Recent Posts Tagged With 'literature'

• Study a Classic of Literature

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 08:21 in video, literature, reading

  Many great works of literature have been translated into other languages, but there is nothing quite as good as reading a book in the original language. In today's activity you are going to study a classic of English literature; 'The Old Man and The ...

• 50 Word Stories

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 04:59 in literature, writing, story

  Writing creative stories is a great way to practice your English and get the chance to use a wide range of vocabulary and different sentence forms. Creative writing can take a long time though.In today's activity we look an idea from the DailyLit we...

• Listen to an American Story

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 03:13 in literature, reading, listening

  If you want to develop your ability to hear and understand English, it's very important to listen to a range of different accents.Today's activity comes from a website called Many Things that has large collection of North American short stories that ...

• Listen to a Good Book

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 03:26 in literature, reading, listening

  Reading a variety of texts from fiction to non-fiction is great for developing your vocabulary, broadening your knowledge and of course developing your English. Much as I like to read, one of the great pleasures from my childhood was having someone r...

• 5 Minutes of Daily Literature

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 03:12 in literature, reading, vocabulary

  Reading the classics of English literature is not only good for your reading skills and vocabulary development, but it can also help you learn about the culture and literature of the English speaking world and it can also be very enjoyable.Today's ta...