Monday, December 04, 2017

An interesting web page with many useful links to learn and teach English. 

Click here

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

100 Ways to Improve Your English — from the ENGLISH BLOG


              (From THE ENGLISH BLOG)

Friday, October 27, 2017

Why Should We Read Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Woolf dissuaded readers from playing the critic in her essay “How Should One Read a Book?” But in addition to her novels, she is best known for her literary criticism and became a foundational figure in feminist literary theory for her imaginative polemic “A Room of One’s Own,” an essay that takes traditional criticism to task for its presumptions of male literary superiority....(from Open culture)

Chris Packham: Asperger's and Me.


"We need to understand autistic people better, and not try to change who they are."
TV presenter Chris Packham reveals how his autism shapes his world, and why he would never want to change it.
(via BBC Stories)

The Scottish Voice Assistant


Where Did the English Language Come From?: An Animated Introduction

This five-minute TED-Ed lesson above, written by Yale linguistics professor Claire Bowern and animated by Patrick Smith, will give you a solid start on understanding the answer to some questions about the origins of the Englsih language.



From OPEN CULTURE

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Thursday, October 19, 2017

EXAM ENGLISH

This web site is for people studying for an English language exam. Here you can find web pages contain free online practice tests for the most important international ESL exams: IELTS, the TOEFL® and TOEIC® tests, and the Cambridge English exams such as Advanced (CAE), First (FCE), Key (KET)and Preliminary (PET) and you can also do practice tests for PTE Academic, PTE General and Michigan


Monday, October 16, 2017

EGO4YOU

                                                                          (Click)
Tefl Tunes specialises in teaching ESL/EFL through songs. Its fully searchable database currently holds 9 free ESL song lessons for all users – and continues growing all the time!

                                                                      (Click here)


QUALTY TIME ESL

This is a web page where you can find many resources to improve your Englsih or plan your lessons. For instace you can choose among songs lyrics, cloze exercises, orYouTube videos with closed captions in English.


Sunday, October 15, 2017

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

WRITE AND IMPROVE

(Click here)
                                                       
                                                                    (Click here)
Write & Improve is a free service for learners of English to practise their written English. Submit your written work and receive feedback in seconds, covering spelling, vocabulary, grammar and general style.


The British film industry is a great place to look if you want to practise listening to different accents. Here you can find some films which  are good examples of different accents to compare how people speak in different areas of the British Isles.

                                        

Posh People


Sunday, October 01, 2017

How to do a glottal stop - Estuary & Cockney Pronunciation


PODACADEMY

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                      This is an independent, not-for-profit platform for free podcasts
                      on academic  research, it was set up by a group of academics, journalists
                      and IT specialists and  aims to inform public debate and uncover
                      intriguing and  challenging new ideas.

BBC FUTURE


Click here

 A web page with in-depth coverage of science, health and technology – so it aims to provide   expert analysis and features about the big ideas shaping the world, and the new insights challenging what we think we know about ourselves. It is not a futurology website it is a guide to how to live more intelligently in a fast-changing world.


RADIONZ

Sunday, March 05, 2017

I want to be a woman

A nice scene from ´Brian´s life` film  to work with Ss on Women´s Day.

Enjoy it!