Can you see this video? Try it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/ 

Many thanks to Gerard for this video download.  Try watching and writing down the places, people or actions
you hear them talking about.
Tuning in to the news may not be the most uplifting experience, but the English is good and the listening
practice can help a lot....remember why Javier Solana is so good!

Five minutes listening to change your life

Hi there intrepid bloggers.  Did you know that investigation has shown that if you listen to BBC world news once a day your listening skills improve significantly?  You listen once to the five minute report to get the general idea, then listen again to get the names of the places or people involved in each story.  That is all and the benefits are asured.  Give it a try and see for yourself!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/audioconsole/?stream=news_bulletin

Welcome to the blog!

This is the first thing that I would like you to take a look at. It is  a quick review of Stephen Krashen's linguistic theory about language aquisition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Language_Acquisition

Here iis a great article about the Hopi Indians and how their language shapes their perception of the world!

http://www.generalsemantics.org/etc/articles/1-4-whorf.pdf

Have a look at this video:

I look forward to hearing your response about this!

Ruth