2008

EF PodEnglish Channel

As the creators say: "EF podEnglish improves your English with bite-sized 5 minute videos. Perfect for beginners, intermediate and adva...

You can learn English as Elton John did, with "Sacrifice" or as Guns and Roses, "Knocking on heaven's door" or per...

This series of postings are the result of a training presentation I was asked to deliver for Moroccan teachers of English in Kinitra on 15th...

Since the birth of YouTube, the web has seen huge growth in the availability and quality of user generated online video. With just a simple...

Over the past couple of years online video communication has been transformed, not only price and quality, but in ease of use and accessibil...

Over the past few years video sharing websites have become increasingly specialised, bringing about the development of different 'genres...

There are now a number of online video sharing communities that are specifically designed to support the development of language and communi...

A University Phrase Book created by the Catalan Language Service at the University of Barcelona to give foreign students a tool in any comun...

By Unknown Friday, December 5, 2008 seven things

I have been tagged by Gavin Dudeney for the ‘Seven Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me’ thing… So here are my seven things: 1. My firs...

I love the power of images and their adaptability for teaching, so I can't say that I'm upset to be almost overwhelmed with really g...

By Unknown Sunday, November 23, 2008 listenings

Idioms for your slang English learning or as the Author says: for your slang English curiosity or appetite. Thanks to Chris Moses for his gr...

I'm beginning to think that besides the actual computer itself, a WebCam is one of the most fundamentally useful tools we can possibly h...

I've always liked sites that take images and enable you to do something interesting with them. Pim Pam Pum seems to be a company that i...

By Unknown Wednesday, November 5, 2008 vocabulary words

I've just found this very useful tool that allows you to compare words and phrases and how they are used online. It works very simply by...

Yesterday on my Quick Shout blog, I wrote about a new tool called Xtranormal for creating text to speech animated movies. Since then I...