Pronunciation

I personally find pronunciation extremely important when learning English.


Tongue twister is a good way to practise sounds and improve pronunciation. Have a look at the British Council website where you may find lots of tongue twisters to improve pronunciation.

SPINNING THE WHEEL !

Topic: Clothes, animals, colours and numbers.

I found this exercise specially interesting for 6-year-old students to revise vocabulary.

Students love competitions and this game will really motivate them. In two groups, students spin the wheel and answer questions about english vocabulary.

Time flies! They need to be quick!

SPINNING THE WHEEL

Dear friends,

I would like to share with you a blog of an English teacher where you can find lots of different songs to sing in class.

You can find different songs depending on the topic you want to practise. You can revise vocabulary as well as grammar and have a lot of fun !

http://cp.claracampoamor.fuenlabrada.educa.madrid.org/flash/songs/song149.swf

http://claracampoamorsings.blogspot.com.es/

I created this blog two years ago and just used it once with my 14 year-old students in Secondary School. They actually liked it and really enjoyed the activities I prepared for them.  Nowadays  I study "Grado de Magisterio de Educación primaria  (english)" and I think it's the perfect moment to update my blog and share ideas and resources with other teachers and students. I hope you find it useful. Amalia

READING AND VOCABULARY

MAD 4 MOBILES

Teenagers would rather use SMS text messaging to gossip about friends, a study shows.

Text messaging has become the main way teens communicate with friends, surpassing face-to-face contact, e-mail, and voice calling.

More than half of the 800 U.S. teenagers surveyed said they text on a daily basis to socialize and to chat with friends. Girls from 14 to 17 years old were the texting leaders, sending 100 messages a day. The youngest teenage boys were the least likely to text, and they send about 20 messages a day.

Overall, half of teens sent 50 or more messages each day, or 1,500 a month.

Analysis of the results showed one in seven became restless and irritable when they couldn't make phone calls.

Ninety per cent said they took their mobiles wherever they went. Seven per cent even said they would prefer to lose a job or relationship than give up their mobile.

'Getting phone calls can make you feel better about yourself - give you greater self-esteem,' Dr Sheffield said. 'Whereas not getting calls can make you feel down or less important.'

• Answer the following questions:

1. According to the study, what happens to teenagers when they can't make phone calls?
2. According to the text, how many sms texts are teenagers likely to send every day?
3. Is face-to-face communication the preferred one among teenagers? Why?

• Vocabulary.Find the words in the text which match with the definitions.

1. A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. _______
2. Abandon. ________________
3. Worried and uneasy. _________________
4. Every day. ________________
5. Within each other's sight or presence._____________
6. Including everything.______

SMS ABBREVIATIONS

Common abbreviations in sms texts

Word or phrase	Abbreviation(s)
As far as I know	afaik
Age/Sex/Location	a/s/l or asl
As soon as possible	ASAP
At the moment	atm
Be right back	brb
By the way	btw
Got to go	g2g or gtg
Great	gr8
I don't know	idk
Later	L8r
In my humble/honest opinion	imho
In my opinion	imo
Just kidding	jk
Laughing out loud / lots of love	lol
Laughing my ass off	lmao
Oh my god	omg
Rolling on the floor laughing	rofl
What the fuck?	wtf
Talk to you later	tty l8r or ttyl or t2yl

Practice now writing sms as an English speaker would in the following site:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/elem/e_games/ne_elem_games_mobile01/

GRAMMAR

Revise the modal verbs and then do the exercises.

MODALS IN SONGS