Archive for the “Listening skills” Category

“The cake is tasty, or?”  Sorry, adding ‘or’ at the end of the sentence doesn’t work in English.  Find out what we would say by clicking here.

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Penguin with crooked beak
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Listen and/or read about a lost penguin that reaches New Zealand – with vocabulary help.

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hipster grafitti
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Improve your listening skills by watching Time.com’s video clips.  Are you interested in job interview tips?  Or perhaps something more sporty?

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Another dimension.
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The VOA has a nice article on using mouth expressions.

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Listen to the Financial Times Germany’s little podcast on how to use ‘when’ correctly.

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little red riding hood
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For those of you who have children or are learning English, you might like these video clips from the British Council.  They’re really well done.  I particularly like the songs!

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Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk and

Incy Wincy Spider and If you’re happy and you know it.

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A new monument celebrating books has been launched in Buenos Aires.  Found out the details here.

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