Resources (page 342)

Nicolau Medina Ribas was born in 1832 in Madrid and died in Porto in 1900. A great violinist of his time, he also dedicated a significant part of his life composing for the violin. He...

Recent Facebook photos appearing to show a two-way mirror hiding out in the depths of a Glaswegian club mean that the joys of being a woman relishing a fabulous evening with friends a...

This is an extract from my undergraduate dissertation entitled "Gender and Class' Impact on Aspiration". The assessment comprised of two parts: an oral presentation - in which I achie...

IELTS is the internationally recognised exam that certifies your competency in English at four levels i.e. Writing, Reading, Listening and Verbal skills A bad score in IELTS doesn`t ...

The meaning of a statement is not always obvious from the meaning of the words it contains. I was with one of my beginner students in the library, helping her request some materia...

Throughout the novel Bronte has Jane fight to break various different types of patriarchal bonds; although financial 'independence' has been acquired by its conclusion, as she specifi...

The word Wortschatz in German means `vocabulary` but, more importantly it contains two words; `Wort` meaning word, of course and secondly, `Schatz` which means `treasure`. That is ho...

Can we live without zero? Imagine nothingness, and we will think of vacuum and empty space. A mathematician would, however, conceive a number to represent that very property....

Is private tutoring a waste of money? Experiences of private tutoring First of all I`d like to say that as a private tutor for over 3 years I have had a variety of students a fe...

1) Context - the perspective of a successful veteran private tutor. 2) What teaching must successfully be 3) Why teaching fails This is a radical, yet necessary, way to rejuven...