BBC LEARNING ENGLISH: Beyond the postcard

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH: Beyond the postcard

Dear readers:

Today I want to introduce yet another series from the excellent website BBC Learning English.

This series is called “Beyond the postcard" and looks at some not so well known features of some very well known places. There are text, audio and video comprehension exercises to help you practise and improve your English.
Click here and start now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/btp/
About Edinburgh:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/btp/edinburgh/edinburgh_audio.shtml

6 minute English or how to improve your listening skills

Dear students,
How are you?did you enjoy your weekend?I had a pretty good one, and you?
Today I bring you a good way of improving your listening skills via bbc learning English.
Apart from what we do in class, you should listen to English and do listening exercises online.
I leave the last 6 minute English programme, it´s about environment. Hope you enjoy it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2012/03/120308_6min_antarctic_aliens.shtml

Improve your listening: National Geographic

Dear readers,
A good way of improving your listening skills and learning interesting aspects of different cultures at the same time, is visiting National Geographic website and watching its cultural videos about travel,ancient cultures,science, environment,etc.
Click on this link and watch the video about a robot child that is programmed to learn and think like a human infant.

Have a go at it!!

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/ng-today/010912-robot-child-ngtoday/

ESL video:improve your listening skills II

Hi guys,
You always ask me about ways of improving your listening skills on your own and I always tell you to see films in English, to listen to the BBC online, to travel abroad,etc...
Apart from all that, you have the Internet with loads of websites and blogs (like this one ;)),that help you improve all the skills.A fantastic website I came across last week is ESL VIDEOS.
In this website you´ll find a wide variety of videos with questions and transcripts so, if you don´t understand well, you can listen to it and read the transcript at the same time so you get used to the sounds of the words.
There are 4 levels: beginner,low intermediate,intermediate and high intermediate.
You can start to improve now!!2º Básico students click here: http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_low_intermediate.php?id=9644
1º de intermedio and AAEE students click here: http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=8974
Hope you find it useful!!
See you tomorrow!!

How to improve your listening skills: NEWSY

Hi dear readers!
How are you doing this chilly Sunday afternoon (at least in Spain)? I am looking for stuff so you can improve your listening skills and I have found this website: http://www.newsy.com/
By means of this website you can know what´s going on in the world through 2 or 3 minutes videos and it also gives you the transcript so you can learn new wordS, expressions, etc.
Click here and start now: http://www.newsy.com/videos/3-dead-after-cruise-ship-runs-aground/

Another web to watch videos with comprehension questions and transcripts is this one: http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=8974
Hope you make the most of it!!