Martin Luther King, Jr. Videos

Listening - Diet Plan

Today, our class listened to a dialogue called "Diet Plan".  Listen to the dialogue again and complete the listening and vocabulary exercises.

http://esl-lab.com/dietplan/dietplanrd1.htm

Over the weekend, Yahoo News posted an interesting article titled "23 Restaurant Foods With Crazy-High Amounts of Sugar".  It discusses how much sugar should be consumed daily and how many common restaurants sneak sugar into meals disguised as "healthy". 

https://www.yahoo.com/health/23-restaurant-foods-crazy-high-082834970.html

New Year's Resolutions

Listen to the Youtube video below.  Can you write down the "good" resolutions and the "bad" resolutions you hear?

Lyrics to the song can be found here:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6847

New Websites to Practice English

Today in class we talked about making plans and discussed vocabulary for how to invite/accept/decline invitations.  We also listened to some dialogues about making plans.  The websites below give you an opportunity to listen to real English being spoken, learn new ways to say things, and practice your pronunciation.

Please practice your English every day over your 2-week vacation!

English Speak

Daily ESL

ESL Fast

Linking Y & W + Vowel Sound

The video below gives very slow examples on how to link /y/ to /w/ + vowel sound.  Warning:  there are long pauses between the examples.

 




American English Pronunciation - Listen & Practice