Listening comprehension exercises

Here you can have access to Nobuna, which provides you with a lot of listening comprehension exercises.

Text: Level 8

LONGMAN Advanced Learners’ Grammar by Mark Foley &  Diane Hall.

You should be able to find it at the European Bookshop. 

Texts: Level 6

We will be using the following texts for the course:

- International Express. Student's Book. Upper-Intermediate by Keith Harding and Adrian Wallwork
- International Express. Workbook. Upper-Intermediate by Adrian Wallwork

You should be able to find it at the European Bookshop.

Some ESL tips for the Italians

Here is a link for a video stream consisting of some tips for the Italians learning Englsih as a second language (ESL). I think it is mostly on pronunciation.

I also found the website of the guy in the video.

DGT edit helpline

Here you can reach DGT editorial helpline, which is supposed to provide you with "rapid linguistic advice on request". 

The Shallows

Here you can have access to the reference for the book entitled The Shallows. What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicolas Carr.  We mentioned this book in the context of our discussion on the role of punctuation in the emergence of individualistic literary consciousness.

Text: Presenting in English

We will be using the following text for the course:

Presenting in English by Mark Powell.

You should be able to find it at the European Bookshop.

Here you can find you the first section of the book.