OFFERTE - CORSI ESTIVI 2014

IMPARA L’INGLESE QUEST’ESTATE!  

LEARN ENGLISH THIS SUMMER!

OFFERTE CORSI ESTIVI

Prezzi bassi a partire da €160!

Corso di 12 ore

Luglio, agosto o settembre, 3 ore alla settimana

Livelli: principianti o intermedio

Minimo:   gruppo di 3 persone

Corso di 36 ore

Luglio, agosto e settembre, 3 ore alla settimana per 12 settimane

Livelli: principianti o intermedio

Paghi 2 mesi e avrai un mese GRATIS!!

Minimo: gruppo di 3 persone

Le iscrizioni per i corsi delle offerte estive devono essere effettuate entro la fine del mese di giugno 2014.

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NEW ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN DOCTORS IN UK

From 25th June 2014 medical doctors from the EEA and Switzerland will have to prove that they have the necessary English language skills to be able to practise professionally in the UK. The GMC [General Medical Council] will have the right to ask the doctors to take an English language test.

Dal 25 giugno 2014 i medici  provenienti dalla AEE e la Svizzera e desiderosi di praticare la loro professione nel Regno Unito dovranno dimostrare che hanno le competenze necessarie nell'uso della lingua inglese. Il General Medical Council della Gran Bretagna potrebbe chiedere ai dottori di sostenere un esame di inglese.

In Sicilia, vi possiamo aiutare da London Town Modica - Centro Linguistico Internazionale.

From 18th June 2014 medical doctors from outside the EEA and Switzerland will have to take an English language test and pass both parts of the PLAB [Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board] test. This consists of a language test and a medical skills test. It is possible that the pass mark for these tests will be raised. In order to register with the GMC and be granted a licence to practise in the UK, doctors from outside the EEA and Switzerland will have to gain an overall score of 7.5 in the IELTS exam. [Exceptions may be made in certain circumstsnces, for example if the doctor attended an institution where the language of instruction was English.]

You can find more information here and here.

In Sicily,we can help doctors to improve their English language skills at London Town Modica - Centro Linguistico Internazionale.

EASTER WORDSEARCH

Can you find the Easter words?

G N I R P S Q N C H S O E Y K

T T B H L A J H K A U S A R C

V E I U P R O U Q M L D O Y I

F D N M N C R N Y N N U B R H

E R H N O S E T H U W K N V C

T U I L O W T S S U V P M U T

I G A D U B S M O N D A Y P N

V T G A A X A E V O D R Y X H

E W X E R Y E G O O D A Y B Z

U T A B T I X B S Z H D O W N

A O P C V F Z I Q Q U E N I S

J H G W F W M J E T D B X Q K

H L A H W N H F X L M K Q N L

H M P I E M R Z T A T N V H F

E B E L Y Z B L L S C L F B Q

BONNET

BUNNY

BUNS

CHICK

CHOCOLATE

CROSS

DOVE

EASTER

EGG

FRIDAY

GOOD

HIDE

HOT

HUNT

LAMB

MONDAY

PARADE

SIMNEL

SPRING

SUNDAY

Notes:

Easter bonnet - a special hat worn by women in the Easter parades in London and New York.

Good Friday - the Friday before Easter; venerdì santo

Easter Sunday - Pasqua

Easter Monday - Pasquetta

Easter egg hunt - a traditional game in which parents hide Easter eggs in the garden and children try to find them.

Simnel cake - a traditional cake made at Easter

Hot cross buns - traditional cakes, a bit like brioches, made at Easter. They have the form of the cross on top.

bunny - a small or baby rabbit

dove - colomba 

hide - nascondere

lamb - agnello

a chick




Traditional song - Hot Cross Buns

PET SPEAKING EXAM - USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

In part 2 of the Cambridge PET speaking exam, the examiner explains a situation and gives you some visual material. With a partner, you have to decide what to do in the situation.

Here are some useful expressions to help you begin, maintain the conversation and end this part of the test:

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR PET SPEAKING PART 2

Beginning

OK, we need to decide what to buy / get / do /where to go / what we should take [objects on a journey]

So, which of these are the most important / are the best / are the most useful?

