Help with pronunciation

Dear students,

This is your new friend. She is here to help you with pronunciation.

Type in a word or phrase and she will pronounce it for you.

Have fun!.

Eva

Here is the news

Dear Students,

Nowadays it is possible to keep up to date with the news without leaving your home.

Thanks to the Internet you can connect to the BBC or the CNN or many other TV channels and see what´s going on.

So why don´t you give it a go?.

First, you should do some grammar exercises on the use of the passive voice, which is the most common structure used in the news. Of if you prefer go to this site and do the quiz.

Then, you should do the following vocabulary quiz about headline words.

Now, go to BBC News and click on 'The one minute world news' for a summary of the most important news items of the day.

Fill in the questionnaire with following information:

What's happened?
Where´s happened?
Who´s involved?

Then, compare in pairs.

Regards,

Eva

Video résumés (BrE. Curriculum Vitae)

Many Job seekers are turning to the web these days to introduce themselves to potential employers.

1. First, you will listen to the following radio interview from NPR News (the American National Public radio station) to learn more about video résumés. The transcript of the interview is available if you want to check your understanding after listening.

2. Vault is a company which gives advice on making video résumés. Watch the following video about making a video résumé and make two lists with DO´S and DON´TS for making a good video résume.

3. Finally, watch the beginning of the following video résumés taken from Youtube. In pairs, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate according to the guidelines describen in the video.

First candidate
Second candidate
Third candidate
Fourth candidate

You can write a comment to this message saying who your favourite candidate is and why.

Lyrics Training

Dear students,

Listening to songs is a good way to improve your listening skills.
Here is a good way to start.
Go to Lyrics Training, a website where you can find many listening activities with songs.
Click on Sunrise, by Norah Jones, and do the fill in the gaps activity.
Enjoy it!

Afterwards, if you feel like it, you can do more songs.

And don´t forget to sing along!!!!!

Regards,

Eva

Introduction

Dear students,

Many of you are terrified of listening tests. This blog is coming to the rescue!!!!

You often complain that you do not know what to do to improve your listening skills.

The Internet is full of interesting resources. The aim of this blog is to guide you through the web so that you can take full advantage of the vast amount of resources out there, whether in class or at home at your own pace. I will also include a list of interesting links that will hopefully help you train your ears.

Remember, as they say in English: 'Practice makes perfect'.

Good luck and good listening.

Eva