Peace and Non-Violence

America has celebrated Martin Luther King Day since 1983 on the third Monday in January. Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was an important person in the American Civil Rights movement, who believed in non-violence. He campaigned against segregation and inequality and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. In 1963 he gave his most famous speech, which contains the well-known phrase I have a dream.

Here you can enjoy most of this important speech. Then, think about the way in which you can contribute to improve the world and post a comment beginning like this: 

"I have a dream that . . . "

Do you need some kind of inspiration? Then you can listen to Someday, a song from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Watch the video and listen to it. It has a beautiful message.

Now you can read the lyrics here. Think about them . . . and of course, think about the things you can do to improve the world!

Forms for the Future

Lately we have learnt about the four different forms English has to refer to future time: be going to, Present Continuous, Present Simple and 'will'.

For an explanation and activities on be going to, click here.

Remember that we use Present Continuous to talk about totally planned activities. You can review it here. And we can use Present Simple to talk about official timetables. You can review it here. 

But we can also refer to the future using the modal auxiliary verb will. You can click here for further explanation on this topic. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to do some more activities. I hope it helps!

Singing Peace

Last Friday we had a very musical lesson as we got ready for the celebration of Non-Violence and Peace School Day, which will be held next Wednesday. We did some activities on Cry by James Blunt and we also enjoyed an interesting video on his return to Kosovo. We also listened to his song No Bravery, and we talked about it. 

Did you like the videos? 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, my dear students! I hope 2013 will bring you moments of joy and fun. 

Here you can enjoy the fireworks with which London welcomed the New Year. They are great! Below, you can also feel the atmosphere at the countdown in Times Square (New York). Which one do you prefer?