Quick Check Test Results
Open the file (250Kb, Microsoft Word) and check how many correct answers you have scored on the test.
Interesting Files and Links
The Legend of King Arthur at Bibliothèque nationale de France (in french)
The Ages of English: A History of the Language in 10 Acts
BBC interactive feature, with historical curiosities and voice readings of literary works from all periods of the English language (Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Swift et cetera). Give it a try, most of them sound really funny.
Assorted images of the British Isles
Posted here courtesy of our classmate Ilenice Trojahn.
Peerage of England
Wikipedia entry explaining the hierarchy of nobility titles in the UK
“The Death of Cuchulain” by W. B. Yeats
Play by the renowned Irish poet, concerning the great hero of the old Irish mythic cycle (58Kb, MS Word, courtesy of our classmate Mariana Lessa)
On the present Prime Minister of the UK
Information on Gordon Brown (43Kb, MS Word)
The President of Ireland
Information on Mary McAleese (103Kb, MS Word)
England
Slideshow with images of London and other places in England (5Mb, Microsoft Powerpoint).
The Union Jack
Brief diagram and text explaining the colors of the British flag.
Kings and Queens of England
Commonwealth
People
The Book of the Duchess – Portuguese
Tongue Twister
Barrie McGuire
Maps: Peters Projection, World Map Upside Down, Mercator Projection.
Contributions:
Writing and pronunciation of The Lord’s Prayer in Old English: click on the link and go to A continuous recording: LP-all.wav (518k) [sent by Nicole Braga]
The 1500s [sent by Monica]
On the movie “The Last Legion” [sent by Rogério]
Middle and Old English [Power Point presentation by Professor Larissa Rhode]
Aristocratic English Houses [Power Point presentation by Professor Eloína]
The first house to apper on this presentation is Belton House. It hás been used as setting for several TV shows and movies:
“Bargain Hunt” (2000)
“Buccaneers, The” (1995)
“Jane Eyre” (2006)
“Moondial” (1988)
“Pride and Prejudice” (1995)
“Treasure Hunt” (1983)
You can find other interesting things on the Links page.
