New in the library: March 2013

New in the libarary this month is the DVD 'The Ides of March'. 

Plot

Famous quotes

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail".

– Ralph Waldo Emerson 

New in the library: February 2013

I have a new DVD available in the library: Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  Let me know if you´re interested in borrowing it. English subtitles are available on the DVD - so you could watch it in English with the subtitles, if necessary.

2012 / 2013 course

Hi students!  The year is flying by and we only have 12 - 14 weeks of classes left until the end of the 2012/ 2013 course.  Please make a note of the following days, when there will be no classes, due to various festivities:

Tuesday; 26th March
Wednesday; 27th March and 1st May
Thursday; 28th March
Friday; 29th March
Saturday; 23rd March, 30th March and 6th April

Thesaurus app

An incredibly useful tool for English learners is a thesaurus.  Click here for the app.

Free dictionary app

A great dictionary app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.merriamwebster

Word of the day: reprove

Reprove (verb)

• to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent 
• to express disapproval of : censure 
• to express rebuke or reproof

Examples

"Remember to say 'thank you,'" the mother gently reproved her toddler.

"He reproved me, good-naturedly: 'Well, I don't think it's very nice to make fun of my accent!' Chastened, I assured him it was involuntary and that it was a form of homage, not disrespect." — From an article by John Weeks in Contra Costa Times, January 8, 2013

Read more at http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/#k9gIFozKEMA0DQPZ.99