GOOD LINK

Hi boys and girls, here's a good link with interactive quizzes to practise all sorts of things for various levels... tell me if it works....

http://a4esl.org/q/j/

USEFUL LINKS FOR LISTENING

Hello everybody,
I have found some links with podcasts for English students (various levels). The first one is for very basic listening, the second one is the general directory of TESOL/TEFL/ESL links and here you can find all sorts of podcasts for all levels. I hope this helps....


http://www.eltpodcast.com/archive/bc

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/

the Doctor's holidays

Hello guys, The Doctor has kindly given me permission to post some of the pictures he took in Scotland 2 weeks ago. They are really great, aren't they? ( I simply love Scotland above all places...sigh!) If any of you would like to have their pics posted, don't hesitate to contact me. You can send them to me and I will post them on the blog for your mates to see them....enjoy...

MANY LINKS AT FEEL THE POWER

hi again everybody!
I suggest your having a look at Feelthepower , my colleague's Gema's blog (see my favourite links on the left) . She has posted many interesting links for primeros and terceros . For advanced listening, don't miss the link to Chris Reardon's page (in my favourite links, too). You can download his podcast chat shows and listen to one-hour doses of light and funny chat in a British accent. He is a bit crazy but it's great! A very good way to learn everyday English expressions and have fun. I am also hooked on it ever since Gema gave me the link.
Enjoy

TERCEROS -ED ENDINGS PRONUNCIATION

Hello TERCEROS. Here are a couple of links to revise the rules for the pronunciation of -ed endings (regular past simple and participle verbs). The "eslus" link provides audio files with the right pronunciation.You can guess it and listen to the voice afterwards.

www.eslus.com/LESSONS/PRONUNCI/EDENDING/ED.HTM

WWW.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm


Enjoy :-)

LISTEN TO SHORT STORIES

And, here are two more links, in case you would like to "listen" to a story, besides reading it.
The first one is for a BEGINNER LEVEL (PRIMEROS, this goes for you) and is accompanied by tasks, including dictation of sentences.
www.rong-chang.com/qa2/

The second one belongs to the British Council and is also for BEGINNERS .Here you can hear stories read with an English accent. It's really good practice for pronunciation :-). You need to download RealPlayer to hear them (it's what you need to be able to listen to the BBC radio programmes online, too).

www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/stories/stories.asp

And, finally, a third link for UPPER INTERMEDIATE (and over) levels. American kids reading the stories they themselves have created.

http://www.stonesoup.com/listen

AMERICAN SHORT STORIES

Hi everybody, if you feel like reading more in English (perhaps you had enough with the Xmas compulsory book and tasks hehe) have a look at this:

Birth of the Jersey Devil retold by S. E. Schlosser
A storm was raging that night in 1735, when Mother Leeds was brought to bed in child birth. The room was full of woman folk gathered to help her, more out of curiosity than good will. They had all heard the rumors that Mother Leeds was involved in witchcraft, and had sworn she would give birth to a devil. .......

Would you like to know how it goes on? Well, here's a link for American short stories (they ARE really short, so no much effort is implied) related to local folklore (local here means "belonging to different US states" of course :-)).

It's highly recommendable to revise past tenses for narration (and , in passing, the irregular forms of past tenses and participles). Enjoy.

http://www.americanfolklore.net/esl-reading.html