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Language Learning: Why Most Fail and How YOU Can Succeed

Language Learning: Why Most Fail and How YOU Can Succeed [COMPLETE]

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WORKING LIFE

• Reading: The 1000€ generation.
• Listening: Dress code at work.
• Video: Tips on  how to prepare for a job interview.
• Vocabulary exercise.
• Reading comprehension: Mobbing at work.
• Listening activity: Job interviews.
• Grammar: Modal verbs of obligation.
• Grammar quiz: Have to / must.
• Grammar: Obligation and permission.
• Grammar exercise: Be supposed to.
• Grammar practice: Be allowed to / be supposed to.
• Role-play: Talk about your job.
• Read rules at work.
• Guidelines to covering letter.
• Reading: A smashing business.
• Grammar: Used to / be used to / get used to. (1)
• Grammar: Used to / be used to / get used to. (2)
• Grammar: Used to / be used to / get used to. (3)
• Readind comprehension and vocabulary: What to wear?

SPEAKING

"If we talk with native speakers, they can find our mistakes and help us to correct them"                            

• Speak English on-line.
• Speak English on-line.
• Speaking/listening practice.  
• Tips to improve your speaking.               

LISTENING

“Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.”

• Listen to the news online and answer comprehension questions.
• One-minute videos about the world news from teh BBC.
• Videos with transcript.
• Listening and reading.
• Euronews: Video and transcript.
• Listen and read magazine articles about current issues.
• Film trailers with subtitles.
• British Council magazine articles to listen to and read.
• Voice of America learning English.
• CNN videos.
• English podcasts.
• Vaughan Radio.
• Talk Radio Europe.
• Learn English with song lyrics.
• Free audiobooks.
• Songs with activities.

PRONUNCIATION

"To correct an Englishman's pronunciation is to imply that he is not quite a gentleman"

• Practise the English sounds.
• Links to improve your pronunciation.
• Listen and practise sounds in contrast.

WRITING

"Writing is a form of personal freedom so it´s a soul´s medicine".                                                                    

•   Informal, formal and business English letters and e-mails for English students.
• Applying for a job.
• Punctuation: Capital letters.
• Punctuation: Full stop, comma, semi-colon.
• Punctuation: Correct hyphen.
• Practise sentence connection.

READING

"If you can read this, thank a teacher"
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book”

• Link to reading comprehension.
• Read interesting and well-known magazines on-line.
• National Geographic.
• Link to newspapers online from all over the world.
• Read and listen online magazines.

LEARNING TIPS

"The more you practise, the better your English will be".                    

• Here you can find a selection of links to help you in your learning of the language.
• Watch interesting documentaries on the public American Tv on-line.
• BBC Radio.
• Learn English with songs.
• Tips on learning English.
• Oxford Online Dictionary.
• Link to grammar exercices, gapped texts and more.
• Entry test.
• Collocation Dictionary Online.
• Multiple choice tests.
• Grammar: Use of  "so" as an intensifier.