Shakespeare Poetry Party Photo

Thanks to all my students who participated in our Shakespeare Poetry Party on 22 April

Shakespeare 400 - Online resources to learn more about the Great Bard and his works

2016 is the four hundredth anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Here are some online resources you can use to learn more about his life, works and impact on the English language.

1. A series of lessons about the most famous English writer (Intermadiate, Upper-Intermediate Level).

2. A lesson about "Macbeth" for kids with games.

3. A course "Shakespeare Speaks" on BBC Learning English about the words and phrases that Shakespeare introduced to the English language which are still used today. These are my favourite lessons from the course:

Animal Idioms
Colour Idioms
Idioms and Phrases Relating to the Appearance
Talking about People You Can Rely on
Useful Expressions Relating to Guilt
Phrases and Idioms with "World"

4. A course "Exploring English: Shakespeare" by British Council on Future Learn which will help you to learn more about Shakespeare's plays and the language used in them

Shakespeare is all around us

On stamps

A new set of stamps featuring lines from Shakespeare's plays has been released in Britain to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of the Great Bard. Read more in the artricle New stamps celebrate Shakespeare's anniversary

In the cinema

Have you seen any screen versions of Shakespeare's plays? Their soundtracks are quite famous as well. This is the case when Shakespeare meets modern music.

Romeo and Juliette Soundtrack - Radiohead - Talk Show Ghost