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Listening Comprehension Exercise
What is in the bag?
From English as a 2nd Language in About.com
You will hear a woman reporting a missing handbag. Write down the answers to the questions. You will hear the listening twice. After you have finished, click on the arrow to see if you have answered the questions correctly.
You will find the audio and interactive exercise at this address:
http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_handbag.htm
Hope you and your students find it interesting and useful.
Love, ma.ma.
From English as a 2nd Language in About.com
You will hear a woman reporting a missing handbag. Write down the answers to the questions. You will hear the listening twice. After you have finished, click on the arrow to see if you have answered the questions correctly.
You will find the audio and interactive exercise at this address:
http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_handbag.htm
Hope you and your students find it interesting and useful.
Love, ma.ma.
sábado, 31 de julio de 2010
Language Learning through Interesting Content
March 22, 2010 at The Linguist.com
Ten reasons why a language learner needs interesting language content more than anything else.
Of course, language learning success depends mostly on the learner. But what about external factors? What does a keen language learner need most of all?
The answer is interesting language content. What constitutes interesting content will depend on each learner, and even on the changing interests of each learner. But the best way to learn is through interesting content, listening, reading and building up vocabulary.
There are at least ten reasons why learning languages through meaningful content is preferable to attending class, studying grammar rules, or trying to speak your way to fluency.
1) It is easier. You just listen and read. You start with easy content and advance to more difficult content, on your own timetable.
2) It is more effective. You can concentrate better on noticing the language, if you are not interrupted by teachers, other students, or yourself trying to speak the language. Most successful polyglots only rely on content based learning.
3) It is cheaper. You do not need to pay for a school, or travel anywhere. You can find all the content you need on the internet, at libraries, on television and radio.
4) It is portable. You can carry your language learning with you, wherever you are.
5) It is less stressful. You are not forced to find words and to try to express yourself. You do not need to remember grammar rules nor do exercizes.
6) It is more interesting. You choose what content to learn from. After the initial beginner content, you can quickly move to things that interest you, sports, pop culture, current events, hobbies, literature or whatever you fancy at any given time.
7) You can study for life. Once you know how to learn languages from content, you can continue doing so throughout your life, whenever you want. You can achieve whatever level you desire in a language.
8) It is easier to study more than one language, and you will probably eventually do so. You have more freedom to choose when to study, and to dabble in more than one language.
9) Your mistakes don't matter. Once you realize that you do not need to understand perfectly at each stage, as you progress in the language, you just sit back and enjoy. What you get out of your listening and reading is your own business. No one is standing over you and correcting you.
10) You decide when to start speaking, and when you do, you tend to do well. If you can understand well, and if you can read for enjoyment, your speaking skills will quickly catch up. Trying to speak before you understand is a far more arduous task.
I look forward to adding to this list. Please let me know more reasons.
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March 22, 2010 Permalink
Ten reasons why a language learner needs interesting language content more than anything else.
Of course, language learning success depends mostly on the learner. But what about external factors? What does a keen language learner need most of all?
The answer is interesting language content. What constitutes interesting content will depend on each learner, and even on the changing interests of each learner. But the best way to learn is through interesting content, listening, reading and building up vocabulary.
There are at least ten reasons why learning languages through meaningful content is preferable to attending class, studying grammar rules, or trying to speak your way to fluency.
1) It is easier. You just listen and read. You start with easy content and advance to more difficult content, on your own timetable.
2) It is more effective. You can concentrate better on noticing the language, if you are not interrupted by teachers, other students, or yourself trying to speak the language. Most successful polyglots only rely on content based learning.
3) It is cheaper. You do not need to pay for a school, or travel anywhere. You can find all the content you need on the internet, at libraries, on television and radio.
4) It is portable. You can carry your language learning with you, wherever you are.
5) It is less stressful. You are not forced to find words and to try to express yourself. You do not need to remember grammar rules nor do exercizes.
6) It is more interesting. You choose what content to learn from. After the initial beginner content, you can quickly move to things that interest you, sports, pop culture, current events, hobbies, literature or whatever you fancy at any given time.
7) You can study for life. Once you know how to learn languages from content, you can continue doing so throughout your life, whenever you want. You can achieve whatever level you desire in a language.
8) It is easier to study more than one language, and you will probably eventually do so. You have more freedom to choose when to study, and to dabble in more than one language.
