Congratulations to Andy and Elena

All the staff and students of International House Milan would like to offer their congratulations to teacher Andy and his wife, Elena, on the birth of their baby daughter Emily!

Cockney English

Not everyone in London speaks English like the Queen! Some Londoners use a variety of English known as 'cockney'.
Do you want to learn more about cockney? Listen to this 6-minute podcast from BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/12/101202_6min_london_english_page.shtml

ENGLISH PUB QUIZ

Think you know your cinema, culture and music? The fun way to enjoy a drink and practise your English! Form your own team or just come along and we will find a team for you! The winners will get a prize!

Thursday
16th December
8.00pm

Bar ABBA
via S.Senatore 14MM: Missori

Please email Mark if you are coming!
business.english@ihmilano.it
SEE YOU ALL THERE !

The Do Lectures

Another source of inspiration - The Do Lectures

http://www.dolectures.com/

Here's an example of one of the lectures. This one is from Getting Things Done's David Allen

Are men the weaker sex?

Are men the weaker sex? Listen to this discussion from the BBC's 6 Minute English to find out!

6 Minute English

Learn English through songs

Here is a link to a great site. http://www.lyricstraining.com/

Choose a song to listen to - as the song plays, you have the chance to add the missing words.

The activities are available at different levels and the music pauses while you write the answer.

Enjoy!

Social Programme: Aperitivo

Monday 15th November from 7pm

Palo Alto Café - C.so di Porta Romana, 106

Join us for an aperitivo to celebrate Recycling Day! Eat, drink and practise your English in a relaxed environment with other students and teachers from International House!

Please email Mark if you are coming! business.english@ihmilano.it

visit ihmilano.it

International House United

Do you play football?

Then International House United wants you!

We want to organise a weekly football match for students and staff of IH Milan/San Donato.

If you are interested in playing, please send an email to teachersandon@gmail.com

TED talk

Here's an interesting presentation from TED -

Pub Quiz

Thanks to everyone who attended last week's pub quiz!

www.ihmilano.it

IH Milan 3rd Annual Conference - Directions

IH Milan 3rd Annual Conference

Friday 24th September

Omnicomprensivo Primo Levi di San Donato Milanese

via Martiri di Cefalonia, 46



Visualizzazione ingrandita della mappa

Collegamenti da M3

Uscita lato edicola – San Donato Centro

Capolinea Via Marignano – angolo Via Caviaga

Linea 130 Arancio (ATM)

Discesa Martiri di Cefalonia – De Gasperi

Biglietti

Tipo A - ambito comunale

Tariffa: 1,05 €
Da Milano

Biglietto ordinario cumulativo

Tariffa: 1,60 €

Social Programme: The First Event!

APERITIVO - Tuesday 5th October from 7pm

Join us for this year's first Social Programme event to celebrate World Teachers' Day! Eat, drink and practise your English in a relaxed environment with other students and teachers from International House!

Caffe Della Pusterla

via E. De Amicis 22

Please email Mark if you are coming - business.english@ihmilano.it

SEE YOU ALL THERE!

www.ihmilano.it

Open Day International House

3° Open Day International House

Piazza Erculea, 9

17 settembre 2010

dalle ore 13.00 alle ore 19.30

International House organizza il suo terzo Open Day, dedicato a tutti coloro che desiderano conoscere il proprio livello di competenza della lingua inglese e il mondo International House.

Durante l’Open Day il nostro Staff Didattico sarà a disposizione per incontrare le persone che vorranno svolgere il test d’ingresso ed avere quindi una valutazione gratuita delle proprie competenze secondo la Scala Livelli del Consiglio d’Europa.

Sarà possibile inoltre avere un dimostrazione del programma International House Campus, il percorso online abbinato ai corsi di lingua inglese o utilizzabile separatamente.

Durante l’Open day saranno organizzati degli spazi a tema con partecipazione libera.

Sarà inoltre messa in palio la partecipazione gratuita ad un corso di conversazione!

Non è necessaria la prenotazione.

Vi aspettiamo numerosi!

Per informazioni:02 867903 infomilano@ihmilano.it

IH Milan 3rd Annual Conference

We are pleased to announce our third annual conference for state school teachers.

