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More info about the shorts for Thu. 22nd November at 12:00. Flea (Vanessa Caswill): here you are a  trailer  and this link will help you to understand the film: click  here  and  here Negative Space (Ru Kawahata, Max Porter):  this is the  trailer  and this  link  shows you some facts like the numerous awards, like this  one Poles Apart (Paloma Baeza): here you are this  link  with information about this film. The Nest  (Jamie Jones): this is the  trailer  and a bit of info  here We Love Moses (Dionne Edwards): here you are this  review  and this is another  review Pre-watching help: Nooks and crannies Not to have the knack

Learn English with songs: This is Halloween Learn English with songs: Thriller Halloween corner:     Treasure hunt     Listening exercise     Reading exercise History of Halloween:  listening comprehension Halloween quiz : spooky destinations Halloween in the USA:  listening comprehension Learn English with songs:  prepositions exercise Halloween vocabulary: Spooky idioms and ghostly phrases Idioms and proverbs for Halloween quiz Guess the Halloween idiom powerpoint Seriously scary TV shows to watch this Halloween: The Walking Dead (more than just zombies) Buffy, the vampire slayer (more than just vampires) Stranger Things  (I want more...) The X-Files (a classic) Twin Peaks (who killed Laura Palmer?) Black Mirror (British accent) Fringe (binge watch alert) For bookworms: Dracula by Bram Stoker Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (yes, The Treasure Island ...

The British Ladies Association: 76 years of solidarity in Madrid

VAGUE LANGUAGE You all know we use vague language or approximating expressions when we don't want to or cannot be accurate. In order to practise this specific speech feature a bit more, click on the following direct links: Using vague language Vague language quiz The Flatmates  (BBC Learning English website). Listen to the episode, then read the language point and do the quiz. Using Vague Language – How to Sound Like a Native Speaker – Video Lesson Black-ish is an American TV series in which a  family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighbourhood. Black-ish spin-off is Grown-ish in which the   Johnsons' eldest daughter Zoey heads off to college and begins her journey to adulthood. She quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest she always knew.

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Here is Ted Chiang‘s short story on which the movie  Arrival  is based: Story of Your Life (39 pages). Story of Your Life   is a science fiction short story written by author Ted Chiang, which is a part of his  Stories of Your Life and Others  collection, originally published in 2002.  Alien lifeforms suddenly appear on Earth. When a linguist is brought in to help communicate with them and discern their intentions, her new knowledge of their language and its non-linear view of time (she remembers the future as well as the past) allows her to see future events and all the joy and pain they may bring. Stories of Your Life and Others  is the most entertaining and thought-provoking collection of science fiction stories I've read for a long time. The story begins with the first-person narrator (Dr. Louise Banks) telling her child of the night she was conceived, and of the conversation between Dr. Banks and her daughter’s fat...

I've just come across this YouTube channel, Amigos ingleses . The only drawback is that they mix Spanish and English in their videos but I have to admit that they use translation in specific situations in a very efficient way. Highly recommended! Check this video, for instance: Another interesting video from their channel:

Exercise a : 1 The woman is using the points of the compass when we would expect her to use an expression like Could you move up/along a bit? instead. 2 The passenger is not using the colour but instead is using the shade. We would expect someone to use red rather than dark in this context. 3 The man is giving an extremely precise definition. In English, fruit would not be defined in such detail. Saying A kilo of bananas, please would be sufficient. Exercise c : 1 interpret 2 differentiate 3 distinguishes 4 illustrate 5 indicate 6 conveyed 7 embodies

Cambridge Dictionary: READ What I like about it:    - Level is specified  - Idioms and phrasal verbs related to the word Oxford Dictionary: READ What I like about it:    - More examples available   - Synonyms Longman Dictionary: READ What I like about it:    - Top spoken and written words code   - Examples with pronunciation   - Grammar patterns   - Thesaurus Macmillan Dictionary: READ What I like about it:    - Activator-like   - Explore Thesaurus available   - Synomyms and related words   - Phrases and phrasal verbs   - Red words and stars for frequency of use:    http://www.macmillandictionary.com/ Lots and lots of games and resources

Podcasts for English learners Podcasts in English Professional Podcasts Audio and Video on the go BBC Radio Podcasts 10 Best Podcast Apps New York Public Radio The Guardian podcasts The English We Speak (BBC) Global News podcast (BBC) Stuff You Should Know (different topics) Better@English VOA (Voice of America) Luke's English Podcast Scientific American This American Life Freakonomics Stuff You Missed in History Class Stuff To Blow Your Mind (different topics) All Ears English

Can you name the European Cities by their name in phonetic alphabet form? Quiz Please, when you are planning a trip abroad, avoid mispronunciations of the names of places. Just check the correct pronunciation of the places you are going to visit on forvo.com  beforehand.  British accents in 11 great films    I say tomato , you say tomeito From the film Shall We Dance  (1937)

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Why is English so hard to learn article . How hard is English? How weird? The Economist  article . How to Speak English With Confidence in 9 Easy Steps

The History of English in 10 minutes (with English subtitles) Subtitles can be disabled (check the image below). History of the English Language : more info. Keen on history? Check the following  HORRIBLE HISTORIES videos. Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books and a British children's sketch comedy television series that shows you the sides of histoy they don't teach at school. The names for the different historical periods are Ruthless Romans, Smashing Saxons, Stormin' Normans, Terrible Tudors, Vicious Vikings, and so on. You'll find yourself laughing into stitches!!! Horrible Histories: The Anglo-Saxon report Horrible Histories: Anglo-Saxon language Horrible Histories: Historical Masterchef Saxons Horrible Histories: Words we get from the Vikings