giovedì 10 novembre 2016

giovedì 3 novembre 2016

Mind maps Module 7 - 5Aco

VENTILATION


CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER


CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER


SOLAR POWER




BRITISH HOMES AND WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING

AMERICAN AND BRITISH HOUSES


mercoledì 3 agosto 2016

New video by Adam at Engvid - Body idioms -

After a long pause I post a new video for my students of English. Check it out! I hope you are enjoying your holiday.


sabato 30 aprile 2016

Mistakes to avoid

Two interesting videos on mistakes that learners and native speakers of English make.



Do not make them! You can!

venerdì 22 aprile 2016

giovedì 21 aprile 2016

Georgian Architecture for the 5th Class.

 Georgian Architecture

The period of architecture that we call Georgian is very roughly equivalent to the 18th century. Although the reign of George III extended into the 19th century, and George IV did not die until 1830, the style(s) of architecture most commonly associated with Georgian England is at its most strongly identifiable in the period 1730-1800.
With all those disclaimers established, what characterized Georgian design? More than any other period of English historic architecture, Georgian style is linked with the classical period of Greece and Rome.
Classical influence. The Georgian period was highly - at times almost exclusively - influenced by the classical architecture. An entire generation of aristocratic youth traveled throughout Europe on the "Grand Tour", which was supposed to put a polish on their education. These Grand Tours exposed the most influential class in Britain to the classical traditions of style and architecture. These young men (only very occasionally did women undertake a Grand Tour), came home to Britain fired by an enthusiasm for classical architecture and design.
Georgian style - major themes
 Influenced by Greece and Rome
 Terraces and Town Houses
 Palladianism
 Country Houses

Country Houses. During the 18th century wealth was accumulating in the hands of fewer and fewer people. Basically, the rich were getting richer, and they put money into their homes. Wealthy landowners enclosed vast tracts of land to create huge landscaped parks, and those parks acted as a setting for grand houses we call "country houses".
These country house estates were dotted with copies of classical temples and other allegorical architectural elements such as grottoes, bridges, and that group of oddments we call "follies". These elements were aligned and joined by sinuous avenues or subtle openings in carefully planted trees and shrubs. The houses which dominated these parks carried on the classical philosophy.
Palladian door
Palladian door
Baroque vs. Classicism. At the beginning of the century, the Baroque movement produced architecture which employed classical elements in a willy-nilly free-for-all profusion. The opulent cascades of ornamental elements of Baroque gave way in the Georgian period to careful - and in some cases rigid - adherence to a sense of classical proportion. If Baroque is "over-the-top", Georgian classicism is understated elegance.
Palladianism. Georgian classicism was most heavily influence by Palladianism, a philosophy of design based on the writings and work of Andreas Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century who tried to recreate the style and proportions of the buildings of ancient Rome.
What characterizes Palladian architecture? In a nutshell, grace, understated decorative elements, and use of classical "orders".
Definition
Orders: a formalized system of proportions. The major Greek classical orders were Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian.
Also, a great deal of attention was paid to the alliterative, or symbolic nature of architectural elements. Thus, a mock temple of Apollo (the Greek god of War) was not simply a building, but might symbolize war in the English world. The relationship of that temple to other architectural elements, made a statement of the builder's philosophy. Nothing was "just" a decorative element.
The first popularizer of Palladian style was Inigo Jones, Surveyor-General under James I. Jones was responsible for several early Palladian buildings, notably Queen's House, Greenwich, and the Banqueting House at Whitehall. Later, the torch of Palladianism was taken up by Richard Boyle, Lord Burlington, the foremost patron of the arts during the mid-18th century.
Terraces. The type of building which most characterized the Georgian period was the Town House, often, though not always, joined end to end to create "terraces".
A Georgian terrace
A Georgian terrace
The 18th century was a time of great urban growth. At the same time, the density of settlement in towns meant that there was a need to pack a lot of houses into a small space. This need gave birth to the terrace, which allowed a whole street to be given a sense of architectural wholeness, while keeping the size of houses small. Most terraces were made of brick, with sloping slate roofs hidden behind stone parapets. In fashionable Bath, where local stone was plentiful, brick was used less frequently.
Walls between houses were built thick to prevent the spread of fire. These dividing walls carried the weight of the chimney stacks. Most terraces were four stories high, and the front door was accessed by a short flight of stairs. The most important rooms were on the first floor. [North Americans take note: the "first floor" is not the ground floor, but the first floor up beyond that].
Windows were almost exclusively sash-windows, made of standardized panes of glass divided by thin, delicate wooden glazing bars. The pattern of windowing was the same everywhere; on the ground floor windows were kept short, for stability of the house structure. First floor windows were tall and elegantly expansive, second floor windows shorter, and top floor windows almost square. Front doors are paneled, with a semi-circular fanlight above.
Terraces took several forms; often laid out in straight lines, but also in squares around a central garden space, or in crescents or oval "circuses". These last two curvilinear designs were often augmented with vistas and avenues in brick or masonry, punctuated with stands of trees or gardens.
Building developers. The widespread use of the terrace plan was made possible by the growth of speculative building. Landowners would build rows of terraced houses with an eye to renting the houses to the upper and newly-wealthy middle class. Although many of these land developers hired architects to carry out their plans, some successful architects were developers themselves, notably the father-son teams of Woods and Dance, and the Adams brothers. Many great terraces in Bath are the work of the Woods, while the Dances were responsible for developing terraces in Dublin, and the Adams team held sway in London.
Related:
Robert Adam
Country Houses
Inigo Jones

