Del 1 al 29 de Febrero haremos una competición entre los fans de nuestras páginas de Facebook en Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla y Valencia. Si eres el top fan de tu ciudad, la persona que más contribuye o interactúa con contenidos relevantes al aprendizaje de inglés, ganarás uno de los siguientes premios a escoger: -   4 horas de clases particulares en una de nuestras escuelas de inglés de Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla o Valencia -   Un tarjeta regalo para ir al cine a ver películas...

This month in Babylon Idiomas Valencia:  take a look at our new list of books in our English Library.  We have books and short readers for all levels, from elementary to advanced.  This month´s feature book is GULLIVER´S TRAVELS by Jonathon Swift.  This book is a classic in English Literature.  Swift is famous for his potilical and social satire in his writings, commenting on the culture of his time. SUMMARY – Reader level 2 (pre intermediate-intermediate): Gulliver travels...

SEVILLA EFL NEWS! We welcome back all of our students from the Christmas holidays rested and ready to improve their English. We have started several new courses preparing Cambridge exams, and several of our new students came to us from recommendations of our current students. Thanks so much for that! HAPPY MIÉRCOLES: This week’s Happy Miércoles will be at a new place for us “Di Vino” which is located right in the Alameda. I’ve been told that EFL student attendance has been very good...

Welcome Back Welcome (back) everyone! We hope that 2012 has started well for you all… With the festive season now behind us, we hope that you are all maintaining those New Year´s Resolutions to improve your English . Apart from your course, don´t forget you take a book or film out of the library,  come to conversation classes and Happy Fridays. If you need any more information, just ask at reception!   Happy Friday No plans this Friday night? Now you do! Come to our first HAPPY...

Happy New Year! Welcome back to all our existing students, and welcome to our new ones! We hope you had a great Christmas and wish you all the best for 2012. New courses We have many options of timetables and levels so don’t hang about! Many of the courses are starting very soon and if you sign up in January you receive a free study pack! Find out more information here: http://www.ingles.babylon-idiomas.com/esp/promociones.htm  Film of the month! The Ghost Writer A ghostwriter hired to...

As the cartoon above demonstrates, the British might be famous for good football and good manners (- not together-)  but certainly not for their good food.  OK, we may not have any dishes as renowned as paella, pizza, stroganoff,… but that´s not to say that fish and chips is the only thing we have to offer.  One thing we do very well are desserts.  Apple pie, sticky toffee pudding, bread and butter pudding to name but a few. Below is the recipe of my favorite British dessert APPLE...

Tongue Twisters are short rhymes or a collection of words that are hard to articulate. There are many different kinds of tongue twisters. Some are short and friends will often say to you, ‘says these words as many times as you can as fast as you can’. This often results in you saying something silly much to your friends’ amusement. The most famous examples of this are: ‘Red lorry, yellow lorry’ And… ‘A proper copper coffee pot’ Many of the tongue twisters that I remember...

If you thought Christmas was just about spending time with the family and giving gifts you would be wrong! There so much more to discover. It’s a great excuse for swimming in icy waters, scaring the locals, and other wacky behaviour. We’ve picked five of the best crazy traditions from around the world to show you. 1. England The last place you would want to be on a frosty Christmas morning in England is naked on the beach…. or is it? Swimming in the icy cold waves of Brighton...

Christmas Stockings My favourite Christmas tradition is that of the Christmas stocking. On Christmas Eve before you go to bed you hang a Christmas stocking either by the fireplace or by the end of your bed and when you wake in the morning you find it filled with presents from Father Christmas or Santa Claus. In Victorian times a well behaved child would receive fruit, nuts and coins and sometimes small gifts in their stockings whilst naughty children would receive only a lump of coal. Today,...

  Christmas time is almost here and in Valencia we´re still working on our suntans. For our EFL teaching staff, this weather is fantastic since most of us are from ¨cold¨ countries and are used to having snow at this time of year (except for our Australian teachers who are more likely to be seen with a surfboard in December). Many of our teachers will be going home for Christmas this year though, so it won´t be long before we´re dreaming of Valencia´s warm sunny Christmas skies....