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CBS news on Maslenitsa

2011-09-24T13:48:00.002+03:00

we have been working on 'Holidays and celebrations' this month with my 9 graders.

I think this CBS news could be a good example for their projects

explore.org - a wonderful resource

2011-05-16T09:48:00.002+03:00

explore is a multimedia organization that documents leaders around the world who have devoted their lives to extraordinary causes. Both educational and inspirational, explore creates a portal into the soul of humanity by championing the selfless acts of others.

topic 'Houses'

2010-11-28T11:44:00.001+02:00

we are studying 'Houses / Rooms / Furniture' with 9 graders

Look at the slides, learn new words, look up the words you don't know. Enjoy!

unit 2 houses

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Sydney

2010-11-22T22:36:00.000+02:00

this is the slideshow I prepared for my 7 graders (Unit 1 Lesson 2c Hanging out)

Sydney2

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songs for learning English

2010-11-17T21:45:00.003+02:00

'speculating about the past' - a good song and a good drill to learn the pattern!

'
It Must Have Been Love' by Roxette

Listening and quizes for my students

2010-10-24T00:19:00.003+03:00

try this! Listen to the song and fill in the blanks - it's fun =)

Veronica Miranda made it here - ESLvideo.com

You've Got a Friend In Me

for 7 A

2010-10-22T23:32:00.003+03:00

you will find the book "Собака Баскервилей" by Conan Doyle for downloading and reading both in English and Russian!

Enjoy your reading =)

for Bookworms (Grade 7A)

2010-10-22T17:29:00.005+03:00

today we were speaking about reading and discussed the text 'Bookworms' with my 7 graders at school. We mentioned some outstanding authors Sir A.Conan Doyle as well.

I would like my students to read one of his detective stories and give them 'the taste of' the story in the original.

Here are some links for the text of 'A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA' in Russian, in English and the audio file

podcasts for Sergey and other 11 Graders

2010-10-09T23:26:00.006+03:00

I mentioned listening to podcasts in English in my last class for 11 Graders on 9, October, Friday.

We were doing the end-of-the-unit test and listened to the recording as part of the test. It turned out to be a quite difficult task..=(((.

So I recommended starting to listen to podcasts in English ASAP (better late then never).

Here are some links to sites where you have lots of podcasts to work on your Listening skills. Enjoy! (do not forget to send me the reports)

http://www.elllo.org/

http://LinguaLeo.ru/

more advanced -

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/elementary-podcasts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/081222_download.shtml

Discovery International

2010-09-27T12:16:00.003+03:00

Discovery International - Animal Planet, Discovery Travel&Adventure, Discovery Sci-Trek, Discovery Civilisation

Discovery channel in Russian and English

2010-09-27T12:01:00.005+03:00

Discovery Channel in English

Discovery Networks,подразделение ведущей медиакомпании Discovery Communications, иRambler.ru, один из крупнейших порталов Рунета,объявляют о начале сотрудничества: совместным проектом станет новый сайт, адресованный российским зрителям.

Free Audio Stories

2010-09-22T01:31:00.003+03:00

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Storynory has published a new audio story every week since November 2005. Our lead storyteller is Natasha whose lovely voice will charm and beguile you. You can read her tips here.

illness vs. disease

2010-09-19T00:29:00.001+03:00

Difference between

an illness and a disease

The terms illness and disease are often used synonymously but they do have different meanings. The term illness, is commonly used to describe how the patient feels, namely whether or not they feel unwell. A disease on the other hand refers to an abnormal state of the body, typically seen by the appearance of signs and symptoms of a particular type

2010-07-23T10:59:00.001+03:00

29 May Summer work for Robert and Anton No 1

2010-05-29T15:44:00.009+03:00

Listen to this talk and be ready to answer the questions (post the answers here in 'Comments' or send me the -mail)

New Words:

