A few days ago I was watching a video as part of a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) about Spain and its culture. The speaker mentioned bullfighting and how rooted it is in Spanish culture (to my dismay, I must say), something that becomes obvious through the many everyday expressions we use that stem from […]
Saturday morning in London, threatening lead-coloured sky, and the area outside the Parliament is still oblivious to the stream of visitors who is yet to turn up – certainly to be let down by a Big Ben scaffolded to the teeth. But who cares about the outside world on a fine day like today? Surely […]
As I toyed with the idea of starting a blog, several topics sprang to mind, but maintaining one’s language skills seemed the most appealing to open this new endeavour. The years I spent in the foreign language classroom with my adult students – as well as my own lifelong experience as a learner – have […]