Video and Audio Tutorials

These are some tools you may use to record your English speeches:

Soundcloud Tutorial

Soundcloud Podcasts

VIDEO TUTORIALS:

Wevideo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMJiaor5y4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yns7s4yUhqI

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLgEaISO9AkYrMVed3G-zdBqo0Fzbex9l5&v=wAtffO1ATcs

Editing Videos: 

• Insertar música en cualquier momento de tus vídeos
• Editor de vídeos de YouTube. Títulos (I)
• Editor de vídeos de YouTube. Títulos (II)
• Editor de vídeos de YouTube. Transiciones (I)
• Editor de vídeos de YouTube. Transiciones (II)
• Cómo crear un vídeo de fotos y música con el editor de vídeos de YouTube

Reviewing irregular past simple verbs

How about reviewing irregular past tenses with Hot English Magazine?
Listen to the key as well.

NB2 reviewing

Hi,

I'd like you to start rewiewing some grammar and vocabulary dealt with last year. Try to do the exercises on these links:

• word order in questions (1)
• word order in questions (2)
• present simple (1)
• present simple (2)
• present continuous (1)
• present continuous (2)
• (questions with and without auxiliaries 1)
• (questions with and without auxiliaries 2)
• (so, because, but, although 1)
• (so, because, but, although 2)
• something, anything, nothing, etc. (1)
• something, anything, nothing, etc.(2)

VOCABULARY:

• food and cooking
• expressing movement (1)
• expressing movement (2)

The benefits of reading in English

ELT Learning Journeys. Posted on November 17, 2015 by Daniel Vincent 

     

First and foremost, reading is one of the best ways to increase vocabulary and to consolidate your understanding of grammar. Not only will you come across many new words and phrases in context, you’ll also see grammatical structures laid out on the page that you may have heard in conversation but not quite yet worked out. With repeated exposure to the same vocabulary and language patterns, you’ll find they begin to make their way into your spoken English as well. In this way, reading helps speed up the normal language learning process that sees passive comprehension become active knowledge. In short, provided you’re also practicing conversation, the more you read, the more quickly your spoken English will improve.

How to express likes

Learn how to say what you really like. Maybe it's Chinese food?!

Tricky prepositions

This infographic will help you review some prepositions:

What's the best way to learn vocabulary?

Imagine

Let's sing along this John Lennon's  beautiful song for only peace will defeat terrorism.

105 regular verbs

Let's keep reviewing: 105 Regular English Verbs with ED in the Past Pronunciation Practice

 

Eight ways to learn English Grammar!

How useful is grammar for learning a language? And what can you do to improve your knowledge of it?

Grammar alone isn’t going to help you speak a language. However, learning some basic patterns can be useful. For example, if you know the negative past tense is formed with didn’t + a verb, you can produce hundreds of useful sentences: I didn’t go, she didn’t see it, we didn’t do it…” So, what can you do to improve your knowledge of grammar? There are two things: firstly, you need to learn how to form sentences; secondly, you need to know how to use the structures. Here are 8 things you can do to achieve those two objectives:
Forming basic structures

1 Verb tenses
When it comes to studying grammar, the best thing you can do is to focus on verb tenses as this will help you communicate in English. Firstly, you need to find out how the tenses are formed. In order to do this, simply get hold of a grammar book, choose a tense and read about it. Then, do some basic exercises online or in an exercise book to practice forming the structure.

10 ways to build your vocabulary

I hope this presentation encourages you to keep working on your vocab! 

 

10 Ways to Build Your Vocabulary in a Foreign Language from Transparent Language, Inc.

Advice

In this post, there is some useful content from the Macmillan Dictionary about using the noun advice:
 
Advice is an uncountable noun, so:
- it is never used in the plural
- it never comes after an or a number
✗  Naomi Wolf gave me a good advice in her book.  
✓ Naomi Wolf gave me some good advice in her book.  
✗  They were always there to give practical advices.  
✓ They were always there to give practical advice.

Q: How can I refer to a single item of advice, rather than to advice in general?  
A: Advice is mostly used on its own or with some.  
If you’re worried about it, contact your doctor for advice.  
I think you should get some advice from a professional.

You can also say a word of advice, a piece of advice, or (informally) a bit of advice. But none of these expressions is common.

