English for Enogastronomy

A PREZI presentation about the many meanings of the word discrimination .  Do you Know what  HUMAN RIGHTS are?  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into more than 500 languages. Click here for more details. This is a lesson plan on Human Rights for my fellow teachers ( thank you Equality and Human Rights for sharing)

foto credit: www.thespruce.com "British food is bad" : a myth or reality?  The Brits only eat  fish and chips   and roast beef and the Scots, porridge and  haggis ? The Irish live on potatoes and the Welsh, leeks? These are just common places that need to be discarded. And in fact this post will try to make our students aware of how British food history is full of fascinating and surprising stories. Let's find out watching the 2014 BBC documentary. BREAKFAST The origins of breakfast are the most mysterious of  all. The particulars of the British first meal of the day have changed dramatically over the centuries. From the earliest records of Medieval bread and ale, through the gorgeous morning tables of Jane Austen's era and the Edwardian age to today's cereals and smoothies, the  British breakfasts have been profoundly influenced through the centuries by religious strictures and  social status.  Now watch the video   THE HIST...

Back to theatre again  with our students. We'd love to welcome this glowing Roman Autumn with a brand new performance by PALKETTOSTAGE "THE PICTURE of DORIAN GRAY" Oscar Wilde was born on 16th October 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and at Magdalen College, Oxford, and eventually settled in London.  A great conversationalist and a famous wit, Wilde began by publishing witty, comic plays among which we must remember Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895...you can read our PREVIOUS POST HERE! ) , and his most famous play, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Wilde published his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, before he reached the height of his fame. It was criticized as scandalous and immoral, so Wilde revised it in 1891, adding a preface and six new chapters. The Preface (as Wilde calls it) introduces his  philosophy of art. Devoted to a school of thought...