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Showing posts with label #English #ESL #Ingles #TOEFL. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Stages of the TOEFL exam!!

Doing the TOEFL exam soon?


Well, you must keep in mind the different stages it involves. You will go through several feelings towards it. 

Listed below, are a few gifs on the TOEFL exam.


Before the test









During the test





After the test


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Monday, July 27, 2015

Idioms for Today!!

Idioms for Today!!

If you are having problems with your Listening Skills, especially for the TOEFL exam; then you should start studying more American Idioms. 

Idioms are categorized according to different areas, such as Body Parts, food, clothes, etc.
Learning at least 5 American idioms a day can help you boost your knowledge fast!!






Here's today video on American Idioms!!!





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Thursday, July 23, 2015

The Ron Clark Story




Ron Clark is an American teacher who has worked with disadvantaged students  in provincial North Carolina and Harlem, New York City and established the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark is a New York Times top rated creator and motivational speaker on the point of inspiring teachers around the world.




Below, you will find the movie on Ron Clark's life. Make sure to write down the different strategies he uses in his class.

Enjoy!!!!





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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Friends Funny Clips!!!



One of the best ways of learning English is watching the awesome sitcom Friends!!

Friends is an American television sitcom. It aired for 10 seasons on NBC, from 1994-2004. It featured six main characters:
Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Gellar (Courteney Cox), Ross Gellar (David Schwimmer), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and Joey Tribianni (Matt LeBlanc).

The following are some clips of the best moments in the show.

Enjoy!!!

P.S: Make sure to write down the new vocabulary you learn on a notepad, especially the "Idioms & Phrasal Verbs".


"The Cheesecake"



"The One with UNAGI"



Thanksgiving Clips of Friends




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Monday, July 13, 2015

Student Pays Parking Fines with $11,000 pennies!!

Student Pays Parking Fines with $11,000 pennies!!




Getting a stopping ticket can be truly disappointing. Getting numerous stopping tickets is far more atrocious, why can't the stopping police simply let individuals stop wherever they need?! 

That is not the issue however, individuals who stopped in debilitated spots or saved spots should be ticketed (in the event that its not their spot). The issue is, the place does the cash go? How does the school utilize the cash from stopping fines? Well things being what they are schools just get the opportunity to keep 20% of the cash, and the rest goes to subsidizing other state funded schools. 

Furthermore, that is the thing that understudy Stephen Coyle figured out, after he needed to pay $110 for stopping tickets. He concluded that he didn't bolster that, and challenged by paying with 11,000 pennies. He watched the individuals tally pennies for three hours and forty minutes. That is some commitment to his challenge! He went ahead to say that it wasn't time well spent or cash well spent. 

It sort of appears like a dick move, to make the most of these individuals pennies for 3 hours and 40 minutes. It probably chafed the individuals numbering every one of those pennies. Furthermore, that is the thing that Coyle needs, to have individuals mindful of this circumstance and to be irate about it. 

"The cash ought to be reinvested once again into the understudies, as I would like to think," Coyle said. That is a smart thought, yet that would imply that the government funded schools getting the cash would need to discover cash some place else. 


"The genuine issue is lacking subsidizing by the state for advanced education and optional training," said State Representative Kelly Alexander. Ideally this issue is determined, and the state has the capacity give stores to instruction later on. As opposed to having the understudies themselves pay for different schools.


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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Listening Practice Skills with Jimmy Fallon!!!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon





Ever wonder why it is hard to learn English, especially to understand the Listening Section on the TOEFL?
Well, there are many words or expressions we don't get and that is because what we listen to are called "Idioms & Phrasal Verbs".
The secret is. " Practice Makes Perfect", in other words: Watch many videos to practice!

Jimmy Fallon is an American Comedian, television host, musician, writer, and producer. He is known for his work on Saturday Night Live. Now, Jimmy has his own show called: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon".

Here are 3 of his videos from "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". 
We hope you enjoy them in order to learn English.






"¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porque es dificil aprender ingles? Especialmente a la seccion de Comprension Auditiva en el examen TOEFL? 
Bueno, hay varias palabras o expresiones que no logramos entenderlas y es porque son "Modismos  y Verbos en Frases". 
El secreto es: "La practica hace a el maestro". 

Jimmy Fallon  es un comediante Americano, anfitrion televisivo, musico, escritor, y  productor. El es más conocido por su trabajo en  "Saturday Night Live". Ahora, Jimmy tiene su propio programs llamado: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon".


Aqui te dejamos 3 videos de "The Tonight Show  Starring Jimmy Fallon". 
¡¡Esperamos que los disfrutes para aprender ingles!!















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Monday, July 6, 2015

Looking for a job interview?

Best Job interview!!!




Getting a job interview isn't easy nowadays. 
However, once you get one, you must follow certain steps to succeed in it. We are used to a system that is too dull. 

In many companies around the world, such as "Google", Zoni Language Center" and "Starbucks"; they have found new ways of knowing how to choose their new employee. One of these companies is Heineken!!


