Wednesday 23 March 2016

Friday 18 March 2016

Jack and the beanstalk (pronunciation practice activity)

Hello class:

Here's another classic bedtime story for you to practice your pronunciation: "Jack and the beanstalk".

You can listen and read the story in this video.


You can visit the site clicking on the following link:

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Listen to the story carefully, pause the video and repeat what you heard focusing on a propper pronunciation and intonation.

Enjoy!
Jon.

Sound pairs: Words with /еɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/




English Pronunciation - Diphthongs /еɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/





English DIPHTHONGS: /еɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ (video explanation)







Pronunciation tips - DIPHTHONGS /eɪ/, /aɪ/ and / /ɔɪ/


Monday 14 March 2016

Akinator. The web genie!

Today we'll start the class by playing a little.
Let's visit Akinator's webpage, he will always quess who you are thinking of!
Challenge him!


Friday 11 March 2016

Jack and the beanstalk (pronunciation practice activity)

Hello class:

Here's another classic bedtime story for you to practice your pronunciation: "Jack and the beanstalk".

You can listen and read the story in this video.


You can visit the site clicking on the following link:

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk

Listen to the story carefully, pause the video and repeat what you heard focusing on a propper pronunciation and intonation.

Enjoy!
Jon.

Practice for diphthongs /əʊ/ and /aʊ/

Here are some sentences to practice the sounds we've studied so far.
Read them slowly and pay attention to the pronunciation of each diphthong.


To practive /əʊ/
  •  Joe told a joke he wrote on his own.
  •  I know that’s not the note that Noel wrote.
  •  The coat from the coast cost more than most
  •  She phoned home and talked slowly.


To practive /aʊ/
  •  How much did you pay for that brown cow?
  •  A thousands mouths shouted loud.
  •  I found a pound around the house.
  •  Count now how many sounds.


Sound pairs: Words with /əʊ/ and /aʊ/


English Pronunciation - Diphthongs /əʊ/ and /aʊ/




English DIPHTHONGS: /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ (video explanation)




Pronunciation tips - DIPHTHONGS /əʊ/ and /aʊ/


English Speaking Celebrities Speaking Spanish

Wednesday 9 March 2016

Speaking Activity - Free Time & Hobbies

Can you solve these visual riddles?

How many matches are there in the picture below ? 





Where is the mistake ?



Which hand is different from the rest and why?



What does this visual puzzle mean ? 



Which is the solution to the equation in the image ?


How many triangles are there in the figure below ? 



These visual riddles were found at :

and if you couldn't solve any of them you can find the solutions at :


Friday 4 March 2016

Little Red Riding Hood - (pronunciation practice activity)

Hello class:

Today we are going to practice what we've learned in class with a classic Grimm brothers' bedtime story: "Little Red Riding Hood".

Here's a video I found at Learn English Kids BBC Council's webpage.
You can listen and read the story.


You can visit the site clicking on the following link and download the text and some activities to complete the exercise:
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/little-red-riding-hood

Listen to the story carefully, pause the video and repeat what you heard focusing on a propper acticulation.

Enjoy!
Jon.

Sound pairs: Words with /ɪə/ and /eə/

English pronunciation - Diphthongs /еǝ/ and /ɪǝ/






English DIPHTHONGS /ɪə/ and /eə/ (video explanation)





Pronunciation Tips DIPHTHONGS /ɪə/ and /eə/


Minimal Sound Pairs MEMORY GAME

Find the minimal sound pairs in the following set of words:

 (click on image to play game)