Useful website

Many of you will be familiar with the Speak Up magazine. The magazine also has a very nice website with video clips and games to help you improve your English.

Here's a link to the site - Speak Up

Lovely English Food

One of the highlights to any trip to Britain is a delicious English Breakfast.

Here's how to make one!


British Food:How To Make A Traditional Full English Breakfast

Other Languages

We will soon be starting groups in the following languages. If you are interested in attending a course, please contact Genya (gnahmany@ihmilano.it) for information -

Chinese
Russian
German
French
Spanish

Useful Listening Site

ELLLO is a really useful site for practising listening. You can listen to (and sometimes watch) conversations on many different topics. The listenings come with tapescripts and questions.

This is a good resource for listening to lots of different accents.

Here's an example -

The Presidential Inauguration

On Wednesday, Obama become's America's 44th President. Here is a video of the 35th President's inaugural address - famous for Kennedy's soaring rhetoric - "Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans — born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage — and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world."

If you want to read the text as well go to YouTube.

Part 1:




Part2:

The Big Freeze

Not sure what to do with all this snow? Perhaps this video from Sky News might give you an idea...

London

Are you fascinated by the city of London? Would you like to know more about its colourful past?

The Museum of London has a great website with lots of resources for adults and kids to explore on line. Click on the link below and see what you can discover about one of the world's great cities.

Museum of London

Happy New Year!

All the staff at International House Milan would like to wish you every success in 2009!