BBC Learning English - Words in the News (lots of Podcast with Scripts)

Businessenglishpod: Telephoning Howtos, intermediate Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on complaining and getting results over the phone. Few people actually like to complain, but sometimes you just have to. There’s an old saying that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” which means that if you don’t complain, you won’t actually get anything resolved. So if you pay for a product or service and you’re not satisfied, it’s usually best to let the company know. We can complain by email, but email isn’t always powerful enough. We need to use our voice to convey our ideas, emotions, and seriousness.

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Idioms If you understood the above paragraph, then you know some of the idioms and slang words and phrases used in American English. Knowing these types of words and phrases can boost your understanding and really give you an edge (give you an advantage) over those who don’t have this knowledge. Idioms cannot be understood literally. We have to memorize their meanings in order to be able to interpret them correctly. Some are easier to guess than others! It’s not hard to guess that being sick as a dog means to be very ill, but it might be more difficult to figure out that under the weather means to be sick. learning English online - Story of language course - very easy Use the story of our language course to develop and improve your English comprehension. The coherent story, which is divided into several chapters, guides you along the way. In addition to the text, each chapter offers pre-, while- and post-reading and/or -listening exercises. Reading and listening to the story, in connection with doing exercises, will be both fun and effective, no matter if you are a beginner of English or an advanced learner!

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 10 Useful Web Tools for Creating Online Quizzes and Polls February, 2014 Following the visual I posted here a couple of weeks ago featuring the differences between formative and summative assessments, somebody shared with the link to this Listly list that comprises dozens of interesting web tools to create online assessments. I have already reviewed some of the tools mentioned in this list in separate posts here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning but I also found out new tools I did not know about. I am re-sharing the whole list created below and I invite you to spend some time sifting through its content. Lectures: Pinker Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain. STEVEN PINKER, Psychologist, Cognitive Scientist, Linguist, Johnstone Family Professor, HC Professor, Harvard University Lesson Overview

A ghost's guide to London: Episode 2: King's Road By Luke and James Vyner Lord Jeffrey, the Ghost of London, takes students on a swinging audio tour of the King’s Road. In this lesson students will: learn about the King’s Road; practise listening for gist and reconstructing audio stories from memory; compare and contrast standard forms of English with colloquial expressions and then practise these expressions in a personalized speaking task; prepare personalized anecdotes about falling in love. Are you having problems playing or downloading the audio on this page?

Macmillan Business - podcast with worksheets - different levels The Business Podcasts are interviews focusing on working life in the UK. The podcasts offer authentic listening practice for you to use with – or recommend to – your business English students. Episode 1: Nils, on working life in the UK – Pre-intermediate Download Listening Worksheet