Food revolution

What's so good about British food?

You can get it here:

http://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/newsletter/HotEnglish97-p27food-revolution.pdf
http://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/newsletter/HE97-trk15-p27food-revolution.mp3

Lyrics training

Lyrics Training is an easy and fun method to improve your ability to understand English through the music and lyrics of songs. Choose a song (3 levels of difficulty), select a game mode (Beginner, Intermediate or Expert), watch the clip, and fill in the gaps in the lyrics.

VERDICT
I'm impressed! The choice of songs is limited at present (no Britney Spears or Lady Gaga!), but the interface works really well—the clip is even paused automatically at the end of each line. In 'Expert' mode, all the lyrics are blanked out, so this would challenge even advanced learners.

TIP
To see all the songs available at each level, choose a level, and click on the magnifying glass in the search box, leaving the search box blank. There are around 100 songs in all.

http://www.lyricstraining.com/index.php

Twitter

Some people view it as a complete waste of time... others

couldn't live without it. However you feel about Twitter - the online
social media website - it has become very popular... very fast.

Will you be joining the latest social networking phenomenon?

You can get it here:

http://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/newsletter/HotEnglish97-p17-bird-talk.pdf
http://www.hotenglishmagazine.com/newsletter/HE97-trk11-p17-bird-talk.mp3

Have a nice summer

Hi folks,

Just wishing you a wonderful summer.

The value of motivation

Success, acknoledgement, fame, glory, .... Many of us fight for reasons like these. But we don't build a good name from one day to the next. It is necessary to work hard. It is necessary to overcome obstacles. It is necessary to have motivation, persevere and insist. Life is a susccession of battles.

One cannot always do only what one likes, but those that like what they do and are proud of always doing better, they make progress day by day.

The amazing thing is that it is precisely upon facing adverse situations that many rediscover the best in themselves. It is a most satisfying feeling to reach the end of a task with the feeling a duty fullfil and receive the respect of all our colleagues, the admiration of the people we love. The pride of having seen in the obstacles the opportunity of growth. The pride of being able to face life's ups and downs and win. The pride of being a winner which did not give up fundamental values.

GOOD LUCK!

Quote of the week

Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain

Film tourism

World cinema often has the ability to inspire travel, but it also can deter us from going to a place as well.

Here you have some movies that probably have made you want to go to a destination.

LINK: http://inside-digital.blog.lonelyplanet.com/2010/05/12/film-tourism/

Using e-learning

This presentation explores learning and how we can use web 2.0 learning tools and Open Educational Resources (OER) to transform the way we learn. Finally, it reflects some of the challenges that we will probably face as we embark on this 21st century learning adventure.

Using e-Learning To Facilitate 21st Century Learning

View more presentations from Zaid Alsagoff.

Quote of the week

Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
Erich Fromm

A blog: a self-learning tool

Hi folks,

The school year is coming to an end and I supose that you've been using this blog. Remember that you can learn a lot from all the links you have in my blog and I want you to use it as a tool for your self-learning. You can choose your own level and you can improve your English on the different skills.

I hope this blog is useful and motivating.

Enjoy yourselves.