Don’t confuse advice (a noun) and advise (a verb):  
✗  I would advice you to choose this company.  
✓ I would advise you to choose this company.

Recommend

Hi!

This post is for people who want to use the verb "recommend". You should mind its pattern. How do you make sentences with it? Check these examples:

1. recommend (that):
   

   I recommend that you buy a more powerful computer.

   strongly recommend:
   

   We strongly recommend you insure your luggage when you travel.

   recommend doing something:
   

   We recommend booking early, as this is a popular event. 
   
   The city has much/little to recommend it (= it has many/few pleasant qualities).

   
   Collocations: recommend
   

   ▪  heartily, highly, thoroughly, unreservedly, wholeheartedly
   Source: Mcmillan Dictionary

31 things you can do to improve your life in 31 days

This is a presentation made by Nicole Elmore. She is a marketing strategist and EntrepreneurLead.com founder. 

How did you come up with the idea for this presentation? 
The idea for the presentation started developing when I was thinking about the things I have done in my life, and how many people get in the routine of doing the same thing day in and day out — get up, get ready, go to work, come home, eat dinner, watch TV, go to sleep, wake up the next morning and do it all over again. So I was trying to think of a topic to inspire people to try out some new things, challenge themselves in a new task, start a new activity in their life. 

Speaking English in Madrid

As some people asked me about how to practice speaking skills this summer, I suggest finding a partner to do an exchange. Here are a few places:

- Individual exchanges in classified ads section “intercambios” of In Madrid newspaper, but be very careful it’s not a sect or someone after sex. Don’t go alone the first time!!!
http://www.in-madrid.com/default2.htm

- Exchange Spanish-English over a coffee or a beer (same warning)
http://www.lingobongo.com/madrid/intercambios.php

- Hola si buscas un intercambio de francés, inglés o alemán de uno a uno, manda un email y te conectamos con gente de fuera que viven en madrid. Solo avisa de tus estudios y edad, para que te pongamos en contacto con alguien con similar intereses. mas info: http://www.madridculture.com/es/intercambios-idiomas-madrid.html Email: ruben@madridculture.com NEW!!!!

- MADRIDBABEL: Meet Spanish/international people from over 30 different nationalities & exchange languages absolutely free at Café Madrid (c/ Escalinata s/n - metro Opera) every Wednesday from 21:30 till 2:00. Ask for Fran (madrleni@yahoo.es). Welcome Back Party on Friday 5th at 9pm at El Barbu Club (c/ Santiago, 3, Metro Opera). Check our website: http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/madridbabel/

- International Travellers’ Tertulia (free) Meeting every Thurs. 9:30pm-2am, Café Madrid, C/Escalinata S/N (Metro Opera). Talk to people from all over the world! New members welcome. Antoine. E-mail: an21glo@gmail.com or http://madridintercambios.glo24.com/

- Madrid Art Group: If you are a visual artist; painter, sculptor, photographer, printmaker, etc. and would like to meet once a month, to have a drink and talk to other artists, contact Louisa, e-mail madridartgroup@hotmail.com

- O’Neill’s. Join our group of Spaniards+foreigners in Madrid. Meet new people and practise Spanish, English and other languages for free.Tuesdays from10pm at O’Neill’s, C/Príncipe 12, Metro Sol/Sevilla. E-mail: puestres@yahoo.es or tel: 618 271 778. Youtube: Telemadrid david

- Grupo intercambio. Hi there! We are a group of people who meet on Sat. around 10pm for a language exchange (English-Spanish) over a drink. If you fancy coming, e-mail grupo_intercambio@yahoo.com

- English conversation group on Sundays at 6.30pm in Café Comercial (Metro Bilbao). Practise English over a coffee and put a relaxing end to your hectic weekend. All levels welcomed. Email me at thelanguagexchange@hotmail.com or call Oscar on 660 519 499. NEW!!!!

- Cultural and social international English-speaking group. Are you looking for new friends? We are an international English-speaking group (35 +) welcoming participative members. Talks, theatre and films, quizzes, outings, music and singing, Saturday lunchtime parties. E-mail us: catcristine@yahoo.es or as_mad@hotmail.com or phone us: 91 548 37 93 (10-11pm) / 628 420 155

- J & J Books and Coffee. C/Espíritu Santo, 47 Metro Noviciado 91 521 8576. Intercambio Wed-Fri 8pm