So, which of these would he / she like?

Saying what you think

I think we should / he should + infinitive

In my opinion, we should + infinitive

It would be a good idea to + infinitive because…….

I think it would be better to + infinitive than to + infinitive

I think he’d / she’d like ….

Making suggestions

Why don’t we …? + infinitive

We could / she could + infinitive

How about…? + - ing form

What about the…. ? + object. What do you think about that?

Let’s + infinitive

I’d like to + infinitive. What about you?

……. would be useful. Do you agree?

Asking what your partner thinks

Do you agree?

How about you? Do you agree?

What do you think?

Agreeing

Yes, I agree.

Yes, that’s a good / great idea.

That sounds good.

Disagreeing

No, I don’t think so because….

I don’t think that’s a very good idea because…

That’s not a bad idea but….

That’s true but….

I’m sorry, I don’t agree.

Im not sure about that. What about….?  + object / + - ing form

Preferences

[Specific occasion] I’d rather + infinitive + than + infinitive

[Specific occasion] I’d prefer to + infinitive

[In general] I prefer + noun + noun

[In general] I prefer + - ing form + to + - ing form

Concluding

So, we think …. and … are the most important things. Is that right?

So, we’re going to take [objects on a journey] / get / buy / go to  …. and …. . Is that right?

Yes, let’s take / get / buy/ go to…..

So we think he should + infinitive…

So we think he’d like + object / + to + infinitive

Yes, I think he’d really like that.

Yes, I think that would be best.

Yes, that would be really good.

QUIZ: HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WALES?

This Saturday, March 1st., is St David's Day. St David is the patron saint of Wales.

Do the quiz to find out how much you know about Wales!  The answers are at the end of the quiz:

1.  Wales is

a region
a state
a country or nation

2.  The capital of Wales is

Swansea
Cardiff
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

3.  Which of the following is not a symbol of Wales?

onion
leek
daffodil
dragon

4.  What is the most popular sport in Wales?

cricket
football
rugby

5.  Who is not Welsh?

Cerys Matthews
Shirley Bassey
Sean Connery
Anthony Hopkins

6.  The current Prince of Wales is

Prince William
Prince Charles
Prince Harry

Prince of Wales's Feathers

7.  Which of these mountains is not in Wales?

Snowdon
Ben Nevis
Caerphilly Mountain

8.  An eisteddfod is

an arts festival
a cake
a musical instrument

9. Which is the traditional instrument of Wales?

piano 
accordion
harp

10. Dylan Thomas was

an actor
a poet
a singer 

11.  Welsh rarebit is

cheese on toast with other ingredients
a cocktail
an animal


12.    In English, the Welsh national anthem is called

Land of Song
Land of My Fathers
Land of Wales

To see the answers, highlight the space below:

1. a country or nation  2. Cardiff  3. onion  4. rugby  5. Sean Connery 6. Prince Charles  7. Ben Nevis  8. an arts festival  9. harp  10. a poet  11. cheese on toast with other ingredients  12. Land of My Fathers

TEN FACTS ABOUT 2014

TEN FACTS ABOUT 2014

1.  2014 sees the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, or Great War. Official commemorations will be held in many countries.

2.  In Wales, the centenary of the birth of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas  [27th October 1914 - 9th November 1953] will be celebrated.

Statue of Dylan Thomas
in his hometown of Swansea

3.  On 1st January 2014 Latvia adopted the euro and became the 18th eurozone country.

4.  The Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia from 7th - 23rd February 2014.

5.  The FIFA World Cup will be held from 12th June - 13th July 2014 in Brazil.

6.  The Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 23rd July - 3rd August 2014.  This will be the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland.

7.  On 18th September 2014 a referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom will be held in Scotland.

8.  The United Nations has designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming and of Crystallography.

9. The 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall [1989] is on 9th November 2014.

10. The 300th anniversary of the accession of the House of Hanover to the British throne is on 1st August 2014.

King George III of the United Kingdom
by Allan Ramsay

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

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