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Nueva unidad didáctica digital interactiva elaborada con la herramienta de autor Malted, A Tour of London, dirigida a alumnado de inglés de Quinto curso de Primaria. En esta unidad, cuya autora es Encarna de la Cruz, se trabaja el imperativo, las direcciones, y da al alumnado un paseo por algunos lugares de interés así como momumentos y mercados de Londres. Además les enseña a localizar establecimientos en un mapa y cuenta con un atractivo paquete de actividades de ampliación entre las que destaca la creación de una guía de la ciudad, sin olvidar el cuaderno de notas del profesor en formato imprimible. Como todas las unidades Malted, para visualizarla correctamente necesitas Java y el plugin Malted Web 2.0 instalados en tu equipo.

century of crossing the Atlantic, finally the telectroscope can be completed also....see across the ocean; from New York City to London and back again

Iniciativa colaborativa de @londones, desde el I. E. Cañada Blanch de Londres, para acercar Facebook al aula de idiomas mediante vídeo-charla de Lord Richard Allan, director de Facebook en UK.

Author: Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?; Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent; Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent; Bergen, Henry, 1873-; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910 Volume: 2 Subject: Troy (Extinct city) -- Romances, legends, etc Publisher: London : Published for the Early English Text Society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: AIF-1840 Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: Pratt - University of Toronto Collection: toronto

Author: Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?; Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent; Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent; Bergen, Henry, 1873-; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910 Volume: 1 Subject: Troy (Extinct city) -- Romances, legends, etc Publisher: London : Published for the Early English Text Society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: AIF-1840 Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: Pratt - University of Toronto Collection: toronto

Language in humans has evolved culturally rather than genetically, according to a study by UCL (University College London) and US researchers. By modelling the ways in which genes for language might have evolved alongside language itself, the study showed that genetic adaptation to language would be highly unlikely, as cultural conventions change much more rapidly than genes. Thus, the biological machinery upon which human language is built appears to predate the emergence of language. According to a phenomenon known as the Baldwin effect, characteristics that are learned or developed over a lifespan may become gradually encoded in the genome over many generations, because organisms with a stronger predisposition to acquire a trait have a selective advantage. Over generations, the amount of environmental exposure required to develop the trait decreases, and eventually no environmental exposure may be needed - the trait is genetically encoded. An example of the Baldwin effect is the development of calluses on the keels and sterna of ostriches. The calluses may initially have developed in response to abrasion where the keel and sterna touch the ground during sitting. Natural selection then favored individuals that could develop calluses more rapidly, until callus development became triggered within the embryo and could occur without environmental stimulation. The PNAS paper explored circumstances under which a similar evolutionary mechanism could genetically assimilate properties of language - a theory that has been widely favoured by those arguing for the existence of 'language genes'. The study modelled ways in which genes encoding language-specific properties could have coevolved with language itself. The key finding was that genes for language could have coevolved only in a highly stable linguistic environment; a rapidly changing linguistic environment would not provide a stable target for natural selection. Thus, a biological endowment could not coevolve with p

Song Lyrics: "In the Tower of London, large as life, The ghost of Ann Boleyn walks, they declare. Poor Ann Boleyn was once King Henry's wife Until he made the Headsman bob her hair! Ah yes! he did her wrong long years ago, And she comes up at night to tell him so. ... (full lyrics in description)

The Authoring Software that made these exercises is now available for purchase, contact us for further details We are also running a one-day seminar on use of the software This course material is freely available for use by teachers in any educational institution, although the copyright remains with the Department of Language Studies at London Guildhall University.