Hello guys! I found this wonderful blog from another teacher of English and she has lots of podcasts that you can download and listen. Scripts are included and also the translations. You do not need to read the translations but they are there.
I hope this is useful!
El blog para aprender inglés: Audios índice:
'via Blog this'
About Me
- EOIPIEDRALAVES
- This site is for all students of English as a Foreign Language at the Piedralaves E.O.I.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
LIPDUB SONG
HELLO GUYS, THIS IS A VIDEO WITH THE SONG THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE FOR THE LIPDUB VIDEO. HAVE A LOOK AT IT AND REMEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO RECORD OUR PART ON MARCH, 26TH, RIGHT AFTER YOUR CLASS.
I´M SO EXCITED I CAN´T WAIT!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
SIMPLE PAST OF REGULAR VERBS
Hello again!
In this video you can review the rules for the pronunciation of the past simple for regular verbs. Good listening practice to help you with your productions. Enjoy!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
DANCING QUEEN
Hello my people!
Here you have a really good website to practice your training for St. Patrick´s karaoke. I have selected Abba´s Dancing Queen. You have to write the words in the gaps as you listen to the song. Great practice! Have fun!
Here you have a really good website to practice your training for St. Patrick´s karaoke. I have selected Abba´s Dancing Queen. You have to write the words in the gaps as you listen to the song. Great practice! Have fun!
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| http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/7722/abba/dancing_queen |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
WHO, WHO´S AND WHOSE
The MacMillan Dictionary language tips are a really helpful learning tool for English language learners. Their weekly tips draw our attention to very specific areas of difficulty in both vocabulary and grammar.
In this tip, they want to show us the difference between who, who's (= who is or who has), whose (=possessive pronoun).
Languageguide.org mainly focuses on the difference between who and whose, but their great asset is that they offer recorded audio files of all the examples.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
UNCHAINED MELODY
Hello class,
please look at this video to check your answers from the exercises we did in class!
Happy St. Valentine's and happy singing!
please look at this video to check your answers from the exercises we did in class!
Happy St. Valentine's and happy singing!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
CAN AND CAN'T
The pronunciation of can and can't is probably the best
example of the difficulties of English pronunciation for Spanish people. The pronunciation of this (modal-auxiliary) verb presents these features:
- Pronunciation of difficult individual sounds / æ / and /ə/ in can, /ɑ:/ in can't.
- Variations in the way the verbs are pronounced, depending on their position in the sentence: We only pronounce can as / kæn / in short answers, or at the end of a sentence or before a pause, or for emphasis:
A: Can you swim? B: Yes, I can. / kæn / (short answer)
A: Can you have it for Friday? B: I think I can, but I need ... / kæn / (before a pause)
A: Sue can't swim, she's too young. B: Of course she can swim. / kæn / (emphasis)
Can you come at six? /kən/
I can run faster than you. /kən/
- Ellision of sounds: the "t" in can't is very often not pronounced; the "a" in can is very often not pronounced when it is pronounced /ə/ .
- Stress: can't is always stressed, so speakers know if a sentence is affirmative or negative because of the stress on can't, not because they hear "t": I can't go (both "can't" and "go" take the stress)
When can is pronounced /kən/ is always unstressed, and the stress falls on the main verb: I can go. (only "go" takes the stress).
For Spanish speakers it is very difficult not to give stress to any words in a sentence, as our language gives the same stress to all the words. Consequently, when we use can in conversation it is sometimes very difficult for listeners to know if the sentence is affirmative (can) or negative (can't).
There are two tricks we can use to pronounce can in an unstressed position:
1) Omit the vowel sound and pronounce can quickly: I can go to the cinema / ai kn 'gəu /
2) Make can part of the subject, as if they were the same word: I can go to the cinema / aikn 'gəu /
To complete the study of this difficult pronunciation point, you can watch these two videos from Accentworkshop.com. The first one is about the pronunciation of can, and the second about the pronunciation of can't.
example of the difficulties of English pronunciation for Spanish people. The pronunciation of this (modal-auxiliary) verb presents these features:
- Pronunciation of difficult individual sounds / æ / and /ə/ in can, /ɑ:/ in can't.
- Variations in the way the verbs are pronounced, depending on their position in the sentence: We only pronounce can as / kæn / in short answers, or at the end of a sentence or before a pause, or for emphasis:
A: Can you swim? B: Yes, I can. / kæn / (short answer)
A: Can you have it for Friday? B: I think I can, but I need ... / kæn / (before a pause)
A: Sue can't swim, she's too young. B: Of course she can swim. / kæn / (emphasis)
Can you come at six? /kən/
I can run faster than you. /kən/
- Ellision of sounds: the "t" in can't is very often not pronounced; the "a" in can is very often not pronounced when it is pronounced /ə/ .
- Stress: can't is always stressed, so speakers know if a sentence is affirmative or negative because of the stress on can't, not because they hear "t": I can't go (both "can't" and "go" take the stress)
When can is pronounced /kən/ is always unstressed, and the stress falls on the main verb: I can go. (only "go" takes the stress).
For Spanish speakers it is very difficult not to give stress to any words in a sentence, as our language gives the same stress to all the words. Consequently, when we use can in conversation it is sometimes very difficult for listeners to know if the sentence is affirmative (can) or negative (can't).
There are two tricks we can use to pronounce can in an unstressed position:
1) Omit the vowel sound and pronounce can quickly: I can go to the cinema / ai kn 'gəu /
2) Make can part of the subject, as if they were the same word: I can go to the cinema / aikn 'gəu /
To complete the study of this difficult pronunciation point, you can watch these two videos from Accentworkshop.com. The first one is about the pronunciation of can, and the second about the pronunciation of can't.
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