British English Links

A really great site for information about Great Britain

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:02:00 +0000

http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/
Great site!
Everything you might want to know about about a British Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 18:59:00 +0000

Christmas

This link is okay but I recommend another page for more accurate information about a British Christmas

El mito de la inmersión: Por qué los adultos no podemos aprender como los niños

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:57:00 +0000

El mito de la inmersión: Por qué los adultos no podemos aprender como los niños

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:11:00 +0000

You might be interested in this article if you go to the UK at any time.
http://www.fromspaintouk.com/…/que-son-las-charities-y-las…/
I'm a great fan of charity shops!

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 08:54:00 +0000

'I' or 'me'?
are often confused.
This short video might help you get it right.
Just click on the link below.
'I' or 'me'

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:30:00 +0000

Homophone = a word that is pronounced like another word but has a different spelling or meaning, for example some, sum
Just click on the link below.
Excellent cartoons!

Is a thumb a finger?

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 09:23:00 +0000

Are you confused as to whether a thumb is a finger?
This video explains it
The man speaks very quickly BUT there are onscreen subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=T94CAgBwMgs

Saying how happy or sad you are

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 23:01:00 +0000

I think this site http://www.english-at-home.com/ is very good so I will post vocabulary explanations and exercises from time to time.
Saying how happy or sad you are

Speaking exercise: Happy and sad

When you click on an option the answer appears below

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:31:00 +0000

I plan to start using this blog again.
I have a facebook group English Links and Tips https://www.facebook.com/groups/316549391701766/
Some of my Spanish friends don't use Facebook so this is why I'll start posting here again.

The verbs lay and lie

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 10:49:00 +0000

Confusing verbs!
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.co.uk/easily_confused/lay_lie.htm

English language binomials

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:38:00 +0000

An excellent link!
http://speakspeak.com/resources/vocabulary-general-english/list-of-binomial-pairs

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:30:00 +0000

Here is a list of food vocabulary in English and Spanish.The more vocabulary you know the more confident you will feel (I speak as a Spanish learner)!
http://www.lingolex.com/spanishfood/index.htm

The Free Dictionary

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:26:00 +0000

I've just discovered how useful the Free Dictionary is!
This is both a British and American English idiom.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+clean+slate

a clean slate

Reading the Spanish press

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:26:00 +0000

Do you read El País in English?
I read it in both English and Spanish.
Reading in Spanish is essential to increase my vocabulary.
I'm a language learner, just like you!
This is an interesting article which is both enlightening and good for reading and learning new vocabulary.
“How long will I be an immigrant for?”
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/21/inenglish/1395415484_746028.html

Other y Another

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:25:00 +0000

Another good posting from
http://aprendeinglessila.com/2014/03/other-another/

La diferencia entre "Other" y "Another" - Aprende Inglés Sila

aprendeinglessila.com

En este post os explico la diferencia que existe entre "other" y "another" (ambas palabras se traducirían al español como "otro,otra".

Football!

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:25:00 +0000

For football fans!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26710601

Five things we learned from El Clasico

bbc.com

What did we learn from Barcelona's remarkable 4-3 victory away to Real Madrid?

The millionth English word

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:23:00 +0000

This is from 2009 but I found it fascinating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbm-FSkdgEY

My suggestion is don't try and understand all of it but listen out for:-
1) 2.0 -two point zero and two point o (letter) - both are used and are correct.
You can see the definition and use of the letter 'o' here
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/o_1

2) One of the reasons why Scandinavian and Chinese people learn English.

3) English is not governed by an academy like France (Académie française) and Spain (Real Academia Española)

4) Words from other languages are common in English AND the original Hindi word is used – pyjamas (British English) pajamas (American English).

