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... to be taken literally! In my eyes, this website is an excellent method to reduce student's fears of reading the works of William Shakespeare. Of course, it's also important for learners to dig into the world of Shakespeare's language. But reading for example MacBeth or The Merchant of Venice for the first time can easily cause frustration and disappointment. The students lose their interest in the books and as a consequence, they often read a German version of the classic rather than the English one. Isn't it better and doesn't it make more sense then to give students the possibility to use this website: Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English.
This website contributes a free range of worksheets and working ideas to teachers of English. I think that basically, working with music and songs in English lessons is a real chance to involve the pupils. Furthermore, music is a motiviating aspect for them. This website contains worksheets on contemporary artists (e.g. Black-eyed Peas, Robbie Williams, Eminem, Pink) and on "older" ones as well (e.g. Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Queen). Nevertheless, one should be careful not to reduce the motivating factor of the songs by working too much on their grammatical features!