1 preconceptions предвзятое мнение; предубеждение

2 preconceived предвзятый, пристрастный, предубеждённый
3 reptiles пресмыкающиеся
4 rabid неистовый, яростный; фанатичный
5 figment - вымысел, домысел, ложь, фикция
6 prolific плодовитый, плодоносный
7 numb онемелый, оцепенелый, неподвижный
8 perpetrating совершать, быть ответственным за (что-л.)
9 smitte поразить, сразить
Doris Norden the name of his mother
Rama Chattopadhyaya his father’s name
10 captivated очаровывать, пленять, покорять, увлекать
11 gharial - the crocodile, which grows to almost 20 feet long in the northern rivers
12 the king cobra - the charismatic snake
13 indelible scar - несмываемый; нестираемый шрам
14 limbless лишенный конечностей
15 incubate сидеть (на яйцах) ; высиживать, выводить
16 hatch вылупляться из яйца
17 There is very high mortality in little baby reptiles who are just 10 to 12 inches long.
magical place called Agumbe, in Karnataka
18 This first encounter was kind of like the Masai boy who kills the lion to become a warrior.
19 fray драка, стычка; ссора, перепалка
20 we are trying to gather and learn virtually everything about the biodiversity of this incredibly complex forest system
21 You can almost hear the drums throbbing back in that little cottage where we stay when we're there
22 throb сильно биться, пульсировать
23 They are fascinated with snakes
24 a venomous pit viper гремучие змеи, ямкоголовые змеи
25 breeding season период размножения
26 to mate with спариваться, размножаться
27 We're still trying to explain and come to terms with what is the evolutionary advantage of this
28 to come to terms with - прийти к соглашению (с кем-л.)
29 And they did this incredible ritual combat dance - исполнить ритуальный танец-драку
30 It's very much like the rutting of mammals - половая охота, течка, гон
31 no biting allowed кусаться запрещено
32 of Project Tiger which started back in the early 70s
33 We were piloted, I could say, by a highly autocratic stateswoman, but who also had an incredible passion for environment.
34 protect its habitat защитить их среду обитания
35 All the major rivers in south India are sourced in the Western Ghats, the chain of hills running along the west coast of India
36 it supplies drinking water to at least 300 million people
37 And what do we do? How do we respond to this? Well, basically, we dam it, we pollute it, we pour in pesticides, weedicides, fungicides
38 .It seems that our citizens find the best way to dispose of garbage are in water sources.
39 North central India, the Ohambal River is where we have our base
40 if you seethe map the range of their original habitat was all the way from the Indus in Pakistan to the Irrawaddy in Burma
41 And now it's just limited to a couple of spots in Nepal and India
42 complacency самодовольство, удовлетворённость; самоуспокоенность
43 contempt презрение, неуважение, нарушение норм права; неповиновение
44 But then the monsoon arrives, and unfortunately down river the re is always a dam or there is always a barrage
45 dam дамба
46 barrage плотина; дамба, запруда, перемычка
47 For example, in the winter of 2007 and 2008, there was this incredible die-off of gharial, in the Chambal River
48 This is a relatively clean river. The Chambal has Clearwater. People scoop water out of the Chambal and drink it,
49 scoop черпать, зачерпывать; вычерпывать
50 gout подагра (болезнь, вызываемая нарушением обмена веществ,
с преимущественным поражением суставов)
51 And it came down to something called gout, which, as a result of kidney breakdown is actually uric acid crystals throughout the body, and worse in the joints, which made the gharial unable to swim
52 kidney почка
53 uric acid мочевая кислота
54 joint сочленение, сустав
the Chambal
the sacred Yamuna river
55 cesspool 1) выгребная яма 2) сточный колодец
56 repository хранилище ; база, склад
of the Ganges river dolphin
57 migratory birds мигрирующий
58 intolerance нетерпимость
59 like the Ganges river dolphin which is just down to a few left
60 go berserk прийти в бешенство, прийти в ярость
61 the decision makers
62 the folks in power
63 a bleak future for them унылый, гнетущий, безрадостный
64 Government cut through all the red tape - прорубаться сквозь
65 red tape бюрократизм, волокита, канцелярщина
the Adyar river in Chennai
the Mula-muta river in Pune
66 The corporates, the artists, the wildlife nuts, the good old everyday folks can actually bring these rivers back
67 nuts сумасшедший, чокнутый; рехнувшийся, спятивший
68 powerful water totems
69 I take the sort of humble approach
70 huggable
71 I think he's after the nusha
72 be after приставать
73 he gets this little venom rush
74 venom яд (животного происхождения, особенно змеиный)
75 rush прилив, приток крови

Listen to the talk answer the questions –

1 what city did he grow up?
2 where did his mother take him?
3 which adjective does he use to describe the king cobra?
4 how many days can the cobra eggs incubate?
5 ‘hate / despise / loath’ – which verb describes the strongest emotion?
6 which (animal) is worshiped by people from Northern India?
7 what did the researchers insert into cobras to find out more about the secrets?
8 what do king cobras feed on – 1 - fish, 2 - rats, 3 - snakes?
9 And our job is to convince the authorities that these forests ……. -? (fill in the gap).
10 This is the home of the gharial, this incredible crocodile. It is an animal which has been on the Earth for just about ……..(?) million years
11 since it eats only ……..(?) it's not dangerous to human beings
12 there are only ……..(?) breeding gharial left in the wild
13 ….. release ………..(?) baby gharial back to the wild
14 Why? How could the incredible die-off happen?
15 So, it seemed that the toxin that was killing the gharial was something in the ………..(?)
16 ... putting radios on ………(?) gharial, and actually following their movements
17 …Which actually Shekhar Kapur made and incredible movie, ………..(?), which I urge you to see
18 So, we're not sure where this story is going to end, whether it's got a ….. (?) or …(?) ending.
19 ." I look at it as a creature who is totally …………(?) of something so dangerous as a human being

