English for Enogastronomy

Talking about past events and emotions together with some hints at poetic language. Oscar Wilde offers us another chance to appreciate his words and wit. We wish to thank professor Simonetta Antonioni for the kind support and interesting lecture. THE SELFISH GIANT (Thank you HarperCollins e-book for sharing) USE OF ENGLISH ( level A2) Simple Past Tense   in narrating past events (Courtesy of professor Simonetta Antonioni) A quick guide to Wilde's poetic language (Courtesy of professor Simonetta Antonioni)

One of the greatest challenges in teaching writing skills is paraphrasing. Paraphrasing means writing the same things using different words such as nouns and verbs synonyms as well as linkers and connectors .  When paraphrasing, it is important to keep the original meaning and to present it in a new form. Basically, you are simply writing something in your own words that expresses the original idea.     Let's see  how it works and...mind the colours! ( courtesy of Prof. S. Antonioni - excerpts taken from "Between Courses" ed. Hoepli  )  RED= nouns and verbs synonyms BLUE= linkers and connectors VEGETARIAN DIETS Vegetarian diets are usually associated to/connected to /linked to  the philosophy of living in harmony with nature. There are different kinds of vegetarians: vegans, lactovegetarians, ovovegetarians and fructarians. 1. Generally speaking VEGETARIANS usually eat vegetables, fruit, grains, n...