 Short Facts about United States and United Kingdom The United Kingdom is in the north-west of Europe between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. There are four countries in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are around 59,000,000 people living in the UK. Around 48,000,000 of these people live in England. London is the capital of England. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, the capital of Wales is Cardiff... |
 Zimbabwe Statistics
Surface: 390.580 km
Population: 11.500.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 29.1 inhabitants/km
Capital: Harare
Official language: English
Official currency: Zimbabwe dollar
Imported products: car pieces, petroleum products, chemical products
Exported products: tobacco, Cr, Cu, gold, cotton, meat,
Brut Intern Product: 5.800 million $
State type: ... |
 Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was born on August 4, 1792. He was a famous English Romantic poet.
Biography and Career :
An aristocrat by birth, Shelley never the less had radical ideas. He was educated at Eton and Oxford, from where he was expelled in 1811, for circulating a pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism" (1811).
Percy Bysshe Shelley had complete faith in the perfectibility of man kind and... |
 Lifestyle in Britain by Cristina Nuta -
One of the standing characteristics of English life is self-discipline. One can notice few noisy attitudes in the street. Generally, people are polite and always want to please. On the other hand, they do not like to show their emotions even in dangerous situations. Imagine the scene! Some Englishmen, walking in a forest, are caught by a violent storm which pulls the roots... |
 William Shakespeare - The Greatest English Poet and Dramatist by Cristina Nuta -
'What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving, how express and admirable in action… the beauty of the world' (Hamlet, II, 2).
The second half of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th are sometimes called in England 'The Age of Shakespeare'. William Shakespeare is the greatest English poet and dramatist and an... |
 Namibia Statistics
Surface: 824.268 km²
Population: 1.510.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 1.7 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Windhoek
Official language: English
Official currency: Namibian dollar
Imported products: alimentary products, car pieces
Exported products: fish, diamonds, sheep, cows
Brut Intern Product: 1.800.000.000 $
State type: republic
Geographical Characteristics:
The... |
 Kenya Kenya is situated in the east of Africa.
Surface: 582.640 km²
Population: 26.440.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 50.3 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Nairobi
Official language: English and Swahili
Official currency: Kenyan shilling
Imported products: coffee, tea, fruits, vegetables, petroleum products
Brut Intern Product: 85.000 million $
State type: republic
Climate:
Although is... |
 Malawi Surface: 118.484 km²
Population: 9.700.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 79 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Lilongwe
Official language: Chichewa and English
Official currency: kwacha
Imported products: car pieces, cars, textiles, food, petroleum
Exported products: tobacco, tea, cotton, sugar
Brut Intern Product: 2.222 million $
State type: republic
Geographical Characteristics:
Malawi... |
 Nigeria Surface: 923.773 km²
Population: 93.300.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 95,8 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Abuja
Official language: English
Official currency: naira
Imported products: iron, steel, textiles, car pieces, cars
Exported products: petroleum, cacao, palm products, rubber, nuts, wood
Brut Intern Product: 31.344 million $
State type: federal republic
Geographical... |
 Antigua and Barbuda General Facts :
Surface: 441.5 km²
Population: 79.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 178 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Saint John's (36.000 inhabitants)
Official language: English
Official currency: East Caraibean Dollar
Imported products: brut petroleum
Exported products: petroleum products, coffee, cocoa
Brut Intern Product: 4.600 $/inhabitant
State type: Constitutional... |
 Cameroon General Facts :
Surface: 475.442 km²
Population: 12.239.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 27 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Yaoundé (654.000 inhabitants)
Exported products: petroleum, coffee, cocoa, wood
Imported products: sugar, oil, textiles, drinks, alumina
Official language: French and English
Official currency: franc
Brut Intern Product: 960 million $
State type:... |
 South Africa Surface: 1.224.691 km²
Population: 41.240.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 31 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Pretoria
Official language: 11 official languages, English is used in administration
Official currency: rand
Imported products: car pieces, cars, textiles, chemical products, food
Exported products: gold, diamonds, metals, fruits, wool
Brut Intern Product: 124.200 million $
State... |
 Australia Surface: 7.686.848 km²
Population: 17.336.000 inhabitants
Density of population: 2 inhabitants/km²
Capital: Canberra (310.000 inhabitants)
Official language: English
Official currency: Australian Dollar
Exported products: sugar cane, grain
Brut Intern Product: 17.000 $/inhabitant
State type: Monarchy
Geographical Characteristics
Australia occupies the continent with the same name.... |
 About the English Renaissance by Herminne Tonita -
In England the Renaissance is usually thought of as beginning with the accession of the House of Tudor to the throne in 1485. Politically, this marks the end of the period of civil wars among the old feudal aristocracy-the War of the Roses, and the establishment of something like a modern, efficient, centralized state. This date is also close to that of the introduction of... |
 Geoffrey Chaucer-Canterbury-Tales by Herminne Tonita -
Geoffrey Chaucer is the first great poet in English literature. As a writer, Chaucer understands human motivation. He is a fine psychologist. The choice he makes of his characters is meant to cover the all Medieval society. His pilgrims belong to all walks of live in the Middle Ages.
