A really great site for information about Great Britain

http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/
Great site!
Everything you might want to know about about a British Christmas

Christmas

This link is okay but I recommend another page for more accurate information about a British Christmas

El mito de la inmersión: Por qué los adultos no podemos aprender como los niños

El mito de la inmersión: Por qué los adultos no podemos aprender como los niños

You might be interested in this article if you go to the UK at any time.
http://www.fromspaintouk.com/…/que-son-las-charities-y-las…/
I'm a great fan of charity shops!

'I' or 'me'?
are often confused.
This short video might help you get it right.
Just click on the link below.
'I' or 'me'

Homophone = a word that is pronounced like another word but has a different spelling or meaning, for example some, sum
Just click on the link below.
Excellent cartoons!

Is a thumb a finger?

Are you confused as to whether a thumb is a finger?
This video explains it
The man speaks very quickly BUT there are onscreen subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=T94CAgBwMgs

Saying how happy or sad you are

I think this site http://www.english-at-home.com/ is very good so I will post vocabulary explanations and exercises from time to time.
Saying how happy or sad you are


Speaking exercise: Happy and sad

When you click on an option the answer appears below

I plan to start using this blog again.
I have a facebook group English Links and Tips https://www.facebook.com/groups/316549391701766/
Some of my Spanish friends don't use Facebook so this is why I'll start posting here again.

The verbs lay and lie

Confusing verbs!
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.co.uk/easily_confused/lay_lie.htm

English language binomials

An excellent link!
http://speakspeak.com/resources/vocabulary-general-english/list-of-binomial-pairs

Here is a list of food vocabulary in English and Spanish.The more vocabulary you know the more confident you will feel (I speak as a Spanish learner)!
http://www.lingolex.com/spanishfood/index.htm

The Free Dictionary

I've just discovered how useful the Free Dictionary is!
This is both a British and American English idiom.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+clean+slate

a clean slate

Reading the Spanish press

Do you read El País in English?
I read it in both English and Spanish.
Reading in Spanish is essential to increase my vocabulary.
I'm a language learner, just like you!
This is an interesting article which is both enlightening and good for reading and learning new vocabulary.
“How long will I be an immigrant for?”
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/03/21/inenglish/1395415484_746028.html

Other y Another

Another good posting from
http://aprendeinglessila.com/2014/03/other-another/

La diferencia entre "Other" y "Another" - Aprende Inglés Sila

aprendeinglessila.com

En este post os explico la diferencia que existe entre "other" y "another" (ambas palabras se traducirían al español como "otro,otra".

Football!

For football fans!
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26710601

Five things we learned from El Clasico 

bbc.com

What did we learn from Barcelona's remarkable 4-3 victory away to Real Madrid?

The millionth English word

This is from 2009 but I found it fascinating!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbm-FSkdgEY

My suggestion is don't try and understand all of it but listen out for:-
1) 2.0 -two point zero and two point o (letter) - both are used and are correct.
You can see the definition and use of the letter 'o' here
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/o_1

2) One of the reasons why Scandinavian and Chinese people learn English.

3) English is not governed by an academy like France (Académie française) and Spain (Real Academia Española)

4) Words from other languages are common in English AND the original Hindi word is used – pyjamas (British English) pajamas (American English).

ITN news - You Tube

Just a reminder that YouTube is a good source of listening resources.
I subscribe to ITN (Independent Television News) as many of their short news videos are subtitled.
Here's a playlist I made recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM8vsKNgZ4Q&list=PLEldz-GUSgUWtjlICQRKG4k8j4kq3qHVL

International House Bristol

IH Bristol are adding short videos 'Phrase of the Day ' to their You Tube channel.
Well worth watching!
http://www.youtube.com/user/ihbristoluk?feature=watch
The website is excellent too!
Phrase of the Day
http://www.ihbristol.com/english-phrases
Useful expressions
http://www.ihbristol.com/useful-english-expressions
General exercises
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/grammar-vocabulary-sayings
Cambridge exam levels exercises
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/esol
To be able to use all the exercises you need to register but it is FREE!
This is the school where I learnt to be a TEFL teacher 12 years ago!