The multilingual fish

You see, it is always useful to learn another language, it can help you to save your onw life!
Learn a language while you sing a song

Pocahontas biography

Pocahontas was the beloved daughter of the Algonquian Chief Powhatan, you know about her life because of the famous Disney picture, but you can also listen to her biography here:




 Follow the link and read while you listen, (I know, it is a bit too long...).
 This is a download from: Voice of America Special English.

Here you have some more links about biographies.

And click here for a crazy quiz about Pocahontas.

Some English words of Amerindian origin.

How healthy is your diet?

“Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we’ve built around them.”
 — Jamie Oliver

 

Watch the video as many times as you want and when you know what it is about, you are ready to
Follow the link to  the interactive transcript (so if you did not understand a part of the speech, you can choose the point from which you want to listen from).

Jamie Oliver is a British chef involved in the fight against obesity and for healthier diets. He is well-known in Britain and the States,but he is not so famous here in Spain, where the level of obesity is so high among children and young adults, above all.

Click here if you feel like to explore some more talks.

Obesity statistics: Can you find Spain?

How healthy ar you? follow the link and do the quiz, if you want to know.

And what will you get with a healthy diet? A healthier skin without pimples or ugly spots and a longer and happier life.

And another quote for you:
"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper."
Adelle Davis

As easy as a cake: Speaking test

Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0
Watch the way in which a king gets ready for his speech. How do you prepare your speaking test? I am sure that you listen to your favourite songs in English and read the lyrics at the same time, you also surf the web looking for listening activities and of course, you listen again the audio material in your coursebook.
By all those reasons I'm sure that your speaking test will be easy as a cake for you.
But if you want to check some listening webs, try the followings:
 English Central There is a free registration, but you don't need to do it to surf the videos and practise.
BBC Learn English: Lots of resourcesto choose.
ELLLO: many of you know this web, exercises, songs, videos, listening games and more. Cambridge.org: Phonetics.
Enjoy!

Your Doodle Video

This doodle video was made by students in 1º ESO A. I think it is awesome, just click and see, what do you think? click and sing along, it is great fun.
A doodle video is a collection of different and simple drawings (doodles) that illustrate the lyrics of a song.
All students in 1º ESO A  helped, so to all of you thanks again.

Grammys and Whitney Houston

 Listen to the podcast talking about Whitney Houston and the Grammy Awards and complete the text after listening.
You know you can listen to the podcast as many times as you need.
Remember to read the vocabulary before you start listening.
You can watch her singing here.

Listen to Tom

 

Follow the link and listen to Tom Sawyer and read it at the same time.
Download the audiobook if you prefer, or listen to it online.

Mark Twain (that is a pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens) life is important because he wrote about his chilhood memories in Hannibal, a small town in Missouri (USA).

Listen to Tom Sawyer

Some of you are reading Tom Sawyer and I think you like the story. Here you can listen to the full book, just click on the picture and choose the chapter you want.

Follow the link if you want to explore. Thee are lots of free audio books here.
More free audio books:
Books should be free: Free audio books from the public domain.
Lit2Go You can download the ebook in pdf and the mp3 audio.
Enjoy.

Are you listening?

Switch on the sound of your computer, practise your English reading and listening skills, it can be really fun.
There are lots of places where you can do that, you just surf the web for a while and you will find many sites to do it:
I'm Reading!  Just click on the topic you prefer and when you pass the mouse on the words, you can hear them.
What about reading a  magazine? if you prefer reading a magazine and listening to your favourite article while you read it. Just follow the link of the British Council.

Vocabulary? Follow the link, choose a topic and just pass the mouse on the word, now you can listen to the word. ( I never get bored to recommend you this link).

An old friend of us: ELLLO

Lyrics training: Learn English while you sing.

What are they doing?

Generador de animadas GIF gifup.com

How many actions can you remember? What are they doing? can you make sentences explaining the pictures? use your imagination and fancy what is happening. Easy, isn't it?
Use the present continuous, or progressive when the actions are happening just in this moment.
Watch the video and practise:



And if you want a listening game click here. You need to turn on the loudspeakers and play, just listen (click on the grey part) and then click on the red and match the audio with the image.
Enjoy.

Charlie&Lola

Read along and relax with Charlie and Lola.

Just in case it's cold

Watch and listen:
Watch the video as many times as you need, as you can see you can sing along, so this is an easy exercise.
Make some suggestions to persuade the girl to stay longer.

Gran Torino

Gran Torino was a film directed, produced and starred by Clint Eastwood who also sang this song in the movie.
Listen to the version of Jamie Cullum who is the author of the music with the help of Clint Eastwood.
Gran Torino was a very popular car in its time. Starsky and Hutch also drove one Gran Torino classic car.

Click if you want the lyrics.
Check your car vocabulary: You only have to move your mouse and stop inside the circles. You will listen to the name of the car part, remember that you need to switch on your computer loudspeakers.

A quiz with a song

Watch the video and listen to Solsbury Hill, a song by Peter Gabriel and try to answer the questions, they are as easy as a piece of cake.
TIP: If you find it hard to understand, you can sing along Peter Gabriel, you only need to read the lyrics transcript while you listen.
And if you want to know the full story of Solsbury Hill, just follow the link to the Guardian.
Click to see the photo gallery of the protest.
Enjoy.

Follow The Flatmates Adventures

The Flatmates is a BBC soap opera to learn English. This is the first episode, here you can see Hellen and Tim, they are in the airport waiting for Michal.


Follow the link to the BBC channel for The Flatmates.
Why is he crying? just wait for the second episode...

For your ears only

Audio books, a great way to learn a language.
Follow this link for a place where you can find lots of audio books in mp3 format. Explore the web because you can find audio books in different langauges and about different topics, too.

A Guinness record in your ponytail.

Do you think that Manjit will be able to pull a bus only with his hair or will he get a terrible headache instead? Do you know what is the weight of a double decker bus?
Watch the video to know if the man could pull the bus and, in that case, pay attention to the number of metres that the bus moved and how Manjit feels after that.
Follow the link to The Guiness World Records Web.  And let's see if you are able to find the largest dog biscuit in the world.
Enjoy!
                                                                          

A Christmas Carol by Jim Carrey

Meet Jim Carrey playing the n the role of Scrooge (and not only in that role) and compare it with the book you are reading just now.
The trailer comes from Trailer Addict

Art or vandalism...?

What do you think about graffiti? do you consider it art or it is simply a way to get dirty walls in our streets? watch the video from podcast in English and answer the following questions:

Where can you see an exhibition of Banksy's work?

What kind of works does Banksy do?

Why is this exhibition so unusual?

Who is Banksy?

How does Bansky paint the graffiti? Does Bansky follow any special skill?

Where can you see his work?

Which animal is a symbol for him/her?

Where has Banksy travelled lately?

Tips: first read the questions carefully and watch and listen to the video in full.

Then watch the video the times you need to get the answers, remember that you can stop it whenever you want.

It is a good idea to have a pen and paper ready at hand to write down your answers. Good luck!

 

Sing a song

Click on the picture and enjoy singing and learning the lyrics of your favourite song. If your song is not there, don't panic because once you have registered yourself, you can send it to be subtitled.