14 April new Listening for Robert and Anton

2010-04-14T19:12:00.005+03:00

listen to the video (Part 1, till 6:26 min) and fill in the gaps:

Nativity, pin, dinner party, run from, literacy, meant, expertise, dedication, will, Frank, stigmatize, grow into, interest

1 I have an ___________ in education

2 You're not often at ___________, frankly, if you work in education.

3 .....and you say you work in education, you can see the blood ___________ their face.

4 But if you ask about their education, they ___________ you to the wall.

5 ...because it's education that's ___________ to take us into this future that we can't grasp

6 Nobody has a clue -- despite all the ___________ that's been on parade for the past four days

7 What you have there is a person of extraordinary ___________ who found a talent.

8 My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as ___________, and we should treat it with the same status

9 The teacher was ___________ and she went over to her and she said, "What are you drawing?"

10 "But nobody knows what God looks like." And the girl said, "They ___________ in a minute."

11 He was in the ___________ play.

12 ...the first boy said, "I bring you gold." And the second boy said, "I bring you myrhh." And the third boy said, "___________ sent this."

13 We ___________ mistakes

14 He said that all children are ___________.

15 I believe this passionately, that we don't ___________ creativity, we grow out of it. Or rather, we get educated out if it.

chat with dragon Egon

2010-03-27T14:25:00.002+02:00

Hello friends,

Egon, the dragon, is studying English like you. He’s looking for somebody to chat with.

Note that actually you are talking to a computer program – some answers might not make sense. But it's great fun anyway.

Start writing in the blank space provided. Start by introducing yourself and asking Egon.

Ask Egon a question then Egon will reply to you then you continue with your chat. Since you're talking to a computer, it can be fun and crazy. Try it then share here how your first attempt went.

Best of luck! Happy learning!

Click here to start the chat

TED talks

2010-03-21T19:49:00.003+02:00

21 March a new Listening exercise for Robert and Anton (enjoy your spring holidays, guys =) )

David Gallo on life in the deep oceans

With vibrant video clips captured by submarines, David Gallo takes us to some of Earth's darkest, most violent, toxic and beautiful habitats, the valleys and volcanic ridges of the oceans' depths, where life is bizarre, resilient and shockingly abundant.

инструкции для прослушивания

2010-03-07T21:05:00.003+02:00

it's joke time

2010-02-24T15:57:00.003+02:00

I have found this Jokes Show on bliptv. I think you will have a couple of minutes of good laugh. It will also help to develop your Listening skills (don't forget to retell the joke and share the humour with your friends)

adverbs degrees of comparison

2010-02-15T00:11:00.007+02:00

the links for 10 graders

adverbs degrees of comparison

adverbs degrees of comparison

adverbs degrees of comparison

adverbs degrees of comparison

adverbs degrees of comparison

exercises

exercises

exercises

exercises

exercises

BBC worksheets

6 February

2010-02-07T01:19:00.002+02:00

a new Listening exercise for Robert and Anton

Questions:

1 what are the names of otters?

2 what is the aquarium using youtube for?

3 in ....... weeks 1,572,777 people have watched the video

4 what do they look like (one lady said)?

5 is holding hands the sign of love?

6 when was the video shot?

7 who cares about publicity?

8 are the animals endangered or cute?

2010-02-04T23:07:00.002+02:00

New Paradigm Shift in Education - hhmm...

T2K: a Paradigm Shift in K-12 Education from Time To Know on Vimeo.

Winter in Russia

2010-01-25T00:27:00.003+02:00

PowerPoint presentation I have made - 'Winter in Russia'

http://depositfiles.com/files/jh7dpraw0

Unit 4 the text

2010-01-17T11:13:00.005+02:00

Unit 4 the text for 10 graders - to read, listen, repeat, work on pronunciation;

hope you will get 'excellent' during your class performing =)

thank you, Monica, for helping out with the recording!

personality quiz / colour quiz

2010-01-10T11:49:00.002+02:00

might serve as another Reading and Discussing exercise
Kalil's Personality Assessment

Moodle fo Teachers workshop

2010-01-07T12:31:00.002+02:00

I am learning how to create a course on Moodle; this is the first educational video on our workshop

Improve your English - NOW!!

