English Stress and Intonation

Why do we take so long to understand stress and intonation in English?

Children learn stress and intonation very quickly, but what happens with English as a Second Language?


Through this post, you'll learn more about the importance of Stress and intonation in English. Now it's your turn to practise some stress patterns, using the presentation and video below.

I hope you find Intonation interesting. Please, feel free to leave any comments about Stress and Intonation below.

Translation into English

Do you think Google translate is good enough for your translations?

If you don't, here's some practice for you to rely on. 

Trust your instincts and translate into English, applying common sense, but not your clicks. 

Doctors say that using your memory and language skills, prevents you from getting Alzheimer or dementia.


So, next time you need to write in English, make sure you click on your own brain. Here's your Translation practice:

Expressing Quantity

Today's topic is not only about expressing quantity, but related to these bikes on the car. What I'd like to say is that there are many ways of counting things in English. However, let's study them and try to use the most common ones every day.

Quotations

All about verb tenses

Present, past or future?

How often do you...?

Adverbs is what you need to study for this section, among many other things.

Above you can read two essential questions for you to think about when you're doing some English Grammar. 

Any questions about verbs tenses?

Please leave us a comment below. 

For more practice on verb tenses, you could have a look at our Grammar links section on the right-hand side on this blog.

So, let's do some grammar!

Imperative, Present Simple & Continuous, Stative verbs

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Present through Youtube

Past through Youtube

Future through Youtube
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Imperatives through Youtube

Present Perfect through Youtube

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English through sketches

In this section you'll find all the sketches used in class, together with some other resources to get the most of all your theatre talents on stage. So, off we go and let's act those sketches out all day long. 

• The ticket inspector

• The Passport Office
• Fire Practice (audio 2)
• Fire Practice on YouTube
• The Bus Stop 

• Tea Break
• The King of Boonland
• The Restaurant
   

• Sketches
• English Sketches
• Theatre and drama at YouTube
• Drama resources and links.
• Theatre and drama for ESL.

And now it's time for the students:

• Congratulations, 1st BAC. What a great job! 


One more time, please!

Sense of Humour

Does everyone have the same sense of Humour? 

In this post, we will look at some principles that underpin the most hilarious humour around the world, and how different we all are when comes to laughing out loud.

Following these slides below, you will be introduced to the profession of a real comedian. Isn't that very interesting and fun?

  

Finally, you will be introduced to the world of classical literature and modern Stand-up comedy.

Pulling all this together should enable you to start improving your general comprehension and creation of any pun, joke or even the funniest prank ever.

   

Listening for B1

Prepositions

Word-building or Word-formation

Basically, we could start off by studying some basic word-formation suffixes and prefixes, which will help you to guess the meaning and grammar of English words.

So, here's your WORD-FORMATION theory and practice to do your best at school. Remember that there are not magical RULES for word-formation, and it's only a question of practice and loads of English exposure.

Let's put it this way...it's time for more words... - no matter your level of English.

Learning a language is like building a house. We need plenty of bricks to be able construct a venue with well-laid foundations and suitable enough for our living expectations: good sights, full of light, and comfortable for our family. By the same token, to produce a fluent speech, it’s necessary to manage a whole array of words, which must be assimilated, practised and used regularly, rather than only translated into the target language. Word-building takes time and what’s even more important: suffixes and prefixes must be recognized; otherwise you won’t make the most of your word-building. For further word-formation practice, you’d better click on words, words, words.

Listening for A1 / A2

Phrasal Verbs

Personal Pronouns

"OMG!" means Oh, my God! We say this when we are very surprised about something. Yesterday, I couldn't believe my eyes. My students have forgotten the Personal Pronouns! 

OMG! Well, please do not panic and make the effort to go over the Personal Pronouns. Here's something to start with.

Idioms and frases idiomáticas

Making a mountain out of a molehill

Please,  do not panic... we are not going up any mountain today. Don't worry about it. This is just another idiom in English, which is used for exaggerating the importance of something.  As learning English is like climbing up a mountain, we'll see how to add some meaning for our speech and writing, whenever we need to overstate, inflate or simply clarify what we're talking about. But before we do that, why don't we watch The IT Crowd? 

Let's talk in English for a change

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