http://www.britainexpress.com/architecture/georgian.htm

 

mercoledì 17 febbraio 2016

Deutsch lernen mit Musik - Zweite Klasse

Hier findet ihr Videos und Übungen mit Liedern

http://easy-deutsch.de/deutsche-musik/


HALT DICH AN MIR FEST 




ATEMLOS DURCH DIE NACHT von HELENE FISCHER


Hier sind die Lyrics



Artikel auf Deutsch- DER - DIE ODER DAS


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 2 - THE FUTURE WILL

TRULY MADLY DEEPLY BY SAVAGE GARDEN


YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL  BY JAMES BLUNT



I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU BY THE REMBRANDTS



I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU BY WHITNEY HOUSTON


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 2 - THE FUTURE GOING TO

NEXT YEAR BABY BY JAMIE CULLUM





WE ARE GOING TO BE FRIENDS BY JACK JOHNSON


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 2 - The first conditional.

IF YOU GO AWAY SUNG BY SHIRLEY BASSEY (the original version was sung by Frank Sinatra)


IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW BY  SIMPLY RED



TIME AFTER TIME BY CINDY LAUPER


I'LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE BY THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH


IF YOU GIVE IT TO ME BY MARIAH CAREY AND BUSTA RHYMES


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 3 - The second conditional.

IF I WERE YOU BY HOOBASTANK



HERO BY ENRIQUE IGLESIAS


TEARS IN HEAVEN BY ERIC CLAPTON


IF I WERE A BOY BY BEYONCE



MONEY MONEY MONEY BY ABBA


RICH GIRL BY GWEN STEFANI


IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLAR BY BARENAKED LADIES


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 3 - HABITS IN THE PAST -USED TO

THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND BY MADONNA


WE USED TO BE FRIENDS BY DANDY WARHOLS



THE RIVER BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



THE WAY IT USED TO BE BY THE PET SHOP BOYS


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 2 - Present Perfect Continuous

LEFT OUTSIDE ALONE BY ANASTACIA


WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU BY FOREIGNER


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 2 - Present Perfect

HAVEN'T MET YOU YET BY MICHAEL BUBLE'



I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR - BY U2


LADY IN RED BY CHRIS DE BURGH


NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU BY SINEAD O' CONNOR



WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - THE QUEEN


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 1 - Past continuous

JEALOUS GUY BY JOHN LENNON



CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVE BY THE OASIS



CRYIN' BY AEROSMITH


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 1 - Past Simple

YELLOW SUBMARINE BY THE BEATLES




I WILL SURVIVE BY GLORIA GAYNOR


BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME BY CELINE DION


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 1 - Present continuous

SAILING BY ROD STEWART



TOM'S DINER BY SUZANNE VEGA


Songs to learn and practice your English Grammar - Level 1 - Present Simple

 ERIC CLAPTON -WONDERFUL TONIGHT



 THE BEATLES - SHE LOVES YOU




Bette Midler - From a distance



martedì 19 gennaio 2016

Mind-maps on Building Materials

Mindmaps - Building materials - by Andrea Lapolla - IVAco

STEEL -

CEMENT

Mind-maps created by the students of the third year. Small-pox and MSF

Here you can find the mind-maps created by my students after watching some videos in the blog and reading a short text.


MSF by PAUL DIACONU

SMALLPOX - VACCINATION AND VARIOLATION BY MICOL MARCOLINI





sabato 9 gennaio 2016

Shakespeare - Mind-map and video

Here you find a video on Shakespeare and the debate about his authorship.







Here a very complete mind-map:



http://www.conceptdraw.com/samples/resource/images/solutions/mind-maps/MIND-MAPS-Word-Exchange-Shakespeare.png

Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten / News in German

Unter diesem Link findet ihr die Nachrichten auf Deutsch.

Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten

08.01.2016 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten

Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Freitag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Audio anhören 10:29

Nachrichten von Freitag, 8. Januar 2016 – langsam gesprochen als MP3

Forderung nach schnellerer Abschiebung ausländischer Straftäter:
Nach den sexuellen Übergriffen auf Frauen in der Silvesternacht in Köln und anderen Städten fordern Politiker aus Union und SPD ein härteres Vorgehen gegen ausländische Straftäter. Sie müssten schneller abgeschoben werden können. Der SPD-Vorsitzende und Bundeswirtschaftsminister Sigmar Gabriel sagte der "Bild"-Zeitung, der Staat müsse stark und handlungsfähig bleiben. Es gehe jetzt darum, alle Möglichkeiten des internationalen Rechts auszuloten, um kriminelle Asylbewerber in ihre Heimat zurückzuschicken, erklärte der Vizekanzler. Bundesinnenminister Thomas de Maizière sprach sich in der "Rheinischen Post" aus Düsseldorf für mehr Videoüberwachung auf öffentlichen Plätzen und harte Strafen aus. Dazu gehöre auch, ausländische Straftäter bei erheblichen Vergehen auszuweisen, betonte der CDU-Politiker. Seine Partei fordert in einer Beschlussvorlage für ihre Klausurtagung in Mainz, die Hürden für Abschiebungen zu senken.
Nach Kölner Übergriffen Polizei unter Druck:
Eine Woche nach den Übergriffen eines alkoholisierten Mobs auf Frauen in Köln ist immer noch unklar, was genau in der Silvesternacht geschah. Die Kölner Polizeiführung gerät nach neuen Zeugenaussagen auch aus den eigenen Reihen zunehmend unter Druck. Laut einem Bericht des "Kölner Stadt-Anzeigers" sollen Verantwortliche der Polizei die Herkunft der Tatverdächtigen vom Hauptbahnhof absichtlich verheimlicht haben. Der Polizeiführung sei offenbar schon in der Silvesternacht klar gewesen, dass es sich bei vielen von rund hundert kontrollierten jungen Männern um Flüchtlinge aus Syrien, dem Irak und Afghanistan gehandelt habe, die erst seit kurzem in Deutschland lebten, hieß es in dem Bericht. Der verantwortliche Dienstgruppenleiter der Polizei nannte die Herkunft der kontrollierten Männer dem "Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger" zufolge bewusst nicht, weil ihm dies "politisch heikel" erschienen sei.
Slowakei weigert sich Muslime aufzunehmen:
Die Slowakei will keine muslimischen Flüchtlinge aufnehmen. Das kündigte Regierungschef Robert Fico als Reaktion auf die Übergriffe auf Frauen in Köln und Hamburg in der Silvesternacht an. Seine Regierung werde nicht nur weiterhin die Durchsetzung verpflichtender EU-Quoten zur Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen bekämpfen, sondern auch verhindern, dass in der Slowakei eine geschlossene muslimische Gemeinschaft überhaupt entstehen könne. Die Slowaken wollten nicht, dass etwas wie in Deutschland auch bei ihnen geschehen könne. In Zukunft wolle sich sein Land auch nicht mehr an humanitärer Hilfe für Flüchtlinge beteiligen, kündigte Fico an. Schon bisher nahm die Slowakei kaum Flüchtlinge auf. Im gesamten Jahr 2015 wurden acht Asylanträge genehmigt.
Syrien erlaubt Hilfslieferungen für belagerte Stadt Madaja:
Die syrische Regierung hat erstmals seit fast drei Monaten grünes Licht für Hilfslieferungen in die von ihren Truppen gemeinsam mit der verbündeten Hisbollah-Miliz belagerten Stadt Madaja nahe Damaskus gegeben. In der Stadt, die von Aufständischen der Freien Syrischen Armee (FSA) kontrolliert wird, sind rund 40.000 Menschen eingeschlossen. Laut UN droht in Madaja vielen Menschen der Hungertod. Es gebe glaubwürdige Berichte, wie die Fotos und Filme von hungernden und ausgemergelten Menschen, die im Internet kursierten, belegten. Die Hilfskonvois sollen in den kommenden Tagen starten. Die letzten Lebensmittellieferungen waren am 18. Oktober in Madaja angekommen.
Südkorea reagiert auf Nordkoreas Atomtest mit Lautsprecher-Propaganda:
Als Reaktion auf den neuen Atomtest Nordkoreas hat Südkorea seine Propaganda-Beschallung an der Grenze wieder aufgenommen. Entlang der demilitarisierten Zone tönen aus den Lautsprechertürmen südkoreanische Popmusik, Nachrichten und Kritik am kommunistischen Regime von Machthaber Kim Jong Un. Die Beschallung dringt bis zu 24 Kilometer weit nach Nordkorea hinein. Durch die antikommunistische Propaganda könnten sich nach Ansicht von Beobachtern die Spannungen zwischen beiden Staaten deutlich erhöhen. Nordkorea hatte am Mittwoch nach eigenen Angaben erstmals eine Wasserstoffbombe getestet und damit weltweit Empörung ausgelöst.
Leichter Aufwärtstrend an Chinas Börsen:
Nach den massiven Verlusten und der Aussetzung des Handels am Donnerstag hat sich der Aktienmarkt in China etwas erholt. Die Börsen in Shanghai und Shenzhen notierten mit ein bis zwei Prozent im Plus. Zuvor hatte die Regierung der Volksrepublik einen neuen umstrittenen Schutzmechanismus zur Unterbrechung des Aktienhandels bei großen Schwankungen wieder abgeschafft. Auch verringerten sich Sorgen über die Schwäche der chinesischen Währung, nachdem der Yuan über Nacht zum ersten Mal seit neun Tagen wieder etwas stärker notierte.

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