2009-12-06T21:22:00.003+02:00

for my students

my Russian friend who taught himself English (and got wonderful unbelievably excellent results, his name is Sasha) sent me this video; I just would like to share it with you

who said 'think'? who said 'sink'? (do you know what it means?) did you get it?

the Simons family, Unit 3

2009-12-06T19:35:00.003+02:00

new Listening task for 10 Grade

Merriam-Webster dictionary online

2009-12-06T12:53:00.003+02:00

Language Links: Ask the Editor

Merriam-Webster editors have begun a series of short online videos featuring discussions about dictionaries and language. Facts about word histories, grammar, spelling, and usage are all a part of the popular Ask the Editor series. You can see them all here.

Here is the link to the explanation on 'effect / affect' difference - we'have discussed it with Anton and Robert

how to work on your pronunciation

2009-12-06T03:38:00.002+02:00

good advice on improving pronunciation for Brigitte and other students here:

BBC one-minute news

2009-12-06T01:49:00.001+02:00

Listening practice - short and fast, very efficient

topics for discussions

2009-11-30T23:13:00.003+02:00

Ted Power
English Language Learning and Teaching

A work-scheme for Higher Intermediate & Advanced Level ESL Students

Prepare for Discussion

pronunciation dictionary

2009-11-30T22:59:00.002+02:00

A free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation

Vocabulary

2009-11-06T23:48:00.002+02:00

great site with exercises even phrasal verbs for expanding your Vocabulary here

ask anything here

2009-11-06T23:44:00.002+02:00

ask anything here - might be interesrting for students to ask and read in English

country studies quiz

2009-11-06T22:34:00.003+02:00

if you feel like finding out how much you know about English-speaking countries, here are some quizes for you

a new subscriber

2009-10-25T00:56:00.003+03:00

I seem to have a new subscriber - DANIEL DIAS SILVA.
Welcome, Daniel!
I saw some posts in your blog in Russsian - do you know Russian?
Hope you will find useful materials here and leave your comments.

Robert and Anton 24 October

2009-10-24T21:07:00.004+03:00

Unit 10 Listening 47 ex 8 p 123

8 Grade 23 October, Friday, Listening

2009-10-23T23:49:00.004+03:00

click here to download the file

click on 'Free user' and download the file on Rapidshare

Ex 6 p 17 (SB)

it is amazing

2009-10-21T22:13:00.001+03:00

it is amazing - this technological tricks....

listen and put down the main facts.

Here is the beginning:

"I've been intrigued by this question of whether we could evolve or develop a sixth sense. A sense that would give us seamless access and easy access to meta-information or information that may exist somewhere that may be relevant to help us make the right decision about whatever it is that we're coming across..."

technology advancements

2009-10-19T07:23:00.003+03:00

I got this clip from Beau, my friend from the USA; I think it will be interesting for my students to watch a singing robot and will help them to find out more on this topic

2009-10-18T22:14:00.003+03:00

Robert and Anton - click on this - BBC 'Teen begins solo sail attempt', listen to this video, write down the script (some parts of the script); be ready to retell the text in class, guys

Russian TV news

2009-10-18T21:39:00.002+03:00

another piece of TV news here

Astrakhan' is a big city on the Volga river. 88-year-old resident Eugenia Kekina charitably gave all the money she had saved for her life to the city maternity hospital. She said she did not have her own children so she had been saving money in order to be able to help babies. Hospital workers said granny's money might help to save many lives. They are going to buy expensive medicines for prematurely born babies.

Russian picece of TV news

2009-10-16T22:40:00.002+03:00

Monica would like to know more about Russia.
Fall is the time for gathering potatoes. There were too many rains in Khabarovks region this fall. Too difficult for machines to pick potatoes from the very wet soil. Local people were invited to help. Volunteers can take potatoes home as well. 'Let's save the harvest together!' is the motto of the action. Students also help. The gathered potatoes are for hospitals and orphanages as well. 5,000 people took part in the action last week. Volunteers have to work fast, the first autumn frosts might start at the weekend. Their contribution into the harvest rescue is immense.
It can also serve as a Listening exercise =)

for my foreign visitors

2009-10-10T14:03:00.006+03:00

click ON 'Предыдущие' (previous posts) at the bottom of the page on the right and you will see my previous posts with lots of materials for learning English. Enjoy!

more visitors just in a couple of minutes

2009-10-10T13:39:00.012+03:00

OMG! see who has come just for 2 minutes since I started to make my previous post - Freiburg, Adana, Maracay, Oberuzwill, Tunisia, Muscat, Marceille, Spring (Texas), Karlsruhe; Venice, Athens have just come - what opportunities blogging gives to me!
Happy to see you here, you must be great students of English.
Wish you all god luck in your studies! Happy to help

my visitors

2009-10-10T13:32:00.004+03:00

A few people have just arrived to my blog since I started to post my Listening ex for 7 graders!
I see people from Gdyna, Nigeria, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Campinas and Parma - wow! wow!
I would be happy to see your comments here, guys. Do you need any help with your English? Feel free to ask me here, would be happy to help you,
Nadia

Listening exercise for 7 Grade

2009-10-10T13:06:00.010+03:00

10 October

ex 6 p 9 'STOP CRIME NOW' was kindly recorded by Monica for me.

Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks in your Student's Book.
Enjoy your listening!

CNN Listening for Robert and Anton

2009-10-08T22:31:00.008+03:00

CNN Listening exercise for Robert and Anton. Get ready for the class, guys!

Here is some more info to read on about Christopher McDougall (click on this link)

Born to Run: Christopher McDougall Says Humans Evolved to Run Like the Tarahumara

Like many runners, journalist Christopher McDougall got hurt. A lot. And like many of those injured runners, he was told that his aches and pains were a natural consequence of his chosen form of exercise. "Running," one doctor told him, "is your problem." McDougall didn't accept that—especially after reading about the Tarahumara Indians, who live in Mexico's Copper Canyons and run like stink, on shoes McDougall compares to flip-flops.

new Disney project in Russia

2009-10-02T03:05:00.001+03:00

see the trailer here -

homework for 8 Grade 30 September

2009-09-30T16:13:00.002+03:00

here is the file for you to listen to and do ex 2 p 5 (WB)

the Russian cartoon for Monica and Neal

2009-09-29T21:28:00.003+03:00

'How films are created' or 'Film, film, film!' - you will like it and have some fun watching (with English subtitles)

Watch Film, Film, Film (cartoon). in Animation | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

VOA for learning English

2009-09-28T00:13:00.002+03:00

I have started to teach complete beginners, this will be useful for them - VOA

ANKI

2009-09-24T21:36:00.001+03:00

Anki
Anki is a spaced repetition system (SRS). It helps you remember things by intelligently scheduling flashcards, so that you can learn a lot of information with the minimum amount of effort.

Russian News for Monica

2009-09-19T16:30:00.001+03:00

Russia Today

English Pronunciation

2009-09-19T11:44:00.002+03:00

English Pronunciation - video lessons with Jennifer on Youtube

BBC pronunciation sounds

2009-09-18T21:13:00.002+03:00

learn English pronunciation on BBC site

news from Monica

2009-09-17T15:04:00.004+03:00

Monica sent me a letter - they are going to the Royal Melbourne show today. Have you ever heard of it?
Have a look at the link - you will have a Reading online class on Australian Country Studies - it's great!

IELTS materials collection

2009-09-14T23:03:00.003+03:00

was preparing for the class for my IELTS student - found the following stuff
iPas.uk.net
youtube videos
youtube My IELTS channel
myielts.org

phrasal verbs

2009-09-13T21:54:00.002+03:00

they seem almost impossible to learn - phrasal verbs; these quizzes and exercises might help to cope with the problem

virtual tours, virtual panoramas

2009-09-13T21:12:00.002+03:00

Virtual reality VR panoramas from all the world.

Panoramas.dk is created by Hans Nyberg a commercial photographer in Denmark

Interactive panoramas is a young media and as such it has for many years been known among enthusiastic photographers and multimedia creators. An interactive VR panorama can not be seen in a book or on a printed image. If you print the panorama it gets a completely different expression.

You can only experience the feeling of being at the place and look around, on a computer. You can only distribute VR Panoramas by the Internet or on CD.

With new fast Internet connections Virtual Reality Panoramas has a large advantage in the tourist industry and in many other areas.
Marina shared this link with me =)

my first podcast

2009-09-13T17:13:00.003+03:00

i have made my first podcast here - http://nadiasol.podfm.ru/my/1/

Marina uses this teaching tool

2009-09-13T14:38:00.004+03:00

Another tool Marina uses for creating presentations - I will post it here to remember and use AuthorSTREAM

cartoons in learning english

2009-09-13T11:59:00.002+03:00

Marina posted this valuable resource for learning English via cartoons by Cathy Thorne. They may serve as a lively start-up for a funny / serious discussion in class

video for Monica

2009-09-03T17:56:00.003+03:00

this is the video about my home town Obninsk. I would like Monica to have a look at it. The slide show was made by one of our students for one of school parties. I like this girl's creativity. Please watch her slide show and enjoy!

speaking24.com - free English conversation lessons online!

2009-08-30T17:31:00.002+03:00

speaking24.com - free English conversation lessons online!

Free English conversations - here you can find an e-pal to practise English speaking skills online.

2009-08-30T15:06:00.006+03:00

One more valuable resource - The Phrase Finder

Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a saying or phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you'll probably find something here to interest you.

Are you a professional writer? If so, you may find that the Phrase Thesaurus could make your life easier.

