martes, 4 de febrero de 2014
Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers with narration and subtitles.
Watch this film of Wallace and Gromit with the narration in subtitles. It´s just 30 minutes and a perfect listening and reading exercise.
Tune in and make sure you get your listening practice
Tune in and learn
We know how important doing listening exercises are when learning a language, but finding the time to do them can be difficult. An effective way to include English listening in your everyday life is to turn on the radio. Radio programmes cover such a wide range of topics giving you the oppotunity to hear accents, sentence structure and vocabulary. As a English learner in Spain you have limited oppotunities to listen to native speakers, therefore if you have internet then you have access to an extensive range of listening resources. For example, BBC iplayer has variety of radio stations that broadcast programmes about music, sports, news and comment. www.bbc.co.uk/radio
It is important to make listening exercises compatible with your daily life - so why not put the radio on while your doing the dreaded ironing or preparing dinner. This way, you can kill two birds with one stone. Another tip is to find a programme you are interested in and tune in to it every week, that way it becomes a habit and you will find that you become familar with the language, topics and the presenters. It may even become an enjoyable activity!
Another great way to listen is in the car while driving. Being near the Costa Blanca, Alicante region and all those British expats, there are plenty of English radio stations that are easy to pick up in Gandia. Here is a list and the link: http://www.eyeonspain.
One of the best ones from here is Spectrum fm. I think around this area you can also pick up Bay radio.
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/
Remenber not to worry about understaning every word, what is important is that you are listening. Just by listening you can improve your intonation and rhythm which make your speeech sound more natural. From a linguistic point of view; results of the large body of research have shown that listening is not a passive process, in which the listener simply receives a spoken message, but rather a complex cognitive process, in which the listener constructs the meaning using both her linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge (http://deal.elte.hu/pages/novelty/htm2/vol73/bojana.htm).
So turn the radio on now and share with us in class what you have listened to.
Words in purple are in the Glossary below
Tune in - sintonizar (con) algo
wide range of topics - temas muy diversas
broadcast - transmitir, emitir
daily life - vida diaria
dreaded - temible
you can kill two birds with one stone - realizar dos acciones simultáneamente
British expats (expatriate) - emigrado(a) (sustantivo masculino o femenino) (familiar) (especialmente británico)
passive process - processo pasivo
cognitive - cognitivo
knowledge - conocimientos
lunes, 3 de febrero de 2014
Educación exigirá a los Erasmus Plus nivel B2
Educación exigirá a los Erasmus Plus nivel B2 del idioma del país en el que se desarrolle la beca
- También exigirá a los candidatos tener aprobados 60 créditos de la carrera
- Los becarios del Ministerio recibirán 100 euros más por cumplir esos requisitos
- La UE aporta fondos para 30.000 becas y Educación financiará otras 10.000
viernes, 24 de enero de 2014
English spelling and pronounciation are very difficult and here are plenty of examples to highlight this!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig..
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this ..
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.'
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends.
And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UPexcuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP,
for now my time is UP,
so........it is time to shut UP!
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear..
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's face it - English is a crazy language. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig..
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
You lovers of the English language might enjoy this ..
There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.'
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
We call UP our friends.
And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UPexcuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary.
In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used.
It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP,
for now my time is UP,
so........it is time to shut UP!
Healthy eating in the New Year
Here are some ideas to help you get back in shape after the Christmas excesses while at the same time practicing your English.
14 Enero 2014
http://www.englishtodaymagazine.com/index.php
Pea & mint soup
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 108
- protein
- 8g
- carbs
- 17g
- fat
- 1g
- saturates
- 1g
- fibre
- 4g
- sugar
- 1.6g
- salt
- 0.84g
A healthy starter or snack that's great hot or cold
Ingredients
- 1 bunch spring onions, trimmed and roughly chopped
- 1 medium potato, peeled and diced
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 850ml vegetable or chicken stock
- 900g young peas in the pod (to give about 250g/9oz shelled peas)
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh mint
- large pinch caster sugar
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon or lime juice
- 150ml buttermilk or soured cream
Method
- Put the spring onions into a large pan with the potato, garlic and stock. Bring to the boil, turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potato is very soft. For the garnish, blanch 3 tbsp of the shelled peas in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, drain, put in a bowl of cold water and set aside. Add the remaining peas to the soup base and simmer for 5 minutes – no longer, or you will lose the lovely fresh flavour of the peas.
- Stir in the mint, sugar and lemon or lime juice, cool slightly then pour into a food processor or liquidiser and whizz until as smooth as you like. Stir in half the buttermilk or soured cream, taste and season with salt and pepper.
- To serve the soup cold, cool quickly, then chill – you may need to add more stock to the soup before serving as it will thicken as it cools. To serve hot, return the soup to the rinsed-out pan and reheat without boiling (to prevent the buttermilk or soured cream from curdling).
- Serve the soup in bowls, garnished with the remaining buttermilk and the drained peas.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2004
- in shape- en forma
- scales - balanza
- starter - entrante
- spring onion - cebolletas
- trim - recortar
- roughly chop - en trozos grandes
- blanch - escaldar
- drain - escurrir
- pour - echar
- whizz - licuar
- stock - caldo
- curdle - cortarse (leche)
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