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News: Nov. 3. Teachers hold seventh round of strike in Madrid
Source: Shanghaidayly.com
As an example you can read this article on cutbacks effects on real people.
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Click on the title to connect you to this special exhibit of books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. The books featured here, ranging from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood, have been selected from the indexes of The Online Books Page. (See that page for more than a million more online books!)
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http://www.mansioningles.com/Lectura01.htm
it offers pdf ‘s and audio books you can easily download.
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LibriVox is a great site where you can download audiobooks and their text form, so you can read and listen, which is great!
They’ve got a good catalog with varied genres and authors to choose from.
Good for practicing Listening, Writing, Reading and Speaking (you can also use dictations as listen-and-repeat practice). They are also great for self-correction and language awareness.
It’s worthwhile taking a few minutes once or twice a week to do one of the dictations from this website:
http://www.dictationsonline.com/
Follow their directions and, once you are familiar with them, you can try with other types of audios; those from your text book and check the script afterwards. Try to do the same with some of your favourite songs, interviews or any of the audios from websites for listening practice; check these links out:
http://www.agendaweb.org/listening/advanced.html
https://soniaeoi.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/learning-english-through-audiovisuals/
https://soniaeoi.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/readers-reading-and-listening/
And remember: have fun as you learn!!
Take a break and read some of these jokes a teacher friend has sent me, they are great.
Kids Are Quick
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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell ‘crocodile?’
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L’
TEACHER: No, that’s wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn’t have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I’m a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ‘ I. ‘
MILLIE: I is…
TEACHER: No, Millie….. Always say, ‘I am.’
MILLIE: All right… ‘I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.’
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand…
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on ‘My Dog’ is exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It’s the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
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