Friday, 5 July 2013

More listening

Hi to everybody! I'm trying to use the blog so, as I've never used it, I've thought about showing you one of my favorites pages of listening. Here you can listening to different speeches about different topics.
Even you can listening to it with subtitles in
english.I hope you find it useful. Have a good weekend!

http://www.ted.com

Some links mentioned in class (subingles, teaching-motivation, street interviews 1)

 Here are some of the resources mentioned/used in class recently:

Website to practise your listening using song videos:
http://www.subingles.com/

A teacher talking about ways to motivate students:
http://www.elllo.org/english/1201/1225-Julia-Praise.htm

Street interviews 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWKGxOBph64

Have a great weekend everyone!

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Some links mentioned in class (listening: wikileaks, Beckham, "fight for this love"...)

Here are some of the resources mentioned today
Listening ("Words in the news").

Wikileaks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/03/130301_witn_wikileaks.shtml
Beckham:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/03/130304_witn_beckham_china.shtml

Other BBC podcasts:
Six minute-English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/index.shtml

Video with lyrics of Cheryl Cole's "Fight for this love"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRuxZRbn4hY

The British Council's "Learn English" website:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/

Hope you find them useful


Some more links

- Most popular practice tests according to CEFR levels
http://www.examenglish.com

- This is not something new, but youtube: the link to the song and lyrics from "I will survive", we used in class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YlnhtXo0Tk

- And, if you like music and playing with lyrics to practice your oral skills, try this one:
http://www.lyricstraining.com/

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Some links mentioned in class (listening: BBC and ELLLO)

Hello everyone,
These are some listening resources mentioned in today's lesson:

BBC Learning English
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

On that same website you can find the "Words in the news section". Here's the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/

Another very useful website for listening practice:
www.elllo.org
(on the left-hand side of the page click on "sort by level", and choose from level 4 upwards)

Hoping you find these resources useful


Monday, 1 July 2013

Some links mentioned in class (dictionaries, conversation)

Hello everyone. These are some resources that have been mentioned in today's lesson:

Online dictionaries:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://wordreference.com/

Conversation exercises (worksheets for different topics):
http://www.esldiscussions.com/

Conversation practice website:
http://www.conversationexchange.com/

I hope you find them useful.