Audiobooks

If you want to improve your fluency in English language, Audiobooks are a great tip.

Audiobooks are audio-CDs from which you can listen to an actor or the author him/herself read a book. Sometimes there are even multiple voices and sound effects.

At the Alumni Libraries you have many genres to choose from: comedy, short stories, poem, history, detective and mystery stories. Most of them are accompanied by the corresponding book.

English Tips

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Magazines

At the Alumni Libraries there are 39 titles of magazines that you can borrow for one week.

Music, sport, art, English language, fashion are some of the subjects these magazines bring to you. Enjoy them and improve your English.

DVD collection

The Alumni Libraries offer students a large collection of DVDs. There is a variety of genres: comedy, cartoon, drama, thriller, romance, scientific fiction and documentary. The DVDs are meant for educational use. The students can improve their listening as well as have fun.

The libraries have most of their DVD titles in book versions. Go to the libraries and ask for information about the You Can Read, You Can Watch project.

Easy Reader Books

The Easy Reader Books are written for learners of English. They have simplified texts and most of their titles are adapted from original texts, movies and tv series.

                                    

 The Easy Readers are published at levels Starter/ Beginner/ Elementary/ Pre-intermediate/ Intermediate/ Upper Intermediate and Advanced. This structure in levels allows beginner and advanced learners to read them and profit from the language they are exposed to. Most of these books are also accompanied by an audio CD or a CD-ROM which contains the complete audio recording and activities. This extra resource helps learners to improve their listening as well as their reading skills.

The Alumni Libraries have a large collection of Easy Reader Books. The librarians have classified them according to Alumni levels, so that the students can easily be aware of which book is recomended for their level.

Go to the libraries and check them out. 

English Tips

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Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is celebrated in the world most commonly on the 2nd Sunday in May.

This celebration is very old, dating back to the ancient Greeks, who worshipped Cybele (mother of the Gods). In the United States it was nationally recognized as a holiday in 1914. People gave flowers, (especially white carnations) and they prepared special cakes as a gift for their mothers.
Today Mother’s Day is celebrated with flowers, gifts and cards to mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and anyone who takes care of you like mother.

Source: Myers, Robert J. Celebrations: the complete book of American holidays. Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York, 1972.

Schaun, George; Schaun Virginia. American holidays and special days. Maryland Historical Press, Maryland, 1986