This writers' resource spawns ideas for headlines, advertising copy, song lyrics, poetry etc. Journalists, advertising copywriters, songwriters, or anyone interested in creative writing in English, can benefit from this ideas generator.

Have you a question on the origin of a saying or phrase? Use our Discussion Forum to ask the people who know. Go to the current forum to ask questions..."

There's also a searchable archive of more than 50,000 postings about sayings and phrases.

Have newly researched origins of phrases and sayings e-mailed to you each week with our free Phrase A Week mailing list (join here).

You may also receive these updates each week via our news feed.

Dmitry Shapovalov's Accent Training Program

2009-08-30T13:52:00.011+03:00

Дмитрий Константинович Шаповалов
(как гражданин Российской Федерации)
Dimitri Chapov
(как гражданин Соединённых Штатов Америки)
Родился в 1967 году в городе Джезказган, Казахской ССР.
В 1980-ые годы учился на факультете
Проблем Физики и Энергетики (ФПФЭ)
Московского Физико-Технического Института (МФТИ).
В 1989 году эмигрировал из СССР в США. Проживал также в Австрии, Чехии и Мексике.
Когда я взялся за изучение Английского в 17 лет, я столкнулся с проблемой - в то время просто не было учебных пособий, которые удовлетворили бы мою жажду студента-физика иметь логичный, стройный и законченный источник информации о реальном языке – столь необходимый начинающему.
Сегодня же перед изучающими язык открыт просто океан возможностей, и у них есть выбор из сотен существующих Российских и зарубежных пособий.
Но что вы точно из учебников не вынесите, это то, что большинство из Вас называют «произношением». Если Вы думаете, что это можно учить лишь слушая носителей языка (в живую или в записи), то у меня для Вас плохая новость – если Вам больше 12-13 лет, то Вам будет очень трудно что-либо так «выучить», а если Вам за 20, то просто забудьте об этом!

Готов с любым из Вас поспорить. Есть желающие?

Почему то, что Вы называете «произношением», важно в Английском – объясняется на разных страницах этого сайта. Оно особенно важно именно для начинающих, вопреки многим легендам. Почитайте, посмотрите видеоролики. Я очень старался, когда их делал. Для Вас.

Так вот: при кажущейся частоте слова «произношение» в поисковиках на интернете, вы не найдёте ничего дельного, что реально чему-то значимо учит русскоговорящих. Это я Вам как человек с менталитетом физика говорю. Видите ли, люди, со склонностью к точным наукам, умеют учиться гораздо лучше людей без такой склонности.

Опять же – готов поспорить! Найдите мне такое пособие, которое лучше учит русскоговорящих английской фонологии, чем SoundSmart, и я подарю Вам или любому другому частному лицу (по Вашему выбору) участие в SoundSmart «Тренинг».

Я уверен, что мой опыт и врождённое умение объяснять сложные вещи просто, на пальцах, окажутся очень полезными в Ваших усилиях по изучению английского языка! У Вас всё получится!

Я концентрируюсь исключительно на моментах, необходимых именно русскоговорящему человеку. Я постоянно сравниваю английские фонемы с "похожими" русскими и учу как, логопедически просто, перейти от "неправильных" к "правильным".
Весь теоретический материал и инструкции SoundSmart озвучены по-русски, поэтому он подходит и для начинающих русскоговорящих изучающих.

Learn English a lesson d day

2009-08-30T13:27:00.005+03:00

Have just found another resource - Learn English a lesson a day - 737 lessons + 1 new English lesson every day
learn English, ask, practice & discuss!
It's free
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY LISTENING READING - what else? Perfect!
Phrasal Verbs Reading Vocabulary
Idioms Phrasal Verbs Phrases
Double Negatives
Confusing Words Grammar Vocabulary
Non-count and count quantifiers
Choose the correct word
Confusing Words
Word of the day: Whinge
Using 'Pre'

You work on your Listening skills with Youtube movie trailers - scripts are provided, Active Vocabulary words are highlighted and linked to Cambridge Dictionary online - a ready-made resource - take and use and study!

british accent

2009-08-26T23:08:00.003+03:00

How to Speak With a British Accent: Video Series.
Interested in having a convincing British dialect? Learn how to speak with a British accent in this free entertainment video series.

There are 28 videos in this series:

About the Presenter
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Tracy Goodwin Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of public speaking, interpersonal communications, voice and diction, and business speech. Goodwin is the author of "Be Delicious: The Art of Voice & Movement Integration."

British Accent: Pronunciation, Not Listening -- powered by eHow.com

Dr. Zeuss

2009-08-26T11:52:00.004+03:00

Beginner reading books (videos) can be found here on Youtube.

