Dynamo walking on water

Just watch this.

Audio - Guide to London : students of 1st year ESO

Apadrina un banquero

The Diamond Jubilee takes place in 2012, marking 60 years of The Queen’s reign. The Queen came to the throne on 6th February 1952 (her Coronation took place on 2nd June 1953).

View news, announcements, historical information and official images of The Queen released for the Diamond Jubilee.

http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Nl1/Newsroom/Features/DG_WP200687




The Queen is Head of State of the UK and 15 other Commonwealth realms. The elder daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, she was born in 1926 and became Queen at the age of 25, and has reigned through more than five decades of enormous social change and development. The Queen is married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has four children and eight grandchildren.

In this section packed full of images and videos, you can find out more about Her Majesty's early life and reign, public life, marriage and family and personal interests.

 http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/HMTheQueen.aspx


Do you prefer a video ? Watch this MINI BIOGRAPHY. It is excellent !!

AND .... if you click here http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=11416  you can also ANSWER a questionnaire about it. See how well you do !!

Victoria Grant

Listen to Victoria Grant, a 12-year-old Canadian girl explaining our modern banking system. Just brilliant !!

Word on the street

Word on the Street is an exciting new English Language teaching programme co-produced by the BBC and the British Council.

Word on the Street looks at how English works in everyday life and presents lively aspects of young British culture. Each half hour episode is filmed in a different place in the UK and features drama, interviews and reports to help you improve your English language skills.

To go to Word on the Street , click here

Hablando en plata

Enjoy this video. Although it is in Spanish, there are subtitles in English  with very up-to-date vocabulary !!!

Painting Easter Eggs

Picking up the accent

Have you ever thought how Spanish sounds to English speakers? How does a French person sound to you ? And German? Have you ever tried to imitate accents?

Picking up the accent is so important ... !!

Watch the video and see what you think ....

Elllo.org - English Language Listening Library

Todd Beuckens has created this site with more than 1000 listening activities with accents from all over the world, including videos, interviews, news, songs, talking points, listening games, etc. with comprehension exercises, quizzes, and lots of different activities.

I learnt about it thanks to the blog "Enjoy Learning English " , which I usually follow. I must say that the site I´m talking about is one of the best I´ve seen on the web.

Everything is ready to use !

CLICK on the link  http://www.elllo.org