified
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | ‘Oldest English words’ identified. This is a very interesting article that discusses how linguists were able to determine which words were the oldest in the English language. Can you guess which ones they…
Olympic Vocabulary Words
I’ve been talking to my students lately about all the events they can watch on TV having to do with the London 2012 Olympics. Its a good conversation starter and it gives them a chance to learn a bit of…
BBC News – Back to the future of computer science
I remember when I first learned about how I could actually program a computer game myself, since I was already too busy with my other high school courses I never bothered to make a go of it. Now you don’t…
BBC News – SXSW: As ‘Pinteresting’ as ever
Curating the web sounds like what many bloggers are already doing, but an up and coming start up called Pinterest is attempting to make it even easier to do. This is is just one company that’s making waves at South…
BBC News – Nicolas Sarkozy says France has too many foreigners
In making this statement did Nicolas Sarkozy set himself apart from his opponents in a positive way? Many might say that he made a good point in this interview. Where do you stand when it comes to immigration in Europe?…