Friday, 22 January 2016

Mind map on television

Hi there! Next day we're going to start talking about television and your favourite series.

So that you can start remembering vocabulary, here is a mind map taken from this website. I hope it's useful for you!




Thursday, 14 January 2016

Pronunciation of past and participle

Hi! As we saw in class, this might be really useful to practice the pronunciation of English verbs.

Remember! The order displayed is:

  • infinitive
  • third person singular
  • past simple
  • participle
Practice, dance and have fun!











Wednesday, 13 January 2016

VOA News Learning English

Hi there!

In case you want to listen again to the text about New Year's Resolutions, you can find it here.

And this is the website where you can read news and listen at the same time. Wonderful way to practice and improve! You have different levels to choose from, a section devoted to grammar, the word of the day, and many videos too. Enjoy!

http://learningenglish.voanews.com/
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/

Friday, 1 January 2016

Reading and listening exercises

Hello everybody! I wish you all have a wonderful 2016.

As promised, here you are some exercises for you to practice Reading and Listening. Remember to e-mail me the results (not the answers, just the final mark). Enjoy!

READING TASKS
Here you can download the four tasks. Try to do them in the time specified in the instructions.
- Task 1
- Task 2
- Task 3
- Task 4
Here you can download the answers:
- Answer sheet

LISTENING TASKS
Remember to listen to each task twice.
- Task 1 with Audio 1
- Task 2 with Audio 2
- Task 3 with Audio 3
- Answer sheet and transcriptions



Thanks for your work!

Best wishes,

Laura

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Understand phone conversations in English

Hi everyone!

Here you are some more language to help you with phone conversations. Enjoy!


Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Reading test

Hello! Here you are some interesting reading practice to learn and get ready for the final exams.

Please do the following exercises, self-correct and send me your final result.

- Test
- Answers

I hope you enjoy the practice.
Have a nice weekend!




Friday, 20 November 2015

How to make sure your pronunciation is right

Sometimes we're not sure about the pronunciation of certain words, and we don't have the time to look them up, one by one.

The good news is that we already have online software to help us with this issue. Please visit ReadSpeaker and try it yourself.

Steps:
1- select the language and the accent you expect to hear
2- type your sentence
3- click on Listen

That's it! I hope you enjoy it.

Have a nice weekend.