ENGLISH - 2010 & Beyond

The future of language teaching & learning

Friday 24th September 2010

San Donato Milanese

We have exciting guest speakers from across Europe to talk to us about CLIL & Technology.

If you are interested in attending the event please contact us on -

info@ihmilano.it

02 527 9124

Welcome Back!

Welcome back after the long summer holidays!

We are looking forward to lots of exciting learning this year!

To find out more about our courses have a look at our website - http://www.ihmilano.it/it/corsi_di_lingua/index.htm

Holiday Time

We hope you all have a great summer holiday.

Don't forget to book your courses for 2010-11!

http://www.ihmilano.it/

CELTA July 2010

Congratulations to everyone who completed the CELTA!

Social Programme

We hope you all enjoyed our social events this year - many thanks to Mark who did a great job organising the programme!



See you at the first pub quiz after the holiday!

English for Pets

On Friday we found a new student waiting to get into our San Donato school. Maybe he wants to learn English?

YouTube Competition

Will you win the International House YouTube competition?

For more details visit IHWO

Words For Africa

We're supporting words for africa -

collecting books for schools in africa - è semplice - ci date i libri inglesi che non volete più e noi li diamo alle biblioteche e scuole che non hanno dei risorsi in Africa. simple.

Find out more on Facebook - words for africa Facebook

Pub Quiz

Thanks to everyone who came to the Pub Quiz!

See our Facebook Page for the photos! - Facebook

Ken Robinson

Here's a new TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson -

World Cup 2010

We're sure that you are all enjoying the World Cup from South Africa.

Our students in San Donato have predicted that Brazil will win the competition? Do you agree?

Here's a link to a video from FIFA explaining the Robben Island Football League

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/video/video=1245727/index.html

Simona Orlandi

Last Friday we were very pleased to attend the poetry reading for the Simona Orlandi Association in San Donato.

The event was a lot of fun, the poems were wonderful and it was a great pleasure to see all our old friends from the Association.

To find out more visit - Associazione Simona Orlandi

English Pub Quiz

THE LAST EVENT!


Think you know your cinema, culture and geography? The fun way to enjoy a drink and practise your English! Form your own team or just come along and we will find a team for you! The winners will get a prize!

BAR ABBA

Via S. Senatore 14
MM: Missori

Wednesday 23 June

Quiz starts at 8.30pm!

Please email Mark if you are coming! business.english@ihmilano.it

SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Simona Orlandi Poetry Competition

Invitiamo tutti, partecipanti e non, a

prendere parte alla serata di premiazione

che si terrà Venerdì 11 Giugno

alle ore 21.00 c/o la Biblioteca

Civica IISimona Orlandi" di S. Donato

Milanese Via Martiridi Cefalonia, 51/B,

Nel corso della serata verranno lette

le poesie premiate e quelle segnalate.

A premiazione conclusa sarà inoltre

disponibile la raccolta completa delle

poesie partecipanti.

An Englishman in Milan

Many thanks to John Sloan for entertaining us last Thursday at our aperitivo.

Have a look at our Facebook page for more photos!

www.johnpetersloan.com

Happy Summer Camp

Happy Summer Camp – imparare l’inglese giocando!

“The Happy Summer Camp” è il centro estivo per bambini e ragazzi (6-12 anni) completamente in inglese.

I nostri corsi estivi di inglese sono organizzati dalla nostra sede di San Donato Milanese presso la Scuola Elementare Salvo D’Acquisto in via Europa 38, per 4 settimane a partire dalla metà di giugno.

Sono aperte le iscrizioni!

Date estate 2010:

• 14-18 giugno
• 21-25 giugno
• 28 giugno-2 luglio
• 5-9 luglio
• 12-16 luglio (da confermare)

N.B. Il centro estivo in collaborazione con il Piccolo Circo dei Sogni di Peschiera Borromeo è sospeso per l’estate 2010

Durante questa esperienza, i bambini hanno la possibilità di familiarizzare con l'inglese in modo spontaneo, partecipando ad una varietà di giochi all'aperto, laboratori creativi e giornate a tema.