9) Your mistakes don't matter. Once you realize that you do not need to understand perfectly at each stage, as you progress in the language, you just sit back and enjoy. What you get out of your listening and reading is your own business. No one is standing over you and correcting you.
10) You decide when to start speaking, and when you do, you tend to do well. If you can understand well, and if you can read for enjoyment, your speaking skills will quickly catch up. Trying to speak before you understand is a far more arduous task.
I look forward to adding to this list. Please let me know more reasons.
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domingo, 13 de junio de 2010
Waka Waka This Time for Africa
Waka Waka (Esto Es África)
ShakiraComposición: S. Mebarak
Llegó el momento,
caen las murallas
Va a comenzar la unica justa de las batallas
No duele el golpe, no existe el miedo
Quitate el polvo, ponte de pie y vuelves al ruedo
Y la pasión, se siente
Espera en ti tu gente
Ahora vamos por todo
Y te acompaña la suerte
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Tsamina mina eh, eh
Waka Waka eh, eh
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Oye a tu dios y no estarás solo
Llegaste aquí para brillar y lo tienes todo
La hora se acerca, es el momento
Vas a ganar cada batalla, ya lo presiento
Hay que empezar de ceroPara tocar el cielo
Ahora vamos por todo
Y todos vamos por ellos
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Tsamina mina eh, eh
Waka waka eh, eh
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Anawa aa
Tsamina mina eh, eh
Waka waka eh, eh
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Porqué esto es África
Porqué esto es África
ShakiraComposición: S. Mebarak
Llegó el momento,
caen las murallas
Va a comenzar la unica justa de las batallas
No duele el golpe, no existe el miedo
Quitate el polvo, ponte de pie y vuelves al ruedo
Y la pasión, se siente
Espera en ti tu gente
Ahora vamos por todo
Y te acompaña la suerte
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Tsamina mina eh, eh
Waka Waka eh, eh
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Oye a tu dios y no estarás solo
Llegaste aquí para brillar y lo tienes todo
La hora se acerca, es el momento
Vas a ganar cada batalla, ya lo presiento
Hay que empezar de ceroPara tocar el cielo
Ahora vamos por todo
Y todos vamos por ellos
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Tsamina mina eh, eh
Waka waka eh, eh
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Anawa aa
Tsamina mina eh, eh
Waka waka eh, eh
Tsamina mina sangalewa
Porqué esto es África
Porqué esto es África
Porqué esto es África
FIFA World Cup Music
Waving Flag de K´naan y David Bisbal
Give me freedom
Give me fire give me reason
Take me higher
See the champion stake the field now
You’ll be fightersmake us feel proud
En las calles muchas manos
levantadas, celebrando
una fiesta sin descanzo
los paises como hermanos
Canta y une tu voz
grita fuerte que te escuche el sol
el partido ya va a comenzar
todos juntos vamos a ganar
Unidos! Seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va (x3)
When i get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
Danos vida
danos fuego
que nos lleve a lo alto
campeones o vencidos
pero unidos a internarlo
In the streets
are exalted people
as we lose our inhibitions
celebretion is around us
every nation all around us
Singing forever young,
singing songs underneath the sun
let’s rejoice to the beatiful game
and together at the end of day
Seremos grandes,seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de la libertad
que viene y que va (x3)
When i get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
Unidos!Seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de la libertad
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
And everybody will be singing…
Give me freedom
Give me fire give me reason
Take me higher
See the champion stake the field now
You’ll be fightersmake us feel proud
En las calles muchas manos
levantadas, celebrando
una fiesta sin descanzo
los paises como hermanos
Canta y une tu voz
grita fuerte que te escuche el sol
el partido ya va a comenzar
todos juntos vamos a ganar
Unidos! Seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de libertad
que viene y que va (x3)
When i get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
Danos vida
danos fuego
que nos lleve a lo alto
campeones o vencidos
pero unidos a internarlo
In the streets
are exalted people
as we lose our inhibitions
celebretion is around us
every nation all around us
Singing forever young,
singing songs underneath the sun
let’s rejoice to the beatiful game
and together at the end of day
Seremos grandes,seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de la libertad
que viene y que va (x3)
When i get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
Unidos!Seremos grandes, seremos fuertes
somos un pueblo
bandera de la libertad
When I get older
I will be stronger
they’ll call me freedom
just like a wavin flag
Now wave your flag (x3)
ohhh ohhh ohhh ohhh
And everybody will be singing…
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