Posted on December 1, 2008 by gringomaclure
Dear students,
Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year! If you have time, I recommend watching this video. It will help your English and it reminds us to focus on the most important thing this Christmas. It is an excerpt from an American pastor who lived 50 years ago. The question is not “what” we got [...]
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Posted on May 23, 2008 by gringomaclure
Hi everyone,
The guy who writes Garfield cartoons is called Jim Davis and I recently I found out he has a Garfield website to help with English literacy. Some fun activities on here if you get a chance. Visit professorgarfield.com
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Posted on March 8, 2008 by gringomaclure
Somebody recently showed me this excellent website: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/. It is a visual dictionary – lots of pictures with labels to help you learn vocabulary. Go see!
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Posted on November 28, 2007 by gringomaclure
For Debora Morf. Good luck in Switzerland and Sao Paulo…
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Posted on November 19, 2007 by gringomaclure
I found an amazing website that will give rice to poor people if you practice vocabulary. It may seem quite hard at first but the website will adjust to your level of English as you go along. Learn English and help end hunger. Visit www.freerice.com.
Also, another amazing website to practice listening is www.ted.com which has [...]
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Posted on November 14, 2007 by gringomaclure
I found some websites with TOEFL Writing Tips, just click on the links.
A Dozen tips for TOEFL Composition – this list has some good ideas. 1,2,7,9 and 10 are important to remember.
Tips for the TOEFL Writing Section – another 6 ideas to help you. Don’t worry too much about these points though. You could waste [...]
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Posted on October 23, 2007 by gringomaclure
I’ve found a really good website with lots of games and quizzes at different levels. This will really improve your vocab and grammar!
a4esl.org
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by gringomaclure
Calling all Radiohead fans! I have been playing Radiohead songs in some of my classes this week. Radiohead have a new album available. The album is not available in shops, it is only possible to download the album from their website. And, the very strange thing is that YOU CHOOSE the price to pay [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by gringomaclure
Last week many of us looked at the revolutionary Che Guevara who died 40 years ago. Here are some more pictures and an article of the famous image of Che:
BBC News 1 Pictures
BBC News 2 Pictures
BBC News 3 Article
What is your opinion? Was he a hero or a villain? A great man, or a violent [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2007 by gringomaclure
This website provides some practice for TOEFL. See you in class!
http://www.stuff.co.uk/toefl.htm
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