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Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom. Here is the  link  to enjoy literature

Hello ! ¡Sos de los que le gusta cantar sus canciones favoritas en inglés?  En este blog post, te presento un canal de YouTube de canciones en inglés que te permite completar la letra a medida que vas escuchando el tema.  Tiene diferentes niveles según tus conocimientos de inglés. A medida que vas escuchando, completás la letra y el soft te da la cantidad de aciertos. También tenés la opción de repetir la actividad, imprimir la letra o buscar tus letras favoritas.  ¡Encendé los parlantes, hacé click en este enlace y a practicar ! 

This will be one of many posts devoted to my online English students. In this opportunity the material is related to "Giving opinions" ( intermediate level) Activity one: Turn on the speakers, watch this video . Pay attention the speaker will ask you to repeat after him. Activity two: Activity two: Watch this excellent video about the topic and take notes in order to define these words/expressions in our chat session: opinion dialogue debate heated debate hot topic give your two cents sit on the fence expert witness political party

Luckily some new material selected by  the British Council is available in this blog. Let´s start with a very interesting  short topic-based videos where our young students can listen to children talking about their lives on the British Council’s NEW LearnEnglish Kids site for young learners. As you can see the window is visually attractive and user friendly for kids. When you click on the photo of one of the kids that appear on the screen, a video starts running. You can exploit the video extensively and/or let your students explore other listening material at their own pace: You can also print the script of the video and full colour activities with corresponding answers in pdf format. Don´t forget to make your students vote for the video! Students can answer to the personal questions in comments, introducing them to online participation. I hope you and your students really enjoy this online website ! Further ideas to exploit the website? Click H...