KEATS AND SHELLEY IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA

Piazza di Spagna has been a compulsory stop for tourists ever since the 18th century, when a number of poets and musicians stayed nearby. The small pink house at the bottom of the Spanish steps is now a Memorial House crammed with manuscripts and belongings of Keats and Shelley. If tea is your crave, try Babington's tea rooms on the Piazza. Do not miss Café Greco in via Condotti, whose clients included Casanova and King Ludwig of Bavaria.

GLOBAL CLASSROOMS MODEL UN

Bridging the Education Gap and creating New Citizens, that is the goal of this UN program established to engage students through the exploration on international issues and institutions, cultivating global literacy (including the ability to read critically and communicate effectively in writing), life skills and the attitudes necessary for active citizenship. Over the past decade it has worked in 24 major cities around the world. Find out more about Model UN Conferences, the final event where students show their skills and debate topics on the UN agenda.

HOW TO HELP - HURRICANE SANDY

I'm sure many of you know, the New York Marathon was called off,  but many of the runners got out and headed to Staten island to help out with relief efforts. For those of us both near and far who would like to give a hand, I would suggest donating money to the Red Cross by text or through iTunes, helping out on eBay or Amazon, or local Food Banks.

THREE EXAMPLES OF COVERING LETTERS

Search for this heading at the Careers section of The Guardian.  There you will find a three styles guide for editing your own covering letter, depending on the sector you are approaching (from business to art). Remember you are selling yourself. If it is sloppily written, they warn us, the chances are your CV will end up straight in the bin.

GOYA IN THE PRADO

The Museo Nacional del Prado has launched 'Goya in the Prado', a website within its own one exclusively devoted to Goya, which includes documents by the artist. The public and experts can thus access the more than 1000 paintings, drawings, prints and documents housed in the Museum. Go for it.

GRICE'S COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE

The English language philosopher Paul Grice proposed in 1975 that in ordinary conversation speakers and hearers cooperate to be understood, and try to avoid ambiguity by attempting to be informative, truthful, relevant and clear. But these rules would mean that humour, puns and tales would become a diversion of his cooperative principle. Basic in Pragmatics. Check out a slideshare in Applied Linguistics (Univ. of Pamplona). Watch a video by Phloneme in YouTube explaining the maxims of conversation.

BBC THE FLATMATES

The Flatmates is a weekly online soap opera for learners of English. If you are a teacher, the resources on the page will help you to exploit the series and its materials in the classroom (lesson plans, cartoon strips and worksheets)