ITN news - You Tube

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:20:00 +0000

Just a reminder that YouTube is a good source of listening resources.
I subscribe to ITN (Independent Television News) as many of their short news videos are subtitled.
Here's a playlist I made recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM8vsKNgZ4Q&list=PLEldz-GUSgUWtjlICQRKG4k8j4kq3qHVL

International House Bristol

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:47:00 +0000

IH Bristol are adding short videos 'Phrase of the Day ' to their You Tube channel.
Well worth watching!
http://www.youtube.com/user/ihbristoluk?feature=watch
The website is excellent too!
Phrase of the Day
http://www.ihbristol.com/english-phrases
Useful expressions
http://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions
General exercises
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/grammar-vocabulary-sayings
Cambridge exam levels exercises
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/esol
To be able to use all the exercises you need to register but it is FREE!
This is the school where I learnt to be a TEFL teacher 12 years ago!

Pet speaking test

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:15:00 +0000

Pet speaking test
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R-D-l99RtE&feature=youtu.be …

http://www.fromspaintouk.com/

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:52:00 +0000

I recommend this website to anyone thinking of going to the UK to work.
I particularly recommend that you read the interviews with Spaniards who are working there.
The latest interview is excellent.
http://www.fromspaintouk.com/2013/02/01/espanoles-en-londres-ezequiel-montilla/

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:18:00 +0000

This tip is for children learning the days of the week in English. It came from a 7 year old I teach at El Centro de Enseñanza (Calle Goya, 9 VVa del Trabuco). To remember that Wednesday is miércoles, turn either word upside down and the initial letters look very similar.
Another couple of tips for children learning correct pronunciation are
say 'ten penguins' until they say penguin and not pinguin.
say 'fried egg on Friday' so that they say the vowel name 'I'/'eye'.

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:29:00 +0000

Wow!
I haven't posted anything since September!
I'll try and post regularly again so here's a few things to start 2013.
(Some of the sites have appeared in previous posts).

Here are lots of listening links for you!
http://www.tuneintoenglish.com/
One of the best sites I've found!
Lots of You Tube videos of songs with subtitles.
From this page you can go to the current UK Top 10 (most of the songs have subtitles).
http://www.speakuponline.it/articolo/1546791018
Copied from the site
The songs above are all taken from www.youtube.com. Some are new, some are old, some are the original videos and some have only the music track. All of them, however, have the lyrics, so click on your favourite song and sing along – it’s great fun, and excellent practice for your English!
(Note: Not all the lyrics may be correct! YouTube often removes videos. Please send us an e-mail to report any broken links)

http://www.subingles.com/
This site’s got subtitled songs and lots of gap-fill exercises.
My tip is to learn the song by reading the subtitles.
Hear the song several times and then do the associated exercise if there is one.
Here's one to try.
http://www.subingles.com/artistas:b:beyonce:single_ladies#marcadorvalorar

Great site!
http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/index.html

A couple more to try!
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/jobs/butlering.html
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/lifeintheuk/consumer-rights/electrical-goods/buying-electrical-goods.html

Lots of practice here!
Here's one example.
http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/109/aha/take_on_me
This site has the lyrics beside the video
http://www.letssingit.com/
One to try.
http://artists.letssingit.com/u2-lyrics-where-the-streets-have-no-name-lsrgdx9
And another!
http://www.elllo.org/video/0851/V873PaulAussies.htm

IMPORTANT
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF A LINK DOESN'T WORK

Linguaspectrum videos

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:36:00 +0000

I will be recommending this series of videos to as many English learners as possible!
They are high quality videos with excellent explanations spoken in a very clear manner.
I doubt if you will find any better explanation of British English pronunciation anywhere on the internet.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL67CF2C29C5D476A3

Improving your vocabulary and listening skills

noreply@blogger.com (Sheila) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:32:00 +0000

Would you like to be able to watch British TV in order to improve your listening skills?
Here are two FREE sites which allow you to do so!
http://borrowbits.com/tag/tunlr/

I have the following one installed on my desktop PC and on my old British HP laptop which runs Windows XP.
http://www.expatshield.com/
Let me know how you get on!