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There are many online dictionaries, but this one is a dictionary of English pronunciation. It can be very useful because, as you know, there are not many spelling rules in English. Look up a word and you'll hear how it is pronounced.

Animals and accents

Here you can watch this presentation of animals. Do you know the names of all these animals?
Can you learn them?

Animal Tracks 06 02 09

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Now answer these questions:

Where can you see an emu chick?
Where is the woman milking a cow?
What animal is licking a tigress?
What is the turtle biting?
What are lemurs eating?
What is the leopard doing?
How many puppies did the bear give birth to?
What is the macaque searching for?
What animal is Porterhouse?

And now you can listen to three different English accents: You can skip the eleven first pages and go to the questions:

Inglés británico, americano y australiano.

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Embarrassing situations

Watch this video about two sounds difficult to make out. It can be really embarrassing if you can't distinguish between beach and bitch, or even worse, between sheet and shit.





Don't forget to do the practise. It is very easy because you just have to repeat a few words and sentences.

And now you can laugh a little with this Frenchman trying to pronounce I would like to buy a hamburger. Can you do it better? I'm sure you can.

Aprende Inglés on TV and on The Telegraph.

This first post is for both PARENTS and STUDENTS.

First of all, I want to remind you how important it is to learn English nowadays. For that reason, there is a new TV which is dedicated 24 hours a day to teach English. Try it, and don't desperate. There are levels for everyone.

Intenten que sus hijos vean de vez en cuando la emisora de televisión en TDT Aprende Inglés TV , de Vaughan Systems, que está disponible en Madrid.

And now, for my students of 2nd Bachillerato. We've been studying phrasal verbs in class, and I know you hate them, but you'll see that this verb, ask out, is very easy.

And don´t worry those who love football. I've also got some work for you. Read this article about our team at the next world cup on The Telegraph.