Tuesday, 31 May 2011

elllo Listening Practice


Get listening practice on elllo advanced page: these listenings can be fast, long, and/or complicated.

Using a Noun Entry

Extra vocabulary practice from Oxford Collocations.
Check your answers here.

Thursday, 26 May 2011

English Language FAQ


Visit this blog. It's worth while browsing.

Friday, 20 May 2011

What are you passionate about?

Listen to one and read 92 answers to this question on BBC Learning English. A bit more, this time about dangerous passions.

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

The 5 best countries to live in


Is Spain there? Make your guesses and check how many right ones you got. Do you agree?

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Culturomics

If you want to know what it is about, have a look at buzzwords

Monday, 28 March 2011

Friday, 25 March 2011

Self-study Idiom Quizes

To review, check, learn idioms / comparisons / phrasal verbs / slang... visit this helpful website.

Friday, 18 March 2011

Only for successful people...

If you are successful, you must know how to express it...

Monday, 14 March 2011

Practice with Verbs + Prepositions

Download it and do the practice. Key soon.

Check the entry of the word END.

Every now and then it is an extremely useful habit to visit the entry of a well-known word in a dictionary. You will learn many new expressions (or even new meanings) of the word. You will refresh your memory and check old and new collocations with it.
Surprisingly, we are going to start this series with the word END. ;-D

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

More about IWD

On her shoulders

Monday, 28 February 2011

It's "Wicked"

Check the meaning of this and other words in BBC Learning English: Keep your English Up to Date 2.

Vocabulary Sheets

This is a sample for Information Technology

Friday, 25 February 2011

Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference Videos

On this site you can select from a number of videos dealing with varied and interesting topics. Many of them may be helped with subtitles, though it is unnecessary. Enjoy it! Excellent idea for a 10-minute session of listening practice. The website is TED.

50 Interesting Facebook Facts


Check how many facts you knew...

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Family Ties


Review the vocabulary from the texts on pp. 68 + 69 here.

If you feel like doing an activity about Overparenting, this is the place. Key soon.

Friday, 18 February 2011

Hablamejoringles.com

Hablamejoringles.com is an interesting blog to improve your English. Have a special look at stress on word stress and also read (and hear) el sonido schwa en inglés.
Zac, the author of the blog, is an American teacher and translator who shares experiences and ideas specially related to Spanish speakers. Browse his blog, it's worth while... and thanks to Ana Fuster (once more) who gave us the link.

New English File Advanced Online


Excellent practice for advanced students.

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Happiness

Latest OneStopEnglish-The GuardianWeekly reading activity dealing with "How to be Happy". Interested? Read it and answer the suggested questions. Key at the end, as usual.

Could you resist this unique OPPORTUNITY???


I bet you can't...
Seize the opportunity

Exam revision grammar and vocabulary

Here is some vocabulary and grammar seen in class dealing with the exam.

Friday, 11 February 2011

Useful Business English Expressions

...and you will ask me "Why Business?"... and I'll answer: "Because the important points are "Useful" and "Expressions". You can use most of them in the oral interaction part.
Useful Business English Expressions

Thursday, 10 February 2011

Script for Wed 2nd Video Entry

If you want to understand every single word they say (and you didn't), click here.

Friday, 4 February 2011

Exam Reading Comprehension Practice

You can practise Reading Comprehension tests on UsingEnglish.com. Choose two or three texts and check your knowledge.