British English vs American English

British English vs American English

Learning languages

Listen to someone talking about learning a new language and answer the questions:

• Which continent has the speaker not lived in?     Asia       Europe            South America
• Which two things does the speaker do to learn a new language? 

-go to classes an speak to people   - Speak to people and use a dictionary    -watch   TV adn listen to the radio

• Why does the speaker think watching game shows is useful? - because of the pictures  -because the contestants are always winning  - because the language is repetitive
• What does the speaker say about using newspapers?

-it was easy to learn a lot of new words quickly  -a lot of things were happening in the country  -other people could explain new words the writer found

• What does the speaker say about talking to people in the street? -preparation was necessary   -the embarrassment made it a failure  -people reacted negatively

The best way of learning a language

Everybody wants to know what the best way of learning a language is- and everybody has their own way of trying to study. Some ways, however, get much better results than others. Listen to what a group of advanced foreign language learners and their teachers suggested when somebody asked them.

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

Write down the things they mention.

It's important to try to ......................

It's best to try to .............................

Don't worry too much about ..............

Make sure ...............................

It's better to try to .................... than it is to .................

The speakers are : Cissy (Taiwanese), Russell (Canadian), Sachiko (Japanese), Miguel (Portuguese), Steve (English), Gao (Chinese), Eduardo (Mexican), Eun-Sil (Korean)

From: Innovations Intermediate. ed. Heinle

Later language learning

Young children seem to be able to learn languages with a lot less difficulty than adults. But why is this? In this programme they take a short and simple look at a very complex topic and hear a number of expert opinions. they also cover some useful vocabulary for talking about this topic.

Business English: Customer complaints

LEARNING ENGLISH TV - HEALTH

Child Obesity in Increasing Worldwide

What do you think of fashion magazines?

What do you think of fashion magazines?