Tuesday, May 19, 2009

A2 listening practice: Man Rescues Ducklings from ledge

BBC World News Video



Glossary:

Ledge - A horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall (=cornisa)
Brood - 1. The young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time and cared for by the same mother.
Hatch - To produce (young) from an egg.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

2º Nivel básico - Listening at home - Friend chopped off Van Gogh's ear

My dear students,

June exams are near. And the closer they get, the more anxious we grow. In order to be as prepared as possible, you are going to start to find in this blog posts for you to practise the listening comprehension skill at home, with exercises, apart from the other options for practice you already have available for you on this site. For these listenings, try to recreate as much as possible the same conditions as in the classroom - print the exercises below the video, minimise the screen to avoid watching the video and listen to the piece of news for three times, answering the questions. Finally, count the items that are right, and you'll get your mark.

After that, you can watch the video for as many times as you want.

CBS News - Friend chopped off Van Gogh's ear



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