miércoles, 14 de marzo de 2012

Introduction


This blog is a helpful tool for independent learning of English, whether the level is easy, medium or high.

The organization of this blog is comprised of several exercises, divided into different areas. 



These areas are classified into listenning, writting, grammar, reading and vocabulary.Inside of the areas, there are exercises selected from various web sites such as www.mansiongles.com, among others, differentiated by level. Therefore, this blog is for anyone who wants to start so as to improve their English.

This blog is simple to use, well structured and any area you want to search or use, is in the same menu. In some exercises you can find the solutions to be sure.


In conclusion, this blog is a very good practice for independent learning of English for students of all ages.

Writing

To make a good writing must follow these steps:


- Make a list of vocabulary you know on the subject.


- Make a list of connectors.


- Use dictionaries.       http://wordreference.com/ 


- Write in standard form is not so vulgar.


- Use the form:  Subject + Verb + Complements


If we follow all these steps to get good writing.

Grammar

Grammar exercises


[Easy]


Articles:



Nouns:

Nouns derived from verb: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram07.htm

Adjetives:

Demostrative adjectives: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram14.htm
Interrogative adjectives: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram17.htm

Pronouns:

Interrogative pronouns: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram25.htm

Adverbs:

Position of the adverbs: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram31.htm

Preposition and Conjunctions:


Verbs:

Present verbs: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram39.htm


[Medium-High]


Articles:

Articles indeterminated/ Determined: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram_ej01.htm

Adjetives:

Comparative and superlative adjectives: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram13.htm
Distributive adjectives: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram15.htm

Pronouns:


Adverbs:


Prepositions:

Study of prepositions A-B: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram49.htm
Study of prepositions C-O: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram50.htm
Study of prepositions P-Z: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram51.htm

Verbs:

Vocabulary


This section allows you to find some meaning in any particular word. If you have questions about a word, this section lets you know the meaning either Reading, writting, listenning or grammar.This section consists of a rich set of words grouped by themes, with their pronunciation and their most common translation into Spanish.

- http://www.mansioningles.com/Vocabulario.htm



If a word does not appear in any of these topics, you can find the meaning of that particular word Wordreference web or google translator. They are translators where you can translate from English to Spanish or from Spanish to English.




jueves, 8 de marzo de 2012

Reading

[Easy]


 http://www.saberingles.com.ar/stories/01.html
 http://www.saberingles.com.ar/stories/02.html
 http://www.saberingles.com.ar/stories/03.html
 http://www.saberingles.com.ar/stories/04.html


In these exercises, low-level reading, stories appear in English with explanations of basic vocabulary. They are simple stories that help you learn to read and improve vocabulary. If you put your mouse over the word, you leave the translation.


[Medium]


Reading In these exercises, I get a text, which you can practice reading and also is complemented with some questions at the end of each text, to see if you understood the reading or not. Here are some links:


JaneEyre 

These readings are for people who want to improve reading in English. This section includes mid-level readings with keywords underlined and translated at the end of the text. It also includes the option to hear the reading of the text to guide you if you have any difficult.

- A Horseman in the Sky (con audio)
- Bartleby (con audio)
- The Cask of Amontillado (con audio) 
- Keesh (con audio)


[High]


For people who have a high level of English. To do these exercises must take First Certificate level. These readings contain part of Reading; additional questions to the text that allow you to better understand it and also learn better English. These exercises contain solutions.

These exercises are also for people with a high level of English. At the end of each text is a short questionnaire to see if you understood the Reading. There is the option of knowing how many errors you made in the responses. Here are some readings:



viernes, 2 de marzo de 2012

Listening

[Easy]


http://www.cantanding.es/

In this link we can find a karaoke for us to see the letter and to practice English.


[Medium]


http://batlyrics.com/

In this link are the lyrics of the song and video. Listening and readingsimultaneously can learn vocabulary.


[High]


http://www.edu365.cat/eso/muds/angles/virtualschoollistenings/listenings.htm

In this link are different issues in which we use our listening skills to advance in the display.