24 Nov Topic 23 – Sentence structure in english: Affirmatives, questions, negatives and exclamations
According to Gardener, a sentence is a word or a set of words followed by a pause and revealling an intelligible purpose"...
Temario de Inglés – Secundaria
24 Nov Topic 30A – Direct and indirect speech
In the following topic we will study the concepts of direct reported speech and indirect reported speech with the grammatical implications that are involved in their study. In the second part of our analysis, we will centre on the main aspects related to indirect...
24 Nov Topic 30B – Direct and indirect speech
In the case of direct speech, the exact words are ‘incorporated’ (using quotation marks in writing) within the reporting sentence and retain the status of an independent clause but with a function in the reporting sentence which may be classed as a comment clause...
24 Nov Topic 38 – Scientific, technologic, commercial and administrative english
English for Occupational Purposes: Learners need to use English as part of their work or profession...
24 Nov Topic 42 – The norman conquest. French influence on the english language. Loanwords and calques.
During Cnute´s rule, Edward the confessor, son of Ethelred and Emma, daughter of a former Duke of Normandy, returned from a long exile in Normandy, strongly influenced by the Norman clergy and more interested in being a monk than a king. When he assumes...
24 Nov Topic 43A – Oral medieval literature: the arthurian legend.
Born in 1340-43, in the reign of Edward the III, when the 100 years war begins, probably in London. Important middle class family in constant touch with aristocracy. Only son of John Chaucer, rich wine merchant. Access to education (latin, french, important for...
24 Nov Topic 43B – Oral medieval literature: the arthurian legend.
Medieval literature is a broad subject, encompassing essentially all written works available in Europe and beyond during the Middle Ages (encompassing the one thousand years from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ca. AD 500 to the beginning of the Florentine...
24 Nov Topic 44 – Shakespeare’s life and world. Most representative works.
English Renaissance theatre derived from several medieval theatre traditions, such as the mystery plays that formed a part of religious festivals in England and other parts of Europe during the Middle Ages. The mystery plays were complex retellings of legends...
24 Nov Topic 45A – Great britain in the XVIIITH century. Socio-economical development and political articulation. Cultural and technical activity. Great novelists of the period
We can´t talk about politics in England in this century, without talking about France and Spain. At the beginning of the century, the throne of Spain is vacant, and both countries fight during the first thirteen years of the century to occupy this throne. The...
24 Nov Topic 45B – Great britain in the XVIIITH century. Socio-economical development and political articulation. Cultural and technical activity. Great novelists of the period
The 18th century in England is known as the Age of Reason or Age of Optimism. It is the time of the Enlightenment, an international intellectual movement related to the social and economic changes reflected in the appearance of a strong bourgeoisie. In the Enlightenment...