Wednesday, 25 January 2012

MUSIC - ALL LEVELS


Practice for TOEFL with English, baby!

Sunday, 8 January 2012

PHONETICS - ALL LEVELS

Here are videos to show you how to pronounce the different sounds in English. The site is very clear and can help you pronounce those new difficult sounds.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/vowel_short_5.shtml

LISTENING - ALL LEVELS

Hundreds of free exercises to learn English online. Give it a try and improve your listening skills. If you are nosy, why not try other sections on the site?
http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/elem_interm.html

PHONETICS - /e/ /æ/ /ʌ/ - BASIC LEVEL

This is the link from BBC learning English to practise the pronunciation of these three sounds. The activities are fun. There are a lot of examples to do.

Egg, Cat and Cup


Thursday, 22 December 2011

CHRISTMAS IN FILMS - ALL LEVELS















These are segments of films that show what Christmas is about.


What Christmas is All About







Mashups



— MOVIECLIPS.com



SHORT STORIES - ALL LEVELS

As I know you love reading in English, I thought you could enjoy these websites which I took from another teacher. I hope you can have fun reading these short stories.
http://www.short-stories.co.uk/
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/britlit

Sunday, 18 December 2011

DICTATION - INTERMEDIATE AND BASIC

A fellow teacher of English posted this link on his Facebook account and I thought it could be really useful to help you recognise English sounds.
http://www.dictationsonline.com/

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

ADJECTIVES - INTERMEDIATE

How many adjectives do you know? Test your knowledge with these interactive quizzes. Move the adjectives on the right to match the words with the oposite meaning on the left.

Opposites Quiz 1
Opposites Quiz 2
Opposites Quiz 3
Opposites Quiz 4
Opposites Quiz 5


PEOPLE AND PLACES - BASIC

This is another video which you can find in Speakout. People speak about their houses, families, friends, etc. It is a good practice to revise structures we have studied these last months. Try to answer the questions and use the vocabulary you can hear in the videos.



This is a video about places where people live.

DAILY ROUTINES - BASIC

Listen and watch this video from Speakout in which you can hear people talking about their daily routines.

CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY - BASIC LEVEL

Learn these English words for Christmas.
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/beginner-christmas-vocabulary.html

These are words related to Christmas shopping. Do you buy them for Christmas as presents?
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/christmas-shopping-picture-quiz.html

Now, do this matching exercise. You have to match pictures and words. Click on the word and drag it to the picture.
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/beginner-christmas-picture-quiz.html

Here is a short reading about Christmas traditions
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/elementary-christmas-reading.html

This is a bit longer but you can try reading it too. It also has got questions to answer.
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/christmas/intermediate-christmas-shopping-reading.html

Finally, this is a famous carol for you to sing along.
We wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 


Monday, 12 December 2011

CHRISTMAS - ALL LEVELS

If you love Christmas and want to know a bit more about Christmas in the UK or the USA or you want to learn more vocabulary or even sing along Christmas carols, this is your website: http://www.esolcourses.com/topics/christmas.html


Tuesday, 6 December 2011

WHAT TIME IS IT? - BASIC LEVEL

These are some entertaining activities that you can use to learn the time in English.
Match the times with the clocks

Saturday, 3 December 2011

DEALING WITH WORK - INTERMEDIATE 2

Do you know anything about working in the UK? Here there is a quiz to test you what you really know about UK employment law.
UK Employment Law

This short information video about fair treatment at work will help you to practise your listening skills.

Click on the play button to the bottom left of the screen to watch the video. You can pause the video, or rewind it and watch it over again as many times as you feel you need to.
When you have watched the video, scroll down the page and do the quiz to test how much you have understood. If you get stuck on any of the questions, you can watch the video again to help you with the answers.
Your Rights at Work

These is useful information about English Law relating to fair treatment at work
Rules and Regulations

If you are interested in some other lessons on work, you will find plenty of them here.
English for work

Thursday, 1 December 2011

USED TO / GET USED TO / BE USED TO

This is the powerpoint presentation that explains how to use them and what they mean.

MODAL VERBS - INTERMEDIATE

English modal verbs are special verbs that are used to show possibility, ability, permission, and so forth. Really Learn English! provides you with excellent explanation to help you understand them better.

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

CAN / CAN'T - BASIC LEVEL

How well do you remember this modal verb that expresses ability? Can you remember everything or can't you remember anything? Try this exercise to find out! In each sentence choose which answer is needed to make correct sentences.

Learn English - can or can't

Note: Sometimes we replace 'can't' with 'cannot'. They have exactly the same meaning but can't is much more common.

Sunday, 27 November 2011

CHARACTER TRAITS - INTERMEDIATE 2

As we have been dealing with adjectives related to the character traits, I thought you might need some help to review those adjectives and look up their pronunciation. On the links below, you are going to find a lot of those adjectives. Open up those pages and try out pronouncing them.

Characte traits - A-B
Character traits - C
Character traits - D-E
Character traits - F-G
Character traits - H-I
Character traits - J-M
Character traits - M-P
Character traits - P-R
Character traits - R-S
Character traits - S-T

WINTER CLOTHES - BASIC 2

Vocabulary for elementary learner. These pages have exercises about winter clothes and weather.
Esol courses - winter