English Without End

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http://www.elllo.org Choose a level, listen to the audio or watch the video and take a quiz. These lessons take just a minute to do and are designed for ESL students. For example, lesson  1027 Countries United . http://www.esl-lab.com/ Listening Quizzes (easy, medium, difficult). Why don't you have a go at this quiz? Job hunting (multiple choice). British Council Listening Skills Practice Choose C1 level and practice, practice, practice. Try tackle War's Silver Lining , a gap fill lesson.

Steven Soderbergh bids farewell to cinema in style – with a gripping psychological thriller about big pharma and mental health that cruelly leaves you craving one last fix. ( Side Effects – The Guardian review ) Side Effects is an old school psychological thriller (you never quite know who to trust...) directed by Steven Soderbergh. It stars Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Channing Tatum. It was released in the US on February 8th, 2013. An edge-of-your-seat thriller!! BBC Talking Movies:   http://www.bbc.com/news/av/21351882/soderberghs-thrilling-curtain-call   (listening activity: video) How to write a review 1 : Hints and useful language How to write a review 2 : Skyfall How to write a review 3: positive and negative adjectives C1 2016-17 required reading:   Notes From a Big Country by Bill Bryson Review 1 Review 2

  Conditional sentences practice " Had any of these things happened differently, the end of Daisy’s afternoon would have been another one" Page by page books

Tricks to Beat the Afternoon Slump at Work How to Beat the Afternoon Slump: 16 Songs to Get You Motivated

Connected Speech  radio programme (BBC Learning English) Link it All Together  (exercises) Linking  and more practice In a dictionary, words are given in isolation.  In natural speech, however, words are connected into sound groups: Authentic American Pronunciation

HOW SINGING CAN IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH Saved by song: can singing improve your language skills?   ( The Guardian ) 8 Ways Listening to Music in English Can Make You Fluent 10 Songs to Improve and Enjoy English LyricsTraining The karaoke Channel (take your pick)

Cleft sentences: emphasis exercise Cleft sentences: multiple choice exercise Cleft sentences: rephrasing exercise Cleft sentences: grammar quizzes Cleft Sentences:  The Karate Kid ( movie segments exercise ) BBC English Masterclass: Giving emphasis using 'what' BBC Masterclass: Giving emphasis

I've been thinking about what to include in this pre-Easter holidays post for a while but I couldn't make up my mind. In the end, I thought that some  exam tips  would do.  Enjoy! Now, on a more serious note: Writing Reading (comprehension exercises) More reading Listening More listening And more listening Speaking More speaking

Artificial intelligence: helpful and dangerous (podcast). Robots (listening + quiz). Do you fear artificial intelligence? (BBC Learning English video). The ethical dilemma of robotics ( BBC Learning English  reading) Artificial Intelligence and the future | André LeBlanc | TEDxMoncton: Sci-Fiction? Humans   (2015-) UK/US is a science fiction television series based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama Real Humans ( Äkta människor ) .  The series explores the themes of artificial intelligence and robotics, focusing on the social, cultural, and psychological impact of the invention of anthropomorphic robots called "synths" . And when/if things get out of hand, you'll need a: "A blade runner's job is to hunt down replicants, manufactured humans you can't tell from the real thing".

WORD CRIMES pre-watching activity The Advantages of Good Grammar in the Workplace Is good grammar still important?

St. Patrick's Day: Top 20 Irish movies and TV shows on Netflix The Best Irish T.V. and mini-series Father Ted whole episodes on YouTube . RTÉ Ireland's National Television and Radio Broadcaster BBC Irish Stay tuned for today's class videos: For the St. Patrick's Day 2015 post, click on the following link: http://englishwithoutend.blogspot.com.es/2015/03/global-greening-happy-st-patricks-day.html.

Writing Class: Makeovers Writing C1: lots of links Writing topics and reference sites online (C1)

Heineken Likes To Play Mind Games With Hopeful Interns A case study of Heineken on hiring the right person for the right job THE LANGUAGE OF EMPLOYENT & UNUSUAL JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS key

Try your hand at  this exercise   which focuses on the  headings  task of your test (taken from Martin's blog ) .

NC1A Practice makes perfect: why mock exams are great for students’ brains  ( The Guardian , 3 Dic. 2015) BB2 show:  Mock the week Unlikely Questions From This Year's Exams: Unlikely questions from this year's exams. Discuss the met physical meaning of the following poem. Would you like this exam to be A, multiple choice, or not. Discuss the following - the Nazis got all their ideas from the history channel. Who's the chap in The A-Team who would not go on the aeroplane, was it A, B, or B, A?  If a bank loses 60 billion pounds in a six month period, using numbers that you've plucked out of thin air, work out what the Chief Executive's bonus will be?  Quantify N in terms of Q when Q is a positive interchur that dissects a parabolic curve. How's your lucky pencil case now, eh, eh, eh?!  What's the name of that round thing that they throw in the Olympics? Discuss. Poetry. Is it all a bit gay?  Draw diagram ...

Everything you need to know about Shrove Tuesday : Feb. 28th 2017. Pancake Day 2013 blog entry . What is Shrove Tuesday like in New Orleans? If you go to New Orleans You ought to go see the Mardi Gras If you go to New Orleans You ought to go see the Mardi Gras When you see the Mardi Gras Somebody'll tell you what's Carnival for Get your ticket in your hand If you wanna go through New Orleans Get your ticket in your hand If you wanna go through New Orleans You know when you get to New Orleans Somebody'll show you the Zulu King You will see the Zulu King Down on St. Claude and Dumaire You know, you'll see the Zulu King Down on St. Claude and Dumaire An if you stay right there I'm sure you'll see the Zulu Queen.

May / June 2017 September 2017 NC1 Madrid: Examination guide for candidates

The Sandwich Technique to Deliver Bad News or Complaints The truth about whining, complaining, bitching & moaning Yorkshireand London are the UK's moaniest places Moaning is our defining British characteristic The hilarious  The Parrot Sketch by The Monty Python: - I wish to complain about this parrot...  What's wrong with it?  - It's dead.  No, no, it's not dead. It's resting.

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