How long will English going to be the lingua franca? Mandarin speaking competition final: Opening the door to the world. At the HSBC and British Council Mandarin speaking competition final at the British Museum, Susana Galvan reflects on the opportunities that learning a language offers and how it can sometimes change the course of your life. Continue reading on this website http://blog.britishcouncil.org/category/englishandeducation/ Let's see why English classes have become so god damn boring and try do something about your own teaching skills shall we? Check my reading tip:Why we dont like English classeshttp://www.antimoon.com/other/englishclass.htm Is English really the greatest language in the World? Some linguists say that all languages are equally great and are unique Every language has got its own syntactical, lexical and phonological features We may compare one language with another but cant say one language is superior or inferior to another Every country is proud of its national language. The languages in the world are divided into Indo-European, Celtic, Dravidian and so on English belongs to the family of indo-European languages. It is undoubtedly the most popular and the most widely used language across the globe. It is no exaggeration to say that no human being can exist in the world without learning English as the first, second or a foreign language .even a great hater of English cannot but use a few words of English in his or her speech .English is called the window of the world. it is the language of science and technology, computers, web, internet ,fax, commerce and parliament, journalism, and what not It is impossible to imagine life without English for a modern human being.source:http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/forum-topic/english-really-greatest-language-world Charles Dickens at 200 Let's continue our journey trhougouht Dickens marvelous literature.Now, learning some new Dickensians vocabulary . Whatch the video on the link and learn some new words: Introduction:Charles Dickens, one of the greatest writers in English literature, was born 200 years ago. 'The Teacher' becomes Dickens for a day to take you on a trip through London, the city which featured so heavily in his books. Along the way, he teaches some words and expressions. The video starts with an extract from 'Bleak House', one of Dickens's novels.Continue...http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2012/02/120207_teacher_dickens.shtmlDickensians -describes hard living and working conditiong, as oftens found in Dicken's novels. Viatnam is defitnitely Dickensian Scrooge - A person who hates spending money. Paris Hilton is not a scroogeWhat the dickens...? - an old fashioned expression of surprise or anger What the dickens are those new words? estamos agora em birigui atencao birigui em breve novidades. Estou agora em uma cidade abencoada assim como macarani ,estaremos eu e minha familia realizando um trabalho excelente em nome de jesus em breve estarei postando novas fotos. Agenda do pastor Tiago costaitarantim- 05/07/2012 maiquenique- 12/07/2012 macarani -19/07/2012 muito bem as igrejas catolicas estao dando um show de plagio discaradamente copiando os cultos das igrejas evangelicas,nas musicas ate nas pregacoes,vejo que poucas pessoas tem se pronunciado quanto a isto as igrejas catolicas se cansaram de perder menbros para os evangelicos e dai vem o ditado; se nao pode vence-los junte-se a eles