Sono accompagnati in questa avventura dai nostri insegnanti madrelingua e bilingue, tutti qualificati e dotati di solida esperienza.

English Club

E’ il “Club” ideale per i ragazzi (10-14 anni) che desiderano rinfrescare l’inglese prima di tornare a scuola.

E’ organizzato dalla fine di agosto per 2 settimane, sia presso la nostra sede di San Donato Milanese, in via Alfonsine 40, che in Piazza Erculea 9 (MM Missori) a Milano.

Le lezioni sono dedicate allo studio dell’inglese scolastico, ma anche allo sviluppo della lingua attraverso progetti a tema e argomenti più specifici. Tutto questo sempre con i nostri insegnanti madrelingua altamente qualificati, l’ausilio di materiali di ascolto e di lettura autentici e il nostro IH Campus online.

Contatta 02 5279124 oppure info@ihmilano.it per maggiori informazioni.

Social Programme: Aperitivo & 'An Englishman in Milan'

Enjoy a drink and practise your English in a relaxed environment with other students and teachers from International House!

...and enjoy a light-hearted talk about what it's like to live in Italy by actor and writer John Peter Sloan.

www.johnpetersloan.com

Galleria Meravigli

Via Meravigli 3

MM Cordusio

Thursday 27th May from 7pm

Please email Mark if you are coming!

business.english@ihmilano.it

SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Write on our blog!

Are you studying English at International House Milan/San Donato? Why not write a short article that we can put here on our blog?

Tell us about your experiences learning English, an amazing hobby, anything...the only rule is that it must be written in English!

The best articles will be published on this blog.

Send articles to Mike Riley - dos.sandonato@ihmilano.it

Pub Quiz Photos

Thanks to everyone who came to the pub quiz on Tuesday 27th April.

Visit our Facebook page to see more photographs!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/International-House-Milan/154810122033

IH Milan - OUP Conference Part 3

Here are the slides from Julie's presentation at the IH-OUP conference held on Monday 12th April 2010.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1K_S5vlcmaCNDU5Nzg2ZDctMTkwYy00OWJiLTgzMzAtYjFiYjAzN2Q3MGE5&hl=en

IH-OUP Conference, Milan part 2

Here are the slides from Louise's presentation -

Where's our teacher?

We all hope Vicky manages to return to Milan after volcano-related transport porblems!

Here's a video in English about the volcano from CNN

IH-OUP Conference, Milan part 1

On Monday 12 April, 2010, we gave three keynote speeches at the Oxford University Press conference in Milan.

Here are the slides from Babeth Cartwright's presentation -

Pub Quiz!

English Pub Quiz

Think you know your cinema, culture and television? The fun way to enjoy a drink and practise your English! Form your own team or just come along and we will find a team for you! The winners will get a prize!

Bar ABBA
via S. Senatore 14

Tuesday 27th April
Quiz starts at 8.30pm!

Please email Mark if you are comning! business.english@ihmilano.it

SEE YOU ALL THERE!

CELTA

Congratulations to all our CELTA trainees!

Click for more information about CELTA

The Next Generation

We really enjoyed this TED talk by Adora Svitak - What adults can learn from kids!

Happy Easter

We would like to wish all our students a happy Easter!

Here's a video of the highlights of last year's Easter Egg Hunt at the White House -

Aperitivo March 2010

Thanks to everyone who came to the aperitivo on 24th March!

For more photos, check our Facebook page -

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/International-House-Milan/154810122033?ref=ts

Aperitivo and Prize Draw

Don't forget at tomorrow's aperitivo you have a chance to win a study course in Malta!

Aperitivo and Malta Prize Draw

Aperitivo and Malta Prize Draw

Enjoy a drink and practise your English in a relaxed environment with other students and teachers from International House!

...and win a study course in Malta!

Wednesday 24th March 7pm

Bar L'Ambrosiana

Via Rugabella 1

(Ang. C.so di Porta Romana)

Please email Mark if you are coming! business.english@ihmilano.it

See you all there!

Women's Day

Many thanks to everyone who attended the Women's Day Quiz.

