- Saberingles Listening comprehension exercises in American English in three levels (your level is probably difficult). You have to listen while you read the script of the text and fill in the gaps with one word or answer multiple choice questions
- Rong-chang 100 short stories for intermediate students to listen to and answer questions. Click on the Wh-questions or cloze at the bottom, so that you can listen and practise your comprehension. To finish the exercise, you can listen and read the script at the same time
- Englishlistening Choose the domain (ALL), the level (Advanced Listeners) and Topics (ALL). Then you just have to click on one of the listenings which appear on the list and they will give you details about it (content, speaker, number of minutes, accent, speed...). Just listenings, no exercises
- Esl-lab Choose your level (difficult), click on a story, then on "Listening Exercises" and choose your player so that you can listen to the text and answer multiple choice comprehension questions. To finish the exercise, you can listen and read the script at the same time
- Elllo Over 1,000 listening activities. Most activities include images, an interactive quiz, transcript of the audio and downloadable MP3. Just browse and look for something your level
- Podcastsinenglish 75 listenings for Intermediate level and 75 for Upper Intermediate to listen to online or to download. Disadvantage: if you want to have access to the transcripts and the exercises you have to register and pay a small fee.
- Anglesonline The "Cinema" section shows trailers of recent movies and the student has to answer comprehension questions while watching. Interesting and good fun.
- A4esl Podcasts you can listen to online or download. Wide variety of topics, starting at intermediate level.
- BBC podcasts A variety of podcasts on different topics for extensive listening (no exercises).
- China 232 Podcasts to listen to online or to download, with scripts and explanations of the key vocabulary and how to use it.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Websites where you can practise your listening skills further
Monday, 30 May 2011
Improving your listening skills
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 1 I. Tapping the power of wind (1’43”)
II. NEWSPAPERS
III. MEDIA BLACKOUT (6’)
IV. International Internet Sites now allowed in China (3’16”)
(recording)
(exercise and script)
VII. Fashion
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 2
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 3
I. MOBILE PHONES IN TAJIKISTAN (42”)
II. CHANNEL4 NEWS REPORT (EXTRACT) (1’52”)
III. GREAT APARTMENT (3’46”)
IV. ENERGY CONSERVATION (about 5’)
V. JOB INTERVIEWS – HOW TO DO THE BEST YOU CAN (about 16’)
tips for Canadian job interviews
I. MEDICINE (1’)
II. MY DREAM HOUSE (2’51”)
III. GLOBAL WARMING (3’04”)
IV. A SHORT STORY: HOME AGAIN (2’56”)
V. GEORGE ORWELL
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 5
I. Janet talking about living in New York (1’15”)II. I got a new computer
III. Travel Chaos (2’01”)
IV. Craig from England (8’04”)
V. Living on my own (4’02”)
VI. Ecotourism (6’03”)
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 6
I. SCHOOLS GIVE STUDENTS TOOLS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST BULLIES
II. DIVERSITY By Vincent O'Brien (1’19’’) (North of England accent)
III. A TRAVEL AGENT TALKS ABOUT HIS JOB (3'18'')
IV. E-BOOKS ARE THE FUTURE (4’28’’)
V. EXCHANGE STUDENTS (15’)
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 7
I. A MAN EATS 182 CHICKEN WINGS IN 30 MINUTES (48’’)
II. MY FAVOURITE FOOD
III. A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION (2’40’’)
IV. MYTHS ABOUT SLEEP
IV. STRESSED OUT? (3’42’’) nº 56
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 8
I. Plans for the weekend
II. What's my favourite food?
III. Learning languages
IV. August news
V. How is the internet changing language today?
A. Listen to a girl talking about the book she’s reading. (1’20)
B. Listen to this short lecture giving advice on how to study. (3’13’’)
C. Beyond Race. (4’35’’)
D. Lying (6’)
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 10
I. A MATURE ACTRESS (2’20’’)
II. WHICH ENGLISH SHOULD WE TEACH AND LEARN? (3’)
III. CREDIT CARDS (6’)
The script(pdf)
IV. WORKING IN SPAIN AND WORKING IN THE USA (11’10’’)
text(pdf)
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 11
1. Improving your memory. (2’15”)
(recording)
(text)
2. How to build furniture (Ikea)
3. Reasons to move to the Spanish coast (2’18”)
4. Better Speaking (12’) episode 2
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 12
1. How do you feel about living in London (2’ 26”): Go to “ live from London 6: living in London”
2. Annoying co-workers.
Listen to the podcast ( 5’) and take notes. Then listen and read it and have a look at the vocabulary list.
3. Patrick’s restaurant (5’)
4. How to behave in a hotel (6’29”).
IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING SKILLS 13
1. A healthy lifestyle (1'18")
2. Air Rage (2')
3. Kangaroo Island (3'52")
4. November news
5. Debbie (11')
Source: http://intermedio2lumi.
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Future 'going to'
We use ‘going to’ to talk about future intentions and plans. Activities:
- Look and listen to these sentences.
