Christine Burgmer | Blog

The Voice of America broadcasts radio programmes in ‘Special English’ using a core vocabulary of 1500 words.  It uses  short, simple sentences that contain only one idea and the active voice (rather than the passive), and it does not use idioms.  It is excellent for English learners.

“Travelling? Watch you language” is a lovely story to show how important it is to watch what you say in a foreign country.

Do you have a favourite saying?  One of my favourites is: “A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart”.  Learn some more by listening to this audio clip.

One of my favourite proverbs is “A bird in hand is worth two in the bush”.  Do you have a favourite? VOANews.com has a report on proverbs.  Read the text and/or listen to the MP3 file.

The Rich Morning Show – online cartoon English lessons designed for children and adult beginners.

What its makers say:

“Each morning, an e-mail arrives in your inbox, containing your Rich Morning Show for the day, with a personalized cocktail of animated and illustrated language exercises. Watch the show, answer the questions, and send us your answers when you’ve finished. Then we’ll send you your corrections.”

I posted a link to Paul Smith’s One-Word-A-Day some time ago.  If you would like to learn a new word every day, why not follow the following Twitter accounts?:

http://twitter.com/wordaday

http://twitter.com/awordaday

http://twitter.com/awad

http://twitter.com/offaehrte

If you are looking for some additional grammar lessons and exercises, then you might like this site.  Try out the verb tense tutorial! Nice