Nueva sesión del club de lectura en inglés “English Reading Circle” con Andrew Bennett como moderador. Para aprender sobre la literatura contemporánea norteamericana a través de la lectura y la discusión de relatos cortos de revistas literarias en línea, que pueden leerse gratuitamente a través de internet en la páginas web de las revistas. Los
“Introduction to Public Speaking”, curso en línea masivo y abierto (MOOC) de la Universidad de Washington en Coursera enriquecido por el American Space Madrid (en la c/ Miguel Ángel nº 8 de Madrid) con la participación de expertos, sesiones paralelas, ayuda para la grabación de tus vídeos y casos reales (de acceso libre previa inscripción).
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“Salinger” David Shields & Shane Salerno “Salinger-ians – those who are obsessed with the fabulously successful and famously reclusive Catcher in the Rye author– will find much to argue about in this oral history by filmmaker Shane Salerno (whose related movie is released September 6) and co-writer David Shields. According to the authors and the
“Patrick’s dinosaurs” by Carol Carrick & Donald Carrick “One Saturday while visiting the zoo, Hank tells his brother Patrick all about dinosaurs, and Patrick scares himself by imagining what it would be like if the great creatures were alive today.” Extraido de Amazon. Ver además: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/912352.Patrick_s_Dinosaurs http://bit.ly/1eF3ccu http://bit.ly/1psbEh1 Los títulos seleccionados son una muestra
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For our last YL 3 class of the trimester, we talked about the vernal equinox and how the tilt of the Earth’s axis contributes to the change in seasons here in Madrid. Spain and the U.S. are both located in the Northern Hemisphere; thus, both countries have recently welcomed Spring! To celebrate this season,
The short story I have chosen for the March edition of the English Reading Circle, Mary Gaitskill’s “Something Better Than This,” is not an easy story. Its colloquial, conversational language has surely kept you close to the dictionary – or to the computer screen. In any case, I hope your linguistic frustrations have not kept
“Rethinking the Renaissance: Burgundian arts across Europe” by Marina Belozerskaya “In this study, Marina Belozerskaya re-establishes the importance of the Burgundian court as a center of art production and patronage in early modern Europe. Beginning with a historiographical and theoretical overview, she offers an analysis of contemporary documents and patterns of patronage, demonstrating that Renaissance
“El maquinista de La General” dirigida por Buster Keaton y Clyde Bruckman “Johnny Gray (Buster Keaton) es maquinista en un estado del Sur y tiene dos grandes amores: una chica (Anabelle Lee) y una locomotora (La General). En 1861, al estallar la Guerra de Secesión, Johnny intenta alistarse, pero el ejército considera que será más