I know how difficult and frustrating it is for adult learners to start reading. These funny videos from Dr.Zeuss series might help eliminate stress and they are very funny. Watch them!

WordWeb

2009-08-26T11:33:00.002+03:00

Students (and teachers) experience lots of problems trying to cope with 'Word formation' exam task on FCE, etc. What are the derivatives for 'legal'? Are you sure you are able to jot down all of them? I have found free software helpful for this purpose - WordWeb.

The software has a full dictionary and thesaurus for American, British, Canadian, Australian, Indian, and global English.

Practice and enjoy!

video on 1st September for Monica

2009-08-24T22:29:00.003+03:00

Monica is from Australia. She has a big family - a husband and 6 children. She is keen on Russian history and culture and learns the Russian language. In my last letter I was telling her about the way the 1st of September is celebrated in Russia and found this video for her.
I hope you will get a better idea about this celebration now, Monica

Moodle

2009-08-24T14:12:00.002+03:00

Moodle is a software package for producing Internet-based courses and web sites. It is a global development project designed to support a social constructionist framework of education.

Moodle is provided freely as Open Source software (under the GNU Public License). Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle provided that you agree to: provide the source to others; not modify or remove the original license and copyrights, and apply this same license to any derivative work. Read the license for full details and please contact the copyright holder directly if you have any questions.

The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists. It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity. As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler.

World Science Festival

2009-08-20T12:20:00.003+03:00

a thought-provoking video for further discussion with advances classes

Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus", from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009.

For more of Bobby McFerrin and the science behind this program, please view the full "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus" event video at our website:

worldsciencefestival.com/video/notes-neurons-full

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

Richi Rock on Edufire and his blog

2009-08-18T12:39:00.007+03:00

Richi Rock in an American instructor, teacher, educator on Edufire.

He teaches Vocabulary Expansion and Listening Practice through Cultural English.
In his classes he carries out Analysis of English spoken at authentic velocity using cool and entertaining videos found on-line + Exercises to increase understanding + Explanation of useful expressions + Focus on phrasal verbs + Heavy use of wikipedia, Youtube and Twitter.com. Global LOL.

In his Edufire profile he writes - 'I like chillin and i like rockin. as for my teaching methodology, the challenge is keeping students engaged and excited. i build courses around students’ interests, and use examples and exercises from modern culture.

It is very good I can go on working on the vocabulary discussed in class using the materials of his blog. It helps me to memorise new words in context and it is very exciting to read his posts 'flavoured' with humor

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

2009-08-18T11:44:00.002+03:00

One more source for developing Listening skills and expanding Vocabulary.

I am following my American instructor Richi Rock on twitter (he is the teacher on Edufire). I read the following article - 'Paper Money Tainted with Cocaine
A study presented at the meeting of the American Chemical Society finds that the vast majority of paper money has trace amounts of cocaine. Cynthia Graber reports'.
You can read the text and listen to the podcast.

Thanks to Richi I have found out that 'Scientific American (SciAm) is a popular science magazine since 1845. It is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.It brings articles about new and innovative research to the amateur and lay audience.

SPOTLIGHT - global life, clear english

2009-08-11T13:45:00.004+03:00

SPOTLIGHT -
The site for developing Listening skills for intermediate students or lower with words list and scripts, resources for further studies

Walter Lewin Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2009-08-08T10:36:00.007+03:00

I could never have thought of studying Physics in such a way.
Good practice for iBT TOEFL Listening and Writing (Integrated essay).

MITOPENCOURSEWARE
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Watch some of Walter Lewin's greatest moments. To see more, check out Professor Lewin's classes, Physics 8.01

Stanfor's University Mobile Orchestra

2009-08-08T09:56:00.003+03:00

you might like it - watching and listening. It is surprising, fun and...a good Listening exercise - Stanford assistant professor and entrepreneur, Ge Wang makes music with a mobile phone orchestra and iPhone ocarina.

writing, introduction

2009-08-06T20:00:00.004+03:00

have found some more teaching video materials

Marina Petrovic, Serbia

2009-08-04T23:03:00.006+03:00

Please don't forget to subscribe to Marina Petrovic's blog (one of many) - my big friend and guru in e-learning / e-teaching, you will find loads of extremely useful materials on both subjects.
Marina is from Serbia, she is the owner of her own English Language School,computer specialist, translator and interpreter.
Here is some info about Marina-
"About Marina
I have been teaching English and managing a private language school for 13 years now. This dual aspect of my work gave me invaluable insights into language school dynamics and enabled me to comprehend and empathize with students', teachers' and school owners' problems, needs and aspirations. Currently, I see the concept of E-learning, in its broadest meaning, as the means of providing quality teaching/ learning en masse."
the link to the site - http://educo11.com/news.php

english, video, listening, skydiving

2009-08-04T16:20:00.002+03:00

an exciting activity and listening exercise expanding your vocabulary as well
http://video.about.com/gonewengland/Flying-Without-Skydiving.htm

