NB1, NI!: HEALTH

VOCABULARY ON PARTS OF THE BODY
VOCABULARY ON HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
PHRASES MATCHING

NB1, NI1: Telephone conversations

When you are a caller
-- Hello?-- Is that John?-- Can I speak to John? -- May I speak to John?

When you are a receiver
-- This is John speaking, who's that? -- Who's speaking please?-- Who's calling please?

When you ask the caller to wait
-- One moment please.-- Just a minute please.-- Hold on please.-- Hang on please

When you ask the caller to leave messages
-- Can you leave the message?-- Can I take your message?-- Would you like to leave a message?-- Would you like him/her to call you back?

When calling the wrong number
-- I'm afraid you got the wrong number-- Sorry, I think you reach the wrong number

When asking the receiver to transfer the line
-- Can I have extension 1234 please?-- Could you please transfer the line to Mr. John please?

When finish talking
-- Nice talking to you-- Talk to you later

SOME PRACTICE:
MAKING AN APPOINTMENT
TAKING A MESSAGE
ORDERING A PIZZA

NI1: Practice with questions tags

Follow this link to do an exercise with question tags.

NI1: Students' recommendations of websites.

Vanesa's recommendation:
http://www.okmagazine.com
Here you can be informed about the life of stars and learn English at the same time. This woman magazine has articles and videos of famous people and you can practice your English level and be a really gossip girl. You can participate by adding comments at the forum.

Micaela's:
http://lang-8.com/
This website focuses on writing in a foreign language. Native speakers will correct your writing and you caould perhaps help others learn Spanish.

Marta's:
http://www.englishtown.es/online/home.aspx
This website is a course where you can go forward through the different levels. You can find guide on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation... and stuff like that, which helps you improve. This is a chat too, so you can talk with people from other countries.

http://www.quia.com
If you want to relax but not to stop studying English, you can use this website with a lot of interesting games. You will have fun and learn at a time.

Carmen's:
http://dailyesl.com/
It is organized by topics, and each topic has exercises, listenings, grammar, vocabulary, etc, and it is very easy to use.

http://www.esl-lab.com/
It is a website for practicing listening skills, also organized by levels.

Ángela's:
http://iwannagothere.com/
It's a blog. If you want to travel somewhere, but you are not really sure, perhaps you might know people's previous experiences.

http://www.gettyimages.es
If you need to do a photo-montage for a presentation or project in your job, to obtain the best results, what I would do is to visit this site. Here you'll find the best characters, with very good resolution, to impress your boss or customers.

Óscar's:
http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/
Everyday, this page offers you a ten-minute video free of advertisements summarizing the current news. The presenter speaks very clearly in very understandable English. Likewise, you can read the transcripts in English as you watch the videos.

http://www.ted.com/
In this page, you can find a lot of interesting conferences in English about all kind of topics. I think that watching these videos is a good opportunity to practice English listening and learning a lot of things throught the interesting experiences that all kind of people tell in these conferences.

http://www.livestation.com/
This page offers the possibility of downloading an application that allows you to watch several free online channels in English, like BBC News, Al Jazeera, RT, Euronews, etc...

Excellently done! Thanks everyone for your recommendations. Sorry I just could select a few...

NB1: Possessive 's

If you follow this link, you'll read some explanation on the possessive 's.
And here you can do some practice on possessive 's and possessive pronouns.

NI1: Use of the articles a/an, the, or no article

For those who are still hesitating, here is a grammar explanation of when to use and when no to use each of the articles in English.
And here you have an interesting video about it. And here is some practice.

NB1: Practice with like and would like to

Click here to do an exercise in which you have to put the words in order to make sentences containing the structures:
LIKE + VERB-ing
WOULD LIKE TO + VERB (in infinitive)

NI1: Listening THE PHONE CALL

Here you have a Listening, in which a friend of yours is asking for a few favours... (Easy!) And here is another listening in which a man describes Middle Eastern Food. Listen and clcik on the image you think he's describing. (Intermediate!)

NB1: How much How many

Click on HOW MUCH HOW MANY to do some practice on when to use each of them.

NB1: Food vocabulary

Here you have a memory game to practice vocabulary related to FOOD. Have fun!

NI1: Infinitives and gerunds

Follow this link to Grammar explanations and exercises on INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS...

Keys to past simple or present perfect exercise

Click here to get the keys on the previous exercise related to the use of past simple or present perfect.

NI1: Reported Speech

If you follow this link, you'll watch a video to extend the explanation of Reported Speech related to IMPERATIVES.
And here, you'll be able to do some practice on reported speech, commands and questions.

NB1: Present Continuous Grammar and Exercises

This week we learnt the form and uses of Present Continuous. Click here to do some practice!

NI1: Listening Skills. A customer making a request in a shop

Here you have a listening exercise about a man in a shop making a request. PLEASE, click on the arrows to see if you have answered correctly AFTER you have listened to the whole conversation.

NB1-There is / There are exercises

Click on the following links to do exercises on THERE IS AND THERE ARE:
Grammar and excercise
There is or There are?
There is or It is?
In affirmative, negative and interrogative

NB1: Vocabulary about clothes and parts of the body

Click here to do three exercises related to clothes and parts of the body. The keys are included below.

NI1: Past simple or present perfect?

Click here to do an exercise on past simple and present perfect tenses.

Tips and ideas on the best ways to learn English faster

How To Learn English

1. You are like a new baby
Babies learn their language slowly.
First they learn to listen.
Then they learn to talk.
Finally, they can read and write.

2. Listen to English every day
Listen to English radio.
Watch English TV.
Go to English movies.
Use online lessons.

3. Make an English/ESL (English as a Second Language) friend
Make up conversations.
Practise dialogues.
Use beginner textbooks.

4. Read English stories
Start with children's storybooks.
Try ESL readers.
Read advertisements, signs and labels.
Try EnglishClub.com for Young Learners.

5. Write down new words
Start a vocabulary (new word) notebook.
Write words in alphabetical order (A...B...C...).
Make example sentences.
Always use an English-English dictionary first.

6. Keep an English diary
Start with one sentence.
How do you feel?
How is the weather?
What did you do today?
Write another sentence tomorrow.

7. Visit an English speaking country
Learn English more quickly.
Stay with an English family.
Hear native speakers talk.
Have a fun experience

NI1: Listening Dictations

This is a site for dictations, which I think are quite useful to practice the listening skills.
http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-m-appointments.htm
The main page with the list of topics is here:
http://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-medium.htm