- Complete this exercise with the correct form.
- Order these sentences.
- Present or future ?
Now listen to the text about next weekend and complete the gaps.
What are you going to do this summer?
Source: EOI Elx
Saturday, 30 April 2011
BBC News - Royal wedding
Follow the event that has the whole world talking. BBC News brings you live video, text commentary and detailed analysis.Click here.
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Happy St. George's Day
St. George is the patron saint of England. His emblem, a red cross on a white background, is the flag of England, and part of the British flag. St George's emblem was adopted by Richard The Lion Heart and brought to England in the 12th century. The king's soldiers wore it on their tunics to avoid confusion in battle.St George was a brave Roman soldier who protested against the Romans' torture of Christians and died for his beliefs. The popularity of St George in England stems from the time of the early Crusades when it is said that the Normans saw him in a vision and were victorious.
One of the best-known stories about Saint George is his fight with a dragon. But it is highly unlikely that he ever fought a dragon, and even more unlikely that he ever actually visited England. Despite this, St George is known throughout the world as the dragon-slaying patron saint of England.
By tradition, 23 April is the day for a red rose in the button hole, the national flower. However, unlike other countries, England does not celebrate it like Americans celebrate 4 July with fireworks. In fact, you are more likely to see big St Patrick parades in England celebrating Ireland's National Day, more than you would see any sign of St Georges Day being celebrated.
For most people in England St George's Day is just another ordinary working day.
Source: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge.htmlSt George's Day with a Catalan twist
On Sant Jordi's day, Catalans exchange books and roses in the name of love: family love, couple love, erotic love.
Read this article by Matthew Tree published by The Guardian.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Read this article by Matthew Tree published by The Guardian.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Easter History
Easter, which celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead, is Christianity's most important holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because it doesn't fall on a set date every year, as most holidays do. Instead, Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21. Therefore, Easter is observed anywhere between March 22 and April 25 every year. Orthodox Christians use the Julian calendar to calculate when Easter will occur and typically celebrate the holiday a week or two after the Western churches, which follow the Gregorian calendar.
Watch and enjoy these videos:
Source: http://www.history.com/topics/history-of-easter
Watch and enjoy these videos:
Source: http://www.history.com/topics/history-of-easter
Monday, 4 April 2011
Irregular verbs
Practise your irregular verbs pronunciation. Click here.
Source: http://www.aprender-gratis.tk/verbos-irregulares-ingles.htm
Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs
Basic Level 1PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION
La pronunciación de la terminación de pasado de los verbos regulares varía en tres formas:
| /t/ ~ /d/ ~ /id/
|
A) Se pronuncia /d/ cuando los verbos terminan en sonido vocálico o en los siguientes sonidos consonánticos:
/b/ como en combed
/g/ como en begged
/dZ/ como en managed
/l/ como en filled
/m/ como en formed
/n/ como en listened
/r/ como en stirred
/v/ como en loved
/z/ como en closed
B) Se pronuncia /t/ cuando los verbos terminan en los siguientes sonidos:
/k/ como en parked
/s/ como en passed
/tS/como en watched
/S/ como en washed
/f/ como en laughed
/p/ como en helped
C) Se pronuncia /Id/ cuando los verbos terminan en los sonidos:
/t/ como en posted
/d/ como en added
REGULAR VERBS IN UNITS 1-10
| arrive ask check cook finish hate help | arriveD askED checkED cookED finishED hateD helpED |
| like listen live look love move play | likeD listenED liveD lookED loveD moveD playED |
| practise receive rent repeat show start stay | practiseD receiveD rentED repeatED showED startED stayED |
| turn use visit walk want watch work | turnED useD visitED walkED wantED watchED workED |
IRREGULAR VERBS PRONUNCIATION
| buy choose come do drink drive eat feel find fly get give go have hear know leave make meet put read ride say see sell send sing sleep speak spend swim take teach tell think understand wear write | bought chose came did drank drove ate felt found flew got gave went had heard knew left made met put read rode said saw sold sent sang slept spoke spent swam took taught told thought undestood wore wrote
|
REGULAR VERBS SPELLING
a) A los verbos que terminan en –e se les agrega una –d para formar el pasado:
phonE - phoneD
smilE – smileD
agreE – agreeD
diE - dieD
b) A los verbos que no terminan en –e se les añade –ed para formar el pasado:
ask – askED
clean – cleanED
watch – watchEd
walk – walkED
c) Los verbos de una sola sílaba terminados en: consonante+vocal+consonante, duplican la última consonante:
beg –begGED
rub – rubBED
d) Los verbos de dos sílabas con la última sílaba acentuada y compuesta por: consonante+vocal+consonante, duplican la última consonante:
prefer - preferRED
refer - referRED
Excepción: travel – travelLED
e) Cuando el verbo termina en –y precedida de una consonante, la –y cambia a -i quedando la terminación –ied.
carry – carrIED
fry - frIED
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