Dialects, Dialect, Dialects

Hi everyone,
We've been talking about the existence of numerous dialects and that it is possible for very different dialects to co-exist in villages that are very close to each other.

Please have a look at the website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/recordings/index.shtml

Believe me: You're going to be simply amazed with the immense variety of forms you'll find!

And this one for some help with pronunciation:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html

You'll find recordings where a woman utters the different sounds, and descriptions in order to produce the sounds yourselves!!
Enjoy
Patricia

Fancy Watching and Listening to Great Speeches?

Hi,
Hope you're having a wonderful Weekend. One of your classmates in the Advanced group I teach on Tuesday and Thursday told me to have a look at this website since it has lots of wonderful speeches on many different topics. I liked it a lot when I visited the site. So now I recommend you to check it out:

TED

There are many categories and speeches are organised according to topic. Besides, it you're getting a bit lost, you can read the subtitles in many different languages. Have a look at it, it's really worth visiting.
Thanks for the link!!!

See you guys next week.
Patricia

What are Mind Maps?

Hi everyone,
I have been talking this week about a very useful strategy that you can use when you have to organise your ideas and the information you have to develop on a certain topic...It may therefore be quite useful if you have to prepare a presentation or write the draft for a composition...

If you see some examples, then you may confirm whether this strategy would be useful for you or not...

Here you have a text form the Wikipedia explaining what mind maps are:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map

And below there are some examples of mind maps for developing the ideas on different concepts...REMEMBER: YOU have to work with a wide range of strategies and learning techniques till you find out those which are most suitable for you!!!!

Common European Framework

Hi everyone,
Hope you're enjoying a fantastic weekend, I'd like you to check this out,
It is the online version in English of the CEFR( Common European Framework), a document that explains what students are supposed to do at each stage and level of competence.

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/CADRE_EN.asp

Have a look at it, it's interesting!!!!
Happy weekend!

And Examples of the Exam

And here you have some examples of the exam from the EEOOIIs at Pais Vasco Official Schools.

http://www.eoi-bilbo.net/es/departamento.php?Departamento=Inglés&Id_Departamento=3&Id_Seccion=76

These were taken from EOI Bilbao. Thanks for that, because at the website for EEOOIIs in Madrid, the examples of the exam uploaded are terribly old!!!

C U!!