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

TED talk

Here's an interesting presentation from TED -

The Next Generation

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

Naples pizza

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

BBC World Service

Twitter

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

Visuwords

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

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

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

Winter vocabulary

As the weathermen are predicting snow in Milan this week, we can safely say that winter has arrived.

Why not visit the BBC Learning English website to test your winter vocabulary?

BBC - Weather Quiz

Don't forget to visit our website - IH Milan

Listverse

Listverse is a nice website (in English, of course) that has lots of interesting top 10 lists.

Business English

There are lots of great resources on the Internet to help you develop your business vocabulary. You can find some really interesting articles to read on the Business Week website. Here are links to a few that you might find interesting -

Leadership Blind Spots

How to be a better listener

Stocks: Another scary September market?

How to build a culture of innovation

Issuu

Issuu allows you to read a wide variety of magazines, reports and documents online. You can also publish your own material. It's visually attractive and there are lots of magazines on a wide range of subjects.

Video Site

Vimeo is a lovely video-sharing site for people who create their own videos. There are lots of interesting things to view and - of course - you can practise your English while you watch!

The Forest from David Scharf on Vimeo.

Explore the treasures of Iraq

You can practise your English and learn all about the fascinating history of Iraq at the virtual museum of Iraq site.

Wander round the halls, read descriptions of key exhibits and look at short video clips.

The Flatmates

The BBC Learning English soap opera The Flatmates is now available on their YouTube site

The Web

Here's a link to a nice site that can help you learn all about the Internet...The site is in English - of course!

Welcome to the Web

New York Times Videos

The New York Times has an excellent collection of video clips related to business news. Click the link below - the videos are quite challenging!

New York Times Business Videos

Twitter

You can now follow all the news from the school - Just look for IHMilan and start following!

Fun Dictionary Site

Lexipedia is an online dictionary that not only gives you definitions and examples, but also shows you a mind map of uses and synonyms.

Here's a link - Lexipedia

Have fun!

What's Twitter?

Have you heard people talking about Twitter recently? Here's a video in plain (but quite difficult!) English that explains Twitter...

Will you start Twittering?