You can see more photos on our Facebook page - IHMilan Facebook

Video Karaoke

A new site allows you to watch your favourite English pop videos and sing along too!

http://tubeoke.com/

YouTube

We now have our own YouTube Channel

-http://www.youtube.com/user/IHmilan

International Women's Day

Happy Women's Day

St David's Day

Today is St David's Day. He is the patron saint of Wales and so there are lots of celebrations there today.

BBC Article

Here's a beautiful video from the Welsh Tourist Board.

Happy St David's Day!

Literature Course

Would you be interested in attending a course in English Literature at International House Milan?

We would love to know your ideas - please write to Mike at dos.sandonato@ihmilano.it and let him know what you think a course in English Literature should include!

Simona Orlandi Poetry Competition

International House Milan is proud to sponsor the 19th edition of the Simona Orlandi poetry competition.

If you are a poet and want the chance to participate in the competition, you have until Saturday 6th March to submit your work.

There are sections for poems in Italian and - of course - English!

For further details, visit the Simona Orlandi Association website.

Pub Quiz

Here are some photos from last week's pub quiz - Thanks to everyone who attended!

Executive Open Day

Here are a couple of videos from last week's successful Executive Open Day. You can also view some photos from the event by visiting our fanpage on facebook -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/International-House-Milan/154810122033

Women's Day Pub Quiz Night

ENGLISH QUIZ FOR WOMEN

Think you know your cinema, culture and music? The fun way to celebrate International Women's Day and practise your English! Come along and we will find a team for you! The winners will get a prize!

BAR ABBA

Via S. Senatore 14

Friday 5th March

Quiz starts at 6.30pm!

See you there!

A rich buffet and a complementary drink will await you!

Pancake Day

Today's pancake day - So - if you're not too busy watching the Milan-Manchester United match - why not try this recipe from English chef Phil Vickery?

Here's a link to more pancake recipes

Naples pizza

Here's an interesting news article from the BBC about the famous pizza of Naples.

BBC World Service

English Pub Quiz

English Pub Quiz

Think you know your cinema, a culture and music? The fun way to enjoy a drink and practise your English! Form your own team or just come along and we will find a team for you! The winners will get a prize!

Bar ABBA

Via S.Senatore 14

Thursday 18th February

Quiz starts at 8.30pm

Please email Mark if you are coming! business.english@ihmilano.it

Photogallery

Visit our website for more photos from the last social event!

www.ihmilano.it

Twitter

Don't forget you can follow the school on Twitter -http://twitter.com/IHMilan

IH Campus

Don't forget that we offer a great online package of exercises called IH Campus.

As well as reading, listening, vocabulary and grammar exercises there are lots of great features -

• Exam preparation exercises
• Interactive Worlds
• Access to the MacMillan online dictionary
• Regular news articles
• Lots of exciting language games

Here are some video guides to IH Campus

Visuwords

Here's a link to an interesting online visual dictionary - Visuwords

TG Fantastico

Our Italian students are very creative as you can see from this TG Fantastico!

For more information about our Italian courses, visit www.ihmilano.it

A History of the World

The BBC has a new website which tells the history of the world through 100 different objects. The site is very interesting and interactive. There are also games you can play.

A History of the World

IH Australia Day Aperitivo

Thanks to everybody who came to the Australia Day Aperitivo - As you can see from the photos, we had lots of fun!

Good luck, Clare

Everyone at International House Milan would like to wish Clare and Paolo all the best in Sri Lanka!

What kind of learner are you?

How does your mind work? How do you think? Are you a visual learner? Do you think through music or dance? Are you a logical thinker?

Thanks to the Birmingham Grid for Learning you can find out!

Take the test and let your teacher know...

Multiple Intelligences Test

Social Programme - Aperitivo

Join us to celebrate Australia Day, eat, drink and practise your English in a relaxed environment with other students and teachers from International House!

Aperitivo at Caffe Della Pusterla Via E. De Amicis 22 Tuesday 26th January From 7pm

Please email Mark if you are coming! - business.english@ihmilano.it














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Pub Quiz

Thanks to everyone who attended our pub quiz - congratulations to the winners!

Happy New Year!

International House Milan would like to wish everyone a very happy new year!