Thursday 4 June 2009

COMIC


Do you like comics? In my High School we have been working with students on comics and I find them very interesting to learn English. There are lots of comics, I am going to show you one here and I would like you to comment on it or to upload any comic you like. It is useful to read, to learn English and to enjoy yourself!!!
Some web sites on comics could be http://www.stutler.cc/comics/index.html or http://www.dlc.fi/~frank/huumori/comics.htm, for instance.

Monday 18 May 2009

EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING

As you may see, the title below is an English proverb. You might want to know more proverbs and you can read them in http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/English_proverbs. A proverb is a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people. The meaning of the one in the title is "There is a positive side to every bad situation. In other words, bad things also produce some good". I love it!! I always try to look at the positive side of everything!. Could you share with us your favourite proverbs? Do you know their translation in Spanish (in Spanish they are called "refranes")?

I also ask you to try and answer this "Proverb Test" to practise them:
Proverb Test
(1) What should you do before you leap?
(2) What shouldn't you judge a book by?
(3) What can a leopard not do?
(4) What do too many cooks do?
(5) What do things that don't kill you do?
(6) What does every cloud have?
(7) What shouldn't you count?
(8) What does the pot call the kettle?
(9) What doesn't fall far from the tree?
(10) Where should you not put all of your eggs?
(11) What do many hands do?
(12) What animal can be skinned in many ways?
(13) What is the mother of invention?
(14) What does absence do?
(15) What can't you make a horse do?

Wednesday 6 May 2009

DON'T STOP THE MUSIC!!!

Do you like music?
When listening to a song we are also "reading" the lyrics. Moreover, after listening to an English song you can go to web pages such as www.songlyrics.com or www.azlyrics.com to read the lyrics and work on their vocabulary if you want.
Regarding vocabulary related to music, go to www.dmcclure.org/voc-mus.htm if you want to learn some general terms, or to www.eflnet.com/vocab/music_vocabulary.php to see a picture dictionary on musical instruments, for instance.
You may even watch the lyrics on youtube (there are also videos showing the lyrics).
In the internet, you may also read about music in web pages such as www.music.com or www.billboard.com
So now, let's listen to music, let's read English in songs and DON'T STOP THE MUSIC, BABY!!!!

Sunday 3 May 2009

MOTHER'S DAY

TODAY IT'S "MOTHER'S DAY" SO LET'S LISTEN TO THIS VIDEO, DEVOTED TO ALL MOTHERS (SPECIALLY MINE AND ALSO MY GRANDMA!!!). HAVE YOU GOT MORE VIDEOS, POEMS, TEXTS... ABOUT THIS DAY? PLEASE SHARE IT WITH US!.

Thursday 30 April 2009

NEWS, NEWS, NEWS...

TODAY LET'S READ THE NEWS. THERE ARE SEVERAL PAGES IN WHICH YOU CAN DO IT, SUCH AS http://news.bbc.co.uk/ OR http://news.google.com/. HAVE YOU GOT A FAVOURITE NEWS PAGE? COULD YOU SHARE IT WITH US?
THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TODAY IS, OF COURSE, THE SWINE INFLUENZA, IF YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT IT, PLEASE GO TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WEB PAGE http://www.who.int/en/, OPINIONS???
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!

Wednesday 29 April 2009

TODAY... LET'S COOK...

HI EVERYBODY!!!
Today let's read about cooking, one of my hobbies. If you want to know more things about cooking and try to cook any of these recipes, please go to http://allrecipes.com/ and tell us your experiences. One of my favourite ones is the "quiche" http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Quiche/Detail.aspx, try it, it is very easy and it will be successful!!!. I hope you will write about it and please, send other recipes!!!!

Monday 27 April 2009

LET'S BEGIN...

TO BEGIN WITH OUR ENGLISH READING I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR PROPOSALS. PROBABLY YOU KNOW A WEB PAGE, ANOTHER BLOG OR A SHORT STORY YOU LIKE, TRY AND SHARE IT WITH US!!!
I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THIS PAGE TODAY, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do. HERE YOU WILL FIND WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY THIS DAY BUT... A LOT OF YEARS AGO!!!!
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR PROPOSALS...

WELCOME TO MY BLOG!!!

Today I open this blog in order to make you read and learn. I hope you will learn a lot about English (but also about other things) by reading short texts in English. I will propose texts, but also videos or podcasts (oral texts) so that you could practise your reading skills. I will provide you with pieces of adivce to improve your English reading and, above all, I hope you will propose texts, too.
LET'S GO!!!