Friday, March 27, 2009

SPEAK IN ENGLISH.

First of all you have to install the software. It's free. After that, you have to restart the computer.

Of course you also need a microphone and speakers or headphones. Then, choose the dialogue and press start.

LEARN ENGLISH BY WATCHING VIDEOS



Improve your English by watching these videos. There are different levels and they are really funny.






Easy

The Simpsons. Cranberry sauce

Pepsi: Forever young. Super bowl 2009

I am Canadian

Ratatouille

Nightmare before Christmas. Marilyn Manson

Staples

Pepsi: With a little help from my friens

Medium

Rock Grammar: Prepositions

Life is beautiful

Coca cola: Avatar. Super bowl

The Wall: Another brick in the wall (part 2)

Speaking British or American English?

Idioms

Somewhere over the rainbow

Difficult

John Lennon: Woman

Ten things I hate about you

Gorillaz

GAMES TO LEARN ENGLISH

Playing games is an interesting way to learn English. You can have fun and learn at the same time!

Hangman - Ahorcado
Repasa el vocabulario y diviértete jugando al ahorcado! Es muy útil para recordar las palabras nuevas que has aprendido...
Word search - Sopa de letras
Repasa el vocabulario y diviértete completando estas sopas de letras! Es muy útil para recordar las palabras nuevas que has aprendido...
Daily Cartoons
Practica inglés con estas divertidas historietas...
Tongue-twisters - Trabalenguas
Intenta repetir estas frases en inglés. Seguramente te ayudarán a mejorar la pronunciación...
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
Riddles - Adivinanzas
Adivina de qué se trata, pero pensando en inglés...
What starts with "t", ends with "t" and is full of "t"?
Jokes - Chistes
Diviértete un rato y de paso, aprenderás nuevas expresiones en inglés...
Teacher: If I had nine apples in one hand and eight oranges in the other, what would I have?
Anagrams - Anagramas
Juegos de palabras para expandir el vocabulario...
solemn - melons
Puns
Juegos de palabras que suenan parecidas pero tienen distintos significados...
What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea.
Palindromes - Palíndromos
Palabras y frases que se leen igual de izquierda a derecha que de derecha a izquierda...
Pull up if I pull up.
Pangrams
Palabras y frases que usan todas las letras del alfabeto...
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Rhymes
Rimas sencillas muy útiles para aprender y recordar nuevas palabras en inglés...
I have a little toothbrush.
I hold it very tight.
I brush my teeth each morning,
And then again at night.


READING ENGLISH SHORT STORIES


These sites offer you here some short stories in English and a variety of texts on various interesting subjects with vocabulary explanations. You can practice reading comprehension and at the same time you will certainly learn something new.

Each text is identified with an icon showing the level of English used on it. You will also find some questions to answer at the end of some texts to test your comprehension.

Remember that you can double click any word for the Spanish translation or the definition in English. Enjoy it!

English Short Stories

Reading Comprehension

THE STORY BEHIND THE WORDS


Why do we call this kind of apple Granny Smith? Because the name was taken from the Australian gardener Maria Ann Smith, also known as Granny Smith. She was the one who first grew the apple in Sydney in the 1860s

Do you know the story behind these words?



Angel
Atlas
Barbecue
Bikini
Biscuit
Black box
Bobby
Bug
Calendar
Candidate
Cardigan
Carnival
Christmas
Clock
Cop
Deadline
Digit
Dollar
Easter
Ghost
Gossip
Granny Smith
Handicap
Hazard
Hermetic
Hippopotamus
Honeymoon
Hooligan
Hot dog
Husband
Jeans
Jeep
Kangaroo
Knight
Marathon
Money
Nightmare
OK
Orange
Oscar
Picnic
Poker
Pound / lb
Pumpkin
Referee
Robot
Sandwich
Secretary
Shark
Soccer
Teddy Bear
Toast
Trailer
Tycoon
Xmas
Yankee

And what about these idioms?

A cock and bull story
A white elephant
As easy as pie
As mad as a March hare
At sixes and sevens
Black Friday
Crocodile tears
It's raining cats and dogs
Never look a gift-horse in the mouth
Once in a blue moon
Over the moon
Red-letter day
The black sheep
To bark up the wrong tree
To catch someone red-handed
To cut the mustard
To have seen the elephant
To have seen the lions
To jump the gun
To let the cat out of the bag
To push the envelope
To talk/speak of the devil

LEARN ENGLISH BY READING MOVIE SCRIPTS


This is a very interesting web where you can read parts of a movie script to learn and understand the use of daily English language. Read the passages and try to understand them. Then, read the vocabulary explanation. Finally, read the passage again.






2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
ALADDIN
BACK TO THE FUTURE
BATMAN
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
CASABLANCA
FATHER OF THE BRIDE
FINDING NEMO
HOME ALONE
JAWS
JURASSIC PARK
NOTTING HILL
PRETTY WOMAN
SHREK
STAR WARS
SUPERMAN
THE BODYGUARD
THE INCREDIBLES
THE LITTLE MERMAID
THE LION KING
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THE TRUMAN SHOW
TITANIC

LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL LEVELS


Here you can find some listening comprehension exercises in American English. Do not try to understand every single word. Just listen carefully for the information you need to do the exercise. There are several levels: easy, medium and hard. You choose.

Listening activities



EASY
Not All Carrots Are Orange
Got Milk? How to Make Yogurt
Teens, Television, and Depression
Excuse Me, Professor, How Much Do You Earn?
Staying Healthy by Washing Your Hands
Petroleum: A Short History of Black Gold

MEDIUM
Trying to Understand Food Labels
How to Do It: Making Paper by Hand
How Strangers Can Make You Happy

DIFFICULT
Apple's iPhone Makes Quiet Entry in India
New Yorkers Celebrate 125th Anniversary of Brooklyn Bridge

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Karaoke

Just try this Karaoke. I guess you will enjoy it!



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