The pilgrims are characterised both directly (in the General Prologue) and indirectly... |
 The Life of Henry VIII by Herminne Tonita -
Henry VIII was born at Greenwhich on 28th January 1491, the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. He became heir to the throne on the death of his brother, Prince Arthur, in 1502 and succeeded in 1509. In his youth he was athletic and highly intelligent. A contemporary observer described him as: " he speaks good French,Latin and Spanish, is very religious and he... |
 The Life of Henry VII by Herminne Tonita -
The century of the Tudor rule (1485-1603) is often thought of as the most glorious period in the English history.
Henry VII(1482-1509) is less well-known than his son, Henry VIII or his grand-daughter, Elizabeth I, but far more important in establishing the new monarchy. He had the same ideas and opinions as the merchants and gentlemen and that is why he was very... |
 Teaching English To Young Learners is Both a Difficult and Enjoyable Experience by Monique Barb -
Teaching English to young learners is both a difficult and enjoyable experience. It is difficult for you as a teacher, because you always have to find new and interesting methods and approaches in order to stir the learners’ interest; but in the same time it is enjoyable because you are given the chance of becoming child again, of seeing the world through a child’s eyes, when... |
 The Role of Informal Interaction in Teaching English to Young Learners by Monique Barb -
By informal interaction is meant the exchange of ideas, using spoken English, between teacher and learners and among the learners themselves.
BilIows (1961) was one of the first language teachers to stress the fact that a language has no life in itself. 'It must live,’ he wrote,’in the mouth of the teacher in relation to the activity and situation of the classroom. It is a... |
 Why Should We Encourage Informal Interaction in English? by Monique Barb -
There are four main arguments for encouraging informal interaction in English as part of the language teaching process:
1. Children learn languages best in situations where their attention is focused on meaning rather than on language. This argument is based on research into the way in which infants learn their mother tongue and the ways in which foreign language learning... |
 Hamlet's Questions by Cristina Nuta -
Shakespeare serves a wide variety of cultural purposes, from political nationalism around the globe to modern-day instruction in ‘leadership’ for business and corporate culture. He is in a way always two playwrights, not one: the playwright of his time and the playwright of our time, whatever time that is. Both ‘of an age’ and ‘for all time’, Shakespeare is the defining... |
 The Pleasures And The Obstacles Encountered In Learning a Foreign Language by Cristina Nuta-
I have always had an attraction for foreign languages, even from kindergarten when we used to learn the numbers in English or how to introduce ourselves. Then, going to school we had English as the first foreign language to study and I can say I really enjoyed it from the beginning. I was very pleased to discover that I was learning more and more and that my vocabulary was... |
 My English Teacher - a Good Teacher by Cristina Nuta -
If I were to describe one of my teachers I have had throughout these years, the first one who comes into my mind is my present English teacher.
The reasons why I would like to characterize my English teacher are various. First of all, I can say that I appreciate her skills in English and that I consider her a very prepared teacher. I like the way she pronounces, I like... |
 About Welsh People by Herminne Tonita -
In ancient times, the territory of present-day Wales was inhabited by the Celts. Shortly before the birth of Christ, the Romans conquered the land. The Celts managed to regain their kingdom but they still had to defend it from Norman and English attacks. For centuries Wales was plunged into bloody and cruel wars. Despite the Welshmen’s courage and endurance, Wales was... |
