Our classmate, Jessica del Río, has sent us this useful link, especially dedicated to those of you who want to improve your listening skills and like dictations. You will find lots of graded dictations here. The procedure is very simple: you can hear the dictation three times at different paces and then you can see the written text and check your mistakes. Very easy, and remember... the computer never gets tired of repeating a dictation.
Earlier this year Jon Bohmer won the first prize for the Climate Change Challenge with the Kyoto Box.
You probably want to know more about it. What is the Kyoto Box and what does it do? Well, this podcast (www.podcastsinenglish.com) will explain to you how to make a Kyoto Box and put it to the text. Don't miss it, it's really interesting. You can also have access to the video on that same site. Good luck!
Our Irish colleague, Timothy Weatherhead has sent us this link to the unforgettable scene from the musical Oliver. The video is subtitled in English, so this time you need not worry about the text. Sit back and enjoy it. May be after a while you feel like singing along.
