"Dreams From My Father" Barack Obama

Are your dreams the same as those of your parents?

What do you like to read?

If you had to choose a text which you feel represents your generation and your culture, what would it be? Is there a specific genre or author you like to read? Many of my students of English enjoy reading Science-Fiction. This year, we studied some Gothic Literature, which included a mix of Stoker, Poe and The Simpsons!  Do you think it's important that students study literary texts such as those by Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde? Or is it better to keep up with modern trends? Do you read comics or manga?

How have your reading tastes changed as you have become older?  Do you still have fond memories of any particular stories, legends or tales? 

My favourite texts from my childhood: Marita Conlon-McKenna's Under the Hawthorn Tree, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori.

Favourites as I've gotten older: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, anything by Ian McEwan, the poetry of W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney, and, most recently, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

Do you have a favourite author or text?

Do you think the media plays too big a role in our lives?

Do you think the media plays too big a role in our lives?

your music

Don't you think music is one of the most important things in life ?

  Tell us what kind of music you like, who are your favorite singers, albums, songs and bands...

Dublin

Ce sont deux images de Dublin. Ici, nous avons l'entrée de Trinity College, où se trouve le livre de Kells, un manuscrit celtique qui date du 9ème siècle. Trinity College est l'université la plus connue d'Irlande. Elle se situe au centre-ville. Parmi ses anciens élèves, on compte Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker et Jonathan Swift.

Sur la gauche, c'est un pont qui s'appelle the Ha'penny Bridge. Dans le passé, on devait payer un péage d'une demi-centime (a half-penny) pour traverser le pont!

YOUR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Your holidays !

 You've been in a fantastic country, and you'd like to share some of these experiences and some of your knowledge about these places : this post is for you !

  Comment here, tell us what you know, what you liked or disliked about your journey.