Watch this video to get a better idea and take notes!!!








Here's another video to get a better chance to get the job!!!   It might just work!!
 



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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Why is TOEFL hard?

Soooooo guys.  Is the TOEFL easy?
In terms of planning for the TOEFL, the trouble of the test is the elephant in the room (significance everybody is pondering about it, however nobody very comprehends what to do). Tragically, there's no basic response to this inquiry. The examination that has been done on the subject has one noteworthy, unavoidable imperfection: its extremely hard to logically focus dialect trouble. In view of that, we should examine the individual areas of the test and consider their trouble as well as can be expected.                             


                                     
How Hard Is the TOEFL Reading Section?
As a rule, TOEFL perusing is close to the same trouble as perusing valid American news sources, despite the fact that the topic and vocabulary aren't precisely the same. News media are not as centered around science and history as the TOEFL may be.
That scholastic center is a substantial piece of the trouble. As per a study from 2012, TOEFL perusing is somewhat more troublesome than the normal composed English content, to a great extent in light of the fact that the perusing area utilizes more scholarly vocabulary. Yet, this feeling of "trouble" relies on upon your local dialect, to some extent. That is on account of there is no conversational, casual English in the content just material you may discover in a book that you read for a college class. Also, if your local dialect has Latin roots (e.g. Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, or French), then scholastic English may be simple contrasted with casual English, on the grounds that scholarly English regularly has Latin roots. On the off chance that your primary language isn't Latin-based, however, those scholastic words are more troublesome, in light of the fact that they are uncommon all in all English. Words like "involve," for instance, appear all the more frequently in TOEFL perusing, yet just once in a while in loose discourse.
Then, the timing of the perusing area can likewise bring about a few genuine inconvenience. You must have the capacity to peruse those scholastic writings at a characteristic pace. Perhaps you can work gradually through an article in the New Yorker with the assistance of a lexicon, yet that doesn't mean you're going to get a top score on TOEFL perusing. You need to peruse 750 words and answer 14 numerous decision addresses in only 20 minutes.
That said, the TOEFL perusing is less demanding than perusing cognizance on the GRE, GMAT, or SAT, in light of the fact that you don't have to see the same number of inconspicuous points of interest. You just truly require the plain data that is composed, as opposed to the creator's goals.
How Hard Is the TOEFL Listening Section?
For a great deal of understudies, the listening segment is the hardest. The perusing segment has the hardest vocabulary, yet the listening area gives us two noteworthy issues that the perusing doesn't. As a matter of first importance, the recordings, however they are somewhat slower than regular discourse, are generally totally characteristic. They incorporate all the "umms," "likes," "y'knows," and messy elocution that make American discourse sound the way it does. Second, you can just hear every recording once, and they can be more than five minutes in length. It's difficult to focus that long, and its considerably harder to recall the data from the earliest starting point of the address once you get to the inquiries. On the off chance that you can listen to parts credible discourse (TV shows, for instance), then you're in a decent position.
Saying this doesn't imply that that the TOEFL listening is fundamentally the same to American or English TV. It's most certainly not. Programs are a great deal more troublesome, all things considered, on the grounds that characters talk all the more rapidly, utilize more phrases, and regularly talk in the meantime as one another. TOEFL listening is similarly straightforward (despite the fact that it is frequently scholastic, about investigative points). However, remember that the listening segment is troublesome to a great extent due to the measure of data you hear and the desires of memory. You have to take notes and recollect a great deal of subtle element!
How Hard Are the TOEFL Speaking and Writing Sections?
I'm going to gathering these two segments into one, here, in light of the fact that they're similarly difficult to gauge. Consider two things:
2/3 of talking and 1/2 of composing are about perusing and/or tuning in
There are no "privilege" or "wrong" responses to gauge trouble with
On that first point, the trouble of these segments is fundamentally the same to the trouble of alternate areas, on the grounds that they incorporate the same aptitudes, the same scholarly vocabulary, and the same "common" discourse that you listen to. So you may say that these two segments are comparative in hard to the perusing and listening areas.
Be that as it may, then again, noting an inquiry, for example, "Name a man you regard, and clarify why" can give an extensive variety of answers, contingent upon your level of English. So you may say that its a "hard" question on the grounds that you can give a muddled answer. In any case, you could likewise say its "simple," on the grounds that a straightforward answer with basic vocabulary is additionally conceivable. What I intend to say is that the trouble here is construct generally with respect to how exceptional your vocabulary and syntax are. It's truly only a reach from non-informative up to local talking. The trouble relies on upon you and your vocabulary and sentence structure.




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Thursday, June 25, 2015

¿Para que estudiar inglés?




Las razones para estudiar inglés son muchas.  Aquí te queremos mencionar las más importantes, 
aparte de un poco de información sobre el idioma.  Además de ofrecerte una lista con consejos muy prácticos con los que podrás estudiar y  aprender inglés de una forma mucho más eficaz y rápida. 


