Saturday, 17 November 2012

BBC's Stories

1-Look at the  BBC's stories Link.

2-Read and listen to the tittle  "Today's phrase" if you want you can listen the audio on it.

3- What does the phrase "Up to your neck" mean ?

4-Write two examples using the phrase "Up to your neck".









Friday, 16 November 2012

Develop your Written and Oral Skills!


I invite you to look at the following pictures and video! 

 

1-Choose one of the pictures and share with us a shortstory, a dialogue or or a poem!


 

    Web Sites to Improve English Pronunciaton


    Nowadays, technology provides ESL learners with different opportunities to practice and to analyze different aspects of the new language. One aspect that beginners want to be trained on is pronunciation. In the web students could find different websites such as the following that could help you to improve pronunciation.












    I invite you to check "The English Sounds" and maybe you can discover interesting aspects about pronunciation such as:
    1. Differentiate the short and long vowels
    2. Identify which of the following words are pronunce with long /iy/:    busy,  biggest, sausage, manage, women, England, message
    3.  Share with us Why is good pronunciation important?
    For further information check the following webpage: 



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