[v] vs. [b] | English Pronunciation Lesson for Spanish Speakers (All levels)

As always, a great video from Elemental English to help you pronounce /v/ and /b/ correctly.

"Spanish speakers must be careful to distinguish the [b] and [v] sounds by paying careful attention to their lips and teeth."

VOA learning English: beginner level (A1/A2)

The video is from the VOA learning English website. Watch Let's Learn English Lesson 1 - Welcome!  to practice greetings.

You can visit their website or watch the videos on YouTube.

The English Alphabet (A1/A2)

Here's the link to The English alphabet practice page.

http://www.languageguide.org/english/alphabet/

Practice with numbers and country names (A1/A2)

Hi everyone,
Here are the links we visited in class. Please practice the numbers and countries.

• Practice with numbers
  • http://www.languageguide.org/english/numbers/
  • https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/numbers10-100.htm
  • https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/numbers-1-100-exercises.html 
• Geography: countries, flags, etc.
• Seterra Geography Quizzes
  This website offers interactive geography quizzes and lets you create your own. You can here the words pronounced in American English.
• Just for fun
• The True Size Of ...
  This app was created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice. It was inspired by an episode of The West Wing and an infographic by Kai Krause entitled "The True Size of Africa". We hope teachers will use it to show their students just how big the world actually is.

Seeking thrills: the high sensation-seeking personality (C1)

Below are links to the interview with Dr. Kenneth Carter "What is a High Sensation-Seeking Personality" on KJZZ radio and to an online quiz.

Link to the audio: http://theshow.kjzz.org/content/610259/what-high-sensation-seeking-personality
Link to Dr. Carter's high sensation-seeking quiz: https://www.drkencarter.com/

For further listening and reading

Lecture by Dr. Kenneth Clark on Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/lecture/psychology-of-thrill-seekers/problems-with-relationships-R8pU4
The Genetic Basis of Risk-Seeking: Dr. Marvin Zuckerman, Professor Emeritus, Delaware University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wk3lSIXmPE&t=51s
The millionaire daredevils http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20151028-meet-the-millionaire-daredevils
What We Can Learn from Sensation Seekers https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_we_can_learn_from_sensation_seekers

Follow the links below for a practice IELTS reading test and answers.

Test:  https://learningieltssite.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/listening-task-2-2/
Answers:  https://learningieltssite.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/reading-thrill-seekers/

Welcome!

Dear students and other ESL learners,

Welcome to my ESL blog. I'll be posting links to my Diigo public library folders with helpful links to learn about and practice English grammar, spelling, writing, reading. and listening and sometimes I'll share things we've seen in class.

Happy surfing!