Your Speech Speaks for You (El habla habla de quien habla) Unknown
He: Drinking makes you beautiful.
She: But I haven’t been drinking.
He: I know, but I have.
Improve your pronunciation. Very funny ads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LzJRbvTJu0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtGgxeRzz9Y
The ABC
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/ngfl-flash/alphabet-eng/alphabet.htm
http://www.wordreference.com/
http://www.google.com/intl/en/
http://www.proz.com/glossary-translations/
Listening Activities
http://www.esl-lab.com/
How to improve your listening skills
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/askaboutenglish/2010/01/100216_aae_listening_page.shtml
Tongue Twisters : To correct your pronunciation problems
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
Listening Training
television.grupovaughan.com (Watch Television)
edition.cnn.com (Watch Television)
For years, anthropologists have travelled to the South Pacific to live with local tribe people and observe their traditional ways of life
Meet the Natives follows two groups of men from the South Pacific island of Tanna – one venturing to the UK and the other travelling to the U.S. – to observe the natives of these exotic lands. From cattle roundups and snowball fights in Montana, to bars with drag queens in Manchester, and traditional fox hunting and a meeting with England’s Prince Philip, these men experience some of the best – and most unusual – activities that each country has to offer. They provide a unique spin on life in the UK and America, filtering what they see through their own experiences and offering their perspective on homelessness, traditional gender roles, livestock artificial insemination, and more.
Start watching the series. Then go to related videos and watch more programs. Read the comments about the series and get ready to make your own comments. It’s really interesting and fun!
Please go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV9GRNKqOKw
Read about the series
Ten Things that make us British
History Channel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJQwffIjGHU
Word Stress and Sentence Stress
http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress-2.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/sentence-stress.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkZonRua3c (Personality description on video- Zodiac signs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIWL4CUAnVM (What are the British like? / American English)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR_yYTGBnKU (What are the Americans like? / British English)
http://www.astrology-online.com/ (What are you like?)
Varieties of English
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_English
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dialects_of_the_English_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_differences
http://www.world-english.org/accent.htm (audio)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/ (Pronunciation Tips)
http://www.shiporsheep.com/ (Minimal Pairs)
http://www.stuff.co.uk/calcul_nd.htm (Phonetic Chart)
Can & Can’t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43GFCO4pes
Recommend, advise, suggest
http://my.englishclub.com/video/adviserecommendsuggest-1
Pronunciation of the S sound in English
Third person and plural
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/
(Voiced and Voiceless Sounds)
1-Pronounce “Z” (like the sound of a bee) after voiced sounds or vowels:
A, E, I, O, U
B, D, G, L, LL, M, N, R, V, Y
Examples: Cleans, turns, loves, smells, cries, lives, listens, studies, plays
Pens, pencils, tables, chairs
2-Pronounce “S” after voiceless consonants
K, P, and T, F Examples: Works, cooks, looks, likes, talks, walks stops, laughs
Books, tapes, pots, speaks, walks,
3- Pronounce “IZ” in the following combinations:
CHES, SHES, XES, CES, SES
Examples: touches, dances, fixes, washes, watches, teaches, kisses
Bushes, buses, houses, glasses, exercises
Exercises:
She talks, walks and cooks at home. (S)
He cleans, runs and learns English. (Z)
She dances, watches T.V. and washes her hands. (IZ)
He talks a lot, listens to music and dances rock´n´roll. (S-Z-IZ)
There are books, pencils and sunglasses on the table. (S-Z-IZ)