3D art

2009-08-04T14:34:00.005+03:00

my French friend Brigitte sent me the letter where she wrote about a 3D street artist Julian Beever. It is so unusual, I have never seen and heard anything of this kind. You can see his works here in this clip. Fantastic! Later I went to Fabiana's WIzIQ slass on Listening, Singing and Speaking, I 'discovered' a new name - Don McLean (singer), 'Vincent' (Starry starry night)- a wonderful song. So, it helped me to get the idea of my first class for my new students at school on 1 September - I am so happy. Watch the song and the video about Julian's work and enjoy these with me!

Kevin McCaughey

2009-08-04T14:17:00.002+03:00

when he worked in Belarus he wrote this song about boots on Belorussian women - it's fun. I like it =)
Watch and enjoy!

Kevin McCaughey

2009-08-04T13:59:00.003+03:00

Kevin McCaughey is an English Language Fellow in the English Language Office (American Embassy in Moscow). He worked in Vladivostok and other Russian cities as a university lecturer, presenter, volunteer and so on. He is a great fellow, teacher, songs writer, author and musician. Here is his song he created for FEELTA - I think it is thrilling
the link to his site - http://www.kevinmccaughey.com/bio

eSingularity

2009-08-02T19:20:00.003+03:00

Imagine a world where every kid participates on a flat education system, challenging themselves and others, and winning prizes for applying themselves, no matter what their social, ecomonic, geographic disposition is...we can and we will build it.
http://www.eduit.org/

remember everything

2009-07-27T14:42:00.005+03:00

Remember everything.
Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. Did we mention that it's free?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ncr1Ee9e8

the official site here - http://www.evernote.com/about/what_is_en/

MIT video

2009-07-27T14:34:00.002+03:00

lectures in English

2009-07-27T00:04:00.003+03:00

A College Education for Free:
OpenCourseWare
In April 2001 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology proposed something unheard of in the pages of the New York Times. They said that they would begin putting their entire course catalog — some 2,000 courses — online, for free, over the course of an ambitious ten year initiative at the cost of up to $100 million. The following year, in October 2002, the first fifty courses went up on their OpenCourseWare site. Nearly 7 years later, MIT is nearing its goal, with about 1,900 free courses available through the OpenCourseWare program, and materials now routinely posted on other social media sites, including YouTube , Flickr , and iTunes U.
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

humour english american

2009-07-26T23:18:00.007+03:00

English (Am.English) humour - the youtube site of the American comedian Tim Lee, good Listening practice

english podcasts

2009-07-25T23:07:00.002+03:00

Easier News
News English Lessons
FREE Handouts, Listening & Quizzes in Simple
English
Read About the Latest News and Learn English
It's Easy.

http://www.newsenglishlessons.com/

LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Trainers

2009-07-25T13:33:00.002+03:00

LANguage learning with CErtified Live Online Trainers
LANCELOT learning is a new way of learning a language in a virtual dassroom, live and online with qualified and certified teachers.
LANCELOT School GmbH is a training center for language teachers and we offer the accredited LANCELOT course as well as live online workshops, a newsmaster program and events.
The LANCELOT course was developed by a total of 23 European partners in 6 countries during the European funded development project LANCELOT which took place from 2005 to 2007. This website also lists the results of the LANCELOT project.

http://lancelotschool.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=1

visual video dictionary

2009-07-23T11:02:00.006+03:00

i have found the video dictionary on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQhsfge8t7I

useful video resource

2009-07-20T10:53:00.008+03:00

here is the link for a very useful resourse - TED ideas worth spreading - http://www.ted.com/themes.

TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.

TED makes the best talks and performances from TED and partners available to the world, for free. More than 450 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. All of the talks feature closed captions in English, and many feature subtitles in various languages. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

my ppt presentation

2009-07-15T13:13:00.005+03:00

here is the link for downloading and viewing my ppt presentation on my country, moscow, city - http://ifile.it/paxk70m

the link to slideshare (for downloading and viewing)- http://www.slideshare.net/nadiasol88/russia-geography-culture

a joke

2009-07-13T23:18:00.005+03:00

A blonde and a brunette are skydiving.
The brunette jumps out the plane and pulls the cord -- nothing happens.
She pulls the emergency cord and still nothing.
The blonde finally jumps out of the plane and yells "Oh! So you wanna race, huh?"

learning english with

2009-07-12T17:46:00.000+03:00

here is the link on the most typical 'false' friends of a translator. the words sound similar in English and Russian, but have absolutely different meanings =) - http://www.study.ru/support/translate/