D and T in American English

If you want to sound more like an American, take 3 mn to watch this very interesting video :

http://www.eslgold.com/pronunciation.html

It explains how Ds and Ts disappear before a consonant (very clear when you watch and listen to it!)

Useful links for oral skills

You can use the following links in order to listen to various oral documents :

1)  Audio-lingua
http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?rubrique2
You can choose the subject, the accent, the level...

2) BBC learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
Again, the subjects are varied. "6 minute English" is particularly interesting if you have little time.

3) Laboratory
http://www.esl-lab.com/
Listen to documents and answer quizzes.

You may visit these websites to improve your oral skills :

1) English in conversation
http://www.focusenglish.com/dialogues/conversation.html
to learn idioms and useful everyday life sentences


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A new way to learn irregular verbs

Here is a technique that you may use to learn irregular verbs. The system of classification might help you remember them - hopefully !

Source : taken from: http://another-teacher.net/spip.php?article416

Reading dates

I was born in...
Next year, in...

Hesitating?

Here is a very interesting page to learn how to read dates :

http://www.englishnumber.com/years/how-to-say-years-in-english.html

A 'loudspeaker' icon helps you pronounce.

And you can find out your Chinese astrological sign :