1. Para que estudiar inglés: para trabajar
Tal vez la razón más importante por qué estudiar inglés es porque el inglés es fundamental a la hora de encontrar trabajo. El inglés nos dará acceso a muchas cosas,  entre ellas una mejor educación y por lo tanta a la posiblidad de un mejor puesto de trabajo. Nuestras oportunidades laborales se multiplicarán en cuanto dominemos el idioma. Tanto en áreas gubernamentales como en empresas multinacionales, sin importar tu campo de trabajo, el inglés te aportará siempre ventajas a la hora de ascender o acceder a otro puesto de trabajo, ayudándote a mejorar tu situación laboral actual.




2. Por qué estudiar inglés: educación e información
Otra importante razón para aprender inglés es que podremos acceder a una
educación mejor, sin poner limite a las universidades o centros de formación de nuestro propio país. Además nos dará acceso a información más actual y completa, conoceremos los últimos avances y podremos acceder a la mayoría de textos científicos académicos y tecnológicos, escritos en inglés. Según un estudio más del 56% de los sitios de Internet están editados en inglés. En segundo lugar se encuentra el alemán con un 8%.

3. Por qué estudiar inglés: porque es el idioma universal
El inglés es el idioma de la comunicación internacional, del comercio y las finanzas.
Además de la importancia como potencia actual de Estados Unidos. Por todo esto podemos decir que es el idioma universal, el que te dará la ayuda para comunicarte sin ningún obstáculo.



4. Por qué estudiar inglés: otras culturas
Estudiar inglés es importante porque te mostrará otras culturas, estilos de vida y diferentes formas de pensamiento. Podrás conocer gente nueva e interesante y comprender sus costumbres. Te dará de esta forma la oportunidad de verte a ti mismo con otros ojos, y tal vez descubras aspectos de ti o de tu cultura en los que no habías recapacitado antes.


5. Por qué estudiar inglés: viajar
Hablar inglés te permitirá viajar alrededor de todo el mundo y darte a entender. Podrás disfrutar de tu viaje plenamente ya que el inglés se habla en los cinco continentes, y te evitará situaciones estresantes y embarazosas causadas por no saber el idioma. Además de ser el idioma franco en casi todo el mundo, el inglés es el idioma oficial de varios países tales  como Inglaterra, Irlanda, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Malta, Australia, Nueva Zelanda, así como algunos países del Caribe, Asia y África. ¡Imagina todas las posibilidades!
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Friday, June 19, 2015

¡¡8 Cosa que no sabías de inglés!!



                                                                                          El inglés es uno de los idiomas más hablados y más estudiados del mundo, entre otras cosas porque es el lenguaje más usado a nivel mundial para la comunicación entre naciones. ¿Has estudiado inglés o sabes un poquito?
Entonces te van a resultar familiares algunas de las curiosidades del idioma inglés que te vamos a contar a continuación.
1. Lengua oficial en más de 60 países
No sólo por ser el idioma más usado para las relaciones internacionales el inglés es uno de los idiomas más importantes del mundo, sino también porque es la lengua oficial en 60 países debido a la colonización europea.
2. Alrededor de 1.000.000 de palabras
Esta es la cifra aproximada de palabras con las que cuenta el idioma inglés y aunque parezca sorprendente, supera con creces las del idioma español.
DICCIONARIO
El diccionario histórico español cuenta con 150.000 mientras que el Oxford cuenta con 350.000.
3. La ‘E’ y la ‘R’ son las principales letras
Estas son las letras más usadas en el idioma inglés siendo la ‘E’ la más usada de las dos.
Sorprendente, ¿no?
4. La palabra con mayor número de definiciones es ‘set’
Esta palabra significa: decorado, reglamentario, escenario, aliñar, arreglar, marcar, poner… Y la lista continúa parece que sin tener fin. Puedes hacer la prueba con el Wordreference y verán la lista de resultados que les sale. ¡Impresionante!

5. La palabra más larga tiene 45 letras
La palabra es ‘Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis’ y hace referencia a una enfermedad del sistema respiratorio.
6. 999 números sin la letra ‘a’
Sé que suena raro pero es así. Del 1 al 999 no hay ningún número que contenga la letra ‘a’.
LONDRES
¿La razón? Hasta el momento desconocida pero imaginamos que no hay una razón concreta y que sí que puede tener que ver con el hecho de que los ingleses usen la letra ‘e’ con más frecuencia que las demás vocales.
7. El trabalenguas más difícil
A ver si puedes pronunciarlo correctamente en voz alta y lo más rápido que puedas. ¡Es un reto!
“The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick”

8. Una terminación a prueba de paciencia
Existe una terminación en inglés que es el quebradero de cabeza más grande para todos los que quieren aprender el idioma. Es –ough. ¿Por qué es tan complicado para los estudiantes de inglés? Porque esta simple terminación tiene al menos 9 pronunciaciones distintas. ¡Casi nada!
Source: www.latinf.com
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