Introvert... and proud!

Listen to this podcast about personality. You can find it in the 6-minute English series by BBC Learning English.

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Love letters

Valentine's Day...
Learn a bit about love letters listening to this podcast by BBC.

How to sell features and benefits: Learn English with Simple English Videos

Do you need to sell anything? In this video you can find some useful tips:

It is Halloween!!

Why not to listen to a talk about this festivity, so traditional in English-speaking countries? Go here.

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My favourite sport

What's your favourite sport? Listen to some people here twice and complete this chart:

 

SPEAKER	NUMBER	STATEMENT
1. Adrienne (USA)		a. This speaker loves watching ice-hockey.
2. Mark (England)		b. This person likes watching a sport, but he/she has never practised it.
3. Lisa (Canada)		c. This speaker loves soccer. He/she used to watch a match every weekend.
4. Peter (Sweden)		d. His/her favourite sport is swimming. He/she does it for fun and exercise.
5. Skip (USA)		e. He/she hates sports.
6. Phil (England)		f. This person likes ball sports.

 Check answers and transcripts here. You can also find them and more activities in the source: http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer051/T063-Sports.htm

The island at the end of the earth

In this link you can practice the use of the articles a/an, the and zero article, with a short listening on an ideal holiday destination.

I'm glad you came

Sí, estoy encantada de haberos conocido, en Vélez Rubio y en Roquetas.

Que paséis buen verano pero que no se os olvide repasar un poquito de vez en cuando ¿eh? Y como a mí me gusta el inglés con canciones, aquí os dejo un vídeo con la letra para que lo disfrutéis. ;))

Listening exams

Aquí os dejo un enlace a una página de la BBC Learning English sobre Listening exams, donde dan consejos sobre cómo afrontarlos, con un audio en MP3 y la transcripción.

El primer consejo es oír todo el inglés que se pueda, así que manos a la obra, cada semana un poquito.

Sing a bit!

Now you are on holidays. You probably have more free time and one of the things you are going to do is washing your car. So does Carly Rae Jepsen, but for some special reasons. Watch this video, select the level of difficulty and enjoy her Call Me Maybe.

Listening Homework

I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year, but you should also try to practice your skills.

In this link you will find a BBC webpage on football, featuring David Beckham. You can watch the video and also download the audio and a worksheet with activities on football idioms and 'up' phrasal verbs. The answers and the script are at the end of the sheet, but do not cheat!

And these are the keys of the Listening Exam.