SEMINARS AND CULTURAL EVENTS: DECEMBER 2008

Thursday 11th  December at 3.30pm*  “Ballate popolari europee”   This talk  will demonstrate that ballads form part of a vast European project and are the result of a cultural evolution.

Giordano Dall’Armellina, singer and musician

Saturday 13th December at 5.30pm*  “Un Inglese nel Giardino d’Europa: J M W Turner e l’Italia”   Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), figlio di un barbiere, genio precoce della Royal Academy di Londra, anelava come schiere di artisti e viaggiatori britannici, a conoscere l’arte italiana essenziale alla formazione artistica dei romantici inglesi.

Alberta Gnugnoli,  giornalista culturale di ambito internazionale.

Thursday 18th December at 3.30pm*  Games and the English classroom”   For young children, playing is a central way of learning.  This session will argue that this is not only true for children but for all learners.  Games are neither a break from learning, nor a reward after a difficult lesson but a vital way of teaching and practising language.

David Fryatt, Senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer, British Council

These seminars are free of charge. As places are limited, the 'first-come, first-served'principle will be applied. British Council, Ente accreditato dal MIUR per la formazione con Direttiva Ministeriale n.90 del 1 dicembre 2003

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